On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM Alan Myers <[email protected]> wrote:
> could we possibly remove this email thread from the mailing list archives? > Yes. Visit the message in the mailing list archives and click the button "Report as Spam". The message is at < https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2026/02/msg00321.html>. You can probably write to the listmaster, but I don't recall the email address. Jeff > 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 > >> . > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- > >> 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
