Crew Scam

Chris Santucci

Chris Santucci

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Anyone else getting these oddly vague queries that are all worded in the same way:

"i saw your contact on Productionhub for a camera operators / videographers position .. After reviewing your profile, i feel excited with your past experiences, i would like you to work with us on my project starting end of January in (Buffalo, NY) .. Pls kindly send your recent resume, availability and sample of your recent job (link) to my email (sethtonk@zoho.com) and i will get back to you with the full job details. Your prompt response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks"

I've been getting these as texts and just got an email today. Appears to be some kind of scam.

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Yeah, I've gotten it. Very similar. They eventually want to send you a fraudulent check for you to purchase things and send to them.

Yeah, the more you follow up, the more info you'll get.

In any case, you should report it to Production Hub, so they can take care of it and report it to the FBI
 
Chris Santucci said:
I'm tempted to send a resume just to see what the scam is :grin:
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We responded to a spear-phishing attack and reeled them in a bit. Then reported them (to our bank who gave us the contact details of the recipient bank) and they watched the transactions (not ours, we didn't move any money) in real time and closed it down when the got the next link in the chain. They refunded all the monies moved through the account that day. I understand arrests were made. :-) So it is worth responding to some of these, carefully, so you can help close them down,
 
abreu-canedo said:
In any case, you should report it to Production Hub, so they can take care of it and report it to the FBI
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I don't think PH could do anything about it if all they did was get my information from there. They could get my info from any number of sources.

jagraphics said:
We responded to a spear-phishing attack and reeled them in a bit. Then reported them (to our bank who gave us the contact details of the recipient bank) and they watched the transactions (not ours, we didn't move any money) in real time and closed it down when the got the next link in the chain. They refunded all the monies moved through the account that day. I understand arrests were made. :-) So it is worth responding to some of these, carefully, so you can help close them down,
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I may be in the midst of another one now. I just got a query that was a little more specific than previous so it seemed real (which it might be.) I'll see what happens.
 
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