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Carol Nonenmacher
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Customer Service Representative at Federal Cash Advance

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I would like to know if anyone has ever applied to a job ad posted on Craigslist or similar site with minimal details? The one I decided to do said "Urgent Hiring Immediately Management Opportunity" headlined with no detailed information about the job and a reply is usually via email with job# in subject.I attached a copy of my resume as they requested with an interest listing a brief outline on my email/cover letter with all my contact info listed. I got an immediate response stating "after reviewing your resume you would be a good candidate for this Management position". Gave me an address, said dress professionally and bring 2 copies of the resume and me or another colleague of mine will interview with you and it will be for 1 hour so prepare your day accordingly tomorrow at 9:45 am. Signed his name. Well it didn't have a company name and the address was in a high-rise tower suite 800 which listed 3 organizations at the address 1 of which I called and the number was not in service. I checked the person's name in Google and 1 person had that name who is a radio announcer, paranormal, talk radio public figure that has his own blog, website etc. He'd get a good plug if I mentioned his name due to he accepts people to join his personal live web showings. BUT this is not the guy. So I decided to email this person back as asking for his company name and his contact phone number due to I was preparing for my interview and need to know who I would be working for and unless it is a confidentiality/security issue iof some kind I underdstand however I need some feedback and will wait for your reply before I can commit to an interview with a company I know nothing about to see if I would be a good fit! What's going on here??? No company info, Gentlemens name is not certain, no phone number and a Craigslist ad. Seems a little creepy to me !!! Tell me what you are thinking........

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Hi Carol, that sure sounds scammy to me! In my experience, no legit company would fail to mention their company name in their email or job listing! I would definitely be wary of this whole thing.

Here's a great list of clues that a craigslist job listing might be a scam: https://toughnickel.com/scams-fraud/Job-Hunting--10-Red-Flags-that-the-Job-Post-in-Craigs-List-may-be-a-Scam

I hope that's helpful!

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