Woman's 'supervillain' trick lands her a job instantly: 'It's a win-win'

A Scottish woman has cracked the code to landing a job with a devious trick some have labelled as "genius".

Nisa Tee, from Glasgow, detailed her successful method on Twitter after months of seeking employment.

Revealing she "wasn't getting anywhere" with her job search when she was 19, Tee decided to outsource her cover letter.

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Confessing she "couldn't be a---ed writing a cover letter" herself, she shared a fake job opportunity for a barista or waitress position on Gumtree, requesting job seekers send their applications to her email address.

After receiving over 200 applications, Tee, now 25, canvassed through her favourite cover letters before rephrasing parts of them and shipping them off as her own.

The crafty act of plagiarism landed her a job.

"I was skint and needed money and everyone was always like your cover letter is the most important part of your application," Tee tweeted, describing her original cover letter as "basic."

After creating her job ad and receiving submissions, Tee says she began to see where she was "going wrong" with her own.

"I was like omg haha so then I read through them all and rephrased my fave one," she explained.

"Then I just used it as my own for a barista role and got the job, so it was a win-win."

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With more than 300,000 likes on her post, many people accused Tee of being a "villain" or making the story up.

Tee responded by sharing a picture of her email inbox from the time, showing the applications she received for her non-existent job.

While some users praised her "genius", others called Tee a "scam artist''.

"Can't believe I've wasted so much of my life writing cover letters," one Twitter user wrote.

"This is actually genius. Like, supervillain level genius," said another.

Another was far from impressed, writing : "Can't believe people are praising what she did. All those 200 people had hope to get a job but they were being scammed."