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Google tries to hire our app

7 pointsby phwizardabout 9 years ago
has anyone got messages like this?<p>it seems Google is parsing through Github or something, anyway found amusing:<p>===== Hello Q-municate powered by QuickBlox,<p>I was wondering if you would be open to confidentially exploring engineering opportunities with Google.<p>As you know, Google is back in the Virtual Reality Competition and we are forming our dedicated division for virtual reality computing.<p>So we created a private competition to find promising talent, the detail is in the attached document.<p>Thanks and I look forward to seeing you in the competition!<p>Best Regards, XXXXX XXXXX<p>Software Engineer Recruiter (XXX) XXX-XXXX =====

6 comments

EdwardMSmithabout 9 years ago
Unsolicited email with attached document is almost certainly a virus.
teleavengerabout 9 years ago
I agree with EdwardMSmith, it&#x27;s probably a virus. However, if you&#x27;re still curious (which I am), I would open it inside a cordoned off virtual box just to make sure.
MalcolmDiggsabout 9 years ago
I&#x27;m curious, what domain was the email sent from?<p>In my experience, google recruiters email from &quot;@google.com&quot; addresses, and the emails are both &quot;signed by&quot; and &quot;mailed by&quot; google.com (indicating the DKIM and SPF check out).<p>If that&#x27;s all true of this sender, it might be worth taking seriously.
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twistedmackabout 9 years ago
I got the same e-mail today. Upon trying to open the file within a virtualized container there is a word document. Opening the word document without macros enabled I get.<p>THIS FILE IS PROTECTED WITH RSA KEY PLEASE ENABLE CONTENT TO SEE THIS DOCUMENT
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JSeymourATLabout 9 years ago
&gt; Software Engineer Recruiter (XXX) XXX-XXXX =====<p>Check Linkedin, see if his profile looks legit.<p>You might also actually ring him and chat him up, it&#x27;s Friday.<p>Tell him if Sergey is serious, then ping me direct. :)
ramenmealabout 9 years ago
Some sort of fishing.