Job Scam: Jet Delivery

Just got this one. It's not as obvious that it's a scam because they use a lot of corporate doublespeak to talk in circles about the job itself, but it carries the big hallmarks of a scam. I'll run the text and then we can look at the big red flags.

From: Kerri Durham <ufljhcw@borelweb.com>
Received: from ppp92-100-85-69.pppoe.avangarddsl.ru ([92.100.85.69] helo=home-04c0431ee3)

Hello Jobseeker,

Please find below new interest in your resume from our Employer:

Job Information:
Job Title: Coordinator of Delivery Department
Location: USA, All States
Job Type: Home based, part-time
Salary: 35,000$-45,000$ + Bonuses
Company Name: JET DELIVERY, INC.
Webpage: www.jetdelivery.com

Message From Job Poster:

Please find out the information about our available position.

E-mail for resume: hiring.jetdelivery@gmail.com
Contact name: John Tramblton

RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Self Development
Work with supervisor to establish individual development goals
Meet/exceed individual development goals and objectives.
Promote teamwork and a positive working environment in order to achieve team goals.
Participate in team-training sessions consistent with AddressUsa & Service process

Consistently meet/exceed all delivery goals, retention goals and customer service standards.

Proactively profile customer needs and match our products features & benefits to those needs.
Effectively utilize decision/exception tools to support valuable customer retention

Operations & Compliance
Assist in the compliance of all aspects of the Leadership Scorecard
Perform Teller responsibilities, as needed

Financial

Other duties as required

Job Requirements
A) Education:

School strongly required.

B) Experience:

Not required.

C) Job Skills / Knowledge:
Demonstrated:
Strong customer service skills
Ability acquire knowledge of competitors’ products, services, and strategies
Working knowledge of computer and processing skills (E-Mail, Internet, Word, Excel, etc.).
Ability to learn all software systems that support branch transportation processing.
Strong commitment to achieving personal growth and success
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Good organizational skills.

If you are interested in this position, please e-mail us your resume at: hiring.manager@jetdeliverysupport.com

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL

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Our first big flag, waving with blinking lights and bells on it, is the second line. In most e-mail programs, you won't see it unless you tell the program to show "all" headers. Most programs just show from, to, subject, and date. But there are underlying headers that show deeper info and I included one of them here:

Received: from ppp92-100-85-69.pppoe.avangarddsl.ru ([92.100.85.69] helo=home-04c0431ee3)

Though they claim it's CareerBuilder contacting you on an employer's behalf, it came out of some computer in Russia. Job offers from Russia are HUGE red flags, especially if you go to the jetdelivery.com site and find out that the company is based out of California, not Russia.

A couple of the more common red flags...

• The "sender"/"from" e-mail address is a nonsense string at a domain totally unrelated to the business trying to recruit you (ufljhcw@borelweb.com).
• Instead of replying to a legitimate address at the business, you're instructed to reply to a throwaway address at a free mail service like gmail, yahoo, hotmail, or live.com.
• Besides the fact that it's a throwaway address, it's also different than the address that sent the mail. Some legitimate agencies do the "mail from one person, reply to another" thing, but it's usually all at the same domain.

But wait, you point out, near the end they provide a contact address with a legitimate domain name...hiring.manager@jetdeliverysupport.com.

Sorry, but jetdeliverysupport.com and jetdelivery.com are two entirely different beasts. JetDelivery.com has a web site up and has been registered for around 10 years. JetDeliverySupport.com has no web site up and has been registered for around 3 weeks. They're just using a domain name that's like JetDelivery.com to throw you off the scent. But the lack of a web site and the fact it's only been registered for around 3 weeks is another huge red flag.

They did one thing better than the average scammer. They lowered the promised income. One of the big warning signs is "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is," and when someone's offering 75-100 thousand dollars for part time work that requires no skill, education, or experience, that should set off alarm bells in anyone's head. They've cut those promises in half.

Second, they use a lot of corporate doublespeak to get around saying what the job involves. A lot of scammers tip their hats too early and talk about cashing checks, money orders, or PayPal payments and wiring them, which is not just a big red flag, but a blaring loudspeaker that shouts "this is a scam." These scammers are smart enough to avoid that, plus the talk about customer service skills, delivery goals, and retention goals, makes it sound very official. They're definitely smarter than the average scammer.

But, as smart as they are, they still make certain VERY common mistakes that give away the fact that this is totally bogus.

Don't respond to them, don't give them any personal information, don't work for them. This is not Jet Delivery of California, but Russian scam artists. You will not make money. You'll lose money.

Best of luck to you all.

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