Sunday, July 28, 2019

Too Good To Be True

I got an unsolicited email the other day letting me know about an 'exciting' job opportunity. It said:
Virtual Office Assistant Position

* Must own a computer/smart-phone * Ability to work as part of a team* Must be above 17 years of age* Good organizational skills * Willingness to admit and correct mistakes * Work 3 times a week (Doesn't affect your permanent job) flexible timing. * Drive and determination to see clients succeed * Have current technology, including a reliable computer, Internet connection, printer(not compulsory), phone with voice mail or answering machine.

What is a virtual office/Personal assistant: A virtual office/Personal assistant is an independent contract worker who provides administrative, creative or technical services. Often that means handling the same types of tasks as an office secretary or manager, but doing them from a home/office, using the virtual assistant's own computer equipment, phone and Internet connection. One of our CEO'S currently seeks the services for Virtual office/Personal Assistant.

Duties of a Virtual office/Personal assistant

* Handle minute billing, Payments and accounting * Prepare, collate and ship proposals and meeting materials * Receive mail deliveries or pick items up at near by post office at your convenience.* Prepare and send out e-mail newsletters * Shop for Gifts items/book tickets

This is NOT FOR EVERYONE but serious personnel, please do not respond if you are not interested!
What you Earn: This position is on Part-Time based and pays up to 500-850 weekly
If you wish to Register with Us, send a reply with the following information
A. Name (first and last) :
B. Full-Address (include apt#) : C. City, Zip , State,
D. Phone's (cell) : E. Current job : F . Age/Above 16:

If you are not interested please do not reply.

Best Regards,
Recruit Consultants.
It only took me a couple of seconds to figure out the whole thing was a scam. Even if I overlooked all of the typos and grammatical errors in the message, the pay was way too high for the work required. And an even bigger tip-off was the fact that the scammer forgot to Blind Carbon Copy the people the message was going to..in addition to my address, they sent it to 61 others.

It went straight into the Deleted file.

Five years ago today: Ten Minutes

10 comments:

  1. Ha! The wages are probably virtual, too. The people who send these out, I wonder if they got the same letter prior to their taking this job... 🤣

    Blessings to you, Kathy! ♥

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  2. Oh I hate those. When I see email headers that I've won $2000 from amazon or something, my heart ticks up a beat, in a hopeful bliss, but quickly falls to a thud...thud...thud of normalcy because I know its not true. There are some really creative scammers out there.

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    1. Yes, there are. Wonder what would happen if they used that creativity in a positive way.

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  3. I wonder what would happen if someone answered that ...

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    1. I think Step 2 is to string the person along so they can collect even more personal information.

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  4. Virtual Office Assistant Position: Apply to - Alt Control and Delete.

    God bless.

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  5. This is too too funny, I'm laughing to myself over here. Your title says it ALL..."Too Good to Be True". You got THAT right! And, your last sentence sums it up perfectly...Click "Delete". Thanks for the laugh, just what I needed.

    Wishing you a great week!

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  6. Yes, it doesn't take much to see it's a scam. We got a phone message telling us to call them or "they'd call the COPS".
    Who are these people??

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