The article never really addresses if it was a totally fake setup or a real crypto company scamming interviewees. Does "Symfa" exist? Does the "Chief Blockchain Officer"?
On LinkedIn can’t you create an account and claim to be an employee of any company? They don’t do email verification to make you prove employment do they?
so I wrote this article a few weeks back, i reached out to the company on LinkedIn, even tried to connect with their leadership team. sent a few people from the org a draft of the article. I did not get any response at all. so, not really sure about this myself.
also, got blocked by the 'Chief Blockchain Officer' when I asked for a comment.
koakuma-chan|4 months ago
https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/CorporationSearch/SearchRe...
~~Scammers probably got access to the guy's account.~~ (how to make strikethrough...)
He changed his LinkedIn to a different company. I guess check verifications when you get messages from "recruiters."
kirubakaran|4 months ago
Unfortunately(?) you can't: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
oofbey|4 months ago
DavidDodda|4 months ago
also, got blocked by the 'Chief Blockchain Officer' when I asked for a comment.
realaaa|4 months ago
did you try commenting under one of their posts
like this one here - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/symfa-global_sometimes-the-fi...
Aurornis|4 months ago
A real company wouldn't be scamming candidates.
It could be a real company where someone hijacked an e-mail account to pose as someone from the company, though.
SideburnsOfDoom|4 months ago