I found a post on the South Jersey Craigslist for outside sales in the optical field. I Googled the email address (lopmb@msn.com) and found that this dude posted on tons of Craigslists throughout the country, and many of the posts are for different positions, a majority of which are in the medical field. I can't tell if this guy is legit or not - on many of their posts he lists a name and phone number (Call Patrick 503.317.1871), and virtually none of them have been flagged. I wanted to add him to the Flakelist, but not unless I was totally sure he was a spammer/scammer. Anyone want to take a look and make a guess for themselves? Let me know what you think, thanks.

Spammers can be local, regional, national or global.

The definition of spam according to Craigslist is posting in multiple categories, posting too often, posting commercial ads or ads that "look" to commercial, posting out of area, and a few others.

Put this guy on the Flakelist. I have seen his ads and he is a spammer, big time.

How do you google an email address? I have tried with 2 I am not sure of and get no results. The first is fatroyjones2000@gmail.com (wants a personal assistant - supposedly a lawyer and realtor) and is requesting basic personal information, all of which was on the resume I sent in response to the craigslist as. The 2nd is for johnrollins@gmail.com from a company named Qatar Petrochemical. Both emails I received just sounded "fishy", but I am desperate for a job (we are already staggeringly poor, and live on the MS Gulf Coast - my husband was a fisherman), and can't afford to miss ANYTHING

I have received at least 8 email responses to me applying for admin jobs in the Chicago area. I've received $3,000 in money orders, $3,000 in checks. It was usually for exec asst jobs where I'd be paid $500 and forward the balance to Alice in Wonderland (kidding about the name) in New York or Minnesota or bum @#$% Egypt. The point is, these are totally scams. I've started replying to them, calling them "scum of the earth" lowlife creeps that prey on desperate unemployed people, and have also turned over a lot of this stuff to the cops. Once you put a check through your bank, whether it's legit or not, you're responsible for the whole amount. The bank (or currency exchange) will cash it, find out 2 weeks later that it's phony and then you're on the hook for the whole amount. Here's what the new one looks like:
Re: Administrative Assistant Position-Craigslist‏
From: greg smith (vbhgc1521441@gmail.com)
Sent: Wed 7/14/10 10:03 PM
To: debbie demondo (debdemondo@hotmail.com)

From the Desk of BComp Ltd : BComp Ltd430 East Prescot Rd,Liverpool, L14 2DE United KingdomTel: +447031873850 Dear Applicant, Thanks for responding to the craigslist Ad. The above named company has established and proved itself over theyears as a dependable, well financed, and responsive solutionproviderto eminent clients across the planet. Bcomp ranks among thetop in Computer sales, services & maintenance Our Human resource team have successfully reviewed and accepted yourapplication for the job and We have your information in our database.The primary goal of the Candidate in this position is to provide localcustomer assistantto our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clientswithin North America, the assistance to be provided will include:payment collections and customer service.The HR Managers checked yourresume and you have been picked as one of our possible candidates forthis position. Your primary task would be receiving payments for our company andCustomers. We are about to open a representative offices or authorizedsales centers in some local city in the States. Your AccountsReceivable Clerk duty would be that you become our Account ReceivableManager (ARM) and its a contract -to-hire position which is a 1 monthtrial after which the position is made full time .Please be advisedthat we need total dedication for the job. Your duties will include: Collecting Local Payments When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through anonline auction from our sellers he has the following paymentoptions:pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, orlocal wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wiretransferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the salessupport representative will provide to the clients. - Managing Data Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receivingdetails for these sales. These details will include items sold, price,and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasingrecords and transactions. - Forwarding of the Payments Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commissionand forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whoseinformation will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial tocomplete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner. Here is an example of a brief report: Date: Aug 19, '09Buyer: Jennifer PerkinsItem: Dell LaptopPrice: $ 1,921.2710% Commission : $ 192Fees: $ 85Total Forwarded: $1644.27Forwarded to: Lynnette Zeller, London, UKReference Numbers: 23483981 - Fees, and Transferring Procedures All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring aresimply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact youduring initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of thetrial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via emailin regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeksyou will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments,along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will beforwarding the received payments by wire transfer. : Additional Information Salary: During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month whileworking on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from everypayment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form ofwire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period yourbase pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission. -Taxes You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. Allapplicable taxes are covered by the company. Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments) 1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of theoffices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot offree time doing another job, because this job schedule isflexible,you'll get good income .This job is very challenging and youshould understand it. Kindly fill your details below and have it emailed to us . Full Name : ___________Full Address: _________City: _________________State: _______________Zip/Postal code:________Home phone :__________Cell phone: ___________Present occupation: ______Gender: _______________Personal Email Address:___ Kindly note that your information is not for public use but for our records. Human Resources ManagerBComp Ltd On 7/9/10

Yup. Classic scam. Anytime I see anything with them wanting to send YOU $$ and then you send some back, it's a dead giveaway. Especially if it has anything to do with another country. A legitimate company looking for a valuable employee would not do this, nor can they ask you for your ssi# and other personal identification until AFTER you are hired and accept the job.

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I think this is a scam but I have not seen info to verify it.
I got this one 1st in which I did send my resume to Jobs.com and then I got 2 other scams that I checked out following. Which now makes me skeptical of this one too.
It makes me so mad when I am searching so hard for a job and this is the stuff that comes up.

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.

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
Convergence Systems

I just got an e-mail and don't know if it's from a real company. The website is renterslisting.com and the contact is Jamieson Bishop (which sounds like a weird name). I'm hoping someone might now if it's a scam, which I think it is. It's odd that I received a response late at night on sunday and it was in response to a supposed e-mail that I sent. They used the subject Re: Office job posting, which is odd because I never use the word posting when responding to a real posting and the words are usually capped. It seems like a typical scam with the usual we've really like to hire you and we have other candidates, but you need to do a credit check before being hired. I don't remember applying to an ad with the posting of office job. There's a website with the link given for the company, but there's no contact info and you have to enter an email address and sign up in order to view. Just wondering if anyone else has gotten a similar e-mail.

Also check them out at www.pipl.com. I have found lots of spammers and scammers there.

Has anyone heard of "Kwick Shopz"?