I received the following unsolicited emails from "Khloe." Although the email addresses are different, they are both generic email services rather than a company specific service, which is questionable. Time for my sleuth hat! 🕵
Hiring Manager <hr.khloe@charter.net>
Mon, May 6, 10:46 AM [older]
to me
Re:[#CB769-3921] CareerBuilder : Resume
Glenn McGrew II,
We are considering you as the new Quality-Control-Manager for our company.
Key responsibilities include receiving goods and packages via mail, processing and checking them, working closely with the supervisors and making reports of work done.
We are paying $2800 per month and all applicable bonuses.
^^^^USA Residents Only.
Reply to this e-mail your name, phone and we will get in touch with you.
Hiring Manager
Mon, May 13, 12:39 PM [newer]
to me
Re: CareerBuilder: About Your Resume
Glenn McGrew II,
Thank you for your interest in the Shipping Manager position.
Key responsibilities include monitoring incoming shipments, receiving and inspecting them, documenting items by taking pictures, pick-uping orders at your local stores.
We are paying $2600 per month and all applicable bonuses. Paid sick leave days and 3 weeks paid vacation per year. Supplies provided by the company
******USA Residents Only. Basic PC and Internet skills
Reply to this e-mail with your name, phone and we will get in touch with you shortly.
Hr.Dep.
As you can see, there are some similarities but there isn't a lot to work with here. Charter.net is owned by Spectrum, so that doesn't help. Mail.com is just another generic email service. I did reply to the 2nd email and asked for further information, including their website, but received nothing back.
IP Address Lookup & TraceRoute
I looked at the full emails, pulled these IP addresses, and looked them up on IPLocation.net and Ultratools.com's IP Lookup and Ultratools.com's IP TraceRoute. The similarity of the first 2 IPs is interesting. This may not mean much to you, but please note that both the first and last IPs show as having gone through Germany on the 5th hop of the TraceRoute. This may or may not be significant.
| 1st Email | 2nd Email | |
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| 47.43.20.32 | 47.43.20.33 | |
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| 10.8.0.2 | 10.8.0.2 | |
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| 75.172.172.31 | 174.96.226.56 | |
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Really, though, there isn't much else to go on.
Email Addresses
The fact that both email addresses contain the apparent name "Khloe" suggests that the same person or group is involved.
Subject Lines
Both emails reference CareerBuilder. I searched for the apparent CB job number, but found nothing.
Email Similarities
If you look at the two emails, you'll notice that there is a great deal of similarity in the layout and information, with the salaries being quite similar, and rather low for management.
Admittedly, some companies are stingy or small, and pay a low salary for a shipping manager, but such positions typically command a high rate of over $50,000/year. According to ww1.salary.com: "The base salary for Shipping Operations Manager ranges from $67,382 to $90,533 with the average base salary of $76,244." Glassdoor states: "The national average salary for a Shipping Manager is $52,304 in United States." For a QA Manager, Salary.com says: "The base salary for Quality Control Manager ranges from $91,060 to $121,932 with the average base salary of $104,967," and Glassdoor reports: "The national average salary for a Quality Control Manager is $75,971 in United States."
Also, the fact that both emails were unsolicited is a sign of fraud.
Signatures
Signatures presenting a job will typically have the person's name, job title, department, company name, address, phone number and logo. Most of that is missing from these two emails.
I'll be passing this along to the FBI to investigate.
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