Timeline for Conducting offshore software training
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| Jun 22, 2019 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1142401975587393536 | ||
| Jun 16, 2019 at 1:15 | vote | accept | mnm | ||
| Jun 15, 2019 at 11:12 | comment | added | Blrfl | Not worth a full answer, but if a complete stranger invites you to do work in a foreign country on very short notice and suggests that you apply for the wrong kind of visa (I'm assuming Burma or Singapore based on what you wrote), the answer should be no. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 9:27 | comment | added | Bernhard Barker | LinkedIn profiles are really easy to fake (I can also say I work for ABC training company and link to their website), so are websites and phone numbers. You can try to call the phone number, but that would only identify scammers listing fake numbers, not those that went to the extra effort of also having a human on the other end (and also not those that listed a number of a real place they have no affiliation with). What's much more important is what the rest of LinkedIn / the internet says about them. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 9:15 | comment | added | Bernhard Barker | We can't answer this based on the information provided. Most scams, except for the really well-known ones, need to play out a bit further to be sure it's a scam. Judging whether it's a scam will involve finding out why they contacted you specifically, what sort of interview process there is for you (asking a complete stranger with no validation would be highly suspicious), to which extent you can verify them, the event, the accommodation, etc., most definitely any scam red-flags like asking you to pay something at any point and other things. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 9:11 | comment | added | Gaius | I think what you are missing is that this was not a heartfelt personal contact based on a careful and thorough evaluation of your profile. He would have sent the message to 100 people and as long as his immediate problem was solved, any further communication is just an annoyance to him. Probably not a scam, but probably not going to lead to a fruitful working relationship either. I'd forget about him. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 8:53 | comment | added | AsheraH | Well, since they did not respond to any of your questions, and because of the very brief interaction, it is impossible to tell whether this was genuine or even if there were any red flags. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 7:29 | comment | added | mnm | @AsheraH if you see my question 2, you'll understand the backdrop. In past, I've had a similar experience, and although it all seemed too good to be true, an unwillingness to make daily payment and conducting business on social visit pass alarmed me. Now, I know the business on foreign soil is often conducted on social visit pass, but then in these cases, people who do such business know each other well. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 6:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 15, 2019 at 6:12 | comment | added | AsheraH | I do think your questions are very valid, but why do you think it was a scam? They simply let you know “thanks for replying, but we launched this request to several people and we already found someone, so sorry for your trouble”. | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 3:17 | history | edited | mnm |
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| Jun 15, 2019 at 1:13 | answer | added | NiceGuy | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 15, 2019 at 1:00 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 15, 2019 at 0:59 | history | asked | mnm | CC BY-SA 4.0 |