by pblt
Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:01 am
Hello:
I replied to a job post on Craigslist for an Administrative Assistant position and I sent my resume and cover letter. My resume contained my contact information (i.e. name, address, phone number, and email). I noticed once I received an email back that it was a scam. However, since the person has my resume, I'm worried that they will use my information on it, should I be worried about this because I am worrying about it now.
Also on my resume, it had the contact information for my References and I'm worried that they will be contacted about the scam. Do you think this is possible and what should I do? Please help.
Here are the the emails I received from the person: E-mail: [email protected]
Email #1:
Email #2:
I replied to a job post on Craigslist for an Administrative Assistant position and I sent my resume and cover letter. My resume contained my contact information (i.e. name, address, phone number, and email). I noticed once I received an email back that it was a scam. However, since the person has my resume, I'm worried that they will use my information on it, should I be worried about this because I am worrying about it now.
Also on my resume, it had the contact information for my References and I'm worried that they will be contacted about the scam. Do you think this is possible and what should I do? Please help.
Here are the the emails I received from the person: E-mail: [email protected]
Email #1:
Thanks for your application? I am looking for a friendly, simple &
trust worthy office assistant, You can take it as a full time or part
time job depending on your choice. Below is the job description
Descriptions.
Your Duties:
*General work
*process mails
*Data entry
*Receive calls
*Book appointments & reservation
*E.t.c or any other reasonable duty will be allocated to you.
My name is Ben Manziel, I am a professional business consultant who
seek to assist small and big businesses in reaching their goals in
terms of being successful. This type of business consultancy often
evaluates every aspect of the business, including such areas as the
accounting process, inventory control, general costs, and marketing
processes.
I have been pretty successful in handling of various collapse
businesses, I get involved in several businesses in United States &
Canada. I'm most very often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative
for me to have a worthy assistant.
Due to the nature of my job, It requires frequent traveling so i need
someone to handle my schedule when I'm not in town, I
travel a lot so that is the main reason why i need you to be my
office assistant and i want you to begin work immediately.
Kindly Let me know if you're still interested and I'm willing to offer
you $30 hourly with a reasonable sign on bonus,I will want you to
answer this brief questionnaire below, Please answer them to the best
of your knowledge.
* Have you ever worked as an office assistant before?
* Are you taking this as a primary Job?
* If you want to make this your secondary job ( How many Hours does
your primary Job Takes? )
* 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?
* Describe yourself?
* Are you willing to give your best shot at working with me?
I will be expecting your prompt response.
Sincerely,
Ben Manziel
Email #2:
Congratulations,
Hello and thanks for your response , After the review and consideration of your answers to the questionnaire your application is successful and you have been accepted to work with me, I would have love to meet you before we start but I'm currently out of town for an important business and i wont be back until 2 weeks but i currently have work for you to take care of so i want you to start immediately and when I'm back, We will setup a meeting.
I will provide you with the equipment's you will be working with and it will come with internet facilities, You will be given a sign on bonus (supplies e.t.c) for this job which will be included in the funds you will receive for the equipment's.
Every instructions will be given to you on what to do with the equipment's immediately you receive them, Here is the list of the equipment's that will be ship to you to be working with.
EQUIPMENT'S:
The Following would be ship to you by the shipping agent in other to start working with me.
* HP business machine Notebook Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPUT2330 @1.60GHz 1.60GHz
* Printer, Scanner& Fax machine(ALL IN ONE) and does not take space
* Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating Systems (Service Pack 2)
* Laptop hard-case
* Kasper sky Internet Security application installed on the Laptop
* An i phone on which you would conduct only my business
I will also provide you with the funds to handle the shipping/cost of the above equipment's to you so you don't have to use your personal funds. Working for me with the provided equipment's is very necessary because there is a wide range of software installed on the system to protect data, ease duty, also enhance speed and accuracy of any work you're doing on it, The special features also calculate 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.
IMPORTANT : Kindly provide your Name, Address & Phone number the funds should be issued to in other to handle the shipping/cost of the equipment's and your sign on bonus.
Name...
Address & Apartment No...
City
Province...
Post Code....
Phone # home....
Cell #....
Email.....
I will be waiting for your prompt response, I look forward to a great working relationship with you.
Sincerely,
Ben Manziel
604 227 5978 TEXT ONLY
Last edited by Bryon Williams on Tue Oct 21, 2014 4:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Added quotations.