I recently applied via email to this position, and received the following response: It disturbs me that this was in my local Tampa Tribune in the Employment sectio of the newspaper:
Thanks so much for the response and am sure you can handle these for me with so much professionalism. I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on a business trip but there is a test which i will like you to go through because i need a capable Personal Assistant. I am in Alaska now so there will be no interview except for the form you will fill below.
1. Have you ever been a Personal Assistant Or Sales Reprensative?
2. If you have been a Personal Assistant before Or Sales Reprensative, how long and was it for a company or an individual?
3. Can you communicate effective and efficiently?
4. Do you have a job as at now (Note it does not disturb your present Job if you have one)?
5. Will you be able to run errands 1 hour per day for and will be needed 3 days per week?
I will prepay you in advance to do my work. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to you. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to because am sure the administative skills you have are very much capable.
You don't have to put money out of you pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping.
You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and electronics, clothing's business and personal letters.
All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20 hrs a month. I will pay $400 to $800 per week depending on the assignment given to you. I need your service because I am constantly out of town on business as I own a electronics and clothing stores aswell but want to open another store near you aswell. I will return by end of next month and this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this longterm.
Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position.
I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing's. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them.
If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus up front payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? Your full info for check, moneyorders payment:
Full Name:
Full Address: (NO P.O. BOX)
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone Number: (Cell):
Home:
Age:
Email:
Present Job:
Will be expecting to hear from you soon to let me know if you will be willing to handle these for me nice day.
Regards,
Rullman Fisher
Now, this is a scam... I googled the "Rullman" and came across it with this website, and I was scammed. This should be a lawsuit... The only problem is, that (1) dunno where this website is legit to, and (2) how do you prosecute if this is an auto-response? Scratching my head, but, frankly, I wish our local newspaper wouldn't publish this crap. I'm looking for work, and this is a set back, because I can't report this as a legitimate position with the unemployment office too... Sigh... Sick people out there.
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