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awptickes · 06-30-2008, 09:16 AM

I got this email today. Interesting. Would you do it?

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Quote:

Good Day,
We offer a part time job on your computer.
Job Description:
We will provide you with the texts and you will correct the texts as an english speaking person and send them back to us. Just correct grammar and spell mistakes, nothing else.

Salary:
We don't have a fixed salary for this vacancy. We will pay you $7.00 for every 1Kb of the corrected text. You will get paid at the END of each month. Every month your salary will be different as it depends on your activity.
Example: If you correct about 5Kb of texts per day you will get over $1000.00 at the end of the month.
Requirements:
- Location: USA
- Age: 24+
- Home computer, e-mail address and Microsoft Word
- Responsibility
To apply for job please send us the following information to:
XXXXXXXXXXXX
__________
FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE:
Phone number (home or cell, but SHOULD BE available any day time):
E-MAIL:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
EDUCATION:
AVAILABLE HOUR TO WORK WITH US:
----------
As soon as we revise your aplication we will contact you within 24 hours.
If you have any additional questions, feel free to ask.
Awaiting for your application.
With respect
XXXXXX XXXXX

No, I'm not recruiting. I'm just curious as to how many people would actually do this kind of thing. It's almost like those viral advertising companies that my brother just told me about. Too much work for too little if you ask me. (If it's even a real job, and not identity theft.)

Z6CRX · 06-30-2008, 09:19 AM

Agreed too much work for too little.. Ask them to send you a sample of what they send out. Sounds like Nigerian scammers

B · 06-30-2008, 09:22 AM

1kb in word or 1kb in .txt ?

1kb in .txt is nearly 3/4 of a page. fuck that.

nootrac22 · 06-30-2008, 09:23 AM

Quote:

We will provide you with the texts and you will correct the texts as an english speaking person and send them back to us. Just correct grammar and spell mistakes, nothing else.

Are they looking for corrected texted as in text message speak or real english grammar Would be easy copy all text into word and run a spell check,. then send back. Using that method y0u could correct so much you could actually make some money..

awptickes · 06-30-2008, 09:26 AM

1024 characters. This is assuming unicode. The standard conversion make that 1/2 a page, or 200 words.

It sounds like a good deal at first, but then you realize they'll give you 2mb of work, it doesn't sound like too good of a deal.

nootrac22 · 06-30-2008, 11:26 AM

would the copy and paste into word thing work?

Celerity · 06-30-2008, 11:32 AM

$1000 a month isn't worth waking up in the morning. Seriously.

DarkHand · 06-30-2008, 11:40 AM

Heck I do that for free online anyway, if it's legit I could see myself doing a few megs once in a while for some extra cash.

If you could just request some work when you're willing to do it instead of being locked down I'd be all over it.

awptickes · 06-30-2008, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkHand

Heck I do that for free online anyway, if it's legit I could see myself doing a few megs once in a while for some extra cash.

If you could just request some work when you're willing to do it instead of being locked down I'd be all over it.

You're a wiki nerd, aren't you?

DarkHand · 06-30-2008, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by awptickes

You're a wiki nerd, aren't you?

If wikipedia editing wasn't one big e-peen contest between the editors I probably would be.

B · 06-30-2008, 03:34 PM

BrutalB83 · 06-30-2008, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nootrac22

Are they looking for corrected texted as in text message speak or real english grammar Would be easy copy all text into word and run a spell check,. then send back. Using that method y0u could correct so much you could actually make some money..

That's why I would assume that it's a scam rather then anything legit...

phyregod · 06-30-2008, 07:11 PM

No kidding. get 100mb of txt, grammer check, spell check, and send back. Thats mad cash in the bank.

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Z6CRX übber ɐɾuıu etarip Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,560 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: 1995 BMW 318ti, 1985 Honda VF500F(now legal) Rep Power: 74	Agreed too much work for too little.. Ask them to send you a sample of what they send out. Sounds like Nigerian scammers

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B Administrator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: down in the villiage area Age: 29 Posts: 8,954 iTrader: 0 / 0% Ride: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0t Track Edition, 2000 Dakota Rep Power: 510	1kb in word or 1kb in .txt ? 1kb in .txt is nearly 3/4 of a page. fuck that.

06-30-2008, 09:26 AM	#5
awptickes Yes, that's road salt. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: MD Age: 22 Posts: 4,247 iTrader: 6 / 100% Ride: 1999 Civic EJ9, 2009 Fit GE8, 2006 Suzuki SV650s Rep Power: 232	1024 characters. This is assuming unicode. The standard conversion make that 1/2 a page, or 200 words. It sounds like a good deal at first, but then you realize they'll give you 2mb of work, it doesn't sound like too good of a deal.

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nootrac22 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: PA pocono mts Age: 33 Posts: 4,029 iTrader: 1 / 100% Ride: daily driver working on 92 prelude 4ws Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 238	would the copy and paste into word thing work?

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DarkHand Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Age: 28 Posts: 3,675 iTrader: 0 / 0% Rep Power: 214	Heck I do that for free online anyway, if it's legit I could see myself doing a few megs once in a while for some extra cash. If you could just request some work when you're willing to do it instead of being locked down I'd be all over it.

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