So I got an employment scam from Craigslist?

This is a SCAM - and a well reported one. A legitimate employer will NEVER ask you to go to any specific credit site to get a report - these are scams to charge you money and steal your identity. Craigslist own scam page warns about this http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams "DO NOT SUBMIT TO CREDIT CHECKS OR BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR A JOB OR FOR HOUSING UNTIL YOU HAVE MET THE INTERVIEWER OR LANDLORD/AGENT IN PERSON.

" And read what the FTC have to say http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer... "You may have seen Web sites or received unsolicited email offering credit reports, sometimes for free. Be aware that some of these online operators may not actually provide credit reports, but may be using these sites as a way to capture your personal information. From there, they may sell your information to others who may use it commit fraud, including identity theft.

This is a variation on "phishing," also called "carding," a high-tech scam that uses spam or fraudulent Web sites to deceive consumers into disclosing their credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive information." Want to prove it's a scam - write back to say that you have a recent TransUnion credit report you will bring to the interview. ANY legitimate employer will always accept a credit report from one of the 3 credit bureaus - TransUnion, Experian or Equifax.

They would never ask you to go to some random website And I would contact the real Mac Distributon (if they even exist) and speak to their HR about this. They may not even know that someone is falsely using their name.

100% scam. There is no job. There is only a scammer trying to get you to sign up for some credit reporting site using the affiliate link he provided.

He only wanted the commission he would receive for getting people to sign up under him. He did not send a virus or trojan or anything like that. After you had signed up for the credit site using the affiliate link, the next email from that scammer would have said something like: "sorry, the job is filled".

Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell you email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or signing up at a site using the given affiliate link.

You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information. Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information.

Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort.

He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash. Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.

6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs: 1) Job asks to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one. 2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order. 3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.

4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone. 5) Job asks you to pay for visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram. 6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.

Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No.

Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.

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