# They won't tell me what the job duties are: scam?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 17, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-tell-me-what-the-job-duties-are-scam/449621 "2008-05-17T01:34:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-tell-me-what-the-job-duties-are-scam/449621/21 "2008-05-18T16:02:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Voyager]  
finished with basically saying his children would starve if I didn’t buy the vacuum.  
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Which would elicit from me a two-part response: the Seinfeld “That’s a shame” followed immediately by “I bet you wish you’d picked a career you were better at.”

🙂

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-wont-tell-me-what-the-job-duties-are-scam/449621/22 "2008-05-18T18:03:33Z")

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If it _smells like_ a scam, it _probably is_ a scam.

Do not go.  
Do not provide addresses or other contact info, if they ask for it.

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