'strange' emails from employer?

[Kurtcobain]

Don't want to go into too much detail but on my hunt for a new job I received at email today, it basically offered me a job and gave a brief description, it was then signed from the director of the company.

I just think the whole approach was a bit strange and the writing style was questionable, any chance it could be some kind of scam?

[TotalControl]

Smells if scam. What was the companies name?

[Kurtcobain]

Don't want to say, I searched him and his company on a site and it all adds up, just something's a little fishy..

[clarkmagpie]

Paste the details on here and blank out the company name/numbers.
We haven't really got a lot to go on here!

[don4l]

Did you apply for this job?

Did you have an interview?

Don
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[0a]

How much did the offer?

How did they pick you?

SCAM op.

[Kurtcobain]

Don't want to say too much but I have replied to all his emails, just to see what comes of it.

Wondered if there were any scams

[Zad]

Was it from a really nice Nigerian person who writes random things in capitals, and who has openings for people to process financial transactions? Possibly who also has a name which is totally different to the address the email was sent from?

[CurvaParabolica]

Probably a scam with someone using a genuine company name; we get people using our company (large multinational O&G) name and logo all the time; as soon as we've tracked one outfit/scammer down, another pops up.

Always try calling the company HQ before signing anything/replying to e-mails; don't trust the phone numbers on the e-mails if it looks scammy.

[monkey gland]

Kurtcobain said:

Don't want to say,

Kurtcobain said:

Don't want to say too much

Don't worry, noone here wants to try and steal your "job" offer.

Just let us know when he tells you that you'll be required to funnel various payments through your bank account.

[lestag]

olly22n said:

Erm, have you tried calling them?

Sooooooooooo last century

[Who me ?]

I posted my CV to Job site. Then Lo and behold got hundreds of replies looking for a manager position ,who MUST be a UK resident, with a bank account.The wording made me very suspicious, looking like folks from parts of foreign climes. IF, it goes Kwak, waddles ,then it possibly a duck - if the language/wording is suspicious and you've got doubts, then most probably it's a Nigerian scam .
Problem is that JOBSITE haven't spotted this scam . So beware

[P-Jay]

I was getting loads of suspect e-mails when I was job hunting, JobSite were by far the worst site for "work from home earning £9999 a hour" and the like - I guess desperate job seekers are hardly hard to find and scam these days.

In my experience, recruitment is a slow, very regimented process by modern business standards - even if a potential employer knew you professionally and was dying to recruit you the most you could expect would be an invitation to come in for a chat - I would be very suspect of an unsolicited e-mail offering you a role.

Best of luck on your Hunt though! It’s never a nice thing to do.