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Has anyone else received this hilarious request? Thread poster: Tom in London
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2008)
Italian to English
I've just received an email from someone called "Paul" that says:
"I am willing to employ a competent individual to become my Part-time Personal Assistant.
Would you be interested?
If yes, email me and i will respond with a detailed job
description."
I'm laughing so hard....
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Laura Mussutto 
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
English to Italian
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| Just got it too! | Jan 11, 2014 |
Aren't we lucky!
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I always dreamt about being personal assistants of Pauls
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I'm devastated that I'm not the only chosen one.
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nrichy (X)
France
Local time: 05:06
French to Dutch
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| I am already | Jan 11, 2014 |
M. Anna Kańduła wrote: I always dreamt about being personal assistants of Pauls
Cooking, feeding his children and cats, driving his car, secretarial services, phone calls and computer maintenance. Nothing hilarious
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RSmithLux
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
French to English
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Thomas Pfann
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2006)
English to German
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| Everyone got it | Jan 11, 2014 |
And by "everyone" I don't just mean everyone on proZ but pretty much everyone. I got it through proZ, my wife got it through LinkedIn, I saw it popping up on Facebook and on Monday I'll check with my nan to see if she had anything in the post.
I am kind of intrigued, though, what might be behind this.
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Mailand
Local time: 05:06
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Now you made me feel REALLY bad - I didn't get it, so I really must be a nobody .... not even scammers contact me! And I always considered myself perfect Personal Assistant material.
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Thomas Pfann
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
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| Sorry, Mailand... | Jan 11, 2014 |
That wasn't my intention. But look at it from the bright side: it probably just means that you have a better spam filter than some of us.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2008)
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER
I think we should all apply to Paul !
Seriously though - what kind of scam is this and how did Paul harvest all our email addresses?
What's he up to?
[Edited at 2014-01-11 20:27 GMT]
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| Didn't need to harvest anything | Jan 11, 2014 |
Tom in London wrote:
Seriously though - what kind of scam is this and how did Paul harvest all our email addresses?
Just registered on ProZ and sent a mass mail to all in the UK, and possibly beyond.
The profile now appears to have been removed.
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| Me too, I have been ignored... | Jan 11, 2014 |
Mailand wrote: Now you made me feel REALLY bad - I didn't get it, so I really must be a nobody .... not even scammers contact me! And I always considered myself perfect Personal Assistant material.
... so far!
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Louisa Berry
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2009)
German to English
| I got it as well | Jan 11, 2014 |
I got it too and was also trying to work out what his angle was...
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2008)
Italian to English
TOPIC STARTER
Madeleine MacRae Klintebo wrote:
Just registered on ProZ and sent a mass mail to all in the UK, and possibly beyond.
The profile now appears to have been removed.
So what was his game?
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George Trail
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:06
Member (2009)
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| What can I say? | Jan 11, 2014 |
I actually got an email just now saying that. It was just so empty and barmy and everything. Needless to say, I deleted it straight away.
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