Is this a scam?? Does Google *really* "cold call" for jobs?

[Kim Holburn <kim.holburn (at) nicta.com.au>]

Do you have a gmail account?  Did you ever use it to mail your CV?? ;-)

On 2006 Feb 15, at 8:40 AM, Robert wrote:

> I can't see anyway that someone can benefit by tricking you into  
> sending an email to a  (at) google.com email address.
> It shouldn't be possible for that to go to anyone except a google  
> employee.
>
> So why not reply to it. If it is a scam, theres no real harm done.
>
> Assuming of course that your interested in working for google :-).
>
>
> Stephen Jenkin wrote:
> > Folks,
> >
> > I got an email purportedly from a recruiter at Google.  Is this  
> > what they
> > *really* do?  (Anyone know this for sure?) The headers look real.
> >
> > cheers
> > steve
> >
> > Snippet of MSG hdr:
> >
> > From: Hala Fauzi <hala (at) google.com>
> > Subject: Google jobs - worldwide
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > Steve Jenkin, Unix Sys Admin
> > 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> > PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
> >
> > sjenkin (at) canb.auug.org.au http://www.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
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