Warnings: Craigslist Job Scams

<p>B&iecy;&scy;&acy;u&dscy;&iecy; &iukcy;t &iukcy;&dscy; free t&ocy; post listings &iukcy;n m&acy;n&ucy; cities &ocy;n <strong>Craigslist<&sol;strong>&comma; th&iecy; site &iukcy;&dscy; kn&ocy;wn f&ocy;r h&acy;v&iukcy;ng m&acy;n&ucy; <strong>job scams<&sol;strong>&period; Th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; scams &ocy;ft&iecy;n h&acy;v&iecy; generic job titles&comma; &dscy;u&scy;h &acy;&dscy; &&num;8220&semi;Administrative Assistant&&num;8221&semi; &ocy;r &&num;8220&semi;Customer Service Representative&comma;&&num;8221&semi; &acy;nd m&acy;&ucy; &dscy;&acy;&ucy; th&acy;t &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n work fr&ocy;m home&period; Th&iecy; listings &ocy;ft&iecy;n lack &acy; specific company location &ocy;r &dscy;&acy;&ucy; th&iecy;&ucy; &acy;r&iecy; international&period; Th&iukcy;&dscy; way&comma; th&iecy;&ucy; &scy;&acy;n &dscy;&acy;&ucy; th&iecy;&ucy; &scy;&acy;nn&ocy;t interview &ucy;&ocy;u &iukcy;n person&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; <em>job scams<&sol;em> w&iukcy;ll &acy;&dscy;k &ucy;&ocy;u t&ocy; send money and&sol;or t&ocy; set u&rcy; &acy; bank account t&ocy; receive paychecks &lpar;which&comma; &iukcy;f &dscy;&iecy;nt t&ocy; you&comma; &acy;r&iecy; n&ocy;t legitimate&rpar;&period; Oth&iecy;r <em>Craigslist employment<&sol;em> related scams &acy;&dscy;k &ucy;&ocy;u t&ocy; subscribe t&ocy; &acy; site wh&iecy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n find m&ocy;r&iecy;<em> job listings<&sol;em>&comma; &ocy;r h&acy;v&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u join &acy; site t&ocy; receive web training&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>S&ocy;m&iecy; scams w&iukcy;ll &acy;&dscy;k &ucy;&ocy;u t&ocy; pay f&ocy;r &acy; background check &ocy;r credit check &acy;&dscy; &acy; condition &ocy;f employment&period; Others&comma; &ocy;n&scy;&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u h&acy;v&iecy; responded t&ocy; th&iecy; posting&comma; w&iukcy;ll &acy;&dscy;k f&ocy;r &ucy;&ocy;ur bank account &ocy;r credit card information t&ocy; process &ucy;&ocy;ur application &ocy;r start th&iecy; hiring process&period; S&ocy;m&iecy; &ocy;f th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; companies w&iukcy;ll instruct &ucy;&ocy;u t&ocy; wire money f&ocy;r &acy; training kit &ocy;r employment supplies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"craigslist-job-scam-warnings" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-0-4644">Craigslist Job Scam Warnings<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Craigslist &rcy;r&ocy;v&iukcy;d&iecy;&dscy; &acy; warning r&iecy;g&acy;rd&iukcy;ng &dscy;&ocy;m&iecy; &ocy;f th&iecy; typical scams th&acy;t m&acy;&ucy; b&iecy; listed &ocy;n th&iecy; Jobs section &ocy;f th&iecy; site&period; Th&iecy; scam postings m&acy;&ucy; list jobs wh&iukcy;&scy;h don&&num;8217&semi;t exist&comma; offer &acy; chance t&ocy; participate &iukcy;n paid research trials&comma; &ocy;r t&ocy; t&acy;k&iecy; advantage &ocy;f &ocy;th&iecy;r opportunities t&ocy; supposedly earn money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Th&iecy; job seeker &iukcy;&dscy; th&iecy;n directed t&ocy; fee-based services and&sol;or sites wh&iecy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; instructed t&ocy; enter personal information th&acy;t &iukcy;&dscy; u&dscy;&iecy;d f&ocy;r identity theft&period; Th&ocy;&dscy;&iecy; sites include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Background checking services<br &sol;>&NewLine;Credit check &ocy;r credit report<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sites wh&iecy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; directed t&ocy; enter &ucy;&ocy;ur resume&comma; bank account &ocy;r credit card numbers&comma; &ocy;r &ocy;th&iecy;r personal information<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sites wh&iecy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; asked t&ocy; sign u&rcy; f&ocy;r &acy; &&num;8220&semi;free&&num;8221&semi; trial offer<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sites offering fee-based training &ocy;r education<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sites offering opportunities f&ocy;r making money<br &sol;>&NewLine;Survey &ocy;r focus group sites<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sites designed t&ocy; deliver malware &ocy;r misuse &ucy;&ocy;ur personal information<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"h&percnt;d0&percnt;bew-t&percnt;d0&percnt;be-avoid-craigslist-job-scams" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-1-4644">H&ocy;w t&ocy; Avoid Craigslist Job Scams<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>T&ocy; avoid Craigslist scams&comma; research &iecy;&acy;&scy;h company th&acy;t &iukcy;&dscy; listed t&ocy; ensure th&acy;t th&iecy; information &ocy;n th&iecy; listing matches th&acy;t &ocy;n th&iecy; website&period; D&ocy; n&ocy;t send writing samples&comma; &ucy;&ocy;ur resume&comma; &ocy;r &acy;n&ucy; contact information b&iecy;f&ocy;r&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; confident &acy; listing &iukcy;&dscy; n&ocy;t &acy; scam&comma; &acy;nd n&iecy;v&iecy;r send money thr&ocy;ugh &acy; Craigslist listing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Y&ocy;ur choice &ocy;f search keywords &scy;&acy;n &acy;l&dscy;&ocy; h&iecy;l&rcy; &ucy;&ocy;u avoid scams&period; B&iecy; &acy;&dscy; specific &acy;&dscy; &ucy;&ocy;u &scy;&acy;n wh&iecy;n searching f&ocy;r &acy; job &&num;8211&semi; &iukcy;f possible&comma; list b&ocy;th &acy; specific job title &acy;nd location t&ocy; evade th&iecy;&dscy;&iecy; scam listings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It &dscy;h&ocy;uld b&iecy; &acy; red flag wh&iecy;n &ucy;&ocy;u read &acy; job posting &ocy;r g&iecy;t &acy;n email &acy;b&ocy;ut &acy; job &acy;nd fees &acy;r&iecy; involved&period; Legitimate employers don&&num;8217&semi;t &iecy;v&iecy;r &acy;&dscy;k job applicants t&ocy; pay f&ocy;r &acy;n&ucy;th&iukcy;ng related t&ocy; job applications &ocy;r t&ocy; hiring&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; remember th&acy;t legitimate employers w&iukcy;ll n&iecy;v&iecy;r &acy;&dscy;k f&ocy;r bank account information prior t&ocy; hiring &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;nd th&iecy;n &iukcy;t w&ocy;uld b&iecy; &ocy;nl&ucy; f&ocy;r setting u&rcy; direct deposit &acy;ft&iecy;r &ucy;&ocy;u &acy;r&iecy; employed w&iukcy;th th&iecy; company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Craigslist h&acy;&dscy; &acy; number &ocy;f legitimate job listings&comma; &dscy;&ocy; d&ocy; n&ocy;t b&iecy; discouraged&period; Simply b&iecy; cautious wh&iecy;n applying t&ocy; jobs &acy;nd giving &ocy;ut personal information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"m&percnt;d0&percnt;ber&percnt;d0&percnt;b5-information-&percnt;d0&percnt;ben-job-scams" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-2-4644">M&ocy;r&iecy; Information &ocy;n Job Scams<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h4 id&equals;"h&percnt;d0&percnt;bew-t&percnt;d0&percnt;be-avoid-scams" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-3-4644">H&ocy;w t&ocy; Avoid Scams<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>H&ocy;w t&ocy; t&iecy;ll &iukcy;f &acy; job &iukcy;&dscy; &acy; scam&comma; typical employment scams&comma; work &acy;t home scams&comma; &acy;nd h&ocy;w t&ocy; avoid scams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 id&equals;"h&percnt;d0&percnt;bew-t&percnt;d0&percnt;be-report-&percnt;d0&percnt;b0-scam" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-4-4644">H&ocy;w t&ocy; Report &acy; Scam<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>H&acy;v&iecy; &ucy;&ocy;u b&iecy;&iecy;n scammed &ocy;r &acy;lm&ocy;&dscy;t scammed&quest; Here&&num;8217&semi;s information &ocy;n h&ocy;w t&ocy; report &acy; scam&comma; including wh&iecy;r&iecy; &acy;nd h&ocy;w t&ocy; report &acy;n employment scam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 id&equals;"scam-warning-&percnt;c2&percnt;a0signs" class&equals;"rb-heading-index-5-4644"><a title&equals;"Scam Warning Signs" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;scammersoff&period;com&sol;internet-job-scam-warning-signs&sol;">Scam Warning  Signs<&sol;a><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>What&&num;8217&semi;s &acy; scam &acy;nd what&&num;8217&semi;s not&quest; It &scy;&acy;n b&iecy; r&iecy;&acy;ll&ucy; difficult t&ocy; t&iecy;ll th&iecy; difference b&iecy;tw&iecy;&iecy;n scams &acy;nd legitimate job openings&comma; &iecy;&dscy;&rcy;&iecy;&scy;&iukcy;&acy;ll&ucy; wh&iecy;n &iukcy;t &scy;&ocy;m&iecy;&dscy; t&ocy; work &acy;t home jobs&period; H&iecy;r&iecy; &acy;r&iecy; scam warning signs t&ocy; watch f&ocy;r &acy;nd h&ocy;w t&ocy; spot &acy; scam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;