scam job email invite from markphillips941@yahoo.com

brightonman123

received this scasm from [EMAIL="markphillips941@yahoo.com"]markphillips941@yahoo.com[/EMAIL] ..

no company / job info given.. and when/where is the intverview??




[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hi
As a result your application, I would like to invite you to attend an interview.
You will have an interview with the department manager, Edie Wilson. The interview will last about 30 min.
Please bring three reference (If available), as well as a copy of your ID, e.g. Passport, Driving License to the interview.
Please contact me on 07053504217, in order to arrange an interview
We look forward to seeing you

Best regards
Mark Phillips
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maninthestreet

THE Mark Philips, the one who was married to Princess Anne??

LivKOD

I got that same email an hour ago. I live close to London and only apply for jobs locally that I would be able to commute to and since you're in Brighton I doubt we applied for the same job. Did you try calling the number?

Nik_Doof

070s are personal numbers, you're going to get charged 50p+ for calling that number.

[Edit]

And more obviously the person is trying to hide their actual phone number, stinks of a scam.

Joshandsamsdad

Had the same mail this morning so presume that Mark Philipps also has jobs on offer in Manchester!

Not sure if it is connected but I signed up with an online job board yesterday...

jemmarocks

Just found this same email in my spam box. I've been applying for jobs left, right and centre so glad I googled the email address before calling.

GAB_2

Just had the same email come in and thought it looked suspicious with no job reference or company name. Pleased I Google'd it and came across this thread. Thanks everyone, you probably saved me an expensive phone call at the least!

gb12345

Nik_Doof wrote: »

And more obviously the person is trying to hide their actual phone number, stinks of a scam.

And their location. I would predict that if you rang that number the person the other end would have a heavy (probably African) accent.

lexilex

I received a similar email last week from tonyrender44@yahoo.com

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] Hi
As a result your application, I would like to invite you to attend an interview.
You will have an interview with the department manager, Edie Wilson. The interview will last about 30 min.
Please bring three reference (If available), as well as a copy of your ID, e.g. Passport, Driving License to the interview.
Please contact me(in order to arrange appointment) on 07053500008
We look forward to seeing you

Best regards
Tony Render
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stratofish

Had this today as well from Mark Phillips. I'm also in Brighton which is how I found this thread by searching Google for '"Edie wilson" brighton' to try and find out a company. I applied for 2 jobs at the end of last week so thought my luck may be in.

I didn't know about 070 numbers, I assumed it was just a mobile.

Thanks for mentioning it.

Dan

AllSpent

It might be worth sending an e-mail saying, "thanks for the job offer, unfortunately I have been detained at HMP (insert the prison of your choice here) for the past twenty-five years, so will not be able to attend. If the job's still going in ten years from now, I'll come along. Erm...you do employ serial-killers, don't you?"