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From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org>
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Subject: Re: Fake Job Offers
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:28:01 -0400
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:49:21 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

>On 3/17/2025 7:36 AM, zen cycle wrote:
>> On 3/16/2025 12:24 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>> What appeared to be a job offer from a CEO was really a 
>>> phony counterfeit in which a company was claiming that if 
>>> you invested $500 into an AI company they could return you 
>>> $5,000 in one month. 
>> 
>> Gee, ya don't say!
>> 
>> <snipped self-aggrandizing bullshit>
>> 
>>> Let's remember that Flunky told us that he has an EE but 
>>> he couldn't understand a simple C program that did nothing 
>>> but flash lights.
>> 
>> Let's remember that no matter how many times you tell that 
>> lie, it will never become true.
>> 
>>>  And it was explained in the comments! 
>> 
>> The same comments which listed the microcontroller and 
>> peripheral A/D part numbers, which you were completely 
>> unaware was contained in the comments, and couldn't explain 
>> why an external 24-bit A/D was used when the 10-bit A/D 
>> integral to the microcontroller would have been more than 
>> accurate enough for the application.
>> 
>> Even a technician worth half a shit would have seen that, 
>> but it was news to tommy, who allegedly wrote the code.
>> 
>>> While Frank did hold a useful and necessary position, he 
>>> too had problems working a real job. 
>> 
>> no, he didn't. That's another kunich lie. The person who had 
>> problems working real jobs is the guy that has 20 jobs 
>> listed over 20 years on his resume.
>> 
>>> Should we say that these people were better educated than 
>>> someone who became wealthy being asigned jobs by PhD's who 
>>> managed them?
>> 
>> And who would that be? The same guy whose been claiming make 
>> over $10K a month on a million dollar investment for the 
>> past 5 years that's still only worth a million?
>> 
>>>
>>> We cannot deny that education is the key to success but 
>>> education actually worked for is a lot better than 
>>> education supposedly received when actually avoiding the 
>>> draft and paying not the slightest attention to anything 
>>> that he hadn't already taught himself as a high school 
>>> student.
>> 
>> And who would that be? The same guy that joined the airforce 
>> to avoid the draft, didn't "realize" he had enough credits 
>> to graduate high school so he took the military GED, then 
>> claims to have "read out" three libraries?
>> 
>>>
>>> So I almost fell for a scam but could tell a scam from the 
>>> real thing as soon as it was p-laced. Don't let yourself 
>>> be conned in the same manner.
>> 
>> I'm gonna make a general statement and suggest no one in 
>> this forum besides you would have even gotten past the point 
>> where someone claiming to be a CEO called them with a job 
>> offer.
>> 
>
>My standard response to spam calls is, "We're happy to help. 
>  Can we start with your personal card number and home 
>shipping address?".

I set my phone so it doesn't answer any number that is not on my
contact list. I understand that you cannot do that, but it saves me a
lot of grief. It doesn't reject texts nor voice mails, so I still get
a little spam, but I don't have to engage them.  My wife, who does not
maintain a good contact list, simply answers a call but doesn't say
anything. Recorded spam needs a voice to respond to, so most of them
simply hang up. I don't have time to do that.

--
C'est bon
Soloman