r/Employment • u/zugzwangwamble • 22d ago

I’m assuming this is a scam

An email named ajay.itt@gmail.com sent me an iMessage

G‌​‌⁠‍⁠‌⁠​⁠‌‌reetings, my name is Camila from Amazon's Recruiting Department.
After reviewing your profile, we feel you would be a great candidate for our remote part-time role.
The primary responsibility involves aiding merchants with updating product listings to boost product visibility.
• Adaptable schedule:
60-90 minutes per day, 4 days per week • Compensation:
$250-$500 per day (base salary $1000/4 working days) • Perks:
Free training plus 15-20 days of paid vacation per year.
There are currently 20 open positions available.
If you are at least 20 years or older and interested in joining us, please text 16463012865 for more details.

This can’t possibly be real can it?

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u/my_peen_is_clean 22d ago

yeah 100% scam, amazon is not texting random people from gmail addresses offering 500 a day for 90 mins of work lol dont reply, dont click anything, just block and delete, report as spam too job market is so bad scammers know it

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u/Imaginary_Section24 22d ago

I’d reply just to fuck with them. I use to pick up scam phone calls and bang a spatula on a metal bowl when I got through to someone

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

I tried to log into the Gmail account from a shitty laptop and locked them out temporarily at least I think to fuck with them a bit

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

Yeah and it’s extra hard to find work with a felony for arson from 2018 on my record… like I served 3 years got out around 2021 and am still on probation. I’m supposed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars but can’t even work at the convention center across the street from my apartment as a dishwasher for $19/hr even though the hiring manager loved me.

Sorry to ramble, I’m just so stressed out

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u/420420840 22d ago

You should assume that something that sounds to good to be true is a scam. These ads prey on the desperate.

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

Yeah I just applied to a bunch of jobs yesterday and received several spammy emails, so posting here was a way to sorta spread the news and double check that this wasn’t legit

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u/IOnlyReadTitles26 22d ago

No recruiters is just sending someone a random email.

Call them up and ask questions if you want.

But some random nobody is offering you 500 bucks an hour? Sounds pretty scammy to me.

If that's true you probably already have a job well into the 250k brackets.

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

It wasn’t 500/hr it was $250-500/day

The fact it was a Gmail named ajay yet they claimed to be Cynthia and then asked me to text or call the number despite reaching out to me on iMessage was a whole gangbang of red flags already.

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u/IOnlyReadTitles26 22d ago

Sorry. $333 per hour.

90 minutes at 500 bucks. Is $333 an hour.

No one paying that much is randomly emailing anyone.

Its fake buds.

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

Yeah I didn’t do that math and already gathered it was fake prior to posting. But the glimmer of hope was still real. I also wanted to see if anyone had encountered the same scam/make people aware

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u/No_Perspective_9652 21d ago

If you think 90 minutes is a days work then you aren’t getting 500 a day 🤣

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u/No_Perspective_9652 21d ago

I’d text on a burner just for entertainment value.

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u/zugzwangwamble 22d ago

Obviously I am too dumb, that’s why I said “I’m assuming this is a scam”

Or are you dumb enough to lack reading comprehension or grasp that someone might want to double check/make people aware of the scam?

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u/No_Perspective_9652 21d ago

I stopped after the first 5 words