The Vent and Rant Thread

[Mortis]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

what?! that's so unfair!! what about me? I have classes from Monday to Friday and part-time job everyday!! +_+

On the bright side, it builds character

[wyndslash]

well, we're allowed to make our own schedules and since this is my second degree, all my minor subjects were already credited

and my part-time work is teaching and translating, so i only work when i have a class or project.

[Mortis]

I just received an email from a company I was working with for the last few months warning me that there is a "Job Search" scam. I don't have an issue with them sending me the email, in fact I think it was very nice of them, except that the idiot that sent the warning to me also sent it to the $#%^^& spammers! So noe I am getting freaking email from them too, I have a few different email accounts and this particular one I use exclusively for work and contracts, now it looks like I'll have to deal with the bloody spam!

The email they sent to me (actually copies of the warning email) are below, if you would like to read them, I hid them to save space.

Spoiler:

From: <company name> <recruitment@ .com>
To: recruitment@ .com
Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 5:29:21 PM
Subject: Re Application

Dear Applicant,

Thank you for writing to us concerning our advertised position, we have received your application and also taking are time to go through all relevant informations. Based on that, we shall be in contact with you soon, so we strongly advise that you check you email regularly for the latest update.

Wishing you success in your career.

Kind Regards
HRL - HR Adviser
Resourcing and Liaison
<company name>
P.O Box 872k
Melbourne VIC 3000.
Australia.

Spoiler:

From: <company name> <recruitment@ .com>
To: <jobseeker email>
Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 10:03:04 PM
Subject: Interview

Dear <jobseeker name>,

Your Resume/CV have been scrutinized successfully by our Human Resource Department and you have been choosen for the group D interview in the position you applied for. The Interview have been scheduled to hold on the 26th of March, 2011.

In this Career fair interview, we strongly advice that all applicants make sure that all documents required to enable this interview process be conducted successfully is made available. Due to the location which you are applying from, we do not conduct a telephonic interview in some region/country.

We have also made this interview easy and convenience for all foreign applicants to enable them participate from various locations. We have also attached detailed interview instructions along with this email to enable you choose from the best option. We advice that if you wish to change the interview date given, then you should proceed with the interview requirements as directed and get back to us as soon as possible to enable us make changes if you wish to change the date for availability of this interview.

Interview Position: HSE Offcer
Interview Date: 26th March, 2011 (Changes can only be made based on demand by applicant)
Time: 12:30PM
Venue: Block c confrence hall,
Human Resource Department
<company name>
P.O Box 872k
Melbourne VIC 3000.
Australia.

You are advised to download the attached interview Instructions/form below for more details and update about this interview.

Kind Regards
HRL - HR Adviser
Resourcing and Liaison
<company name>
P.O Box 872k
Melbourne VIC 3000.
Australia.

Spoiler:

From: <company name> <recruitment@ .com>
To: <jobseeker email>
Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 6:47:46 PM
Subject: Re: Interview

Dear <jobseeker name>,

Thank you for witting to us once again concerning your interest in attending our Interview process, In responds to your question, the interview manual earlier sent to you contains answers to all your questions. Based on the content of the interview manual, it state two options for you to choose from, either personal sponsorship or company sponsorship. If you know you are not capable to finance a personal sponsorship to attend this Interview, then i advise that you choose company sponsorship as the company will be 100% responsible for all expenses for candidate who chooses this option which Includes visa, airfare, feeding, airport pick up, transportation from airport to Hotel and to interview venue and back to airport.

We advice that you proceed immediately by contacting our reservations department for further instructions. The reservation department email is: reservations@ .com

The earlier you complete the necessary requirements and instructions given by our reservation department, only then we can confirm your attendance and include you among the number of candidate attending this interview as well as proceed with your visa air ticket and all other requirements needed to make your trip successful.

Take note* that your qualification meets our requirement and we only want to meet you in person to discuss salary, working conditions and to test your working abilities so your chances are high.

Wishing you success in your career.

Kind Regards
HRL - HR Adviser
Resourcing and Liaison
<company name>
P.O Box 872k
Melbourne VIC 3000.
Australia.

This message contains confidential information's and is intended only for the individual named on this email. If you are not the named addressee, then you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. You are advised to notify us immediately by same e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete.

Spoiler:

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 07:49:06 +0100
Subject: Re: FW: Interview
From: reservation@ .com
To: <jobseeker email>

Dear <jobseeker name>,

Thank you for writing to us, we have received the information from our reservation department. Below is the email from our reservation department for applicant who choose option2 (Company Sponsorship).

Below is our Regional Representative account information to enable you transfer/bank-in from your local bank within your region.

Our Regional Representative Account information in Malaysia Region:
Account Name: NORZIHA
Account Number: 4533144XXX
Bank Name: PUBLIC Bank
Total Amount Due: $487 (Equivalent to your local currency RM1,470 )

After the transfer is made successfully, please make sure you scan the payment slip alongside the following documents to enable us proceed with your endorsement in full before the interview due date.

1. Full contact Address (Current/Present)
2. International Passport (Scanned copy)
3. Academic Transcripts or Results (Scanned copies)

Please for those of you who are currently working, kindly notify us so we can communicate with your current employer for a release
letter/note for the purpose of this interview.

Note* All payments should be made within a week in receipt of this email. The earlier the payments is made, the more time for self
preparation and sit reservations for this interview.

Wishing you success in your career pursuit and we hope to see you work with us soon!

Kind Regards
Bill C.
Human Resource Head
<company name>
Mildred Terrace,Largs North
Adelaide SA 5016
Australia

[wyndslash]

wow, that's funny...i mean, that they also sent it to the spammers

[Mortis]

The bimbo, I just spoke to her on the phone, replied to the sender (spammer) and CC'd it to everyone in her contacts list, this is an insurance company so I assume she had a lot!

Sorry for using the "B" word there, but she is and I need a drink

[wyndslash]

Originally Posted by Mortis

The bimbo, I just spoke to her on the phone, replied to the sender (spammer) and CC'd it to everyone in her contacts list, this is an insurance company so I assume she had a lot!

Sorry for using the "B" word there, but she is and I need a drink

i understand

man, what a mess

[Freeshadow]

yeah the best way to get into spammer databases vio someone elses dumbness.

[kennyc]

Yeah, spammers suck! I've had the same email address for almost 20 years now and I have it pretty well handled by using a local spam managing client. But when I use a different computer or method (such as webmail or Xoom or Droid) to access the mail server I get all that friggin' spam.

Spammers SUCK!

[Mortis]

Yep, I agree, spammers should be found, locked up and required to serve out there sentences hand writing apology letters to everyone that received their spam.

My favorite ones are the emails that just say "hiya" in the subject line and their name is always something like Mike, Jenna or Bill and the English is so bad it's almost impossible to get

[astrangerhere]

I work for a coporate lawfirm, and my current client has about 150,000 employees. For simplicity's sake, I have both a firm email address and a client email address. And I cannot tell you how many spam attacks have gone viral due to dinosaurs and ditzes that think that the "Reply to All" button is a GOOD idea for telling people to stop spamming.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Yeah, spammers suck! I've had the same email address for almost 20 years now and I have it pretty well handled by using a local spam managing client. But when I use a different computer or method (such as webmail or Xoom or Droid) to access the mail server I get all that friggin' spam.

Spammers SUCK!

And that's one reason I use GMail as my primary email account. It polls the others, so all mail appears in my GMail Inbox. (It's also set so that replies appear to come from the account the email was sent to, so it's not obvious GMail was in the mix.)

GMail has the best spam filters I've seen. It's Bayesian filtering, but the spam database it classifies against is built from every GMail users "Report spam" clicks. Essentially, I'll see a new spam once. It's also very good about false positives. I see very few. (Ironically, the most fertile source of them for a while was mail sent out from a mailing list devoted to a good open source spam filtering tool. )

I know folks who forward all mail through GMail to clean it before they get it.
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Dennis

[wyndslash]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

And that's one reason I use GMail as my primary email account. It polls the others, so all mail appears in my GMail Inbox. (It's also set so that replies appear to come from the account the email was sent to, so it's not obvious GMail was in the mix.)

GMail has the best spam filters I've seen. It's Bayesian filtering, but the spam database it classifies against is built from every GMail users "Report spam" clicks. Essentially, I'll see a new spam once. It's also very good about false positives. I see very few. (Ironically, the most fertile source of them for a while was mail sent out from a mailing list devoted to a good open source spam filtering tool. )

I know folks who forward all mail through GMail to clean it before they get it.
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Dennis

:g oogle:

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

And that's one reason I use GMail as my primary email account. It polls the others, so all mail appears in my GMail Inbox. (It's also set so that replies appear to come from the account the email was sent to, so it's not obvious GMail was in the mix.)

GMail has the best spam filters I've seen. It's Bayesian filtering, but the spam database it classifies against is built from every GMail users "Report spam" clicks. Essentially, I'll see a new spam once. It's also very good about false positives. I see very few. (Ironically, the most fertile source of them for a while was mail sent out from a mailing list devoted to a good open source spam filtering tool. )

I know folks who forward all mail through GMail to clean it before they get it.
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Dennis

I'm considering going that direction....

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

And that's one reason I use GMail as my primary email account. It polls the others, so all mail appears in my GMail Inbox. (It's also set so that replies appear to come from the account the email was sent to, so it's not obvious GMail was in the mix.)

GMail has the best spam filters I've seen. It's Bayesian filtering, but the spam database it classifies against is built from every GMail users "Report spam" clicks. Essentially, I'll see a new spam once. It's also very good about false positives. I see very few. (Ironically, the most fertile source of them for a while was mail sent out from a mailing list devoted to a good open source spam filtering tool. )

I know folks who forward all mail through GMail to clean it before they get it.
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Dennis

I only miss one thing in gmail. I'm getting about a dozen spam mails on my account about "my World of Warcraft account". It get deactivated about twice a day or I should log in and leave my username and password at some site. (if I only knew what username and password as I have no WoW account ). And I'd love to completely ignore those mails. But I can't. They will go into my spambox, and now way I can have them not delivered...

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I only miss one thing in gmail. I'm getting about a dozen spam mails on my account about "my World of Warcraft account". It get deactivated about twice a day or I should log in and leave my username and password at some site. (if I only knew what username and password as I have no WoW account ). And I'd love to completely ignore those mails. But I can't. They will go into my spambox, and now way I can have them not delivered...

I'm not clear on what you're missing.

I don't get WoW spam - most of what I'm getting these days aside from the usual Viagra, cheap prescription drugs, and penis enlargement spams is a variety of phishes. (I was deeply amused to get one claiming to be from a representative of former Egyptian President Mubarak, looking to move assets out of Egypt. )

But all such things do not appear in my Inbox. The wind up labeled as Spam, and I only see them if I display mail so labeled. (I do that periodically to delete them, but if I didn't, GMail would zap them after 30 days anyway.)

There's no way to not have them delivered at all, but I don't care. I only see them if I specifically choose to look, and I only do that to delete them. I'm perfectly capable of ignoring them until I do.
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Dennis