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Check Fraud Scam Masquerading as Job Listing on Craig’s List

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The Modem I was to buy with the check Mr. Scott would send me.

I woke up this morning to find a job offer in my email. It looked funky, but I’ve had job offers and legitimate interviews over Yahoo Messenger for real paying jobs, some of which I were hired for. It didn’t take long to find out that this was check fraud scam. I’ve reported it to Google, Yahoo and the US gov as well as a few scam watch sites. Part of the reason I’m posting this is because I want this information to be found if some one else is contacted by this scam. The information that they asked for was in the email I sent applying for the job so that was the first flag in the email itself, which Mr. Scott reiterated in the YIM conversation. He repeated questions asked in the email and once I started asking questions, either ignored them or answered them strangely (meaning he no longer had a script to copy and past from). Eventually He logged off YIM completely.

So here’s the email. Headers included:

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Subject: Re: Customer Service Postition
From: HR Team
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We have approved your resume posted to us by(Craigslist.com) and think that
you are appropriate for the job.

You are required to perform the following tasks:* Provide responsive
and competent customer support and service within a call center
environment. Ensure that all customer issues are resolved at the first
instance.* Continuously work for exceptional customer experience, resulting
in high customer satisfaction scores.* Deliver and exceed
customer-specified service levels for handle time.* Learn, understand,
retain and regularly update and demonstrate product/process knowledge.*
Track, document and retrieve information in call tracking database.* Adhere
to shift schedules and maintain acceptable attendance. Provide required
notification of absence according to company policy.* Extend contact to
promote and sell products or services as required by assigned queue.Your
work is supervised by the personnel wing.You may work as a:Bookkeeper who
maintains and reconciles records of financial transactions(such as sales,
wages and petty cash) and prepares regular statements showing receipts,
payments and balances of accounts.

Name of Hiring Company (T.Mobile)PAYROLL & WORKING SCHEDULE
You are requested to send in an Email Subject ** Duration & Payroll **This
would contain answers to the Following:1. How many hours are you willing to
Work per day? ( 8 Maximum )2. What time range? ( Morning Section 8am-12noon
or Afternoon section3pm-6pm )3. Payroll Interval? ( Weekly or Bi-weekly )4.
Payroll Method? ( Bank transfer or cheque )5. Full time Or a Part time
Job?Basic Duties Include:- Book keeping- Data Entry- Outbound calling-
Making payment arrangements on past due accounts Salary commensurate with
experience SALARY for this job starts at $20 per hr for 8 hrs a day; 5days
a wk. The benefits include Holidays, Vacation, Work leave and other that
would be discussed after employment.
Benefits / Health Plans:* Medical insurance, dental coverage and life
insurance* Flexible spending account allows employees to pay for certain
health care expenses with pre-tax dollars* will match 50% of employee
401(k) contributions up to 4% each year* Employees are 100% immediately
vested for both the employee and employer 401(k)contributions* Holidays and
personal days: 12 paid days* Vacation : 2 weeks starting year one* Weekly
pay periods

REQUIREMENTS: You need a PC (vital as this is an online job), and a
printer.You would also need to setup a yahoo instant messenger ID (this is
very important and this would be the major means of communication) You need
to have adequate knowledge of your calculator; micro soft access, Excel
Spreed sheet; Microsoft word. As soon as you have fulfilled all the
requirements, We would setup you up for an interview. If you are cleared we
start the training process.

This is a work from home job opening and your location do not matter.
Whatever is spent for the setup of your mini Office (PC, printer and a fax
machine).
We have set you up for an interview today. If you have setup the yahoo
instant messenger ID, I would like you to Instant Message (IM) me with your
yahoo instant messenger at this ID (franksscottplace@yahoo.com). I will
provide you with the time for the interview and all the necessary details
you would like to know about the company.

Frank Scott.
Personnel Manager
T.Mobile

And here’s our YIM Conversation (I’m Jasdyn):

Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:24:42 AM): Hello
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:24:47 AM): Hello
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:25:59 AM): How you doing today?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:26:19 AM): I am doing well today. How are you doing?
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:26:31 AM): Great
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:26:35 AM): Are you for the interview?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:27:06 AM): Yes, I would love to set up an interview.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:27:29 AM): 1)Tell me about yourself(including your name and location) 2)Have you ever worked as a customer service specialist? 3)Are you aware that this is a work from home job offer? 4)Do you know your clerical/office speed? 5)How good are you in multi-tasking? 6)Are you a team player? 7)Briefly explain the meaning of “Confidentiality Code of Practice”how does it apply to customer service ethic?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:33:59 AM): My name is Michelle Norton. I have background, in reception, administrative services, customer and technical support, and web design. I have worked from my home for the past year and a half. I have worked as a customer service specialist. Most recently, for Alpine Access as a Customer Service Professional providing support for Microsoft Xbox, including billing, software, hardware and networking. I am aware that this is a work from home offer and I do have a home office. My speed is prompt, I type over 50 words a minute, answer all calls immediately and I am very good at multitasking. I love working with a team. Confidentiality Code of Practice means that work practice, data, or any other type of information provided for or by a company is
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:34:41 AM): confidential and may not be shared with anyone. I may be provided with customer information which may not be shared by an means.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:35:28 AM): Let me know when you are done
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:36:00 AM): It is integral to the customer service ethic as both the company and customer may provide me with sensitive personal information which must not be shared or kept in any unlawful manner. I am done. (NOTE: All of this was in the initial email I sent which included my resume).
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:38:05 AM): Okay
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:38:13 AM): Are you comfortable with the salary?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:38:54 AM): It was listed, I am comfortable with that amount.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:39:04 AM): Okay
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:39:15 AM): Can you work 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:39:24 AM): Yes, I can.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:39:40 AM): Do you have criminal Record?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:39:51 AM): No, I do not.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:40:50 AM): For you to get started with this job,firstly you have to get connected to our secured network
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:41:26 AM): Geting connected to our secured network will give you access to our database and on our database you will be able to carry out your daily tasks perfectly
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:42:07 AM): Okay.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:43:05 AM): Also there will be a three days paid training that will be held on our secured network also
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:43:15 AM): Alright.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:46:54 AM): Also for you to get started with the whole process,you will be needing a specific secured modem
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:47:11 AM): this modem will link you up to our secured network
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:47:43 AM): Okay.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:47:55 AM): let me send you an image of the secured modem
You have received 1 photo from Frank Scott.
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Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:48:51 AM): you there?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:49:21 AM): Yes, I have just downloaded the picture.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:49:56 AM): The Company will be sending you payment that will enable you purchase the secured modem
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:50:00 AM): is that okay
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:50:46 AM): So, I would purchase this modem with the funds the Company sends me. Okay, I can do that.
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:50:54 AM): Very Good
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:51:24 AM): The Company will be sending you a payment in form of a check
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:51:43 AM): Can i have your full names,contact address and your direct phone number including email address
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:52:51 AM): May I have some more information about the company please? Where is it based? Is this for Tmobile or for a company contracted by Tmobile?
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:54:21 AM): The Company will be sending you a payment in form of a check
Frank Scott: Can i have your full names,contact address and your direct phone number including email address
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:55:57 AM): That information was sent in both emails I sent. May I ask some questions about the company before I commit to this?
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:56:09 AM): Okay you can
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:56:52 AM): Is this position is for Tmobile or is a company contracted by Tmobile to perform customer service?
Frank Scott (11/29/2011 10:57:19 AM): Exactly you will be working with Paul Smith Computers
Last message received on 11/29 at 10:57 AM
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 10:58:25 AM): Okay, and will I be filling i-9 information or have any phone interview before I am sent this check?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 11:02:33 AM): Is there a link where I can read about the company?
Jasdyn (11/29/2011 11:08:35 AM): The only Paul Smith Computers I am finding is based in the UK and does not outsource to other companies. I live in the US and cannot accept foreign payment for services without documentation.

Whee! So that’s how I spend my morning. Now to apply for real jobs, and clean the house.

Happy Thoughts in a Storm

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So we’ve had this wonderful rainstorm all day. Now it has turned to snow, and we were just getting flowers too.

My office is an office now. I still have filing and stuff to put away. Blargh. It’s much better though.

Other than that I have one chapter left on my novel. ONE. And I will have a full manuscript which means time to edit. Just got to hunker down. Painting should recommence shortly as my painting area is set up. I primed a few minis yesterday but ran out of primer. I need to get some…maybe I’ll make it to Total Escape this weekend. I want to have the mini for our Warhammer RPG game finished. Wish me luck.

So I’m going to get some cleaning done. I’ve had a lot of web sites to do lately…so maybe I’ll finish putting up porfolio images.

Web Hosting Recommendations

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Time and time again I deal with web hosts. Why not, I’m a web designer. I’m the poor fool who must design, upload and configure your hosting and frankly there are a lot crap hosting out there. It’s frightening really and embarrassing when I have to back to a client to tell them their hosting is suck.

Your hosting, as of this day in 2010, doesn’t need much. However there are a lot of folks who charge way too much and give you shit. I’m not going to talk about them. Instead here is what your hosting should have.

Storage: Near or above 1 gigabyte.
In the world of real it should have more but you really won’t need more than 500 megabytes if your aren’t going to post pictures. More is better simply because the web is expanding.

Bandwidth (AKA: Data or Data Transfer)
The 800lb gorilla of the web is bandwidth. Your hosting package should have 25 gigabytes or more. Unless you become famous, or are famous you probably won’t hit that. But it never hurts and all it takes is one Digg to send your site oblivion.

PHP
Really, your basic package should have this. It’s one of the languages along with ASP and ColdFushion which run applications on the web. If you don’t have PHP support at some point your going to want something that needs it and your host, who’s been holding back, is going to charge you for it. And they shouldn’t.

Access to at least 1 MySQL database.
You’re rarely going to need more than one for most websites but the good hosts give you at lest 10.

Control Panel
Not a control panel for your webpage but the actual software Control Panel. You should be able to log into the back end of your website and create everything easily in this day and age. If you have anything but Control Panel you’re almost always being over charged for your website. In my experience, this is as true as death and taxes.

Email
If you can’t get an email address with your URL at the end, you’re probably over paying. Just saying.

Finally who do I recommend? In my experience these are people with good customer service, great hosting packages that include one or more domain name and give you way more than what I’ve listed above…all for about $3-$10 dollars a month. It depends on the package. Most people, me included, just need the $3 a month packages.

Bluehost.com
Nomonthlyfees.com
Hostmonster.com
HostGator.com

Refuting the Need for IE6

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The call to quit IE6 has gotten louder over the years. Now with the release of IE8 and PROOF that MS can make a standards compliant browser, those calls are turning to screams.

I am one of them.

Frankly IE6 is broken and old and should be tossed with the bath water. I am less and less inclined to bother checking my sites in them unless a client requests it. Why? Because there is less need. Lets go over the arguments for supporting IE6:

Most People Use It

While not only debatable it’s silly. First of all, just in case you had no idea (don’t worry most don’t), you can see who’s visiting your site with what. Most sites I develop have seen a serious down path in IE6 users over the last 7 years since IE6 release. Most sites don’t even garner 1%. Now if you want to say most people use IE as a whole you’d be right. But developing for IE7 is much easier and only needed a few tweaks and hacks…while so far IE8 needs NO tweaks or hacks. It’s a beautiful thing.

No one wants to spend the money to upgrade

Dude it’s free. Even MS isn’t that stupid. IE8 works on XP and Vista. If you don’t think it will run on 98 or Me (I’m sorry you’re still running that) get 7.

We are limited to IE6 at work because of proprietary software the company uses

Besides the fact they should upgrade for security reasons; you shouldn’t be surfing at work. I know we all do it, but you can’t cater to those who are doing something they shouldn’t. If, by chance, your job IS surfing the web you should be making a case for updating. Hammers aren’t screwdrivers. Get the right tools for your job, especially when free.

Websites shouldn’t limit the latest bling and I don’t need to see new bling on websites

IE6 not only doesn’t see the latest bling, it’s also 8 years behind STANDARDS. That’s right, it’s not to code. Things that IE6 can’t support have been around longer than IE6 and are no longer fads. Png, CSS, fricking padding are here to stay folks. MS upgraded the browers twice now. Even they know.

You can’t upgrade without a valid copy of windows

Dude pony up or get Firefox. FTL.

It’s time to drop IE6. Drop the support and you’ll have much saner webmasters.

Of Borders and Weddles and Witches and Brews…

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The woman who hit my new car is claiming that I left the scene of the accident. Her insurance company is taking her side. Sigh. Why do people have to be evil? Even though the police and the fire department came to the scene. This really blows.

I headed out to 46th and Sheridan last night to check out Witches Brew. Let me say they have kick ass meeting space and parking! Their drink selection is small right now as are their pagan goodies. I’m sure it will grow. As long as that annoying kid isn’t a feature…I almost smacked him.

I’ve been working on character sketches for an old comic idea M. and I had. Ideas are unfolding in my head as I speak. It’ll work. Don’t freak M. I’m bringing it up tonight.

Aia has been asking for Junie B. Jones books. I just got the refund from the screwy not-so-wine-rackish wine rack I ordered so I’m getting her the first 4 books. That should be a good welcome home present.

I’ve been reading through Without Honor. I’ve done some more cutting and reorganizing…I even wrote some words in that evil chapter. Woot!

More reasons to hate Internet Explorer…Random Refusal

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So this weekend entailed a lot of moving…and more moving. We are officially living with J. now. Though now comes the extra cleansing of his house and the rearranging of the furniture…and the unpacking….

Mom helped…and gave me more than one headache, a smashed hand and a renewed gladness she lives out of state.

Sigh…then today I found out that IE sucks even more than other versions of IE. It has problems with objects.

If you’re using Firefox you can see that little video down below….if you used IE before I fixed it earlier you got this:

For the love of god, gods, goddesses and/or fucking anything…use Firefox.

It’s not that I don’t want to…

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Sigh.

If you’ve noticed…I’ve absorbed my articles and recipes into this blog. I’ve got some formating left to got…then some painting and the new site will be all.

Of course all creative efforts are at a standstill until after I move. No painting, no writing (except module writing) no sewing, no meditation, no real exercise, no tarot readings…

Suck.

The overwhelmed feeling is not going away. We still don’t have J.’s house cleaned as much as I would like. We are going to have to clean out from under his bead and vacuum. The down stairs is going to require that we stack stuff around the bar…

And my house is barely packed. I’ve managed to bring over my nightstands, one of Aia’s chairs and her tv stuff. All my linen is at J.’s now.

And yet…

I’m struggling with where to put stuff. The living room is easy…the hall, easy…the bedroom is not so much. I have a need to put my pagan stuff up but where…

sigh. This shouldn’t be so hard, but I’m moving fast because I have help now…I won’t have help later. Not that my friends wouldn’t help but their schedules were long set before I decided to move and I can’t expect them to rearrange for me. You’ve all offered when you can, I’m eternally grateful for that, but don’t worry if you can’t. I just expect you all to show to the Halloween party. ;)

I’m worried about J. His back has gotten worse over the last two years. Recently he hurt it worse and it is not getting better. I don’t resent that he can’t and shouldn’t help with the heavy stuff. I just wish I could help him.

I’m sure you’re all getting tired of the whining. If there is one thing about me you should know is that I have to talk everything out. Every detail otherwise I: a)forget, b)can’t sleep at night. So if it is continuously coming out of my mouth…I don’t do it to annoy people or to garner sympathy but because I have to get it out of me.

It’s like psychic puking only not so much.

Consolidation

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Well now my article and recipes are all in the same blog. My quotes are (mostly) back up and now I just need to tweak that and the gallery and the review pages.

Whew.

I love aquamarines.

Now I’ve got to race across town to get my mail, get the dog and put more crap in the car (books, pillows, Aia’s altar, and something I’m forgetting) then get Aia and then get to J.’s.

Then dinner. Sigh.


Your Gemstone is Aquamarine


Intuitive, tranquil, and trusting.
You inspire others to have faith in themselves.

Rules for using the Internet (in any form)

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1. Do not drink and surf. Your monitor, mouse, keyboard and cpu are not liquid proof.

2. That sparklely, happy, blond, bombshell LLcherrykiss that you are having dreams about meeting is a 50 year old man with a porn fetish, a wife of 30 years and 7 children.

3. Yes, you can order it.

4. No, you probably don’t want to.

5. No one loves you, those are spammers.

6. Plan to piss off at least 50 people each day.

7. Plan to be pissed of by at least 50 people each day.

8. Two words: Me too.

9. Two more words: I agree.

10. That intelligent, sour old man who comes in and argues every point on every board you frequent is probably your grandma.

11. Unlike Vegas, what goes on in the internet doesn’t stay on the internet.