By Joseph Ndungi It was a regular Tuesday. I was on leave, casually scrolling through my phone,...
By Joseph Ndungi
It was a regular Tuesday. I was on leave, casually scrolling through my phone, enjoying a quiet break from work when something caught my attention. My resume is on job sites. Passive job search, they call it. Plant seeds. See what grows.
What grew was a scam. A very well dressed, impressively engineered scam. I can only stan.
The Email That Made Me Feel Like a Main Character
The subject line said "Software Engineer Opportunity." I get those. I almost scrolled past it.
I was so desperate for a job, I almost gave my card details to a fake recruiter
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