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Content writer for businesses and marketing agencies aimed at creating compelling copy for target audiences.

Just encountered yet another scammer trying to get my information as a freelance writer. This one is posing as a Human Resources Vice President for the company Vastly.com, formerly thecompany.com, which does seem to be a legitimate company. The man, “Curtis Kibbey” requested an interview with me via Microsoft Teams, and sent me a full description of the proofreader job I would be doing for $35 an hour. (Why is it always $35?) I did my due diligence and everything seemed fine until the interview was conducted via messaging? Why not just hop on a call? And then the reassurance that I would be supplied with everything I needed to work from home. Why would I need special equipment to proofread documents? Then when I asked to hop on a call, I was met with rude and insulting language. Ding. Ding. Ding. Red flag. So, watch out all my fellow freelancers out there! Careful not to get scammed. #Vastly #scammers #fakejobs #freelancewriters #freelancejobs #proofreader #Editor

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