should I warn them that I will not come to the "job" interview or not?

[Lii]

someone contacts me for a job interview, after that they send me an sms with futher information, googling(and looking to who I've sended the cv) the name of the company, the cell number, weirdly I cannot find anything, even more weirdly they keep texting me

I do some scraping on Facebook using their location, and they look like scammers

 

here is the thing, I should totally ignore them even though I've preciously agreed with them to do the "job interview" or should I say something to them?

I've also changed number, but since my phone at the time lagged af, I think that they already do have it (since it sended some sms to them)

[Spotty]

If they're spammers you should cease contact with them and block their number(s). If possible also report them to whatever authorities in your country/state deal with scammers and fraudsters.

 

If they're a legitimate business doing interviews for a vacant position and an applicant does not show up they will just cross you off the list and move on to the next person, so it's not really a big deal if you don't show up. Maybe a little rude but they probably won't care.

[Lii]

29 minutes ago, Spotty said:

If they're spammers you should cease contact with them and block their number(s). If possible also report them to whatever authorities in your country/state deal with scammers and fraudsters.

 

If they're a legitimate business doing interviews for a vacant position and an applicant does not show up they will just cross you off the list and move on to the next person, so it's not really a big deal if you don't show up. Maybe a little rude but they probably won't care.

though if they are scammers it's weird that they do have a physical location

 

but it's shady anyways, I think that in this case better being rude, thanks though

[IkeaGnome]

1 minute ago, Lii said:

though if they are scammers it's weird that they do have a physical location

 

but it's shady anyways, I think that in this case better being rude, thanks though

Even the "Windows Help" scammers have a physical location.

Figure this is a real, legitimate, location with a real, legitimate job interview. What happened internally to make them THIS desperate to hire more people. Especially in a pandemic induced "job economy". If this is a real company this would throw enough red flags to me personally to move on to the next place to apply.

[SpikeSpiegel]

1 minute ago, Lii said:

though if they are scammers it's weird that they do have a physical location

 

but it's shady anyways, I think that in this case better being rude, thanks though

Indeed.com in the past had a bunch of scammers looking for random people to hire and turns out to be a scam.  Make sure it's a legitimate company.  Do some research about their address and contact info.  If it's a random number or it's not a local area code.  Then don't answer it. 

[Tristerin]

Also me:

 

Go incognito, park near where you were going to get the interview, tell them (call/text) repeatedly you are there and no one is answering the buildings front door and then see who walks out to see you.  

 

Unless you have other shit to do lol

[Lii]

26 minutes ago, CalintzJerevinan said:

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btw (also @Voluspa)

since I do have a really particular name, what happens if someone decides to defame me online?