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    Interview at IBM Tommorrow(26-Apr-2015)

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    • LakshmanaL
      Lakshmana @thanksajdotcom
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      @scottalanmiller said:
      I have mailed the Manager at IBM,Bangalore and they dont even replied after I have mailed her

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      • ?
        A Former User @Lakshmana
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        @Lakshmana said:

        @scottalanmiller said:
        I have mailed the Manager at IBM,Bangalore and they dont even replied after I have mailed her

        Not surprising. This is some scam.

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        • LakshmanaL
          Lakshmana @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 If it was scam,why the manager said that I will arrange for the meeting for that process of selection

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          • coliverC
            coliver @Lakshmana
            last edited by

            @Lakshmana said:

            @thecreativeone91 If it was scam,why the manager said that I will arrange for the meeting for that process of selection

            They lied to you? Seems like they wanted to get your information for some reason probably credit scam or hiring scam.

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            • ?
              A Former User @Lakshmana
              last edited by

              @Lakshmana said:

              @thecreativeone91 If it was scam,why the manager said that I will arrange for the meeting for that process of selection

              Who's the manager? What is the contact information for the manager?

              a Scamer will try to make it seem semi-plausible, but it never is. People get scammed by wanting something that's to good to be true so they will try it anyway.

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              • LakshmanaL
                Lakshmana @coliver
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                @coliver said:
                I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

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                • ?
                  A Former User @Lakshmana
                  last edited by A Former User

                  @Lakshmana said:

                  @coliver said:
                  I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                  What was the URL? And where were you (DNS could be poisoned)

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                    last edited by

                    @Lakshmana said:

                    @scottalanmiller said:
                    I have mailed the Manager at IBM,Bangalore and they dont even replied after I have mailed her

                    As expected.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
                      last edited by

                      @Lakshmana said:

                      @thecreativeone91 If it was scam,why the manager said that I will arrange for the meeting for that process of selection

                      Because that IS the scam!

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @coliver
                        last edited by

                        @coliver said:

                        @Lakshmana said:

                        @thecreativeone91 If it was scam,why the manager said that I will arrange for the meeting for that process of selection

                        They lied to you? Seems like they wanted to get your information for some reason probably credit scam or hiring scam.

                        Second time this has happened in two weeks. Should not be so surprising now.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Lakshmana
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                          @Lakshmana said:

                          @coliver said:
                          I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                          From home? It was definitely IBM.com and you did it from your own computer?

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                          • coliverC
                            coliver @Lakshmana
                            last edited by coliver

                            @Lakshmana said:

                            @coliver said:
                            I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                            From a trusted computer or one at an "exam center"? I did a cursory search for IBM written assessment. The questions and the answers for the Indian exam can be easily found online. It wouldn't be hard to spoof an "official" IBM website. Although at that point why go through the effort there are much easier ways to get that type of information.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @coliver
                              last edited by

                              @coliver said:

                              @Lakshmana said:

                              @coliver said:
                              I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                              From a trusted computer or one at an "exam center"? I did a cursory search for IBM written assessment. The questions and the answers for the Indian exam can be easily found online. It wouldn't be hard to spoof an "official" IBM website. Although at that point why go through the effort there are much easier was to get that type of information.

                              If they are doing this on scale, and likely they are, they want to be convincing because they get a better hit ration and their risk of being discovered (by the authorities, by IBM, etc.) is far lower. They need plausible deniability to pull it off. How granted, doing that in India is much easier than in the US. Few of us would have fallen for this one here, but even here many would have. I've certainly been tricked before.

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                @coliver said:

                                @Lakshmana said:

                                @coliver said:
                                I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                                From a trusted computer or one at an "exam center"? I did a cursory search for IBM written assessment. The questions and the answers for the Indian exam can be easily found online. It wouldn't be hard to spoof an "official" IBM website. Although at that point why go through the effort there are much easier was to get that type of information.

                                If they are doing this on scale, and likely they are, they want to be convincing because they get a better hit ration and their risk of being discovered (by the authorities, by IBM, etc.) is far lower. They need plausible deniability to pull it off. How granted, doing that in India is much easier than in the US. Few of us would have fallen for this one here, but even here many would have. I've certainly been tricked before.

                                So the "testing" is just a means to appear legit?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                  @coliver said:

                                  So the "testing" is just a means to appear legit?

                                  Possibly. Or the testing is actually part of the scam. Scams are not only for ID and data. Lots of scams are for harvesting staff in order to sell them later. This is far more common in the US than ID theft. The scams are to get people to quit their jobs, become desperate for work and then sell them to companies at discount rates after having "strung them along" with a fake job.

                                  Sounds complicated and weird. But once you've seen it in action it is very effective and can make them a fortune. Teksystems does this in the US in some offices (Connecticut for example.) They'll make you a fake offer somewhere, get you to drop everything for it, wait until your start date, say it fell through or is on hold, and they'll keep you "available" while they either try to get the actual job at a lower rate and/or find other work that you will accept since you are now out of work and in need of a job.

                                  Had this happen to my tenant in NYC THIS MORNING actually (not with Teksystems, with someone representing GE Capital in Connecticut.) It's super common, especially when relocation is involved.

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre @scottalanmiller
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                                    I'm suprised that kind of stuff isn't illegal here in the stats... and if it is, more people need to know about it!

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                                    • ?
                                      A Former User @dafyre
                                      last edited by

                                      @dafyre said:

                                      I'm suprised that kind of stuff isn't illegal here in the stats... and if it is, more people need to know about it!

                                      Most states are at will employment so, a job offer isn't a binding contract.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @dafyre
                                        last edited by

                                        @dafyre said:

                                        I'm suprised that kind of stuff isn't illegal here in the stats... and if it is, more people need to know about it!

                                        Oh it's illegal, of course, but it is difficult and expensive to prove fraud. And people without jobs are rarely the people to sue you, especially when you might have a job for them.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                                          Most states are at will employment so, a job offer isn't a binding contract.

                                          At will does not do what people think that it does. At will cannot override federal employment law or "good faith." Fraud is fraud. At will applies to nearly all states and means almost nothing. You cannot attempt to hurt someone through a job offer.

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                                          • thanksajdotcomT
                                            thanksajdotcom @Lakshmana
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                                            @Lakshmana said:

                                            @coliver said:
                                            I logged into the IBM website only for writing the exam

                                            Link?

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