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Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by jestarray on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:41AM (#33930241)
I was not in the right state of mind, my brain weirdly skimmed and auto-corrected grammar mistakes. I thought it was weird but I was just happy and yet busy to think about it further.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by nigamanth on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:56AM (#33930304)
Yeah I mean when someone is happy and excited that they're going to get a job that pays $45 an hour then they probably won't care whether the employers know English or not.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by andsoitis on Saturday December 10, 2022 @12:45AM (#33930256)
Is English your first language? I ask because in your first point you write:

> Not too well antiquated with the job hiring process

“Antiquated” means archaic or old-fashioned. There may be other errors in your article; I didn’t read the rest.

Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by wyldfire on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:03AM (#33930340)
s/antiquated/acquainted/ - probably just a spelling error that was autocorrected to the wrong word.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by jestarray on Saturday December 10, 2022 @01:49AM (#33930547)
It sounded right when I read it aloud and I'm still recovering from the flu. English is my first language but I still make clumsy mistakes with it.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by kodah on Saturday December 10, 2022 @02:18AM (#33930681)
I recently reread some messages I wrote while and after I had Covid. I made mistakes like this too.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by jefftk on Saturday December 10, 2022 @06:46AM (#33931775)
This is also a "red flag" that will probably stop being useful soon, as chatgpt etc make it easy for scammers to write things that don't have this kind of mistake.
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by adammarples on Saturday December 10, 2022 @07:30AM (#33932030)
I have read that the poor spelling in scams is on purpose, it filters people out early on. Anyone who overlooks the poor spelling and grammar is more likely to continue
Re:A fake job offer gone wrong by commandersaki on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:36AM (#33932484)
Just fyi, anyone can send email (a.k.a. spoofing) from @autonation.com, the harder part is correspondence from that domain - but I think you were pretty much aware of the scam at that point. Good job.