Scam Old Song and Dance

The Craigslist phishing saga continues:

Regarding your response to our ad in about a job with(MDS)
Consumer Reporting-Market Research/Review writing:

Before we begin, we need you to CLICK THE LINK BELOW to confirm that
we have your permission to send you this info.
We want to send details along with your first assignment right away.

Thank You,
MDS Hiring


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CONFIRM BY VISITING THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.aweber.com/z/c/?jz7ysny03amdlatp2d6ms7vb2gmtoan9rbctytg4=6340

Click the link above to give us permission to send you
information. It's fast and easy! If you cannot click the
full URL above, please copy and paste it into your web
browser.

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If you do not want to confirm, simply ignore this message.

Thank You,
AWeber Support

52 W Church st, orlando, FL 32801, USA

The only reason I'm still posting these is to get them in the public sphere and hopefully save someone from getting caught up in their stratagems.

The Final Craigslist Scam

At least it better be. I only applied to three, although who knows who they shared my info with.

This is really pathetic, though, like they're not even trying anymore:

Regarding your response to our ad in about a job in Administrative Research & Reporting

Before we begin, we need you to CLICK THE LINK BELOW to confirm that
we have your permission to send you this info.
We want to send details along with your first assignment right away.


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CONFIRM BY VISITING THE LINK BELOW:

http://www.aweber.com/z/c/?jynzny03amdlatp2d6ms7vb2gmtoan9rbctytg4=9304

Click the link above to give us permission to send you
information. It's fast and easy! If you cannot click the
full URL above, please copy and paste it into your web
browser.

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If you do not want to confirm, simply ignore this message.

Thank you,
Erik Wickham
Orchid Interactive Media
http://www.orchidinteractive.net

1740 LAKE TAHOE BLVD, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, ca 96151, USA

Request generated by:
IP: 76.202.16.247
Date: November 8, 2010 11:53 EST

This is old hat.

Another Craigslist Scammer

*Sigh*

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your recent application to join the Bloomberg L.P. team as our new office assistant, and my apologies for the delay in getting back to you.

We are currently receiving an increased number of applications, and as such we are asking that all potential employees correspond with us through the job.com platform. Please click the following link to proceed:

http://www.bloomberg-america.com/applications/priority

Once you have entered your contact information and uploaded your resume a member of our human resources department will get back to you within 24 hours.

We look forward to your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Anthony Scott
anthony.scott@bloomberg-america.com
Human Resources Director

This email was sent to benjamin.verschoor@gmail.com.
If you are no longer interested you can unsubscribe instantly:
http://bloomberg.createsend5.com/t/r/u/vqutk/khikjjdhh/

The insidious thing about these emails is that while there are a lot of visible warning signs, the looking-for-work reader is afraid of actually passing up a legit job offer. In order to be sure of his course of action, he has to waste a lot of time confirming his fears.

This was more difficult than before, since there wasn't anything hoaxy turning up on Anthony Scott or Bloomberg-America (the hyphenated name should have been an immediate tip-off), but nor was there anything at all showing up. Only after pasting some text from the body of the email did I find someone else who had gotten a similar offer, from a "Kevin West" representing "Thomson Reuters USA."

This makes two out of three blind Craigslist ads to end up bogus. I wonder when I'll be hearing from that "travel company" that's "near embassy row and shares a building with the Chinese Embassy’s visa office."