So I replied to an ad on Craigslist regarding an office / customer service position that they are looking to fill with my resume, and got a response that asked for me to get a credit score because I will be handling a company credit card. The reason why I think this may be a scam is because there is nothing personal in that email that they couldn't send to every other applicant, and they may be hoping to farm credit information. The credit score rating looks like a referral link as well... Here's the email:
Not true... I got a job at a parking garage from an ad on CL, and also delivering flyers which I did for a day (walked so much my big toe nail turned purple on both feet). I think there was also another job I had for a day delivering pizzas, which I also got injured on (ankle). There are jobs on craigslist, just not a lot of decent ones.
craigslist is a last resort if that and its full of scammers ..one guy tried to sell me a '02? wrx subaru with mods bodykit and other stuff for $2890 shipped through a online shipping company from SLC to CA
Oh god..a parking garage job would be awesome. Sure, the pay probably isn't great, but I would skate and skate and skateeee..
perhaps but in this case Devoke is right. Notice the ID at the end of the link; That is the gotcha. Perform the credit check here www.yourfreescore360.com/?id=MzPYjFU5 Ripoff/identity scam.
Nah there's no skating allowed in the garage... most of the job is sitting in the parking garage booth letting cars out and sitting on the internet. Every now and then you can walk the garage if you want but if you get caught skating you might get canned. EDIT: Thanks for confirming my suspicions guys.
All you have to do is Google a few paragraphs like The fact that there are people quoting that first paragraph verbatim asking if it's a scam should raise red flags
Sherpmedia.com at least that's the name of his email domain... I checked the site and it's just an under construction logo...
Probably hosted; let's see what we get; WHOIS - Sherpmedia.com Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDEStatus: clientTransferProhibitedDates: Created 04-oct-2010 Updated 04-oct-2010 Expires 04-oct-2011DNS Servers: YNS1.YAHOO.COM YNS2.YAHOO.COM I was referred to whois.melbourneit.com; I'm looking it up there.Domain Name.......... sherpmedia.com Creation Date........ 2010-10-05 Registration Date.... 2010-10-05 Expiry Date.......... 2011-10-05 Organisation Name.... Tom Brolson Organisation Address. PO Box 61359 Organisation Address. Organisation Address. Sunnyvale Organisation Address. 94088 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. US Admin Name........... Admin PrivateRegContact Admin Address........ PO Box 61359 Admin Address........ registered post accepted only Admin Address........ Sunnyvale Admin Address........ 94088 Admin Address........ CA Admin Address........ US Admin Email.......... contact@myprivateregistration.com Admin Phone.......... +1.5105952002 Admin Fax............ Tech Name............ TECH PrivateRegContact Tech Address......... PO Box 61359 Tech Address......... registered post accepted only Tech Address......... Sunnyvale Tech Address......... 94088 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... US Tech Email........... contact@myprivateregistration.com Tech Phone........... +1.5105952002 Tech Fax............. Name Server.......... yns1.yahoo.com Name Server.......... yns2.yahoo.com
You sure it wasnt Sherpa - Control your World ? It wouldnt surprise me that he picked a name very close to another.
Hard to tell. It may be a real name for the guy that set it up or is hosting the site through a contract with Melbourne IT. That guy may be the scammer. Edited to add; I believe the name and address may be real. A little reading seems to indicate that the account was set up through yahoo Domain service. They in turn contract with Melbourne IT to actually set it up. The phone number is likely not the registrant.
So this guy lives in Sunnyvale, CA? I tried to whitepages.com him and couldn't find a #. Then again with all the cell phones nowadays it's a lot harder to find someone on that site. Also found his facebook page if it's the same guy but it was set to private. Tom Brolson | Facebook