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I need some #FediPower or #WisdomOfTheCrowd

For a published e-mail address, we get a ton of "job application" through [email protected]. The specific emails are inconspicuous. Some text, an attached pdf, "no" links in the body or PDF, nothing malicious as far as I can tell.

As googlegroups.com is owned by Google I assume it really is a Google Group.
But I can't find any information on this "group"

https://groups.google.com/g/nomaanoilandgas return "Content unavailable".
It could be a private group.

A web search doesn't return any results either

Did someone experience similar #SPAM or #Phishing emails and can elaborate further?
#Cybersecurity

Google Groups

May 6, 2025 at 12:14pmWeb
Show threadClaudius LinkMay 6, 2025

The email header looks like the email is really from Google. Not necessarily from googlegroups.com

From YYYY [email protected]
To "[email protected]" [email protected]
X-Original-Sender [email protected]
Reply-To [email protected]

Hop 1: mail-yb1-xb3b.google.com

Show threadClaudius LinkMay 6, 2025

The footer of the email (contains links) is strange

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nomaanoilandgas/df1a0312-a722-4343-9d70-f84b31d6b841n%40googlegroups.com.

Interestingly the group name is the gmail address "[email protected]" and not nomaanoilandgas

Google Groups

Show threadClaudius LinkMay 6, 2025
Ok, as the unsubscribe link looked ok, I tried unsubscribing. Unsurprisingly I got "you do not appear to be a member of nomaanoilandgas"
Show threadClaudius LinkMay 6, 2025

My gut feeling is, that the perceived spammers are victims themself. Being promised that their application is forwarded to interested companies. Maybe even being charged for the service 😠

I'm close to replaying to the Gmail address, just to get to the bottom of this.

All applicants have in common that they use a Gmail address, are based in UAE, and many are Indian (or at least speak Hindi or provide and Indian telephone number)