Emails offering a personal assistant job opportunity are fraudulentUPDATE: A new version of this fraud was sent from a compromised Berry account recently. The subject of the email was “P.A Job Offer”. It was offering $500 a week to be a personal assistant. As mentioned below, do not reply to this email, as it is an attempt to steal money from you.
An email has been sent to the majority of the Berry College students claiming to offer a work-from-home assistant job. This offer is fraudulent and is not a valid job offering. Do not send information to the address in the email or give out any personal information. The full text of the email is shown below for reference. The most obvious indicator of fraud is the fact that the sender in the “From” line ( not shown, but is in fact Jane.Lee@vikings.berry.edu) does not match the closing signature line (Jane Hickman). This type of email may show up again, slightly modified, with different names, wages or responsibilities, so be very careful with offers like this.
Hello and Good day,
Dr. Alex is currently looking out for an assistant who is self motivated, reliable, articulate and eager to learn with minimal supervision required to work-from-home part time as his Personal Assistant.Job Scope:
> Manage diary and schedule meetings and appointments??
> Screen and direct phone calls and distribute correspondence
> Produce reports, presentations and briefs
> Make travel arrangementsHours: An Average of 12hrs weekly
Wages: $200.00 weeklyIf interested, Submit your resume/cover letter directly to Dr. Alex via: alexwaton27@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Jane Hickman
Originally posted June 18, 2019. Updated June 22, 2020.
