I applied for a receptionist job on Craigslist... And I got the old "bait and switch" routine. Here is his reply:
I am replying back to your message concerning the job posted on Craigslist in which you're interested in,your application was received, unfortunately the position already been filled, but there's another position to be filled, if you will be interested. I have had a previous Personal assistant who has been very commendable in her activities and who has been part of my life for the past 3 Years, she has since moved on with her personal life and it has affected me in away. I found her previously on the Craigslist website and I sincerely hope I will be able to find someone again who will be as efficient as she has been. I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I will return back to the state real soon so this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You will be a Personal Assistant,you will walk in to any warehouse which will be disclosed to you soon and you would be expected to inspect,test, sample, and sorting of products or goods being Purchased. The Purchased products can include a large range of items, including food, Art-Materials, machinery, equipment or pharmaceuticals. Depending the type of manufacturing environment, When you get my mails / packages; you are required to mail them to where ever i want them mailed to. You don't have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content.
All expenses and taxes will be paid by me including your weekly salaries.No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Art Materials and clothing sorting out my delivers and packages. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping.
All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and
shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them.You will be working 2 to 3 days in a week and you're to choose any 2 to 3 days days of the week from Monday to Saturday that will be preferable to you and you will be working 4-5 hrs in these 3 days and we will be offering you $380.00 per week.
Type: Full-Time/Part time
Hours: 10-20 Hours per week
Days: 3 days per week
Weekly Pay: $380.00
BENEFITS:
• AD & D Insurance
• 401(k)
If you're interested please provide information below:
Full Name
Full Physical Address
CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE:
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number IF ANY:
I will be looking forward to hearing from you and then proceed on the next step
Best Regards.
Jon Withaar
(706) 901-4765. ~~~~~~~SCAM IF YOU ASK ME~~~~~~~~~~
I got ths exact same message todag after applying for a job on craigslist and then a text. Called him on his [***] never got a response. Few hours later a different email basically the same offer but more money called him on it. Never got a response!