Please Look Out For This Scam!!!

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Deacon Smith

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Please Look Out For This Scam!!!

I have had alot of these emails come in from different people, but the same structure email.... i believe this is a class- a SCAM! my wife even tried it once and the first thing they asked her to do was cash a check at a bank, and to wait for further instructions. Dont try to cash it!!! so we are on the look out for these creeps now. I hope this will help someone.

James Kyrouac ujyhdgrdfg@gmail.com 2:50 PM (4 minutes ago)

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Thank you for sending your resume ZipRecruiter,

Your interest about the job has been received. This might seem a little different from the position placed, 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 & trust worthy personal office assistant, You can take it as a full time or part time job depending on your choice. The hours will be between 4 to 5 hours daily, which can be increased if you want and this will give you free time to go on with your regular job, Below are job Descriptions.

Your Duties:

*General work. *process mails. *Data entry. *Receive calls. *Book appointments & Flight reservation. *shopping, E.t.c or any other reasonable duty will be allocated to you.

My name is James J Kyrouac, I am an Artist and i travel a lot to do and sell art works, I also buy ideas, Artifacts, antics and materials from ancient cities and I have got so many clients as companies, individuals and governmental institutions and private museums. I have been pretty successful in my business, I get involved in several art deals in United States & Canada. I am most very often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy personal 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, Every instructions will be given to you via email and phone for now until i'm back, I travel a lot so that is the main reason why i need you to be my personal assistant and i want you to begin work immediately.

Kindly Let me know if you're still interested and I am willing to offer you $25 hourly with a reasonable sign on 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? 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.

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Oh Anthony, you're so right, I'm 100% sure this is a scam! It raises maaaany red flags on this list of how to spot and avoid job scams:

Look out for anything that's too good to be true. If they reached out to you (and you didn't apply!), if the pay is too good to be true, if you got the job without having to do much, these are all signs of a scammer preying on peoples' hope.
Look out for extremely vague job listings. If there are no real qualifications or requirements, it's likely that they don't care who applies because they're trying to scam applicants.
Look out for unprofessional messages. If there are many typos, weird misspellings, grammatical errors, (i instead of I, "Human resources" instead of "Human Resources", no space following the period after a sentence, etc.) -- this could point to the fact that they're trying to scam you.
Look out for online interviews. Google Hangouts are very popular with scammers because they don't require any proof of validity. Anyone can pretend to be anybody on Google Hangouts. Make sure you research any company that asks you to do an online interview.
Look out for emails sent from a generic email account. Real companies will send out emails from their company's domain (for example, Jobcase will email you from an email address that ends in @jobcase.com) whereas a generic email address ends in @gmail.com, or @yahoo.com. These emails, again, can be made by anybody and require no proof. Make sure you do the research even if the email address looks legit, because scammers will often purchase similar-looking websites or domains to email from (for example, adding a hyphen or adding or removing one letter of the company's name).
Google EVERYTHING that looks suspicious. If company names don't add up, if there's no online presence, if you can't find enough information to make a decision it's probably something to be avoided. Real companies have an online footprint, you can find Glassdoor reviews or Yelp reviews or even references to the company that are not job postings. If there's no information online, be wary.
DO NOT GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION! Don't give anyone your bank account information or social security number until you know for sure they are legit!
DO NOT ACCEPT CHECKS FROM STRANGERS! Take any check you've received to the bank immediately to get it looked over to make sure it's not a fake check. US jobseekers lose millions of dollars in fake check scams every year.
Look out for any job asking you to pay for anything. Some companies do require a small fee for background checks, but if you're not sure if that's legit ask for help first!
Trust your gut. If you think it's iffy it probably is. It is always better to be safe than to be sorry. Please let me know if you have any questions! Glad you didn't fall for it!

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