Craigslist Job Scam – Fake Job Offers

This morning I received an email from a long time friend of mine who wanted me to check out an email she received from a job she applied for on Craigslist. Yes folks, it’s Craigslist again. She knew I had had trouble last year with a scam company posting false jobs to collect personal information for resell to spammers. Well more misguided souls are doing the same thing but with a twist.

When you go to Craigslist job board now, the first thing you will notice is that they have posted a warning about scammers advertising fake jobs for affiliate money. I guess it’s gotten really bad over there. But I’m not surprised. All it takes is one fool making money doing something evil before a host of copycats follow in their footsteps hoping to do the same.

When I looked at the email she forwarded to me, I knew immediately it was a scam.

Craigslist Job Scam-Internet Solutions Corporation

Previously I had written about my car breaking down. Well that incident really set me back. Because I wasn’t able to continue to commute back and forth, I had to quit my job. Since then, I’ve working hard at finding an office job in my area which has not been easy. The town I live in is not that big. In fact, most of the people that live here commute to D.C. So the limited job availability coupled with the fact that whatever job I get must be accessible by the bus system has made the job hunt a bit of challenge.

So when I saw the following advertisement on Craigslist for my area, I thought I had lucked into something good.