Friday, December 09, 2011

Amusing scam

Been looking for work recently and have run across three versions of the same scam. What amuses me is how poor of a job they do hiding the fact that they are in fact a scam. For your amusement, I'm reposting the latest one so you may laugh at these morons as well. This one was sent from a "Victor Wainwright" When you see how it's signed, you'll laugh even harder.

Thanks for applying for the post. Actually the position for a Personal Assistant is opened now it would be a great pleasure to have you as my assistant.

My name is Ben Johnson and i live with my lovely wife and have 2 Beautiful daughters but they are presently in Bahamas on vacation. Am a Commercial Interior Designer....I design healthcare/medical spaces, commercial office space, hotel renovations, multi-family / condos. I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well and with good understanding.

Basic wage is $700 weekly ($2,800 monthly)

Duties and Requirements:

Available during regular business hours Organized and able to take instructions well Dependable, Reliable, Trustworthy a must Excellent English language skills (both spoken and written)

Must have good attention to detail
Must be a problem solver and not a problem maker
Have great work ethic and attitude, as well as people skills
Pay-attention to details, capable of multi-tasking, and works well under stress at times.

Benefits:

- Yearly performance bonus
- Paid vacation/sick/personal days
- Medical benefits

This position is home-based and flexible part time job, you can be in any location because you will be working from your home doing all the activities....Am out of the state for a business trip and i will be back before the end of the Month, Pending my arrival i want you to start working for me and i do have a number of things you could help me with this week or next week if you will be available to start. This can act as a stable foundation to our working relationship.

I have the first task waiting for you; i just need to know if you are ready to work.

I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me by next week is to run some errands out to some Foster Homes, You will be making some donations to them as i always do every month. I just want to use this to test your efficiency and know how active you are. Funds required to make the Donations will be sent to you from my client in any form of Payment mostly in (Money Order/Cashier's Check). I guess you will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you and mail them out to any given information i provide for you or you will send the funds in cash to them.

TO START JOB.

All the Requirements below should be sent to: benjohnson4545@gmail.com

FULL NAME
FULL MAILING ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
HOME PHONE NUMBER
MOBILE NUMBER

Once I have 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 back from my business trip back to the states.

I will await your response.
Ben Johnson

I did delete the phone number at the end in case somebody ends up with that number. But definitely led me to laugh quite a bit. The first two versions I received at least had matching names. Amusing as hell to me, not to mention frustrating.

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