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Complaint 58321 Details

  • Date Occurred: 12/24/2013
  • Reported Damages: $0.00

The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

[email protected] was the ad I responded to and this is what I received: (by the way...do ANY of these people ever use a spell-check?...that's always my first clue)


Dear Applicant,

Thanks for indicating your interest in the job.. My name is Britton Joanne,
i am taking my time to explain all about my offer and what you can render
to me according to my post offer ,for a personal assistance , thanks once
again for sending your resume and your interest about having the job ......
Are you available to run errands ? I am looking for someone who can handle
my personal and business errands at his/her spare time. Someone who can offer me

these services:

Help with groceries, banking, personal shopping and other errands?
Bill Payment
Travel/transportation bookings and assistance
Scheduling/appointment setting (doctors, spas, tee times, etc.)
Restaurant reservations
General purchases (online, phone-in, flowers, gifts, etc.)
Third-party customer service
Schedule future tasks/reminders
Diary management buying of stationery or office equipment
mail management (incl electronic)

This job is flexible so you can do it from your home,school or work place
provided that there is a post office in the area. In addition to that,
I don't mind you doing all of the tasks during your spare time outside
of work or school.. I wish I could meet you to talk about this job in person but
I am currently away on business. I am in Canada so there will be no interview
but background checks will be performed . All errands will be in your town/city
so it"s not a must that you have a car for the job, you can go places by bus or taxi
but when i return to the state i will provide you car

. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me .

How much will you charge per Week ? I will pay $520. That is not a bad offer is it ?
I need your service because I am constantly out of town.... I am an Architect .
I will return to America in about 3 weeks so this process will be on going till then.
If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return so we can talk about the
possibility of making this long term.

Basic wage is $520 a week ,I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule
at this point as I am presently in Canada I will be back in state soonest .

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this,
also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the perfect
person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we
should have a relatively sound working relationship .. I'm online most of the time as I am
hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other through E-mails, I am glad you are willing
to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. I have been checking my files and what i would
want you to do for me this week is to run some errands out to some Orphanage homes, I do that
every month and the funds will be in form of Check ,the check will be sent by one of my clients
and i have some list to email you once you received the funds,you will make some arrangements
by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you so you can mail them out.
I will get you more information on that.

I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:

NEEDED DETAILS

Full Name:
Contact Address :
City,State,Zip-Code:
Phone Number:
Home & Cell Phone(s) :
Occupation (if any) :
Sex :
Martial Status :
Age :
Yahoo ID :

Send your details to [email protected] Once I have received your contact information,
I will get back to you with the task for this week and Understand you will also be paid as well as its
important for me to make the necessary steps before i get back from my business trip back to the states.
Hope I am clear with that and promise you will really abide and enjoy working with me as my (PA).........


Thanks for your time.
Britton Joanne


Hmmmmm...this was the 2nd response to a similar ad I received. The other was from a man, out of the country too, hard of hearing too, preferred to email too. Here's how I responded...

Dear Joanne,

This is the second response I have received for a personal assistant to someone who is out of the country and hard of hearing. When something sounds to good to be true, it usually is. I have checked you out and I can't find any architect with the name Joanne Britton.
If you can come up with a more believable offer I may consider speaking with you further.

Regards,

I never received another email from him/her or the other man after sending him a similar response to his offer.

I'm still not sure what the scam is here, on their part. Is it just to get our personal information?

Fortunately, once again, there hasn't been any monies lost. I am reporting these to help anyone who thinks that these people are reputable.

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