I recived a job offer from America Movil, is it a scam?
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I recived this e-mail today but I never applied for this job but i have been job searching Is this a scam? What kind of questions should I ask to figure it out? If it is a scam what are they after? Thanks! Mon, May 23, 2011 8:06:20 AMAssociate Manager Customer Service From: Dennis Allison <[email protected]> Add to Contacts To: --------------------------------------… Associate Manager Customer Service This is a associate manager-level position for someone who is organized, friendly, and has customer service. This person will play a significant role in the customer’s experience at America Movil in this role, the individual will help hire and train new customer service employees, maximize the brand presentation and consumer experience with customer interaction via telephone, email. RESPONSIBILITIES Answer all customer service related emails/ phone calls, placing orders, check order/delivery status, troubleshoot problems, retailer information, etc. Have a full understanding of the America Movil brand and products and provide our customer with personalized recommendations and advice. Hire and Train employees customer service representatives Train customer service employees on product knowledge, company policies, back end ordering system, answering inquires via phone, email and Live Person Process Returns and Exchanges REQUIREMENTS Must have at least 2 years of customer service experience. This person should have the ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment, be consumer-centric, have strong interpersonal and communication skills, and be results-oriented. Computer proficiency in Microsoft applications, i.e., Excel, Power Point, Word, etc. Very strong language, grammar, writing, and organizational skills. Strong leadership skills; ability to manage and mentor a team of customer service representatives. We offer full benefits package including 401(k) retirement plan, Health, Vision, Dental and Life Insurance plans, Short Term Disability Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full Time, Day Salary: $30 an hour Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible Work Environment: you will be working from home till our new customer care center is fully set up in your area and once this is done, the chosen applicant will be heading our customer care center Note> If you are interested in this job position then set up a yahoo messenger and add the Hiring Manager Mr Jeremy Kuiper on kuiperjeremy He will be available to chat with you today between 9am - 1pm your time. Assistant Human Resources Manager Dennis Allison América Móvil http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en/cm/about/intro.html?p=28&s=34
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100% scam. There is no job. There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money. The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "secretary/assistant/accountant" and will demand you cash a large fake check sent on a stolen UPS/FedEx billing account number and send most of the "money" via Western Union or moneygram back to the scammer posing as the "supply company" while you "keep" a small portion. When your bank realizes the check is fake and it bounces, you get the real life job of paying back the bank for the bounced check fees and all the bank's money you sent to an overseas criminal. Or next email will demand you accept a fake bank deposit. The deposit will be from a stolen credit card, hi-jacked paypal account or phished bank account. Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever. Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram. Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer. 6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs: 1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one. 2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order. 3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity. 4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone. 5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram. 6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site. Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason. If you google "fake check cashing job", "fake job bank account Western Union scam", "money mule moneygram scam" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.
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That sounds like a pretty odd way for a business or organization to find employees. They're likely phishing for info. When someone responds is when they'll ask for more personal info.
webjnke1
Sorry, but the company is known for scamming people, so I wouldn't trust them! Here's a YA link: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100521115345AAHvkdf
echinopsis .
Stop! It is a scam. Did you have contact with this company? A legitimate business gets all the information they need from you in your resume, references, and follow up interviews. They work out all question and answers BEFORE they say that you are hired. They do not ask you when you can work, they tell you when they want you to work. They have only one way to pay your wages, the way they pay all of their employees, so they do NOT ever ask how you want to be paid or when. And, the sponsoring employer always pays all visa fees, not the employee. And, if they do want to hire you, they will NOT send you an E-mail about it. This a scam to get your personal information and/or your money, or both! Do not respond to it. Report it, forward it to the FTC at [email protected] and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP. For Yahoo, report them here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya%E2%80%A6 Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you're reporting on. Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization. You really need to get yourself some employment etiquette and knowledge fast. The first being that job hunting online, is just asking for people to try to scam you. Looking on the Internet is risky at best, as it is much too easy to lie and cheat online. If you are serious about finding work, use an employment agency.
Lyn G
If they are a legitimate company why are they using a free @gmail address?? What company in the world hires a customer service rep that they have never interviewed in person? They don't even know what you sound like or if you can speak fluent English? NOBODY interviews on Yahoo messenger except a scammer NOBODY hires a management level employee without several FACE TO FACE interviews NOBODY pays a customer service rep $30/hour - you would be lucky to make $12 if you had years of experience. You don't find it odd there is NO company address or phone number listed on that website they sent you to??? The real America Movil operates in the US under the name Tracfone, not America Movil http://www.tracfone.com/ http://www.tracfone.com/about.jsp?nextPage=about.jsp&task=about You can call them who will confirm that they did not offer you any sort of job http://www.tracfone.com/contact.jsp?task=contact DO NOT send any personal info
Kittysue
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