When trying to impersonate someone to contact me about a cybersecurity CMO role, spelling their name…
Samantha S. — Product, Go-to-Market & Marketing Leadership
When trying to impersonate someone to contact me about a cybersecurity CMO role, spelling their name correctly would be a stronger start.
An email arrived last night. Apparently my cybersecurity marketing and GTM experience had “genuinely stood out”.
Except…
The sender was using a Gmail address.
The company name in that email address didn’t quite match the name of the company (the word “labor” 🇺🇸 had magically grown an additional vowel 🇬🇧, and another word had depluralised itself in the process. One letter in, one letter out, I guess🧐)
The person supposedly approaching me was its Chief Information Officer.
The company specialises in blue-collar staffing.
An unusual combination for a cybersecurity executive search, you might say…
Then, over the course of four sentences, the sender also managed to forget how to spell their own surname. I mean, it happens to the best of us, right? 🤣
There is a real person with that name and title at that company. I’ve reached out independently on LinkedIn to flag the apparent impersonation.
A quick search might have reassured me that the person existed. It wouldn’t have established that they sent the email.
Unfortunately for whoever wrote this, I can read (both British and US English!), and have enough experience to know what a CIO generally doesn’t do.
The job market is exhausting enough without this malarkey. 🤷♀️
Alfred Intelligence has reviewed the “opportunity” and would also like to express his reservations. 👀
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