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Is this a scam?

dan_wise · 2023-10-14 18:36:05

Out of the blue the other day I got a Whatapp message from someone claiming to be from Randstad Recruitment trying to fix me up with some home based work. I assumed they got my details from LinkedIn or Indeed. Anyway, it's all based around ASO (App Store Optimization) which I'd never heard of before. They trained me on…

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[Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie

16 December 2023 at 1:07PM

As already said - if any unsolicited contact reaches you/us/anyone you're guaranteed it's a scam.

Same when you get one saying you've won £5k etc etc etc.

If you've not contacted them first how could they, even remotely, know your full and personal details - they won't, they phish for tiny bits of information from which to build a profile up ... from there they've got you.

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