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The article never really addresses if it was a totally fake setup or a real crypto company scamming interviewees. Does "Symfa" exist? Does the "Chief Blockchain

The article never really addresses if it was a totally fake setup or a real crypto company scamming interviewees. Does "Symfa" exist? Does the "Chief Blockchain Officer"?

SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago
Or likely a real company exists, but the applicant was contacted by an impersonator, not them.
koakuma-chan 1y ago
I think it's a real company. https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=SYMFA%20F220000065510&aggregateId=forp-f22000006551-9e5e334d-5deb-4165-a5ea-8f62edcf1e64&searchTerm=symfa&listNameOrder=SYMFA%20F220000065510 https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchRe... ~~Scammers probably got access to the guy's account.~~ (how to make strikethrough...) He changed his LinkedIn to a different company. I guess check verifications when you get messages from "recruiters."
- kirubakaran 1y ago
  > (how to make strikethrough...) Unfortunately(?) you can't: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
  - fsckboy 1y ago
    this is how you make ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶ words struck through [1]
  - kernc 1y ago
    You can use special a Unicode strikethrough glyphs such as available in https://efck-chat-keyboard.github.io https://efck-chat-keyboard.github.io
- oofbey 1y ago
  On LinkedIn can’t you create an account and claim to be an employee of any company? They don’t do email verification to make you prove employment do they?
  - filmgirlcw 1y ago
    They do if you want it to be “verified” (at least at bigger places) but I don’t know about smaller places or how people even check that.
Aurornis 1y ago
> or a real crypto company scamming interviewees A real company wouldn't be scamming candidates. It could be a real company where someone hijacked an e-mail account to pose as someone from the company, though.
DavidDodda 1y ago
so I wrote this article a few weeks back, i reached out to the company on LinkedIn, even tried to connect with their leadership team. sent a few people from the org a draft of the article. I did not get any response at all. so, not really sure about this myself. also, got blocked by the 'Chief Blockchain Officer' when I asked for a comment.
- realaaa 1y ago
  wow so we don't even know ?? that's wild did you try commenting under one of their posts like this one here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symfa-global_sometimes-the-fiercest-battles-at-symfa-aren-activity-7315705548069359616-VhSm https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symfa-global_sometimes-the-fi...

The article never really addresses if it was a totally fake setup or a real crypto company scamming interviewees. Does "Symfa" exist? Does the "Chief Blockchain Officer"?

SideburnsOfDoom 1y ago

Or likely a real company exists, but the applicant was contacted by an impersonator, not them.

koakuma-chan 1y ago

I think it's a real company. https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&directionType=Initial&searchNameOrder=SYMFA%20F220000065510&aggregateId=forp-f22000006551-9e5e334d-5deb-4165-a5ea-8f62edcf1e64&searchTerm=symfa&listNameOrder=SYMFA%20F220000065510 https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchRe... ~~Scammers probably got access to the guy's account.~~ (how to make strikethrough...) He changed his LinkedIn to a different company. I guess check verifications when you get messages from "recruiters."

kirubakaran 1y ago
> (how to make strikethrough...) Unfortunately(?) you can't: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
- fsckboy 1y ago
  this is how you make ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶ words struck through [1]
- kernc 1y ago
  You can use special a Unicode strikethrough glyphs such as available in https://efck-chat-keyboard.github.io https://efck-chat-keyboard.github.io
oofbey 1y ago
On LinkedIn can’t you create an account and claim to be an employee of any company? They don’t do email verification to make you prove employment do they?
- filmgirlcw 1y ago
  They do if you want it to be “verified” (at least at bigger places) but I don’t know about smaller places or how people even check that.

Aurornis 1y ago

> or a real crypto company scamming interviewees A real company wouldn't be scamming candidates. It could be a real company where someone hijacked an e-mail account to pose as someone from the company, though.

DavidDodda 1y ago

so I wrote this article a few weeks back, i reached out to the company on LinkedIn, even tried to connect with their leadership team. sent a few people from the org a draft of the article. I did not get any response at all. so, not really sure about this myself. also, got blocked by the 'Chief Blockchain Officer' when I asked for a comment.

realaaa 1y ago
wow so we don't even know ?? that's wild did you try commenting under one of their posts like this one here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symfa-global_sometimes-the-fiercest-battles-at-symfa-aren-activity-7315705548069359616-VhSm https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symfa-global_sometimes-the-fi...