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I haven't gone through all the comments, but am I the only one in here who doesn't want to read past 2nd email? If someone sent me some shady email address, the

I haven't gone through all the comments, but am I the only one in here who doesn't want to read past 2nd email? If someone sent me some shady email address, then that shady email address sent me a message saying, "Hey it's me that shady email address owner, but I can't get to it, so I am using ANOTHER shady address." Someone convince me this post of his is not a waste of time.

deepspace 4y ago
It's a waste of time. The idiot fell for the most obvious of scams. Apart from the fake email addresses, the first line of the first email reads: "Our company AutoNation received your resume and application in respect of our job posting". That weird phrasing just screams scam. Every conversation with the "company" after that gets worse and more scammy.
evandale 4y ago
Yeah, I don't know how I would have gone past that point. There's also the weird capitalization of words after commas and "Screening Test/Interview Questions" and if you do bother to make it past email two it changes to "Screening test/Interview Questions" and really bad grammar in general. Those kinds of silly mistakes are nearly intolerable on resumes, why would it be acceptable for a hiring manager or HR to communicate using horrible grammar?
- skilled 4y ago
  I've been thinking about this more, and I wonder if it could be related to what the "advance fee" or "inheritance" scammers do. Basically, they make the email as ridiculous as possible because it weeds out the smart people and leaves them with those who would genuinely fall for it. (I am not calling the author of this post stupid, btw. I'm just making an observation.)
chrisbaker98 4y ago
Yeah, I read the post thinking "how on earth is this guy still falling for it? Everything about this screams scam, scam, scam, scam. Is he stupid or something?" If I'd come this close to falling for such an obvious scam I'd be embarrassed to tell anyone it happened at all, much less publish a full transcript.

deepspace 4y ago

It's a waste of time. The idiot fell for the most obvious of scams. Apart from the fake email addresses, the first line of the first email reads: "Our company AutoNation received your resume and application in respect of our job posting". That weird phrasing just screams scam. Every conversation with the "company" after that gets worse and more scammy.

evandale 4y ago

Yeah, I don't know how I would have gone past that point. There's also the weird capitalization of words after commas and "Screening Test/Interview Questions" and if you do bother to make it past email two it changes to "Screening test/Interview Questions" and really bad grammar in general. Those kinds of silly mistakes are nearly intolerable on resumes, why would it be acceptable for a hiring manager or HR to communicate using horrible grammar?

skilled 4y ago
I've been thinking about this more, and I wonder if it could be related to what the "advance fee" or "inheritance" scammers do. Basically, they make the email as ridiculous as possible because it weeds out the smart people and leaves them with those who would genuinely fall for it. (I am not calling the author of this post stupid, btw. I'm just making an observation.)

chrisbaker98 4y ago

Yeah, I read the post thinking "how on earth is this guy still falling for it? Everything about this screams scam, scam, scam, scam. Is he stupid or something?" If I'd come this close to falling for such an obvious scam I'd be embarrassed to tell anyone it happened at all, much less publish a full transcript.