Friday, February 10, 2012

Does this sound fishy to you?

I replied to a posting on a classified site for a Personal assistant. It sounded legit at first but when I got a reply to the email, this is what came and frankly it sounds a little off to me...You?







I am glad to hear from you as regards the job position. I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on a business trip but there is a test which i will like you to go through because i need a capable Personal Assistant.I am in Ireland so there will be no interview except for the form you will fill below.



1.Have you ever been a Personal Assistant ?

2.If you have been a Personal Assistant before,how long and was it for a company or an individual?

3.Can you communicate effective and efficiently?

4.Do you have a job as at now?

5.Will you be able to run errands 2 hours per day for and will be needed 3 days per week?







I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience.When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to.You don't have to put money out of you pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping.



You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and electronics, clothing's business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20 hrs a month. I will pay $400 per week.I need your service because I am constantly out of town on business as I own a electronics and clothing store in Ireland but want to open another store in US.I will return to USA in April 2010 so this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position.



I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing's. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them.



If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus up front payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? Your full info for check,money orders or cash

payment:

Full Name:

Full Address:

(NO P.O.BOX)

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Phone Number:(Cell): Home:

Age:

Email:

Present Job:



The address of the nearest Post Office to you for receiving

packages:

Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Post Code:

Will be expecting to hear from you soon to let me know if you will be willing to handle my business on my behalf before I return.Note that this job is 100% legitimate.You can open all packages to confirm how legit they are.Thanks so much and have a nice day.Does this sound fishy to you?
It's a scam to use fake checks.
Yes, this is completely not legit. I would report this post immediately and do not send anyone anything.Does this sound fishy to you?
SCAM!!! You'll be taking part in a stolen credit card ring.Does this sound fishy to you?
Criminal enterprise. You risk going to jail for receiving stolen property.
Google are looking for people to work from home . Here is the News Story. http://www.thenewyorkdailytribune.com
SCAM - legit job wouldn't go into so much details and information and will list specific requirements needed for the job. Besides, if someone received your resume, they should know your background and shouldn't be asking you questions unrelated to your experience.
Don't do it... if it's too good to be true it is... Issues hidden could be import duties, knock off equipment, sending you checks that take a while to clear %26amp; you sending him/her the equipment only to find that the check is bad,



Think about it... 20 hours/month for $400/week (multiply it by 4.3 to get monthy = $1720/month... for 20 hours of "work" = $85+/hr... without a PhD or MD degree... This makes no sense... hence, extremely likely it's a scam.
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