Scam?

1ManArmy

maninthestreet wrote: »

http://forums.gumtree.com/viewtopic_f_5_t_395961_retail_assistant_Job_Ad_is_a_scam

Wow, honestly did not know Gumtree had a forum only used it once to find this job. Thanks sooo much. Finally

DVardysShadow

1ManArmy wrote: »

... I despise the people like you in society who always want to point out the negative straight away without even understanding the situation.

Apart from getting it wrong that you wanted people to download this,everything else that SarEl said is very valid comment.

If it is genuine, it is very unprofessional to use an exe for an application form, because

• Not everyone has or wants windows
• It might not run on every version of windows
• There is this problem of whether it is a virus

although obviously it can be done. The correct way to do this is to send a pdf file for filling in manually, or to provide a web page.

RobertoMoir

1ManArmy wrote: »

I clearly did not ask users to download the form, i just asked for help and opinion on the situation.

Oh well an opinion is easy enough.

In my opinion, anyone who thinks a company like Blue Arrow would recruit in this way and/or downloads and runs executables with an uncertain history from a site like mediafire is, with the greatest of respect, insane.

1ManArmy

I do appologise guys, i had a feeling it was a scam but wanted to make sure. *Hides*

SarEl

1ManArmy wrote: »

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I despise the people like you in society who always want to point out the negative straight away without even understanding the situation.

You could - as you have done only after it was pointed out - edited your post to remove the links to prevent anyone else taking a risk with it. There is no way of telling that you were not the one attempting to do something dodgy. It may surprise you to know that not everyone who posts on this site is actually really nice - there are scammers and spammers and hackers and trolls. How was anyone supposed to know whether you were legitimate or not? Before you go jumping to personal insults you should consider the wisdom of your actions in posting highly suspect links on the site. Oddly, the spammers do not post saying "please click here to download a really dodgy file" - they make their posts look legitimate because they know that there is always somebody daft enough to click on the link.

1ManArmy

SarEl wrote: »

You could - as you have done only after it was pointed out - edited your post to remove the links to prevent anyone else taking a risk with it. There is no way of telling that you were not the one attempting to do something dodgy. It may surprise you to know that not everyone who posts on this site is actually really nice - there are scammers and spammers and hackers and trolls. How was anyone supposed to know whether you were legitimate or not? Before you go jumping to personal insults you should consider the wisdom of your actions in posting highly suspect links on the site. Oddly, the spammers do not post saying "please click here to download a really dodgy file" - they make their posts look legitimate because they know that there is always somebody daft enough to click on the link.

I take back what i said and i do appologise. I am not a scammer :rotfl:. I honestly got to excited wasnt sure and came to the best forum (In my opinion) on the net to get second opinions.You can check my history on this forum.

SarEl

1ManArmy wrote: »

I take back what i said and i do appologise. I am not a scammer :rotfl:. I honestly got to excited wasnt sure and came to the best forum (In my opinion) on the net to get second opinions.You can check my history on this forum.

Accepted - and I did check your history, but at 31 posts including these it isn't exactly extensive! Since new posters can't post links anyway (I think you need 25 posts to post links) it's entirely possible that those with less than pure intentions might make a legitimate looking persona just to get up a count where they can do so.

Now, can I interest you in a timeshare in Florida, only one dissatisfied ex-owner?

t0rt0ise

Your computer probably has a virus now as you said it was running in the background. You might want to sort that out and change any passwords you use especially to bank accounts and so on.

1ManArmy

t0rt0ise wrote: »

Your computer probably has a virus now as you said it was running in the background. You might want to sort that out and change any passwords you use especially to bank accounts and so on.

I saw it running in the background, ended the process straight away. Did scans nothing found :beer:
Luckly I dont save passwords and important documents on this laptop!:D

SarEl wrote: »

Accepted - and I did check your history, but at 31 posts including these it isn't exactly extensive! Since new posters can't post links anyway (I think you need 25 posts to post links) it's entirely possible that those with less than pure intentions might make a legitimate looking persona just to get up a count where they can do so.

Now, can I interest you in a timeshare in Florida, only one dissatisfied ex-owner?

Well now its become my mission to prove im not a scammer
I think ill pass this one!

m-bee

Did you ever find any virus on your computer? And did anyone contact you for an interview.

I got this exact same email last night, and stupid me tried to download files from both links and my kaspersky anti-virus detected a trojan, I'm still scared though lol.
I found this thread by googling the company and his name.