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Anyone ever been a victim of a scam on craig list jobs?

I was looking for a job on CraigsList, and some of them are just so obviously a scam. The pay and benifits for some of the jobs were outrageous for one thing. So I never apply for those jobs, but I did apply for some that seemed legit. I'm just wondering has anyone been a victim on craiglist job scam? speaking of scams..there's one already on here. Thanks to everyone else who commented though!

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1. I haven't been scammed per say. But, I do notice that the jobs on there, anyone can type up because the person on the other end doesn't say the company name, location,nothing. For all I know it could be a kid making the job up, or a temp agency posting a fake job. For a year now,I have replied to many of the "anonmynous" jobs asking for more information because of scams. I have NEVER gotten a reply back.
2. It's pretty easy to spot most of them, so no, I haven't really beem scammed. I have however noticed many, many jobs listed that are (as you say) very obviously fake. Others, though, are not so obvious. I look at subtle clues on Craig's List job postings. For instance, if there is no company name (not even an employment agency name), if they list only e-mails and no phone numbers, if they are extremely vague and brief with their posting, and of course if they offer outlandish compensation for little expectation. It's tough, because I've noticed some that look legitimate are in fact fake, and sending a resume is sending quite a bit of your personal information out there, but it's a risk many are willing to take to find a job.