by Loveliladie82
Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:08 pm
Hello, I applied for an Administrative Assistant position on Zip Recruiter and I received an email for someone named Charles Powell:
"Hello,
Your interest about the job has been received. This might seem a
little different from the position placed on ZIP RECRUITER, however it is
due to the need for an urgent replacement for my Personal Assistant. I really need someone urgently to take up the position as my personal
assistant I am looking for a friendly, simple & trustworthy personal
office assistant, this is intended to be a long term/permanent job
depending on what your schedule looks like but I'd love to be sure if
you are available right away.
The hours will be between 4-5 hours daily which can be increased after
your first week of start-up. This position allows you opportunity to
take on a second job, thereby increasing your income. Below are the
job descriptions
Your Duties:
*General work
*process mails
*Data entry
*Receive calls
*Book appointments & reservation
*Shopping, Etc, or any other reasonable duty will be allocated to you.
My name is Charles Powell, i am a consultant for Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Driven by our commitment to patients, we bring innovative products, services and solutions to people throughout the world. At Janssen, we envision a world without disease. Our goal is to use the best internal and external science to transform how diseases are prevented, intercepted, treated, and cured. I also have a personal hobby of dealing in Artefacts, antiques and materials from ancient cities, I get involved in several art businesses in the States & Canada. I'm mostly very
occupied, therefore it is imperative for me to have a worthy personal assistant.
Due to the nature of my job, I am a frequent traveller so I need an
assistant to handle my schedules when I'm busy. I'll need you to start
immediately, you will be properly briefed & given a comprehensive
instruction via email or phone for every duty. This process will be
on-going till I'm back, I will meet up with you when I return.
Kindly Let me know if you're still interested as I'm offering $30
hourly with a reasonable start-up bonus, I want you to answer this
brief questionnaire below, Please answer them to the best of your
knowledge.
* Have you ever worked as an personal assistant before?
* Will you be taking this as a primary Job?
* If you want to make this your secondary job (How many Hours does
your primary job take? )
* Do you have professional reference?
* How many hours are you wiling to devote to work for me?
* What do you understand by privacy & Code of Conduct?
* Explain petty cash transactions?
* Tell me a little about yourself?
* Are you willing to give your best shot at working with me?
I will be expecting your prompt response.
Sincerely,
Charles Powell."
It seemed a little sketchy, but I responded anyways and answered his questions. He responded with
"Congratulations,
Good to get your response, after the review and consideration of your
answers to the questionnaire your application is successful and I wish
to congratulate you on the new job as my personal assistant. I will be
in town in 2 weeks & we'll set-up an appointment to meet so you can
sign your employment paperwork.
I will provide you with the equipment you'll be working with and it
will come with internet facilities. You'll also be given a start-up
bonus (supplies etc.) for this job which will be included in the
funds you will receive for the equipment.
Every instruction will be given to you on what to do with the
equipment immediately you receive them, here is the list of the
equipment that will be shipped for work purpose;
EQUIPMENT':
The Following would be shipped to you by my agent to facilitate your
work & duties with me
* HP business machine Notebook Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPUT2330
@1.60GHz 1.60GHz
* Portable All-in-one Printer, Scanner & Fax machine
* Laptop hard-case
* Kasper sky Internet Security application installed on the Laptop
I will also provide you with the funds to handle the shipping cost of
the above equipment to you so you don't have to use your personal
funds. Working for me with the provided equipment is very necessary
because there is a wide range of software installed on the system to
protect data, enhance ease duty, as well as speed and accuracy of any
work you're doing on it. The special features also calculates the
number of hours you work daily so that I can ascertain the bonuses
that will be given to you at the end of every month.
Please provide answers to the following schedule.
1. How many hours are you willing to Work per day?
2. What time range? If you wish to work more than 5 Hours per Day,
then let me know.
3. Payroll Interval? ( Weekly or Bi-weekly )
IMPORTANT : Kindly provide your Name, address & phone # for payroll
purpose and your start-up bonus.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS(Apt #):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
CELL PHONE#:
I will be awaiting for your prompt response, I look forward to a great
working relationship with you.
Sincerely,
Charles Powell."
This seemed really sketchy, so I googled Personal assistant scam and it seemed very similar to the other posts. I just wanted to make sure this was posted as well. I have responded back to him. His email is: [email protected]
"Hello,
Your interest about the job has been received. This might seem a
little different from the position placed on ZIP RECRUITER, however it is
due to the need for an urgent replacement for my Personal Assistant. I really need someone urgently to take up the position as my personal
assistant I am looking for a friendly, simple & trustworthy personal
office assistant, this is intended to be a long term/permanent job
depending on what your schedule looks like but I'd love to be sure if
you are available right away.
The hours will be between 4-5 hours daily which can be increased after
your first week of start-up. This position allows you opportunity to
take on a second job, thereby increasing your income. Below are the
job descriptions
Your Duties:
*General work
*process mails
*Data entry
*Receive calls
*Book appointments & reservation
*Shopping, Etc, or any other reasonable duty will be allocated to you.
My name is Charles Powell, i am a consultant for Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Driven by our commitment to patients, we bring innovative products, services and solutions to people throughout the world. At Janssen, we envision a world without disease. Our goal is to use the best internal and external science to transform how diseases are prevented, intercepted, treated, and cured. I also have a personal hobby of dealing in Artefacts, antiques and materials from ancient cities, I get involved in several art businesses in the States & Canada. I'm mostly very
occupied, therefore it is imperative for me to have a worthy personal assistant.
Due to the nature of my job, I am a frequent traveller so I need an
assistant to handle my schedules when I'm busy. I'll need you to start
immediately, you will be properly briefed & given a comprehensive
instruction via email or phone for every duty. This process will be
on-going till I'm back, I will meet up with you when I return.
Kindly Let me know if you're still interested as I'm offering $30
hourly with a reasonable start-up bonus, I want you to answer this
brief questionnaire below, Please answer them to the best of your
knowledge.
* Have you ever worked as an personal assistant before?
* Will you be taking this as a primary Job?
* If you want to make this your secondary job (How many Hours does
your primary job take? )
* Do you have professional reference?
* How many hours are you wiling to devote to work for me?
* What do you understand by privacy & Code of Conduct?
* Explain petty cash transactions?
* Tell me a little about yourself?
* Are you willing to give your best shot at working with me?
I will be expecting your prompt response.
Sincerely,
Charles Powell."
It seemed a little sketchy, but I responded anyways and answered his questions. He responded with
"Congratulations,
Good to get your response, after the review and consideration of your
answers to the questionnaire your application is successful and I wish
to congratulate you on the new job as my personal assistant. I will be
in town in 2 weeks & we'll set-up an appointment to meet so you can
sign your employment paperwork.
I will provide you with the equipment you'll be working with and it
will come with internet facilities. You'll also be given a start-up
bonus (supplies etc.) for this job which will be included in the
funds you will receive for the equipment.
Every instruction will be given to you on what to do with the
equipment immediately you receive them, here is the list of the
equipment that will be shipped for work purpose;
EQUIPMENT':
The Following would be shipped to you by my agent to facilitate your
work & duties with me
* HP business machine Notebook Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPUT2330
@1.60GHz 1.60GHz
* Portable All-in-one Printer, Scanner & Fax machine
* Laptop hard-case
* Kasper sky Internet Security application installed on the Laptop
I will also provide you with the funds to handle the shipping cost of
the above equipment to you so you don't have to use your personal
funds. Working for me with the provided equipment is very necessary
because there is a wide range of software installed on the system to
protect data, enhance ease duty, as well as speed and accuracy of any
work you're doing on it. The special features also calculates the
number of hours you work daily so that I can ascertain the bonuses
that will be given to you at the end of every month.
Please provide answers to the following schedule.
1. How many hours are you willing to Work per day?
2. What time range? If you wish to work more than 5 Hours per Day,
then let me know.
3. Payroll Interval? ( Weekly or Bi-weekly )
IMPORTANT : Kindly provide your Name, address & phone # for payroll
purpose and your start-up bonus.
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS(Apt #):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
CELL PHONE#:
I will be awaiting for your prompt response, I look forward to a great
working relationship with you.
Sincerely,
Charles Powell."
This seemed really sketchy, so I googled Personal assistant scam and it seemed very similar to the other posts. I just wanted to make sure this was posted as well. I have responded back to him. His email is: [email protected]
