could we possibly remove this email thread from the mailing list archives?
On 2/18/26 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM Alan Myers <[email protected]>
wrote:
Is this a scam?
Probably not. They will work offshore, pretend to be American using a
laptop they ship to you (and they remote into), use your bank account for
direct deposits, and pay you a commission.
But be prepared for the problems you open yourself up to: Arizona Woman
Sentenced for $17M Information Technology Worker Fraud Scheme that
Generated Revenue for North Korea, <
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue
.
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From: <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Subject: Collabrations
To: Alanmyersinquiry <[email protected]>
Hi Alan,
This is Miguel from the Philippines. I'm a software developer with over 10
years of experience. I came across your GitHub profile and thought it would
be great to connect. I'd love to explore the possibility of collaborating
with you on some projects.
My collaborators and I have been working on Upwork for 10 years, but
recently it's become more challenging to secure new jobs. We decided to
pursue more opportunities, and we noticed there are 'US only' jobs on
Upwork that aren't visible to freelancers in other countries. We decided to
grab those jobs as well.
Some friends of ours in the US helped us out by letting us use their
profiles to sign up, so we're now using US accounts. However, since we're
non-native English speakers, it's challenging for us to land jobs.
So you need to work like a middleman who does all kinds of technical
interviews under someone else's name. That means you need to join the
meetings with that given name, act like him.
- We will pay you well based on hourly rate ($40/hr) every week.
- You can bill all the hours you spend for interviews and studying.
Please let me know if you're interested in.
Thank you,
Miguel
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Alan Myers
