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We've all gotten those hiring scam texts. Instead of deleting, this writer played along

We've all gotten those hiring scam texts. Instead of deleting, this writer played along

Alexander Sammon received a suspicious job recruitment text from someone who claimed to be a hiring manager. He decided to play along to see how far the scam would go, and wrote about it for Slate.

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