The Eclectic WAHM

When you get an email from a potential employer that you have questions about, copy and paste the full header of the email into this tool:

http://headertool.apelord.com/

You will see where the email originated.

I'm ROFL at an email I just got...really LOL - yeah, I'm her "dearest new friend" Uh huh. Oh, and look at the end. She LOVES me. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. NOT. I used the header tool and guess where "she" is from...Senegal. Um yeah, we all know how "legit" the folks in Africa are @@ Hello, Nigerian scam anyone?? Think she wants to "make friends"? Nah, I think "she" is a "he" who wants nothing more than to scam me.

Hello my dearest new friend,
it give me a great pleassure to contact you after viewing your profile which interest me in having communication with you so that we can get to know each other and see what happened if you will have the desire with me,i will be very happy if you can write me through my email for easiest communication.here is my email (Joysaleemeh84@yahoo.com)
i will be waiting to hear from you through my email so i can tell you more about my self and send you my look to know who is communicating with you.
take care of your self and i wish you happy day.
yours new friend.
I LOVE YOU.
Joy.

Here's what the header tool has to say - the last entry is where the email orgininated:

IP Address Probable Country Additional Info
68.142.201.234 United States* Whois Google
209.191.108.97 United States* Whois Google
209.191.119.173 United States* Whois Google
196.207.198.88 Senegal* Whois Google

How cute. "Joy" wishes me a happy day. She can take her wish and shove it you-know-where.

In any case...yes....use that handy tool and I think you'll find quite often when you get those questionable "job offers" in your email that you wonder "is this a scam?", you'll find your answer right there in the header. If it comes from Africa - it's garbage. Sorry if that sounds racist or whatever, but in *every case I've seen in my email...the shoe fits.