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		rdiddly 52 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I almost got hacked by a 'job interview' I get "job" notification emails from LinkedIn saying "[company] is hiring 45,000 [type of engineer I am]" and I'm always like "Sure they are" and delete it. It's sad really.

nerdix 52 days ago [–]

Sounds like a common 419 scammer tactic of making absurd claims in order to filter out people that might catch on to the scam.

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