Tag Archives: scamployment

Yet another recruitment e-mail for a “payment processing” position.  Aside from the obvious money order business, the message looks as if it had been haphazardly recycled by replacing the company name with “Our Organization”, and the link obfuscated with a … Continue reading →

A rather peculiarly worded offer sent to my friend Caroline.  Despite making close to no sense at all, the text appears to actually be a derivation of an extremely long e-mail previously used by Zone Trade LTD for scamployment recruiting … Continue reading →

A “recruitment” e-mail from a “potential employer” doing resume searches on CareerBuilder.  Despite claiming to be “well-known and respected… all over the world”, this Quartzite Group Company gets no love from Google.  The Gmail address and mention of payment processing … Continue reading →

An unsolicited offer that appeared in my inbox not once, but twice.  Each had its own flavor of grammatic boo-boos and quirky word selections, complete with a magical Hotmail address.  A Google search revealed that this canned e-mail has been … Continue reading →

An unnecessarily long response e-mail to a request for more information regarding a receptionist position with an hourly rate — which seems to have magically mutated into a personal assistant position with a weekly rate.  The foundation doesn’t exist according … Continue reading →

An explicit identify theft request with a shady web link from a victim of multiple identity disorder.  I had trouble putting you on an IC3 form since your name is so complex and multi-faceted, Mrs. Shawna Debrah Hendry Stevenson.  What … Continue reading →

A short, unprofessional, and very uninformative response.  Who do you work for?  Where am I to visit?  The reply-to field had a different address — “kchristine40@gmail.com“.  A quick Google search suggested “kimchristine40@gmail.com“, which turned up nearly identical e-mails to Austin, … Continue reading →

A response e-mail from an application for a “Data Entry Clerk”.  Apparently data entry involves handling personal errands and shopping for gifts in my spare time!  The mention of advanced payment by money order or cashier’s check was a dead … Continue reading →