I received this email after sending my resume through craigslist. It sounded shady but I did the interview and I realized it was definately a scam. They wanted $312 sent throughWesternUnion to atrusted third party vendor for software.Obvious RED FLAG! Please read the following email and interview and don't be scammed!
chrisinpa
Cherry Tree,#2Author of original report
Fri, January 28, 2011
I want to clarify that this guy gave me the Edward Jones website, www.edwardjones.com, but he has no affiliation with Edward Jones Financial! This was a tactic to try to gain my trust. He would not give me any other contact info for Edward Jones headquarters, etc. THIS SCAM HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH EDWARD JONES FINANCIAL!
Flynrider
Phoenix,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, January 26, 2011
The real tipoff in this scam was provided in the email. There is no such thing as the "Edward Jones Online Company".If they can't even get the name of the company they're pretending to be correct, you know it's phony.
Also, representatives of a large brokeragehouse wouldnot use throwaway email addresses from yahoo. If you are contacted by anyone pretending to be from a large corporation and they're using a gmail, yahoo or hotmail type email address, you know it's a scam.