Yawwwwn

WTF?

It's just before 7:30 and I'm only up because of a phone call. A phone call that actually was for me, it seemed, but... wasn't.

"I'm from Oxford International. We're calling because a Mark Sevale used you for a reference." O.o "When did you work with him at Earmark... or... Airmethod?" o.O

I'm wracking my sleep-fogged brain, having been asleep and in a dream mere moments ago. Do I even know the person they're talking about? I've had friends occasionally list me as a reference, but the name simply isn't ringing any bells. The final nail in the coffin is when she says "he said he got an email reference from you yesterday." Well, I certainly remember I didn't give any references by email yesterday, so I start explaining that.

"You're a network technician, or in network security?" Well, I explained that I was, but never at the places mentioned, and I hadn't given any references yesterday, and I didn't know of any Mark Sevale I had worked with. Some of this, she was relaying to someone else off the phone. She finally apologized for waking me, saying something like "well, that's why we do these checks."

But... what the hell, man? Seriously? Someone I don't know and haven't worked with put me down as a job reference? Did they look me up via the company website, or something? Or was this an odd coincidence?

Comments

  1. ajeyaApril 16, 2009 at 4:12 PM

    Sounds kinda fishy.

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  2. marinredwolfApril 16, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    Yeah, but I can't fathom how or why. Even with a clearer head thinking back, I don't feel there was anything that indicates the caller was other than she said. She seemed genuinely confused I didn't know who she was talking about, and nothing I remember her saying comes across as really fishing for personal information. My name does exist on a company website, so it's possible someone took it from there and used it as a reference, but that's... still really strange.

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