Just experienced my 1st employment scam, almost 1yr into my employment drought. Has anyone else been scammed or almost scammed?

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Can you please describe the scam so others will be able to spot it easier?

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Last week, I was emailed a supposed remote job opportunity from a company named First Title & Escrow. The name of "recruiter" was George Davis, his title is Technical Recruiter. The email contains a link to a Google Form which, what the email stated, would be used as an interview screening assessment. It asked a number of technical questions. No personal information was asked to be entered on the form. A few days had passed since I answered the questions and had submitted the completed form. Earlier this morning, I received an "official offer of employment". I found it very strange and my Spidey senses finally kicked in and I started digging to verify the legitimacy of the offer. After spending some time digging to verify this, it turned out being a fraudulent recruiting campaign impersonating First Title & Escrow. Long story short is never let your guard down and always do your due diligence whenever it seems "too good to be true".

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I've had several. Sad thing is, they got my information from the State Career Services (site registration which is required for unemployment). I got several texts offering many generic job titles. When I asked them what they were specifically targeting by contacting me they told me any job I wanted. I'm very disappointed that they were unable to help me get a role as a female NFL quarterback. One even asked me to be his girlfriend and/or friend....

I had another that wanted an interview. Then at the last minute it changed to a WhatsApp interview... So I interviewed and they sent a list of products for me to order. I immediately questioned why I would need 3 different accounting apps... Especially since I've never done accounting. They persisted. I told them I'd be more than happy to purchase the products after the check cleared....

Good luck out there and don't ever spend money to get a job.

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I spent about 20 minutes in a teams chat messing with a scam recruiter. It was a nice diversion, but obvious that there was no job and it was a scam.

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