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Is this a scam?
Aug 12 2009, 8:38 pm
By: Hug A Zergling  

Aug 12 2009, 8:38 pm Hug A Zergling Post #1



I found this Ad on Kijiji looking for students. This was the ad:

Looking for people to work for 1-2 hours per day. Very easy job. Looking for people to start asap. Contact me for more information.

So I contacted him and got this response:

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Hello,

Thanks for your interest. Our company CRM Employment is one of Canada's largest employment brokers. We are looking for people who wish to work 1-2 hours from home posting online employment ads. There is a tutorial that I will send you if you are interested. You will be paid $15 per hour and you will be paid at the end of each month. You can choose the payment method either through PayPal or by Check.

If you are interested add me on msn. I will be on with you everyday and if you have any questions at all you can ask me. So if you would like this job please add me on msn:

al_mcdermot@live.com

We are looking for people to begin working ASAP. Once you have added me I will send you the training materials over msn and we will carry on. I look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,
Al McDermot
CRM Employment


Doesn't seem right to me. Is it a scam?



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Aug 12 2009, 8:41 pm poison_us Post #2

Back* from the grave

Go for it, but if he asks for anything that you wouldn't want anyone to read, such as a credit card number, tell him where to stick it.




Aug 12 2009, 8:44 pm Jack Post #3

>be faceless void >mfw I have no face

Sounds like one to me. A proper company wouldn't use msn to talk. Amd they would have an @crm email.



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Aug 12 2009, 8:46 pm DT_Battlekruser Post #4



I find it slightly odd that a large company seemingly has no trace on the web; "CRM Employment" did not show up as a company, not did "Al McDermot" as a name.

But you can't lose if you don't give them anything.




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Aug 12 2009, 8:47 pm poison_us Post #5

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Quote from DT_Battlekruser
But you can't lose if you don't give them anything.

Meaning talk to them, try to find out if it's legit, and if they ask for personal stuff, say "yeah, I'd rather not give ___ to you."

It also seems funny to me that he didn't mention what the letters stood for. But, I'm being nitpicky again.




Aug 12 2009, 8:50 pm Excalibur Post #6

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It's a scam, and if someone can prove otherwise, I will eat DTBK's socks.




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Aug 12 2009, 8:52 pm poison_us Post #7

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Quote from Excalibur
It's a scam, and if someone can prove otherwise, I will eat DTBK's socks.

Mine too?
I so wanna prove this isn't a scam now, but I live in the USA. Most people here don't give a shit about "one of Canada's largest employment brokers", and they'd change the words around a lil anyways.




Aug 12 2009, 8:56 pm Corbo Post #8

ALL PRAISE YOUR SUPREME LORD CORBO

Sounds to me like they're going to pay you for spamming? lolwut?



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Aug 12 2009, 8:57 pm Norm Post #9



Definitely a scam.



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Aug 12 2009, 8:59 pm Ashamed Post #10

Hear me Raor!!

lol, when i get things like this what I do is I give them false info. :)
Just so I can piss them off!
lol this one time someone sent me a fake check and told me to cash it and send them the money, So i was like ok i cashed it and im sending it.
I got this guy like so excited.

It was pretty funny!



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Aug 12 2009, 10:56 pm lil-Inferno Post #11

Just here for the pie

Quote from Excalibur
It's a scam, and if someone can prove otherwise, I will eat DTBK's socks.
Too late, he already ate them when StarCraft II was announced.




Aug 12 2009, 11:02 pm Madroc Post #12



Quote from Ashamed
lol, when i get things like this what I do is I give them false info. :)
Just so I can piss them off!
lol this one time someone sent me a fake check and told me to cash it and send them the money, So i was like ok i cashed it and im sending it.
I got this guy like so excited.

It was pretty funny!
Lol I do that with telemarketers sometimes. They get so pissed lol.
But couldn't that be potentially dangerous? Like maybe some of these people do other illegal things like hacking or ID theft or something and might want to take revenge? I would mess with people more often but I'm scared of this..
Oh and yes it sounds like a scam. Just don't make any mistakes with this guy and you have nothing to lose.




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Aug 13 2009, 12:45 am Hug A Zergling Post #13



Quote from Madroc
Quote from Ashamed
lol, when i get things like this what I do is I give them false info. :)
Just so I can piss them off!
lol this one time someone sent me a fake check and told me to cash it and send them the money, So i was like ok i cashed it and im sending it.
I got this guy like so excited.

It was pretty funny!
Lol I do that with telemarketers sometimes. They get so pissed lol.
But couldn't that be potentially dangerous? Like maybe some of these people do other illegal things like hacking or ID theft or something and might want to take revenge? I would mess with people more often but I'm scared of this..
Oh and yes it sounds like a scam. Just don't make any mistakes with this guy and you have nothing to lose.
but what if I added him on msn and he sold my email address?



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Aug 13 2009, 12:52 am Corbo Post #14

ALL PRAISE YOUR SUPREME LORD CORBO

Quote from Hug A Zergling
but what if I added him on msn and he sold my email address?
OH GOD NOOOOOOOOOO NOT YOUR EMAIL ADREESSSS!!!!"!"!1


Make a new one just to add him?



fuck you all

Aug 13 2009, 12:57 am Ashamed Post #15

Hear me Raor!!

lol these people, are not the hacker types if they were they wouldnt need to "scam" people,
They would just own people.
I had a friend and he use to pay his rent by stealing a peny from people, so no one could notice it. All online....
So you don't need to make scams up.



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Aug 16 2009, 11:06 pm Hug A Zergling Post #16



Quote from Ashamed
lol these people, are not the hacker types if they were they wouldnt need to "scam" people,
They would just own people.
I had a friend and he use to pay his rent by stealing a peny from people, so no one could notice it. All online....
So you don't need to make scams up.
That's actually genius.



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