Fake Job Post: Bill Starway Wants Your Credit Report

Craigslist strikes again.  A hotbed for scammers, pedofiles and sexual deviants, the free online classified advertisement board is still a go-to website for many job seekers.   In reality, there are real opportunities listed; I know, I've made some legitimate money.  But let the (alleged) scam below be a reminder to be vigilant when looking for a job on Craigslist. These credit fraud punks have been sending the following email to job seekers -- from Nashville to Long Island -- who knows where they will strike next!

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Hello

Thank you so much for your interest in our opportunity. I appreciate you contacting us.

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://www.national-credit-report.org/CE3D02 (Editor's Note: DO NOT VISIT URL) 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,
Bill Starway

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Comments

[StLresident]

I was hit with the same email from a craigslist post replied to out of St. Louis missouri! Hope everyone else looks into this and sees what is going on..thanks for the reality check!

[Nancy]

Oh, wow, I already sent him all my bank account info, too. Was that wrong? He sounds SO nice.

[ColMoresident]

I am very glad that some other than me thought it sounded strange, Most process servers raise red flags any way . That is why we checked him out .

[Elma McTiller]

Hello All,
I got the same email this morning and I new it seemed strange because I really did not have all of the experience he said I had and I decided to do my own research and look what I found out and I am glad I decided to Google his name..

Thank Yall...

[Gail]

I went to the site and got my credit score. I only sent him my credit score number.
Is there something he can do with that??? HELP!

[Andrew G. Rosen]

Sorry to hear that Gail! I didn't click on the link, but I'd be concerned about where the information you input to get the score went. I'm not an expert, but you might want to consider looking at a service like lifelock.com in case your information is now "out there."

[Richard]

I received this same email. Thankfully I obtained my score from another site. When i tried to respond to him the message came back as undeliverable. I was a little skeptical from the beginning.