Advice please. Is this a con?

[Drago]

It smells worse that Adrian's physics homework.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Definitely a scam, and sadly you can expect more of the same as you've replied asking for more information... now they know you're a real person. Welcome back though

 

[rich p]

I think it's kosher Cookie.

 

[green1]

It smells worse that Adrian's physics homework.

But better than Lycramite's.

 

[Trail Child]

I recently received an email of a job offer. I just deleted it because it was not even close to my field, I haven't been applying for jobs, and I am not registered at any job sites. It has to be a scam. That is not the way any hospital recruits anyway.

 

[coffeejo]

Having stupidly clicked yesterday on an attachment in a bogus Vodafone email, which told me somebody had sent me an MMS picture that turned out to be a trojan..............

Spooky, checked my email shortly after reading this thread and guess what was waiting for me in my inbox?! Thanks for the warning!

 

[Globalti]

My Sophos grabbed it and isolated it straight away but shortly afterwards my IT manager told me that the main company system had experienced an inexplicable problem, which could have been my fault..... luckily he's a cyclist as well so no big issue.....

 

[asterix]

Out of the blue, I got a job offer this morning via my email. Now, I've never heard of these people before but there are a few things that ring alarm bells.

First, they don't seem to exist either on the companies house UK or the USA equivalent website. Even their New York address doesn't come up on google. Secondly, they have sent me an application form to fill in which is more like a contract, this is before they even meet me. Three, they ask for my bank details, never seen that on an initial application form. Four, I have already emailed them and asked where they got my details from, they just sent the same stuff again that they sent me this morning.

My instincts are telling me this is dodgy and I have been stiffed on to many occasions lately to be too trusting. I have attached the items I got sent today, could someone with more experience in these things have a look please? Thanks

Are you a stock-broker's clerk? How are you at copying out the encyclopedia Britannica, longhand?

Do you have red hair?

These could be clues.

 

[Night Train]

Welcome back Cookie!

Many years ago I was on a dating site. I got a message from a man on the site who offered me a job at his furniture making company.
I assumed it was a spammy thing, replied 'No thanks!', and reported it to the website.


Opps, he was genuine and runs a local business.
http://www.pendlewood.com/
The job was advertised on their website and would have been a great opportunity to get my furniture making work experience after graduating.