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Looking for electronics specialists to host a tv show

National Geographic Television is looking for an experienced engineer or certified construction worker to host a new ten-part television series.

The ideal candidate will have a diverse range of experience in one or more of the following industries: aviation, shipping, rail freight, construction, mining, or civil engineering.

You don't have to have an engineering degree, you just have to prove that: you have engineering experience, you love your work, and you have the ability to communicate that passion to others.

Professional certification in welding, commercial diving, metal work, or electronics is desirable.

The series will be broadcast on National Geographic Channels both in the United States and around the world in the second half of 2008.

Send resumes and inquiries to: snipped-for-privacy@ngs.org by October 20 2007. Better still send a video of yourself on the job to World's Toughest Fixes, C/O National Geographic Television, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20036.

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Scitechresearch
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snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com hath wroth:

Damn. That sounded so good, until I checked the domain and found that it doesn't belong to the National Geographic Society. See the bottom of:

for the real URL's. I also found it difficult to believe that National Geographic would post such solicitations from a throw away Gmail account. So much for my 30 seconds of fame.

World's toughest fixes? I don't have any that are suitable for general consumption, but I can offer some of the world's toughest customers. I've also gotten myself into a tough fix with the law and with the bank, but those are also too boring.

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Jeff Liebermann

Did anyone send notice "to" National Geographic to let them know this scam is using "their" name?

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Radiosrfun

I dunno; it seems that they are featuring some pretty wacky stuff like: "Unhooked History of the Bra September 21, 2007". That being said, the proposed show doesn't seem that out of line with Megastructures and similar shows going on.

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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**

Come on, the trick is to steal the scammers idea, and approach National Geographic with the idea for this new show.

Michael

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Michael Black

Smitty Two hath wroth:

Argh. You're correct. I goofed and looked up ngs.com instead of ngs.org. I'm still suspicious, but the email address is correct.

My appologies for the misinformation.

Hmmm... digging a bit deeper, after downloading a Java applet, the URL:

is "Welcome to Secure Web Services for NGS Staff".

Looks like this message has also appeared recently on several Craigslist locations.

Some of these mention Peter Rees, the producer of Mythbusters and a National Geographic series producer.

Seems to fit, but the variations in job title is rather unusual.

There's one reference to "World's Toughest Fixes" at:

which kinda looks like an accidental leak. Dunno.

So, do I drop everything and clean up my resume?

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Jeff Liebermann     jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D    http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann     AE6KS    831-336-2558
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Jeff Liebermann

If you really are interested enough to check it all out, go for it. Get a phone number and call them. Open up a new e-mail address at your provider and just use it. Wotcha got to lose ? Nothing if its a good 'un, and a little bit of self-respect if not. At the end of the day, what can they actually be scamming you for, at least in the first instance ? Looking forward to seeing you staring at me out of my box ... !! Keep us all posted (Ha, "posted" - get it ?)

Arfa

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Arfa Daily

I'm curious as to what there is about this posting that consitutes a scam.

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William Sommerwerck

Really ?

Domain Name:NGS.ORG Created On:28-Dec-1994 05:00:00 UTC Last Updated On:06-Feb-2007 15:47:22 UTC Expiration Date:27-Dec-2010 05:00:00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Group NBT plc aka NetNames (R60-LROR) Status:CLIENT DELETE PROHIBITED Registrant ID:16989667-NSI Registrant Name:National Geographic Society Registrant Organization:National Geographic Society Registrant Street1:1145 17th Street, NW Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:Washington Registrant State/Province:DC Registrant Postal Code:20036 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.2024963045

The addresss matches ....

Graham

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Eeyore

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