Friday, April 8, 2011

Craigs List Job Scam (AGAIN)

Hello,

Thank you for emailing us in regards to the available job opening.  Good news, we would like to setup an interview with you!

As an employee, the responsibilities of this position are as follows:
You will be working alongside our current marketing team and helping them with administrative duties and Feedback Reports.  Feedback Reports which will be discussed more in detail below.

Hours will be flexible, but for now we are planning on starting you at 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM with a 1 hour lunch break.  Pay will be $13-$16 an hour depending on experience.

We would like to setup an interview with you next week. For the interview, we ask that you bring in your resume along with a printed out Feedback Report. To complete your pre-interview Feedback Report, please visit one our leading partners to complete a survey, print it out, and bring it with you to the interview.  We will use the print out to verify your information at the interview.  Please take 5 minutes to complete the Feedback Report for Apple Computers now and print it out:
hxxp://mymediasolutions.info?id=35b9e6a8ab

This will be a typical Feedback Report that you will be required to complete at the office along with administrative duties.  We only provide feedback for free client products. Once you complete the Feedback Report please email me with a copy of your resume along with the best date and time next week to setup an interview.  We are looking to fill this position next week.  I look forward to meeting with you!

Best Regards,
Christina Cook
Media Solutions

 Thank you for your inquiry with regards to our job posting on Craigslist.  We are a young company in expansion and are looking to build an ambitious and eager team. We are very interested in your application. Our CEO requires that all resumes be sent via the Job.com Career Network for consistency and easier tracking. This is a free service to you. Please upload your resume at this site: hxxp://watson-realty.info?id=db30b143de

We look forward to receiving your resume and discussing your potential employment with our company. Please contact me and let me know once your resume has been submitted.

Thank You,
Hiring Manager
Watson Realty
The posting was for a front desk coordinator in downtown Bend (Oregon). The link above leads to free gift center--not any kind of a feedback form.

This company (My Media Solutions) is fraudulently using Craigs List to get people to complete offers and to drive traffic to said offers.

They are taking advantage of people who are looking for jobs.

This is even more disgusting than the idiot here:
http://suellenjillroley.blogspot.com/2011/02/craigs-list-scammers-fake-job-postings.html  because his email /job offer/scam was so totally unbelievable that even a 2 year old could see through it.  This one is believable right down to the time you click the link.

My Media Solutions should be ashamed of themselves. But I doubt they are, scammers have no consciences and that is all this company is!!

The second email sounds legitimate too doesn't it? However, the link goes straight to Job.com.  Funnily enough there are NO listings  on Job.com for Watson Realty nor are there any listings even in Bend, Oregon.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just received this email and I live in Charlotte. It's nice to see that people are corrupt everywhere. #lame.

Anonymous said...

I just rec'd the same email response as well...I am in the Cincy/ N. KY area....sad, just sad....

Anonymous said...

Yup, just got the same email response and kinda knew it was too good to be true. Assholes.

Rachel said...

Thanks, for posting this, I just got the same Email, it just hurts me how lame people are.

Thank you for your inquiry with regards to our job posting on Craigslist. We are a young company in expansion and are looking to build an ambitious and eager team. We are very interested in your application. Our CEO requires that all resumes be sent via the Jobs.com Career Network for consistency and easier tracking. This is a free service to you. Please upload your resume at this site:
http://mymediasolutions.info/?id=557714a382

We look forward to receiving your resume and discussing your potential employment with our company. Please contact me and let me know once your resume has been submitted.

Thank You,
Hiring Manager
Anna Ronderos
iMarketPros

Will Adams said...

Yeah, Chicago here. I noticed right away that there was no company name, no specific address, no phone number and no specific responsibilities, so I sent a resume with no personal information or company names - glad I did.

Anonymous said...

I received this email too and responded. I believe the only thing that they asked for was a resume. What exactly is the scam?

Anonymous said...

I got it today, in Tucson AZ. Of course I didn't click on the site, just googled the name...

Lauren said...

I just got one similiar for Florida. I've gotten sooo many like this. It just sucks. Now their using FB?! but the link didn't go anywhere.

Hello,

Thank you for emailing us in regards to the available job opening. Good news, we would like to setup an interview with you! Please login through Facebook to access our corporate website and learn more job details including hours, salary, and more information about our company -
http://sheensofttech.info?id=aff2307322
We look forward to setting up an interview with you next week!

Best Regards,
Jean Simon
HR Department

Nate said...

yep. just got it in idaho, thanks for posting