I have started new jobs twice once in 2023 and once last year and before my first day on the job I got a text from the CEO of the company asking me to buy gift cards for them and they couldn’t do it themselves because they were in a meeting.

They said the CEO by name and texted my number. Of course it was a scam that had nothing to do with my CEO. I wonder how they got my number?

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andy99 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I’ve had these, they would have got the CEO from LinkedIn and my number is googleable from having resumes online. Someone is doing this reconnaissance on different companies.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That seems like a lot of work.

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buzer 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Did you confirm it was a scam? Primarily wondering if it's possible that the company itself contracted someone to do phishing test for new employees. I know there are plenty that do email version of this.

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bluGill 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ceo scam is very common. Anytime someone claims to be a ceo verify! CEO is a popular target because they have power and can request weird things of employees who don't know them in normal business.

	▲	cortesoft 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, it happened a bunch when I was working for Yahoo… it became a running joke that our CEO was desperate for gift cards

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raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would hope they don’t do that before I start using my personal number.

If someone did fall for it, the potential that your employees would spend real money that they wouldn’t get reimbursed for would definitely piss a lot of people off.