Comments on: Craigslist Job Scam-Internet Solutions Corporation

By: Been There

Been There — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:48:45 +0000

The reason I am posting my message is because I just wanted readers to know that I was talking to a recruiting agent the other day about my awful experience with Three Stars Media. The recruiter told me that he had a friend working for Three Stars Media (I told him I was disappointed about it). He told me that the employee knew about Channel 9 interviewing Alec in regards to the complaints by candidates and about his shady criminal past. The employee did say she also knew that there were scams going on in the company but could not quit because she really needed the job and it paid well. I understand her reasoning but do not agree with her sticking around while hurting those her were seriously looking for employment. I can only praise the woman who came forward and told the truth to Channel 9 news. She worked there but left and told the news viewers that “it made her sick to her stomach” and since she had a conscience, she wanted to warn the public.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:42:44 +0000

I just received an email about a job application I located via Indeed.com, a warehouse position. It’s exactly as your blog stated! How do they get away with this crap? I started searching with Google, using the email address from JOBSMATCHNOW, and several if not many complaint sites came up about the these (2) guys, and another one named Ralph Edward Bell. Even a you tube video from a news sources in Orlando, FL. AND, with the address you listed above as well, P.O. Box 618305
Orlando, Florida 32861-8305 – thanks for the info, I would love to buy you a cup of coffee, but I’m just not comfortable with giving out any credit card, pay pal info, sorry. It’s sad, this type of BS ruins it for everyone.

By: K.

K. — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:19:40 +0000

My story is not unique: I applied for what appeared to be a legitimate position listed on Craigslist which turned out to be completely phony. I could tell my entire story here, but it’s basically the same as everyone else’s who has commented. I will say that I was suspicious as soon as I was instructed to fill out the online “application” at powerapplications.com, as it appeared very skimpy and unprofessional, but I had just moved to different part of the country and everything is different, so I felt that following instructions was probably my best option. There were many other suspicious things about the whole process, but here I am starting a new life in a new setting, so I was not as critical of any of these as I might normally have been. Here I am, a month and a half later, uncovering one of the biggest scams I’ve encountered in my life. I am not entirely surprised, and yet there is still an element of complete dismay. I wasted over a month applying to jobs that don’t even exist. A lot of people feel like idiots for having been duped, but people in the vulnerable position of being unemployed are not questioning whether or not each job is a scam. They just want to get back into the groove of working and get on with life, and that is a perfectly reasonable goal. These “fake” job postings appear VERY real. Most of them offer generous wages and full benefits, which is probably their least believable aspect in today’s economy. Most people desperate to get back on their feet are not going to bypass such an opportunity without examining it. I am no exception. I am usually great at spotting scams, but this one is something else entirely. I am the person that friends and family will ask, if they this something is a scam, but now the shoe is on the other foot.

I do feel a bit of disgust that I gave my phone number and professional contacts to someone who is not a legitimate outfit. The good part in of all this, however, is that the amount of spam I have received has been very minimal. Thank GOD my phone doesn’t receive text messages. I resisted all sales pitches with typical stubbornness, and didn’t give out my social security number or consent to the credit check they had requested. And now I can go forth and inform all my friends NEVER to use powerapplcations.com or any of its affiliates.

Good luck to everyone. I know it’s rough out there.

By: Dismayed

Dismayed — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:26:18 +0000

Please look at this report on these people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hfuC7IbVdE
I have filed a complaint with the FTC myself because as someone unemployed, I was angry of the mere fact that these folks are using fake jobs ads in order to be able to call and offer school admission. I was contacted by several of there reps and would not answer the phone at first. They called again and I finally pick up the phone and it was a male rep, he did his pitch and said you signed up for information about going to school and we can help you find a school, I told the guy that I was unemployed. He said well that’s ok because you can still register for school. I said no you can’t not when you’re on unemployment. He said sure you can. I told him why would you call people and lie like that because you can’t be on unemployment and go to school without there permission I told him to take me off his list and hang up. I looked up this attorney that sends people these letters because on one of them it shows his bar number but the Florida bar website was down. I can’t believe that an attorney would represent these people and try to use his law practice to threaten people over his client that is clearly defrauding and misleading folks by posting false job ads. Where is this attorney ethics? Because if he thinks his right in representing these people he is clearly use the law unethically. I’m glad to see to that people are taking action.

By: Sara M.

Sara M. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:25:24 +0000

All I have to say is thank you!

By: Karyna

Karyna — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:30 +0000

Hello. I was recently employed by threestarsinc.com. As I went through the training, I felt like it was a legitimate job. However, once I got home, I started to rethink averything, and realized it is just a scam. I have the passwords to all the systems and would love to have a newschannel watch how we are trained to get information. Please let me know if there is a place a can contact.

By: Userfriendly

Userfriendly — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:13:20 +0000

I have had the same experience! Beware to anyone living in the Central Florida area and jobs posted for Three Stars Marketing. This is the same company that runs Career Networks and all the other sites. I actually went to the office for a “job interview”. It was a total sham. I was solicited to work some pyramid scheme virtual mall site as a part time opportunity. I wasted my time driving 100 miles round trip and my money. As a single mother fresh out of college, this as been an eye opening experience.

By: Botik

Botik — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:00:15 +0000

Thank you for your very informational and useful article!

If I hadn’t googled same email, I would probably would have ended on scammers!

Thanks again!

ABv

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:28:53 +0000

i got contacted my greatemployeeswanted that uses career-network.com. i have applied for maybe 4 jobs but i started getting suspicious because i kept getting the same type of emails. after finally doing some research, which i should of done from the begning, im worried that my information is going to be misused. thanks for sharing your story.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:55:18 +0000

Thank you for posting this…This was the first time I ever fell for a scam. I was on the Norfolk, VA craigslist and inquired about a job called “Host/Hostess”. I should have know the compensation ($10/hr) was too good to be true. I entered all my information (except for house number and phone number) and was taken to a “get quick rich” internet scam of some sort. I e-mailed the woman who posted it and alerted her that I would be reporting her, and flagged the listing. I was eventually pointed to a site called “http://www.powerapplications.com/” where I was supposed to confirm my information.