by smiles2much
Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:00 pm
I saw a listing that looked kind of weird, but thought, "Why not?" and submitted my resume. I received this email, which sent up a couple of red flags, but man, I wanted something this great! This is from "Janine Rodriguez" from [email protected]. The Orlandojobs.com ad listed Essar.
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your submitted resume in receipt of your application for the advertised Personal Support Assistant Position. I just reviewed your resume and believe that you have the required qualification and relevant prerequisite to perform the duties involved the opening position. You will be responsible for handling my personal and business errands at your spare time, though prior experiences is not required as adequate training will be provided, but enthusiasm is essential and you must be ready to learn with a dedicated spirit! You can take the job offer as a full time or part time job depending on your schedules or choice, as the position offer flexible working hour schedule at your discretion between three to six hours daily which can be increased if you want and this will give you free time to go on with your regular job or studies.
Below are the job descriptions as follows;
* Receive mails and process them.
* Relieve me from tasks that are associated with responding to inquiries and comments generated from incoming customers queue emails.
* Documentation of all incoming letters/emails.
* Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
* Run some official errands
* Receive or make calls on my behalf
* Book appointments on my behalf
* Flight bookings, E.t.c or any other reasonable duties that will be allocated to you.
* Respond to inquiries, concerns, issues, and comments regarding my services generated from incoming queue emails.
I am a licensed private Investigative journalist and media Consultant with variety of work and responsibilities as I represent both law firms, corporate entities, insurance companies and private individual clients in carrying out investigations, research, write stories for national, regional and local press as well as news and political broadcast through associated media. My main duty is to cover effective news with proper evidences and send it to the news room where the news is being processed and broadcasted through news paper and electronic media.
My function, schedule are always extremely busy investigating stories, evidence by using the information I already have to try to extract more before presenting it for publication which is the main reason I travel very often going to one location or the other. Consequently, I need an energetic, dedicated Administrative Support assistant to handle part of my schedule when I'm not in town due to the nature of my frequent traveling, Every instruction will be given to you via email and phone, thereafter meet approximately every two or three week interval starting from the day you start the job.
Please kindly note that this position for highly motivated individual ready to join my team, the working hours are flexible scheduling at your discretion with remuneration salary of $26 per hour, benefits include are bonuses, health, dental insurance and Vacation. However, you are expected to answer the following questions below before we move further as your response would be used to evaluate your knowledge and readiness for this job offer.
*Give reasons on why I should hire you?
*How do you maintain/initiate a good relationship with clients?
*Have you been trusted with fund or information in the past?
* Have you ever worked in an administrative or customer service setting before?
* Are you taking this as a primary Job?
* Do you have professional reference(s)?
* Privacy and Code of Conduct...Can you explain the phrase?
* Explain petty cash transactions?
*Your full names again?
*Your current place of work and Position?
* Are you willing to give your best shot while working with me?
You are expected to answer the eleven questions above to enable me test your managerial reasoning before moving further as your response would be used to evaluate your readiness for this position and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question.
I will appreciate your prompt response to confirm your interest in the position.
Yours Sincerely,
Janine Rodriguez.
I Googled her, thinking I would find her byline somewhere: no dice. I looked her up on Linked In. Nope. Even so, I responded to all of her questions, expecting to go through some interviewing. This is the response I received:
Dear Jodi Anderson,
Thank you for your prompt follow up email! I would have liked to meet with you before you resume this job offer but like i mentioned in my previous email, I am presently out of town at the moment with loads of assignment currently on hold to be taken care of, which means you might have to resume immediately thereafter we will set up a meeting when I return. I will provide you with a laptop, wireless Internet broadband connection as well as all other supplies needed to perform the tasks will be financed by me because I do not allow applicant/employee to spend any form of personal fund in respect of my job expenses out of personal pocket. However, I will provided you with fund to purchase the working materials/equipment required to perform my job. You will be given a start-on bonus as well 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 the fund and get the materials purchase.
Below are part of materials to be purchase: Further details regarding where to acquire the materials/equipment within your locality will be communicated to you in due time.
* A TOSHIBA business machine Notebook Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @1.60GHz 1.60GHz
* All-in-One Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax. (Portable Mini Size)
* Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating Systems (Service Pack 2)
* Laptop hard-case
* Kasper sky Internet Security application installed on the Laptop
* A cell phone on which you would conduct only my business
* Finally, I will also create a business email account for you in your name specifically for this job.
However, you are requested to send in an email with the Subject:- Duration & Payroll this would contain answers to the following:
1. How many hours are you willing to work per day? (6 hours Maximum)
2. What's time range is more preferable for you to work? (Morning, Afternoon or Evening section, Weekends or flexible time at your discretion?)
3. Payroll Interval? (Weekly or Bi-weekly).
4. Payroll method ? (Check or Transfer)
You are requested to also crosscheck Your name and postal information below for accuracy before issuing the fund for the purchase of your working supplies and make any correct where necessary.
Details should be sent in the format below:
Your name..........
Address.............
City..................
State...............Florida
Zip Code..........
Cell #...............
I will be waiting for your prompt response, I look forward to a great working relationship with you.
Yours Sincerely,
Janine Rodriguez.
Now, I was really wondering what was going on. I had been offered a job without an interview? I responded with that question and asked for a Skype interview. I shared my concerns with a friend who dug up a couple of similar stories. Without waiting for another reply, I told the scammer to shove it.
But man...I really want a job like that.
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your submitted resume in receipt of your application for the advertised Personal Support Assistant Position. I just reviewed your resume and believe that you have the required qualification and relevant prerequisite to perform the duties involved the opening position. You will be responsible for handling my personal and business errands at your spare time, though prior experiences is not required as adequate training will be provided, but enthusiasm is essential and you must be ready to learn with a dedicated spirit! You can take the job offer as a full time or part time job depending on your schedules or choice, as the position offer flexible working hour schedule at your discretion between three to six hours daily which can be increased if you want and this will give you free time to go on with your regular job or studies.
Below are the job descriptions as follows;
* Receive mails and process them.
* Relieve me from tasks that are associated with responding to inquiries and comments generated from incoming customers queue emails.
* Documentation of all incoming letters/emails.
* Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
* Run some official errands
* Receive or make calls on my behalf
* Book appointments on my behalf
* Flight bookings, E.t.c or any other reasonable duties that will be allocated to you.
* Respond to inquiries, concerns, issues, and comments regarding my services generated from incoming queue emails.
I am a licensed private Investigative journalist and media Consultant with variety of work and responsibilities as I represent both law firms, corporate entities, insurance companies and private individual clients in carrying out investigations, research, write stories for national, regional and local press as well as news and political broadcast through associated media. My main duty is to cover effective news with proper evidences and send it to the news room where the news is being processed and broadcasted through news paper and electronic media.
My function, schedule are always extremely busy investigating stories, evidence by using the information I already have to try to extract more before presenting it for publication which is the main reason I travel very often going to one location or the other. Consequently, I need an energetic, dedicated Administrative Support assistant to handle part of my schedule when I'm not in town due to the nature of my frequent traveling, Every instruction will be given to you via email and phone, thereafter meet approximately every two or three week interval starting from the day you start the job.
Please kindly note that this position for highly motivated individual ready to join my team, the working hours are flexible scheduling at your discretion with remuneration salary of $26 per hour, benefits include are bonuses, health, dental insurance and Vacation. However, you are expected to answer the following questions below before we move further as your response would be used to evaluate your knowledge and readiness for this job offer.
*Give reasons on why I should hire you?
*How do you maintain/initiate a good relationship with clients?
*Have you been trusted with fund or information in the past?
* Have you ever worked in an administrative or customer service setting before?
* Are you taking this as a primary Job?
* Do you have professional reference(s)?
* Privacy and Code of Conduct...Can you explain the phrase?
* Explain petty cash transactions?
*Your full names again?
*Your current place of work and Position?
* Are you willing to give your best shot while working with me?
You are expected to answer the eleven questions above to enable me test your managerial reasoning before moving further as your response would be used to evaluate your readiness for this position and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question.
I will appreciate your prompt response to confirm your interest in the position.
Yours Sincerely,
Janine Rodriguez.
I Googled her, thinking I would find her byline somewhere: no dice. I looked her up on Linked In. Nope. Even so, I responded to all of her questions, expecting to go through some interviewing. This is the response I received:
Dear Jodi Anderson,
Thank you for your prompt follow up email! I would have liked to meet with you before you resume this job offer but like i mentioned in my previous email, I am presently out of town at the moment with loads of assignment currently on hold to be taken care of, which means you might have to resume immediately thereafter we will set up a meeting when I return. I will provide you with a laptop, wireless Internet broadband connection as well as all other supplies needed to perform the tasks will be financed by me because I do not allow applicant/employee to spend any form of personal fund in respect of my job expenses out of personal pocket. However, I will provided you with fund to purchase the working materials/equipment required to perform my job. You will be given a start-on bonus as well 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 the fund and get the materials purchase.
Below are part of materials to be purchase: Further details regarding where to acquire the materials/equipment within your locality will be communicated to you in due time.
* A TOSHIBA business machine Notebook Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2330 @1.60GHz 1.60GHz
* All-in-One Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax. (Portable Mini Size)
* Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating Systems (Service Pack 2)
* Laptop hard-case
* Kasper sky Internet Security application installed on the Laptop
* A cell phone on which you would conduct only my business
* Finally, I will also create a business email account for you in your name specifically for this job.
However, you are requested to send in an email with the Subject:- Duration & Payroll this would contain answers to the following:
1. How many hours are you willing to work per day? (6 hours Maximum)
2. What's time range is more preferable for you to work? (Morning, Afternoon or Evening section, Weekends or flexible time at your discretion?)
3. Payroll Interval? (Weekly or Bi-weekly).
4. Payroll method ? (Check or Transfer)
You are requested to also crosscheck Your name and postal information below for accuracy before issuing the fund for the purchase of your working supplies and make any correct where necessary.
Details should be sent in the format below:
Your name..........
Address.............
City..................
State...............Florida
Zip Code..........
Cell #...............
I will be waiting for your prompt response, I look forward to a great working relationship with you.
Yours Sincerely,
Janine Rodriguez.
Now, I was really wondering what was going on. I had been offered a job without an interview? I responded with that question and asked for a Skype interview. I shared my concerns with a friend who dug up a couple of similar stories. Without waiting for another reply, I told the scammer to shove it.
But man...I really want a job like that.
