Job Offer
Today I received this very legitimate job offer, search from what is clearly someone who is a serious player in the video game industry. At the very least they are going to be well known in the game industry soon.
“I came across your resume. I have clients that are very into gaming, denture and have loads of money. They are looking to invest in a company that produces online games. What they would like me to do is round up a small team of people who can put together one for them. This would basicly be like starting up any company. You would not make anything till the game has been made and the investors have decided its worthy of investment. But once that happens then you would become a partner with that company being that you are one of the founding members. A lot like most companies. So I am looking for people with your kind of skills that can demonstrate they can make this happen. We will have weekly meetings to go over our goals and log and discuss our progress. This will be a colabrative effort. Please email me back and let me know if you are interested.
John Lankford”
To further demonstrate the sheer gravitas of this offer, it came from a Yahoo email address, which as we all know is a sign of a businessman who is heavily involved in the software industry.
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December 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Actually, when you are starting up any company, you basicly [sic] round up a pile of what we call “starting capital” that you use to pay employees something (which is the opposite of “not make anything”.)
At the very, very least a corporation is formed and options are offered to the founding members, because that puts fiduciary duties on the people who “round up” the team and protect the other founders.
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December 3rd, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Its so proffesional, I’d be forced to take the job due to the sheer professionalism of this letter :P
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December 3rd, 2010 at 11:02 pm
You would figure a scam artist would at least run spellcheck.
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December 3rd, 2010 at 11:56 pm
If that doesn’t work out, you probably have GI benefits waiting.
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Origprod reply on December 3rd, 2010 11:56 pm:
Though, come to think of it, you probably really DO have GI benefits waiting, don’t you?
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December 4th, 2010 at 3:58 am
Sounds legit. You should do it.
Also, there’s this bridge I want you to buy.
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December 4th, 2010 at 10:09 am
And while you’re accepting this enticing job offer, don’t forget to give him your bank account number. ;-P
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December 4th, 2010 at 10:58 am
No! No! Don’t be foolish. Don’t send him your bank account number as TheShadowCat suggests. That would just open you up to losing all your money. Send ME your bank account number along with your SSN and I’ll make sure everything is secure.
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December 4th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Psh. C’mon, who does this guy think he is? There’s a Nigerian prince out there who’ll make you a way better offer. He’s giving me $500,000 dollars and all I had to do was agree to let him use my bank account. He said the check’s in the mail already!
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December 4th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Wait.. what happened to the lotto ticket they were going to deposit to your bank account for you??
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December 5th, 2010 at 3:06 am
Wow. Kinda reminds me of the offers for interviews I’ve occasionally been recieving from careerbuilder. Good news is, english is obviously the first language of the person who wrote your email. All of mine seem to have been written by the same, semi-fluent person. But, I’m sure it’s ALL on the level.
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December 5th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Oh, yeah, this ain’t bodgy at all. No worries.
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December 6th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Personally, I suggest screwing around with him for a while to see how it goes… and of course posting his emails up here for us to laugh at.
Captcha: “Embleati says” to do it, too.
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StoneWolf reply on December 6th, 2010 6:31 am:
Seconded.
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Anna reply on December 6th, 2010 8:27 am:
Vote! :)
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lukazaz reply on December 6th, 2010 11:41 am:
VOTE!!!
PLEASE LET US HAVE THE FUNNIES!!
JMireles reply on December 6th, 2010 5:45 pm:
Absolutely. I’m game for having a good laugh at the expense of someone who is deserving…