tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14132404157276024772024-03-08T14:25:09.892-08:00Job ScamsJohn-David Filinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895868137291536113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413240415727602477.post-9993059461780217842010-12-27T12:33:00.000-08:002010-12-27T12:38:33.464-08:00Today's scamHere's the (redacted) text of the email I received.<br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Hello <s>Buddy</s>,</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Than</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">k you fo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">r your interes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">t and your re</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">cent resume submission. My nam</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">e is Annie Marburger and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am the Human Resource Manager that is in charge of the hiring process for our company </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ORM Property Management. I've look over your application and due to the high amount of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">replies that we've gotten regarding our recent classifieds posting, I wanted to contact </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">you as soon as possible and see if you would be interested in setting up an interview with us.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Before I continue let me tell you some background information about ORM Property Management: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We are an established Rental Company that was founded back in 1984 and we've grown immensely </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">since then. Unlike other rental companies, we hope to foster a fun yet efficient environment </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">for our employees since we have the firm belief that if we provide our employees with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">welcoming work atmosphere we will see an increased return in productivity. Candidates should </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">consider themselves self-starters and be able to work efficiently with minimum supervision. Other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">skills like great interaction with employees of all levels of the firm, strong communication </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">skills, organization skills etc. are also valued very highly.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Our company aims to build a strong bond with its employees and therefore we offer benefits </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">packages for you and your family plus we thrive to pay our employees a higher hourly wage than </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">any of our competitors. We will be discussing compensation and benefits a little bit more in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">detail during our interview when we are in a more private environment instead of public emails.</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Now due t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">o our policies I w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ill not be ab</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">le to schedule an interview with you until you have </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">filled out one of our online applications which can be found on our company website. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Please visit <a href="http://ormmanagement.com/application/" target="_blank">http://ormmanagement.com/<wbr></wbr>application/</a> and fill out our short application so we can move on </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">with the interview process. Each applicant is required to have a personal application code </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">in order to fill the application.</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Your code is</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">: lettersnumbers</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since we have received such a high number of re</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">pli</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">es to our job pos</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">tin</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">g I will only be able to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">hold your application on my desk for 1-2 days more so please do not wait too long to fill out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">our online application! I will contact you as soon as I receive your online application!</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Now if you have any questions please feel free to contact me!</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Hoping to see you here for an interview soon,</span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Annie Marburger</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Human Resource Manager</span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">ORM Property Management</span></span></blockquote><br />
I'm really hoping that only an idiot would fall for this.John-David Filinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00895868137291536113noreply@blogger.com1