I received a poorly written text message from Janet Vannoy after I applied to be her personal assistant on Indeed.com. As we exchanged text messages, I realized she was not a great speller which is a no-no in business. I also wondered why she did not call. After I got the necessary materials she told me to get for the job, she wanted me to set up a Yahoo account for instant messaging about what she wanted me to do. She told me her Messenger name was "lerainbcw56" which looked familiar, but I did not investigate at that point. However, she sent me an email with a picture of a signature to put on a check that I was to print for five dollars. The check was addressed to me. I looked at the email address because I was uneasy about this whole situation and the email address was "
[email protected]" which I have received emails from before about how to get rich quick from home. I researched it and found that that email has been used before by someone named Brinnon Colby in which he said:
"I have a family of 3. I travel a lot and get my hands occupied because am working with many companies in the states and outside, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities. This position is flexible and you can be in any location, working with me is basically about instructions and following them. There is also a very sensitive issue on trust and accountability which I believe will resolve itself as time goes on."
I found it very odd that Janet sent that exact same message to me and that she has an email address that has been used in attempted scams, so I told her that I will look for something else. I could not take a chance on getting scammed.