Can't find a job? Screw with scammers!

By LordKyleOfEarth · May 24, 2011 · 1.1K · 14

Oh, job hunting. Is there no part of earning a degree more fun that the subsequent hunt to do ANYTHING with it? I'm pretty sure there isn't.

While hunting for a 'real job' I stumbled upon an ad for a personal assistant position. It wasn't what I wanted, but it was local and paid (slightly) better than my current gig. I contacted the poster, and received a reply. It was clearly an email scam. Here is our discussion thus far.

05/23/11

Dear Jo,

I have attached a copy of my resume for your review. I hope to hear back from you soon to schedule an interview. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Kyle Baker
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05/24/11 He replied:

Hello.
Thanks for your interests in the PA position My name is Jose Reyes, 40 years old, Originally from ( Gerona ) Spain ,but I have spent my whole life here in United State . I'm a Business owner by profession and I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get involved in, from the Tri square Investment Network in Canada and United State to various welfare and community service programs,Presently I own KNY Ltd so I' often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.As my assistant, your activities amongst other things will include;

*Running personal errands, supervisions and monitorings.
*Scheduling programmed, flights and keeping me up to date with them.
*Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence when I'm away.
*Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.
Basic wage is $400 a week

Please note that this position is not an office based Job for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time, work from home basis and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it's a little difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week.If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some extra while you do something else on the side.As I have said, I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as possible. I do have a pile up of work and a number
of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually.

I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands out to some of the orphanage home,I do that every month .The funds will be in form of Cashier's Check or United Postal Money Order and it will be sent over to you from one of my clients and i have some list to email you once you received the funds,You will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you so you can mail them out...

I will get you more information on that,I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:

Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
Phone Number:
Age:
Email.

Once i received your contact information i will get back to you with the task for this week,Understand you will also be paid as well as its important for me to make the necessary steps before i get to the state.I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.
Regards.
Jose Reyes
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And I responded:

Dear Jose,

This sounds wonderful. I hope that, through hard work and vigilance, I may have a future working with you at KNY. The terms of your PA position sound agreeable and I am eager to begin work immediately.

Per your request:

Full Name: MIGUEL RODRIGUZ
Full Contact Address: xxxxxxxxx, Boerne, Tx 78006
Phone Number: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Age: 25
Email. Fok742@my.utsa (dot) edu

I hope that we can speak soon and work out the specifics of my first week as a PA. I want to see the happy faces on the children at the local orphanage home.

Sincerely,

MIGUEL
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I provided my address, phone, and school email so that I can talk to him. I love talking to scammers. My long term goal is to get stuff mailed to me by one. Perhaps this will be the guy!

Notice that my name has changed to no longer match my email or previous correspondences. Notice the use of CAPSLOCK, which scammers love. Also note how eager I am to get to work making the orphanage home children so very happy. Even when I am messing with fake people my philanthropic nature shines through.

I will post up as our 'working relationship' develops.
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Comments

You're too kind, Kyle. Seriously. Scams like these infuriate me. I can't wait to hear what happens next.

Tessie, May 24, 2011
Freaking parasites.

Cogito, May 25, 2011
I can see it's a load of bogus, but what does the "scammer" get out of it?

Ashleigh, May 25, 2011
Kyle,

You ought to think of doing what I do for a living. The pay is excellent, but it leaves almost no time to write.

Mary from UTSA

mwert, May 25, 2011
Looking forward to watching this progress.

hiddennovelist, May 25, 2011
Kyle, if your real intent is to acquire texts in another tone of voice you can weave in into your next story - great job!

Leonardo Pisano, May 25, 2011
i saw something like that two weeks ago, except they wanted me to move art and crap all over manhattan. definitely bogus, but i guess they figure if the everyone else is doing it these days, why not us

mugen shiyo, May 25, 2011
Well it has been over 24 hours and the scammer has not replied. Maybe I was too obvious. Maybe I wasn't eager enough. Either way, I am sure he is still out there... hunting. I will just have to change email addresses and try again.

LordKyleOfEarth, May 26, 2011
you should report it to consumer affairs and have them set the person up. they do stuff like that. go undercover once a place has been reported for fraud to catch the person in the act. i almost did that one time shortly after moving here and when i nearly got scammed myself, but didn't have the time, patience, or sense of vengeance enough to follow through.

mugen shiyo, May 26, 2011
this is hilarious. way to go, kyle.

Gigi_GNR, May 26, 2011
I spoke too soon; the game is afoot.
I found this in my inbox this morning. I'd like to point out it was in my original inbox, not the one I gave him in the last letter.

Thursday, May 26, 2011 3:15 AM

Hello,
I will need you to be honest and time conscious working for me and also i expect you to executing every of my instructions according and as i have just considered you as my personal assistance and your first assignment will commence this week of which i will be giving you every instructions on what to do.In the meantime i will like you to stay in touch always and look forward to my email in case of any update as you have some work this week which you might likely receive your first weekly payment from these assignments.

Note:If you decide not to work again please give me a week notice before you get paid. I will appreciate your acceptance mail as my Personal Assistance
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Looks like I am still qualified to get ripped off. In an unrelated note (that supports this hypothesis) Enterprise Rent-A-Car also emailed me back about their management training program this morning. Anyway, back to the action. Here was my reply:

Jose,

It is great to hear that I have been selected for the position. I am sure you received contacts from may other qualified candidates. Do you prefer that I start work immediately or would you prefer to start me out on Monday? Will I be paid each Friday or will payment checks be mailed out biweekly?

Sincerely,

Your PA
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I have given up on names. He clearly doesn't care either (he stopped signing his mails first.) I'm pushing the pay-day question in hopes of getting extra work out of him. "Hey Mr. Scammer, I'll even work for 2 weeks before you can pretend to pay me. Won't that be swell!"

LordKyleOfEarth, May 26, 2011
Ashleigh;bt11837 said:

I can see it's a load of bogus, but what does the "scammer" get out of it?
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Ash, Typically they send you a bogus check for a large sum of money, have you deposit it into your bank, and then transfer $XXX dollars into their account. A few days later the bank will tell you the original check was a fake and then you realize you just gave the scammer a chunk of your hard earned cash.

LordKyleOfEarth, May 26, 2011
Ooohhh woah woah, I see now. Wow. Some scammer this guy is...His grammar is terrible and he can't even sound convincing in his emails. I wonder how successful his scamming has been in the past. I guess I'd be surprised how many people fall for this, huh?

Ashleigh, May 27, 2011
Wow! I have a few ideas for this fellow. . . .

Chudz, May 31, 2011

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