Thank you so much for posting the email you got, greetings_yall. I joined just to say thanks because I received a very similar email and spent all night looking for information on it until I found this site.
I submitted a resume to a data entry position on Craiglist; normally I don't apply to anything from that site that doesn't give a company name, but it said it was at an accounting firm, so I thought what the hell. And I got this load of BS back....look familiar?
Date: November 9, 9:20AM PST (about 8 hours after I sent in my resume)
Sender:
[email protected] (searching that domain got me nowhere, perhaps someone else can shed some light?)
Dear:Applicant ,
Your resume has been received in response to our listing/total job However this is a whole new innovation for Working Independently from Home. We have vacancy for 20 Staffs and your prompt and accurate response to the interview questions below would definitely give you an edge. The name of the company is targus Computers And Digital Incs and
We are Specialized in the sales of legal agreements and all kinds of Computer peripherals Supplies such as ATDX case, Networking Routers,HDDX Compacts,Satellite HDD Communicator, Computer Peripherals,CD-RHard Drives,Memory Sticks and many more.
We are into Computer Peripherals Supplies. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of independent dialysis providers around the world by leveraging today's most innovative technologies to deliver a full spectrum of high-quality services to the business community. We have got loads of logs for the Account Dept from Clients that are spread all over the world. So we opted to recruit staffs online to work from home to help do ( Balance sheets, account balancing, invoicing recording,proper data analysis of sales records and recording pay slips into Accounting database all through the use of the Accounting Softwares ).
-- Basically we have highly esteemed clients whom we have lost records for their purchases. Now we would be having you work with us under Admin section in order to go through records and files to compute these back log of data and even up to date and current data files for our clients & customers purchase transactions to be stored properly in the new data base.
-- We have a large network of clients with huge loads of unprocessed paper work and customer/client purchase records that have not been properly computed. We are offering this position due to the cut down on our work force few months ago. This position is strictly Admin and the position offers full equipments and facilities for the job from home pending the establishment of our new outlet in CA And the Regional Offices in MI --
The pay for this position is $20 Per Hour. You would be attached to a supervisor whom you would report to on daily basis for your log duty. 8 hours Maximum daily and Tax forms are not required because you would be calculating your tax yourself for your own evaluation. IMPORTANT : Respond to the following Interview questions below via email. This would be used to evaluate your knowledge of the position in question.
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
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* Have you ever worked Online at any Capacity?
* Ever worked from home?
* What do you Understand by Business Ethics & Customer Relations?
* Tell Us why you feel you are the right person for this Job?
* Are you taking this as a primary Job?
* Do you have Professional Reference? ( Give us 2 Contacts )
* How Many Hours are you wiling to Devote to the Home Business Unit?
* Do you have any experience in working as an Office Administrator OR Data Entry clerk ?
* Do you know how to operate a Printer/Fax machine/Scanner/Photocopier perfectly?
* What do you Understand by Privacy & Code of Conduct?
* Explain Petty Cash Transactions? * Describe yourself?
* What is your Clerical Speed?
* Do you have knowledge on how to use Spread Sheet, Excel and General Microsoft Office tools?
* What is your pay from you current or past Job? * Are you willing to give your best shot at working with our online staffs?
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This is the end of the interview process. Our email conversation would be recorded and reviewed by the Management Desk.
You would be updated Email OR rather be online for the next 24 - 48 Hours to know if you did get the position.
Kindly check your email for updates.
Kind Regards,
Mr.Frank Lesson
Personnel Manager ( H.R Desk )
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I skimmed over this and saw almost every red flag for a scam, but I couldn't really figure out where the scam was. To me, it just sounded like the work was unethical or illegal (and the "calculating your tax yourself" part made me go WTF?). But thanks to the veterans here, I understand where it's going and have deleted the email. Obviously the language in these emails is still being remixed, so I hope that posting this email helps anyone else who's stuck their foot into this pile of garbage. From now on, I will NEVER send a resume to an anonymous company!
Thanks to the mods for an awesome board - this link is going straight into my toolbar with the rest of my fraud avoidance tools. Whoever it was in particular who mentioned email headers, thanks for the tip - I'm gonna look into that one some more.
And apologies if I unintentionally broke a posting rule; I didn't see any big no-nos in the FAQ
