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Job Scams that seem too good to be true

Paul

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I received this Text

(270)900-7242

Hi, my name is Nyla Lucas and I am a Recruiter at Conill Advertising & Media.
Our company is looking for online part-time employees, job certification is easy and free
Can be done with any schedule you have, even on the weekends
Can I send you job details?

I can only guess what the purpose of this part-time job or Full Time Job is. After saying I would like more information this is what this number sent me. I won’t say this isn’t too original to say the least.

Requirements: Age 22 and above. We offer part-time ($80-300/hour) and full-time ($1800-3800/month) positions. All you need to do is help them optimize the hotel, increase occupancy rate, exposure and ranking, and attract more Many locals and tourists stay here. Flexible application options are available that can be adjusted to fit your schedule. No contract or investment is required; free training is also provided. Part-time and full-time flexible jobs available, with the option to work from home. If you’re interested, I’ll give you more information, okay?

If it’s Too good to be true?

Let me say this once and for all after this text, I started getting red flags everywhere.   At the most I haven’t even could imagine making 80 to 300 dollars an hour.   Let alone for a part time position and we are to optimize and increase occupancy rate, and even raking.   How would that even work.   So I went on the web and started to deep dive into this type of job.   I however am sure it is just a scam but let’s first understand that they are trying to get me to use WhatsApp and draw me away from sending text messages.   That’s my first question, the next questions is who is “Conill Advertising & Media” and why would they want to increase the revenue of these hotels.   I found some more examples of this company on Reddit.  I don’t know if this is just an AI putting in random people’s name or if they are real people.   After deep diving into the name of the person who it claims to be, I am a bit concerned.  Nyla Lucas which has a felony and ther such things on her record was the first person to show up in Google.  Now let’s not go saying this Nyla Lucas is the same one but I suspect that if it was a different one then I wouldn’t be using that exact name while trying to recruit people.   I went to the Reddit post and checked out other users name that claimed to be doing the same thing and I found these are high profile people, so I must conclude that most of these are people are just using these name to guile people into this scam. Either way, let me remind people if it is too good to be true, then any usually isn’t something you want.

Thanks to another Reddit Post, this does seem to be a scam.   Please be careful and don’t fall for these types of scam, because you need your money to survive.  If they ever require you to pay for something and promising to pay you back than that is another red flag and don’t accept anything that might be Crypto Currency such as USDT which one person from the Reddit Post comments is how they will pay you.   I am not sure why people try these sort of things but I do know they aren’t going to get me on this type of scam.  I usually ask a lot of questions about this and try to find my answer way before they can get any money from me.   Remember the old scam I got years ago which came in as a check.  That one I will never forget because it was truly one of those that almost got me until I read what they wanted me to do.   I blog about this stuff so you don’t have to loose your money and get caught loosing money.

You are not being investigated, or is there suspicious activity on your account!

Paul

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Keep getting scam Calls

Today alone I got two identical scam calls from a local number.   The Automated message warned that I was under investigation because of suspicious activity on my account, and I should dial 1 to talk to a representative.   I really need to record this message and write down this automated messages just because it is obviously a red flag right there.   There seems to be a lot of people who don’t know anything about these types of scams but here is what I already know before I even dial 1 just to keep the scammer busy for a few more minutes.   I’m going to talk about some of the ways you know that it is a scam.

They Prey on your Fears!

This one is quite obvious to me at least because they want you to give them money or make it seems you are going to be arrested because of a debt or even your tax information is out there.   I am sure that my information is never truly going to be private and I’ve talked about it time and time again.   So I have to believe that it will eventually leak and someone will try to do something to use it against me.   I am hopeful by the time they do that I won’t be alive to even worry about it.

There is a warrant for you arrest!

This is another one that I’ve heard recently by the phone scammers, they like to use this one with debt scam and trying to scare you to pay a debt or maybe not even that just to scam you for money.  Either way, if there was a warrant for your arrest then you’d have someone knocking on your door this instant.   Also if this is in relation to a debt than it is against the law, the Fair Credit Debt Act prevents creditors from doing this such thing to get money from you.

Social Security Administration

This is another red flag for anyone who gets a call from them.   This is an obvious scam because social security will never call you.   If there is a problem they will send you mail through your mailbox and not from a phone call.

Phone Number

It usually is a local number and or number that isn’t being used.   9 times out of ten, if you had any call id information it will look like a local number calling you.   Again, they like to spoof their number and keep you from know where they are truly calling from or the real number.   So when I hang up with them, I call that number back and find out the number is no long in use.

Won’t give you any information

They will never give you any information about why they called you or where they are calling from, or even give you a real number to call to confirm that this is them.  I even tried to ask for the exact address from where they are calling from, they just hung up.    Also be wary even if they give you their federal employee number, that another way they will use to get you to either give them money or steal your identity.

Never Give them any Information

This one goes without saying, no matter what never give them any of your information including but not limited to you Social Security Number, Your Full name, where you life, you’re phone number or anything like that.   If they say they are from the Social Security Administration office and you’re concerned please hang up and call your local Social Security office to find out if you have a problem.   They will probably tell you it was a scam like I suspect.

*UPDATE*

As of July alone, I got several phone calls from Orlando Florida area code (407) claiming something similar like this:

  • (407)540-3718
  • (407)548-2738
  • (407)434-8822
  • (407)483-8647

 

How not to be scammed by online dating sites!

Paul

 

It isn’t always Simpler!

I’m not saying that it is impossible to find out for sure but there will always be times when you are going to ask yourself “Is this person for real or are they fake?” I’m here to at least try to show you how you can tell and how you can verify they are who they are.  I will show you some great tips and tricks on how you can do just that!  

How was it received?

Having seen so much trouble with getting scammed, I thought we should at least look at how it is received and try to show you some great techniques to know if they are really who they are saying they are, or if they are just trying to get money from you.  These are what I call the Nigerian Dating Scams but some call them also the Russian Dating scams, which to me are the same!

 

  • Check the Headers — There is an example but your main questions is how do I do that?  The Mxtoolbox blog has a great tutorial on how to do that!
  • Are they from Nigeria? — Anytime you get an email with an Nigeria then they are most likely a Nigerian Scam but I’ve seen this in many  ways but recently I’ve heard from friends who were scammed while they were trying to find romance on dating sites.
  • Check the “X-Originating-IP:” or “Recieved: by” fields in headers! — Finding the IP of the sender can be first step determining if they are legit or fake emails.  You can find out about an IP by going to Whois.net and putting in all the IP’s that you find and seeing where that IP is in the world.
  • Syntax and Grammar — Having seen this in emails past, some scammers seem to need translation services and thus the grammar and syntax on emails are off for your location.  This is a great indicator that there is something wrong.  You should always have a red flag go off in your mind when you see those types of emails.
  • Good looking females or Males — Depending on who you are trying to meet on an online dating service, then you will receive hits with these good looking people to try to show you how lucky you were to be found.  This is another way they lure you into sending them money.  (See an Example up at top)

Identify some Keywords!

Just because you got an email, doesn’t mean that you can’t read between the lines.  Whenever I get emails about some of the stuff like this you have to read the emails carefully.  Some of the most common word to look for are:

 

  • Relocate — If the email promises talks about relocations, then you should be weary of the person.  
  • You’ve Won — This is also a great way to know that you may be scammed, because how were you entered in the contest in the first place.
  • Someone is hurt — compassion is something that the scammers, although you never know who they will saying is hurt you can expect them to want you to send money.  You should never send money to anyone to anywhere because you don’t know what they will do with the money once they received it!

 

I could go on and on about all the scams that are being used in emails but if I do that you’d be bored to tears.  So I am just trying to help you recognize how and what to look for when you are dealing with email correspondence with another person.  One thing I always remember is “Never assume the person is real, until you can verify their identity”.  

Paul Sylvester


 

Oh My I got the Presidents Attention!!

Paul

I just got an email telling me:

Barack H Obama (PresidentBarak) is now following your updates on Twitter.

So I go to the click the link and I see this:

barakobamspam

Wow, I didn’t know I was this influental to get the Presidents attention(NOT).

barakobamspam1
http://www.economygrantprogram.com/

After checking out the profile I see that it has a link to a site that basically asking for your personal address and your email account. After I go check the site I see in really small catch you have to pay 3.95 for Shipping and Handling. Well You know what they say, nothing ever is Free. This looks to be a way to get email addresses to spam in the long run. I wouldn’t give them any information because this is looking to be a scam and I hate scams. You best bet is to go on with your life and report this spam to twitter. This however got my attention because of the who it was, and that is probably why they chose the name. It is however quite funny. 🙂