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same here ! this is the email !
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Hi D
Recently I came across your resume for a hospitality position our company was looking to fill. Your resume appears to be a good match for some of the hospitality employers who regularly use our recruiting services in Miami. If you are still actively looking for a job in your field, press here:

http://job-matchingnow.com/L2wucGhwPzI4NDY3NS ... 6C-FB03EF98DEFB

If you are looking for a site specific to Miami, try here:
http://job-matchingnow.com/L2wucGhwPzI4NDY3NS ... 6C-FB03EF98DEFB

Remember that it is important to keep your online resume up to date.


Best of luck in the new year,

Katherine Rivera
HR Director

I just received the EXACT same email, word for word. Thank goodness I did some research on this before clicking on the link she sent, or giving them any information (beside my phone #, which is an automatic part of my email signature... oh well.)

Thu, January 6, 2011 1:46:13 PM
RE: Job Posting on Craigslist
...
From:    
Michelle <Michelle1@jtl-management.info>
...
View Contact
To:    

In Response to....

Subject - Job Posting on Craigslist
Email -
Date Received - 1/6/2011 11:19:31 AM
From -

Hello

Thank you so much for your interest in our opportunity.

I appreciate you contacting us. In case our posting was not clear, some of the responsibilities of this position are as follows:

* You will be answering the phone and taking messages when applicable
* You will be scheduling the company meetings
* 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 definitely seem qualified for the position, and more so than the other 16 applicants we received resumes from. I would like to take the next step with you. However, before I am able to schedule a formal meeting, my company will require that you acquire a recent (past 14-21 business days) credit report. We started this because our company had some bad incidents with prior employees taking advantage of having access to a company credit card.

Both myself and the company will prefer it that you use http://bit.ly/fT7mBe to acquire your check as they are offering the check at zero cost to you (unlike other places). We also discovered that their scores always reported back contain the most accurate information, but feel free to use any service you like.

Once you submit all of the required information, they will show your personal report. Please print it out and save it for your records. Please do not email me the entire report, as it will have private content. We can disscuss it when we meet in person. If you have a lower than expected credit score, it will never prevent you from a position with us. I had a fairly low score when I started.

Once your finished please e-mail me your phone number that you can be easily reached, and your availability 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.

Kind Regards,
Michelle P
JTL Management | HR Dept.



SAME CRAP.!

DONT ANSWER TO THESE  THEY ARE ALL SCAMS FROM CRAIGSLIST

bettysanders01@yahoo.com

MARK JAMES

MICHAELBROWN1900@ HOTMAIL.COM

Kentrox Computers Inc

Andy Berlin
Business Development
(407) 271 - 7977
"We are committed to staffing excellence"
55 Billing Lane, Sanford, FL 32765, USA

Bellwether Technology crop www.belltec.com


AND LOTS OF OTHERS THAT KEEP SENDING ME EMAILS I WILL POST THEM AS THEY COME
WHAT I DO I GO ALONG WITH THEM AND WAIST THERE TIME AND MONEY CAUSE THEY SOMETIMES SEND YOU CHECKS VIA UPS SO THEY NEED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE ONE WAY ANOTHER???? ALSO JUST BY BEING WITH US ON THE NET MAKES THEM WAIST MONEY CAUSE INSTED OF SCAMMING A REAL PERSON WE ARE ONLY MAKEING THEY WAIST THERE TIME (TIME IS MONEY) AT THE END I JUST TELL THEM TO GO AND LOOK FOR SOMEONE AS STUPID AS THEM TO SCAM OR TELL THEM OFF AND LOL SO THEY KNOW THEY MADE ME HAVE A GOOD TIME FOR FREE...

OK... ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH MONEY GRAM, MONEY ORDERS OR WESTERN UNION IS A SCAM ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH CHANGING CHECKES AND KEEPING A % OF IT IS A SCAM, ANYTHING THAT IS THRUE THE INTERNET NO FISICAL CONTACT, OR SOUNDS TO GOOOOOOD TO BE TRUE IS A SCAMMMMMMMMM...

SOMETIMES WE GET BLIND CAUSE WE ARE SO DESPERT TO GET A JOB..............

I responeded to a Craigslist ad for a house/apt for rent and got the same thing.  Craigslist used to be a good local tool but not any longer.

Hello,

First and foremost, thank you for your interest in the apatment.  I have attached some pictures to this email and I am available to show it this week or next if that fits your schedule as well.   Just to give you a little more information about the place, the water and electricity are paid by myself. The security deposit is $200 and can be paid in 2 installments if money is tight. (I know how that can be).

We do allow pets with a $45 security deposit, refundable at move out.  The place also includes a washer and dryer.

I will be happy to show the apartment at an agreed upon time and date but I do require that all applicants and additional renters who will be living in the home complete a credit check to ensure their eligibility.  I have to make sure potential renters are qualified before I show the property.  This ensures neither of us will be wasting our time.

It is okay if you have bad credit (trust me).  I just check to make sure that you don't have multiple evictions on your record. (We won't rent if you have 2 or more evictions on your record)

I also had to recently stop giving out the exact address of rental properties before I am able to show them because last time I did that the place was vandalized. (I will be glad to give you the address right after your reply).  I assure you though that this is a very safe area.  I actually lived in this home for a year (and it is very cozy!).

As soon as you can, please click and go to the secure website link below to complete the  credit report check (takes about 30 seconds).  Once you have complete it, I'll call you once I receive the information from the credit company (very quickly usually).

Credit Check Link: http://www.focuscreditreports.com/

*** Please do not send me your credit report directly.

Once you fill out the report the credit company automatically forwards me your name, email address, phone number, and whether you have had any outstanding evictions in the past 5 years to determine your renter eligibility. This is the only information I am interested in.  This is a soft credit report so it won't touch your FICO score (which is why we work with them).
This process turns some people off, so I completely understand if you decide not to complete it.  In that case, good luck with your home search.  I just want to be honest with you up front about our process, as it helps weed out ineligible renters and scammers and ensure that we place quality tenants in the home.  

If eligible you will also be sent an email with my cell number and the apartment's address  so we can set up a time to go see the house and discuss any other questions or concerns you may have.

Thanks for the interest!

- Heather Pratt

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
~ Corinthians 13:7-8



> Orginal Message

>

May, 21st, 2010.
Well I won't bother posting the email I got today from HOLLY STEVENS who apparently works for     LUXE GROUP as it is the exact same as all the other ones. I had the wise idea to google every bit of info about this and dropped on this page first. I advise anyone who uses the internet to make sure they do as it has kept me from making several mistakes such as this one.

I just got the same email in response to my reply to a classified job ad.  I am so glad because i was seconds away from getting that report and something told me to check them out first.  How horrible to pray on job seekers like this getting their hopes up that they might have an opportunity!



Thank you so much for your interest in our opportunity.

I appreciate you contacting us.
In case our posting was not clear, some of the responsibilities of this position are as follows:

* You will be answering the phone and taking messages when applicable
* You will be scheduling the company meetings
* 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 definitely seem qualified for the position, and more so than the other 16 applicants we received resumes from. I would like to take the next step with you. However, before I am able to schedule a formal meeting, my company will require that you acquire a recent (past 14-21 business days) credit report. We started this because our company had some bad incidents with prior employees taking advantage of having access to a company credit card.

Both myself and the company will prefer it that you use http://bit.ly/cGARC3 to acquire your check as they are offering the check at zero cost to you (unlike other places). We also discovered that their scores always reported back contain the most accurate information, but feel free to use any service you like.

Once you submit all of the required information, they will show your personal report. Please print it out and save it for your records. Please do not email me the entire report, as it will have private content. We can disscuss it when we meet in person. If you have a lower than expected credit score, it will never prevent you from a position with us. I had a fairly low score when I started.

Once your finished please e-mail me your phone number that you can be easily reached, and your availability to arrange an interview.

If you do not want to complete a recent credit check, unfortunately the company will require that I contact the second choice. Personally, I am hoping to fill this position with a new friendly face and am looking forward to your quick response.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Holly Stevens - HR
Luxe Group | Holly Stevens | HR Dept.
HollyStevens@luxe-group.info

I got the same message today!  What a shame that people like this take advantage of others that are trying desperately to just find a good job!

This is the one that got me.  5/19/10

Hi Della,

I got duped too.  Did you ever see any reprocussion from doing this?  I should have went with my gut as well, but didn't.  I am totally freaking out!

Please let me know if there is damage control that I need to do!!!

Thank you so much!

Lola

Hi Everyone,

I got the Holly Stevens post.  I was stupid enough to fall for it, but I filed complaints with the Attorney General, and the credit report people too.  I think they must be trying to drum up bsuiness for them.  I am not sure.  
Anyway, I was hoping someone else had been duped and has not had anything happen???  I am so worried that I have compromised my information.  So please, please respond!!

Thank you!

Lola

Looks like they're changing up their game a little bit... they changed company names. Here is the email I got today:

Thank you so much for your interest in our opportunity.

I appreciate you contacting us.
In case our posting was not clear, some of the responsibilities of this position are as follows:

* You will be answering the phone and taking messages when applicable
* You will be scheduling the company meetings
* 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 definitely seem qualified for the position, and more so than the other 16 applicants we received resumes from. I would like to take the next step with you. However, before I am able to schedule a formal meeting, my company will require that you acquire a recent (past 14-21 business days) credit report. We started this because our company had some bad incidents with prior employees taking advantage of having access to a company credit card.

Both myself and the company will prefer it that you use http://bit.ly/9QHsna to acquire your check as they are offering the check at zero cost to you (unlike other places). We also discovered that their scores always reported back contain the most accurate information

Once you submit all of the required information, they will show your personal report. Then, email me the reported credit score, a phone number that you can be easily reached, and your availability to arrange an interview.

I ask you to not email me the entire report, as it will have private content. If you have a lower than expected credit score, it will never prevent you from a position with us. I had a fairly low score when I started.

If you do not want to complete a recent credit check, unfortunately the company will require that I contact the second choice. Personally, I am hoping to fill this position with a new friendly face and am looking forward to your quick response.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Holly Stevens - HR
Luxe Group | Holly Stevens | HR Dept.
HollyStevens@luxe-group.info

Watch out becaue they are using the name NexasCorp now

Ive been applying for apartments in San Francisco on craigslist and I got this response today. The pictures looked to good to be true and I think it is. I'm glad I checked first!!

Hello,

First and foremost, thank you for your interest in the apatment.  I have attached some pictures to this email and I am available to show it this week or next if that fits your schedule as well.   Just to give you a little more information about the place, the water and electricity are paid by myself. The security deposit is $200 and can be paid in 2 installments if money is tight. (I know how that can be).

We do allow pets with a $45 security deposit, refundable at move out.  The place also includes a washer and dryer.

I will be happy to show the apartment at an agreed upon time and date but I do require that all applicants and additional renters who will be living in the home complete a credit check to ensure their eligibility.  I have to make sure potential renters are qualified before I show the property.  This ensures neither of us will be wasting our time.

It is okay if you have bad credit (trust me).  I just check to make sure that you don't have multiple evictions on your record. (We won't rent if you have 2 or more evictions on your record)

I also had to recently stop giving out the exact address of rental properties before I am able to show them because last time I did that the place was vandalized. (I will be glad to give you the address right after your reply).  I assure you though that this is a very safe area.  I actually lived in this home for a year (and it is very cozy!).

As soon as you can, please click and go to the secure website link below to complete the  credit report check (takes about 30 seconds).  Once you have complete it, I'll call you once I receive the information from the credit company (very quickly usually).

Credit Check Link: http://www.focuscreditreports.com/

*** Please do not send me your credit report directly.

Once you fill out the report the credit company automatically forwards me your name, email address, phone number, and whether you have had any outstanding evictions in the past 5 years to determine your renter eligibility. This is the only information I am interested in.  This is a soft credit report so it won't touch your FICO score (which is why we work with them).
This process turns some people off, so I completely understand if you decide not to complete it.  In that case, good luck with your home search.  I just want to be honest with you up front about our process, as it helps weed out ineligible renters and scammers and ensure that we place quality tenants in the home. 

If eligible you will also be sent an email with my cell number and the apartment's address  so we can set up a time to go see the house and discuss any other questions or concerns you may have.

Thanks for the interest!

- Heather Pratt

"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
~ Corinthians 13:7-8
 
 
 
> Orginal Message

I had the exact same thing happen to me as well. I was skeptical at first but I guess I didn't look at the company close enough. Now I am learning a $50 lesson. For future reference, you should never have to pay to look at your own credit report, not even a dollar. If you go to Annual Credit Report, they will give it to you without charge. To get your FICO score (the 3 digit number) you usually have to pay something around $15. In general I have learned from this scam, always check out a company FULLY before you attempt to give them any sort of personal information. Also, Craigslist may not be the best place to be looking for jobs.

They posted a job on Craigslist for an HR Manager on May 11 - no company information offered.  I sent  my resume in an email on May 12 to:  christiflack33@hotmail.com. I tried to Google the email address, find the name on LinkedIn, etc.  Today I received an email from 'Holly Stevens' (hollystevens@luxe-group.info) with the same request as listed in other replies below.  Except they have converted the 'credit check' link into a tiny url.

I did not go to the link nor did I respond to the email.  I'm filing a complaint with my state's Attorney General office.  I also emailed a complaint to Craigslist to pull the ad.

Some info on employment background checks - no legitimate company should ask you for such personal information PRIOR to a written offer of employment.  NEVER give your SSN, driver's license number, or dates of graduation until AFTER they offer you a position.  Legally, they cannot conduct a background check on you until they have made a binding agreement with you (offer of employment).  Background checks fall under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) legislation protecting you and your personal information.  If a company offers you employment, conducts a credit check, finds something in question, they MUST notify you in writing if they decide to pull the offer based on your credit check.  By law, they must tell you their reason for adverse action AND submit a copy of the report in question to you.  You have 5 business days to respond to the employer and/or clear up the issue in question.  Also, there is no standard in the employment world as to what is a "good credit score" and this is an issue being discussed before Congress lately - that employers should not be able to deny candidates employment b/c of their credit score.  No one can identify or correlate credit score = good/bad employee.

here in Missouri.  Same re... Email came from mariah Dixon at vexascorp.com.

I am really glad you guys posted all of this stuff on here. To be honest, I thought it was to good to be true. I didn't do anything that it asked, i thought about it for a second, then I told myself to check out this company to see if it was real first.  I am really glad, I saw all of your messages.  God I hate that all of us are looking for work and we get people like this screwing with us.  I imagine you guys are having a hard enough time as well as I am. Good Luck on the job search guys!

You did good putting this info out there...very helpful...thank you!

there is these all difrent scams going on , watch out for craigslist is the badest in town that what the police station told me of san diego that if we agree to anything with them we are responsoble hoew stupid is that ??? we are just trying to get a job??? well theres all these difrent stuff happening like cash me the check and you will get 10% and do this for me and i will pay you when it is all a big big scam they keep on calling you telling you they need to get an sms interview yeahhh right how gives via internet interviews and they want your inf credit info. god knows what else just to scam us well i think craiglist should advice new job seeking people that there is scams out there and give some exsamples so people get the idea if they are real jobs or not?????? well i have 3 job line up right know and i know they are scams???? so what i do i go along with them waist there time and at the end i just laugh and tell them this time you got the end of the s*** stick.......HEY S*** HEAD DID YOU GET THE MONEY.......

REMEMBER MY MONEY IS AS GOOD AS YOURS , THANKS FOR THE GOOD TIME YOU MADE ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE.... LOL,LOL,LOL CAUSE YOU ARE WANNA BE DEAF WE ARE WANNA BE LAUGHING AT YOU ALL THIS TIME WE NEW YOU WERE FULL OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOU'R HEAD S***, NOW YOU GET IT WHY I PLAYED STUPID,,, WELL GO ON AND LOOK FOR SOMEBODY THAT IS AS STUPID AS YOU TRANSEXUAL JAJAJAJAJAJAJA THIS TIME YOU GOT THE S*** END OF THE STICK AND IT GOT SHOVED RIGHT UP YOUR F**GOT A** THANX FOR YOUR TIME GAY ....

REMEMBER ALWAYS SMILE.......
P.S. AM I FIRED PLEASE RESPOND.........

and this is how i say goodbye always smile>>>>>

I contacted the people at the Credit Report company, after filing a report with Craigslist and FTC, and told them I was demanding my money asap. They emailed me back and told me they was refunding my m0oney to my account=the bank is suppposed to credit my account in 2 days...we will see...

IT IS A SCAM.... I GOT THE SAME EMAIL ....BE AWARE...LUCKILY I USED FREECREDITREPORT.COM TO OBTAIN MY SCORE INSTEAD OF THE ONE THEY SUGGESTED.
THIS IS THE EMAIL THEY SENT ME.....
I appreciate you e-mailing us. In case our posting was not clear, the responsibilities of the position are as follows: you will be answering our main phone and taking messages when applicable, you will work on scheduling the company meetings, and errand running for the company for things such as purchasing supplies and making our 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 are extremely qualified for our job opening, and more so than the other 17 people I have received applications from. I want to find an available time to set up the next step with you. However, before I can set up a formal meeting, my company will require that you attain a fairly recent(from the past 10-12 business days) credit report. We, at Vexas Corp, enforce this because our company have unfortunately had a couple bad encounters with former employees exploiting having access to one of the company credit cards.

Both myself and Vexas prefer it if you use http://directfreescore.com to attain your report as they are giving the check at no cost to you(unlike other places). Vexas has also found that their scores always report back the most factual information compared to others.

Once you submit all necessary information, their company will show you your personal report. Then, you will need to email me the reported credit score, a phone number that you can be easily reached, and your availability schedule to schedule an interview.
Please do not email me the complete report, as it will most likely contain private content. If you have a less than desirable credit score, it will never prevent you from employment. Personally, I had a pretty low score when I started here.

If you don't want to complete a recent credit check, unfortunately I will need to contact the second choice.

Honestly, I am hoping to fill this position with a new friendly face and am looking to your quick reply.


Have a wonderful Wednesday,

Leah Mason
HR Department


Vexas, Corp
Telephone number: 1 (650)-489-5241
Fax line: 1 (866) 905-6311
Contact: LeahMason@VexasCorp.com
Web: http://VexasCorp.com

I responded to an ad on Craig's list for a house for rent and the same thing came up.  I guess they have branched out to rentals too.  Beware!

I am so glad i came across this. I've been looking for a job for quite a while and it seems that all the quick responses I get are all scams. I will be looking up every single company that responds to me from now on. Thank you!!!!

Thanks for the info.  I forward my responce from Verax to phishing This is really a big rip off to all of us that needs/wants jobs.

Thank you to these various posts.  I also received an email based on my application to a Craigs List ad, and received the exact same message below.  I attempted to research the company, etc since it asked for a credit score - as well as the position was not exactly the one I had applied for based on the description.  All of your feedback prevented me from moving further.  In case it helps others doing internet searches before responding, this is the exact message I received (I removed my name and other personal info):

"Thank you for e-mailing us. In case my post was not extremely clear, the responsibilities of this position are as follows: you will be answering the main phone and taking messages whenever applicable, you will work on scheduling our company meetings, and running errands for us for things such as purchasing office supplies and making bank deposits (you will always 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 are definitely qualified for our position, and more so than the other 9 applicants we received emails from. I want to take the next step with you. However, before I can set up an interview, our company requires that you obtain a fairly recent(past 14-21 business days) credit report. We, at Vexas Corp, have made this a standard because we unfortunately had a couple bad experiences with former employees taking advantage of being able to access a company credit card.

Both myself and Vexas strongly prefer it that you use http://directfreescore.com to obtain your report as they are giving the check at zero cost to you(unlike other places). Vexas has also found that their scores always report the most factual information compared to others.

Once you have submitted all necessary information, they will show you your personal credit report. Then, you will email me your reported credit score, a daytime phone number, and your schedule of availability to set up an interview.
I ask you to not email me your entire credit report, as it will most likely contain private information. If you currently have a less than desirable credit score, it does not prevent you from employment. I had a fairly low score whenever I started.

If you do not want to send in a recent credit check, unfortunately Vexas will require that I contact our second choice.

Honestly, I am excited to get this position filled with a new friendly face and am looking to your quick response.


Have a great Tuesday,

Mary Moore
Human Resources Department


Vexas, Corp
Phone number: 1 (650) 489-5241
Fax: 1 (866)-269-2204
Email: MaryMoore@VexasCorp.com
Web Presence: http://VexasCorp.com"

--End of message from respondent.

OMFG!! Same thing here, replied to the job offer on craigslist, the responded with the name Vexas Corp, and gave me the same web address to get my credit score... I'm glad to see I wasn't the only one who got scammed. As soon as I submitted info, it came up with an error, and I immediately knew that there was something wrong. I called my bank and cancelled my card. I told them I got scammed and the guy I spoke with said that my bank will help me take care of it, I hope this is true... UGH!! I have been looking for a freakin job since October.... I should've known that the email this "Amy" sent me was too good to be true. I am saving everything I can from this whole ordeal to show my bank when I dispute the charges... I hope everyone who lost money from this can get it back. I wish you all luck,

I too was scamed!  I applyed for a job through craigs list a few days ago, Today I received an email telling me I was the perfect person for the job at this company called Vexas Corp.  However for the company to further considered me they needed my credit scores.  They gave me this web site http://directfreescore.com which when I looked it up it looked ok I even looked up Vexas Corp and its web site look legit also, so I did it, Boy was I Stupid. Per the web site their was only suppose to be a $1.00 charge but was charged $50.00 instead. I have tried calling the contact # 1-888-406-5579 which I got off of the terms of the site and including their support@focuscreditreport.com email address which I have sent an email to trying to get the charges reversed.  Per my cc company since the charge is still a pending charge on my acct I have to wait for it to go through inorder to dispute the charges.  I just hope I can recope the lost. The worst part is now if you go to either web sites they do not exist!  Boy I'm mad!