What is this Scam??? They think they work for me???

[Linda Buquet]

I've started to get these emails and I can't figure out what the game or the scam is. Any ideas???

The 1st one said:

"it appears that part of my job is to market products and services for you so i would just like to know how you would like me to get started."

2nd one - different email said:

"This is FistName LastName . I have just reviewed the manuals and I am ready to work. If you are the person I should be contacting to get started then please respond. If not then please guide me in the direction of the right person."

All I can figure is it's a creative way to try to get people to reply so they know they have a live address???

 

[Rob_TID]

Open a gmail account and reply from that (don't give your real details) and see what they come back with.

 

[Steve Morris]

have you replied yet? I would like to know the angle they are playing, or is it a genuine mix up of email addresses.

 

[Linda Buquet]

No I didn't reply. I feel certain is was some game or scam
and was afraid what I'd walk into.

 

[seems1]

Pls do not reply to any of those emails they are pure scams.... Even if you want to check what is going on then do not give any details... just reply to them by any of you email ID which you don't use very often...

 

[FDC]

Interesting. And I'm sure their email address is like hotmail. I have no idea and I've received every spam email in the book.

 

[whiskymac]

hmm

"it appears that part of my job is to market products and services for you so i would just like to know how you would like me to get started."

hmmmm..........are you running an escort service,? you wee minx.

whisky..loves a rebel.

 

[jazzguy]

Wow...I too would like to see where this would lead. If i ever get one I'll let you know. And kind of on topic(ish). I received an email a few years back that I was going to delete because it clearly had nothing to do with me as stated in the subject line, but something told me to open it so I did. It turned out that it was from some potential employer, who having been "greatly impressed" with a resume, was hiring a woman to do some contract work and she had to respond in a day or two to get the gig. I thought that this was too "real" to be a scam and Phishing wasn't known that much as it is now. So what to do? Fortunately, the resume, which was included, had a Florida phone number. So I picked up the phone and called long, long distance. Then woman who answered thought I was a weirdo at first and was a little freaked out that I had her personal info, but as I told her what had happened she eventually believed me and was so grateful for the news of her impending employment. She offered to pay for the call but I told her to forget it...it was my good deed for the day... To this day I don't know how her email bounced into mine but I'm glad I didn't dismiss it when I had the chance.

I'm not saying this is the case with you Linda, and of course, you have to be extremely careful of what you open and respond to, as you well know. But with all the crap I get in my inbox, I probably would not give deleting a suspect email a second thought....which is unfortunate for the next time a legitimate email lands in my inbox that could potential be for someone else. Cheers.

 

[Linda Buquet]

Cool story Lyle. Nice that you did that for her!

I've gotten a couple more similar ones lately. Different wording but a similar tact I suspect. Have a feeling they aren't phishing, but FISHING for leads or something. If you reply, then they know they have a valid email and they reply back with some deal/scam/whatever.

 

[jazzguy]

This reminds me of a telemarketing "scam" where an automated thingee calls a number in the middle of the afternoon and if someone answers then the telemarketers know that theirs a body at that phone number for the next time. This can be quite a pain in the *** at times because there's actually no one on the other end of the line t yell at...and of course it's too late because the phone has already been picked up...what's next I wonder....

 

[Linda Buquet]

I should start posting them here just for fun as I get them.

 

[chelle66]

I think I would just ignore them. it does sound a little suspicious to me! who knows what they are going after, but it certainly can't be a good thing!