Craigslist Job Postings
Are these legitimate or honest job postings

Are these legitimate postings on Craigslist? I've been searching for an accounting or bookkeeping position for sometime. I've been getting many e-mails from what appears to be a collection and/or payment agent position. Occasionally these e-mails come from Hotjobs, or in some cases I don't know where they got my contact information. However, most of these suspicious e-mails seem to be from my response to job postings on Craigslist.

It seems they want someone with a bank account to accept payments, keep 10% commission, and remit the rest. And I am wary of this, as I know about the common scam involving fake checks/money orders which look real.

When this happens, I reply (and send a copy to abuse@craigslist.org) with the following memo:

This is legitimate and legal? That's what I was told a few years ago by the sender when I received fake money orders in the mail (postmarked from Benin, a neighbor to Nigeria) that looked real. But I got wary and decided to research before trying to cash them. And voila! I learned that the checks were counterfeit, and the whole deal was a scam. THEREFORE I AM WELL AWARE OF FAKE CHECK AND PHISHING SCAMS!

Even if this is a legitimate and legal operation, it is still fake advertising. I applied to this position because it was supposed to be a bookkeeping/accounting position, not a payment or collection agent. So if nothing else, this job posting is a misleading advertisement!!

Company: Craigslist Job Postings
Country: USA

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