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Yep, he gets the job and then they suddenly run into a lot of errors and whatnot and he has to pay their check. When he tells them its a scam, they start questi

Yep, he gets the job and then they suddenly run into a lot of errors and whatnot and he has to pay their check. When he tells them its a scam, they start questioning him lmao. Look at their bad grammar in the full conversation though, this was the last dead giveaway.

kellyharsh 4y ago
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snotrockets 4y ago
It's not bad grammar. It's just not American English.
- titanomachy 4y ago
  Every other line of the IM transcript would be grammatically incorrect in any English-speaking country I’m aware of. “All hotel and booking has been made and trips has been plnanned” “Is this how you want to be difficult” “I will send you later” Where is any of that considered correct English? If my manager sent any of those message I’d be worried about a stroke.
  - snotrockets 4y ago
    Pidgin dialects of English are no less correct than more wildly use dialects of English (grammar rules are shaped by the speaker of a dialect or language, as they use it, they are only set from on high when some people like to declare others as "unwanted" users of that language. But I digress)
- geocrasher 4y ago
  False. "Do you track the check" "I will send you later" "A IT director Lead from the company..." "...by purchasing the home office equipments..." "Immediately the funds are available, you will be directed..." That's not even mentioning the smorgasbord of run-on sentences, weird capitalizations, etc. Yes, there's a lot of non American English. But it's presented as coming from an American given that the job listing is all US and that name is an American (or at least Anglo) name.
- ngc248 4y ago
  Even Indian English follows grammatical rules, the difference would be the words used, idiomatic sentences etc.
  - snotrockets 4y ago
    Slightly different grammatical rules. For example, some dialects of Indian English use the present participle for future tense (similar to some Caribbean dialects)
notahacker 4y ago
tbf bad grammar is not unusual when dealing with remote teams. The gmail is a bigger giveaway (but again, I've done business with big corporations via gmail addresses where it's just easier to use a personal address than get IT to sort remote access or a mailbox big enough to handle attachments...) "We're mailing you a check, now please send the money to someone else" is always a red flag. In the rare cases someone doing this isn't scamming you, they're probably using you to avoid taxes or breach spending guidelines or something else unfavourable to you instead...

kellyharsh 4y ago

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snotrockets 4y ago

It's not bad grammar. It's just not American English.

titanomachy 4y ago
Every other line of the IM transcript would be grammatically incorrect in any English-speaking country I’m aware of. “All hotel and booking has been made and trips has been plnanned” “Is this how you want to be difficult” “I will send you later” Where is any of that considered correct English? If my manager sent any of those message I’d be worried about a stroke.
- snotrockets 4y ago
  Pidgin dialects of English are no less correct than more wildly use dialects of English (grammar rules are shaped by the speaker of a dialect or language, as they use it, they are only set from on high when some people like to declare others as "unwanted" users of that language. But I digress)
geocrasher 4y ago
False. "Do you track the check" "I will send you later" "A IT director Lead from the company..." "...by purchasing the home office equipments..." "Immediately the funds are available, you will be directed..." That's not even mentioning the smorgasbord of run-on sentences, weird capitalizations, etc. Yes, there's a lot of non American English. But it's presented as coming from an American given that the job listing is all US and that name is an American (or at least Anglo) name.
ngc248 4y ago
Even Indian English follows grammatical rules, the difference would be the words used, idiomatic sentences etc.
- snotrockets 4y ago
  Slightly different grammatical rules. For example, some dialects of Indian English use the present participle for future tense (similar to some Caribbean dialects)

notahacker 4y ago

tbf bad grammar is not unusual when dealing with remote teams. The gmail is a bigger giveaway (but again, I've done business with big corporations via gmail addresses where it's just easier to use a personal address than get IT to sort remote access or a mailbox big enough to handle attachments...) "We're mailing you a check, now please send the money to someone else" is always a red flag. In the rare cases someone doing this isn't scamming you, they're probably using you to avoid taxes or breach spending guidelines or something else unfavourable to you instead...