Karen is on the FlakeList!

Karen

Scammer!

Since: Saturday, July 3, 2010

Email Address: karendallasgazette.net

Post Title: HR Admin

Notes:
I received this notice about a job application. When I replied to the email within seconds I received the following email from the same email address!

RE: response to your questions‏
From: karen (karen@dallasgazette.net)
Sent: Fri 7/02/10 4:41 PM
To: Nichola Vogt (nvogt13@live.com)

How are you, it is wonderful to hear from you

We need you to upload your resume you can do that here

I appreciate you e-mailing us. In case the posting was not clear,pay starts at 15.00 an hour, the responsibilities of this position are as follows: you will be answering the phone and taking messages whenever applicable, you will be scheduling the company meetings, and running errands for the company for things such as purchasing supplies and making bank deposits (you will be provided with a company car). While you are running errands, you will also be given one of our company credit card(s) for all business purchases.

You seem definitely qualified for our job opening, and more so than the other 16 applicants we received applications from. I would like to take the next step with you. before I am able to schedule a meeting with anyone, my company will require that you acquire a recent credit report. We started this because our company had some bad incidents with prior employees taking advantage of us.
Our company suggests that you use this company..

Free report

Once you submit your request for a report Then, you need to email me a phone number that you can be easily reached, and your availability to schedule to arrange an interview.

Personally, I am hoping to fill this position with a new friendly face and am looking forward to your quick response.

Have a fantastic day,

Kind Regards,
Tina

Here is what came immediately after I sent the reply:

The housing ad you inquired about‏
From: Karen (karen@dallasgazette.net)
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Sent: Sat 7/03/10 2:59 PM
To: Nichola Vogt (nvogt13@live.com)

Hi before i send you the information about the house or apartment i have listed i need to be sure i have your permission to email you. PLease click the link below to recieve this information. Thank you.

http://forms.aweber.com/form/64/1434016664.htm

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skamkilla
Jul 03, 2010

The "dallasgazette.net" site is a phony news article promoting a bogus work-from-home scheme.

brelove1869
Jul 20, 2010

a phony apartment for rent in snohomish wa
regarding your questions ... From: karen <karen@dallasgazette.net> ... Add to Contacts To: Breanna Barker <brelove1869@yahoo.com> Hello, Thanks for taking the time to email me about the place. We thought we had the place rented last week to a young couple, but communication has dropped off. you are the first person to email about it since we put it back on the market . It would only be fair that we gave you the first shot at the property. Normally, we would prefer a year lease, but would also be open to shorter terms. I'm sure that you will want to see the property before making a final decision. I would simply give you the address and let you swing by, but my husband is against blindly advertising an empty home online. Rest assured the home has been up kept properly and had a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint. Basic utilities are currently on, but we expect that you would get them put into your name fairly quick. If you want to go ahead and schedule a time to see the property, go to the link below and print off the free copy of your report. Your score isn't necessarily important, we're just interested in seeing that there are no evictions / landlord related judgments. Here is the link: HERE I am very open as far as appointments go to show the property. Any morning after 10am is fine. Just let me know when you have everything printed and be sure to leave me a contact number to reach you at and any desired time. I will call you to confirm a time and choose a place to meet. Thanks for looking, and then i got this one mins later The housing ad you inquired about ... From: Karen <karen@dallasgazette.net> ... Add to Contacts To: Breanna Barker <brelove1869@yahoo.com> Hi before i send you the information about the house or apartment i have listed i need to be sure i have your permission to email you. PLease click the link below to recieve this information. Thank you. http://forms.aweber.com/form/64/1434016664.htm this is crazy i was looking a a nice place for me and 4 year old and i almost get scammed what is this world coming to? im so glad that i googled the link she wanted me to go to

faith4bic
Jul 28, 2010

Apartment in olympia WA

The Email:

"Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to email me about the place.

We thought we had the place rented last week to a young couple, but communication has dropped off. you are the first person to email about it since we put it back on the market . It would only be fair that we gave you the first shot at the property.

Normally, we would prefer a year lease, but would also be open to shorter terms. I'm sure that you will want to see the property before making a final decision. I would simply give you the address and let you swing by, but my husband is against blindly advertising an empty home online. Rest assured the home has been up kept properly and had a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint. Basic utilities are currently on, but we expect that you would get them put into your name fairly quick.

If you want to go ahead and schedule a time to see the property, go to the link below and print off the free copy of your report. Your score isn't necessarily important, we're just interested in seeing that there are no evictions / landlord related judgments.

Here is the link: HERE

I am very open as far as appointments go to show the property. Any morning after 10am is fine. Just let me know when you have everything printed and be sure to leave me a contact number to reach you at and any desired time. I will call you to confirm a time and choose a place to meet.

Thanks for looking,"

I am so glad that I noticed the weird email address before responding again! Thanks so much for helping me keep my information safe!