Dawson Recruitment & Partners
Complaint 109675 Details

I saw an ad on Craigslist for an "Office Admin Assistant & Front Desk Position" that looked fairly well written and specific in what it was offering. It was for a real estate company. The whole ad is listed below.

Office Admin Assistant & Front Desk
Date: 2012-05-02, 9:50PM



Looking for someone for a part-time Office Admin Assistant & Front Desk job for a Real Estate Office, you will
be answering phones, scheduling showings on properties, filing , faxing, greeting clients.
provided. Evenings 3pm- 7pm and Saturday and Sunday 10am - 3pm.

Basic Qualifications:
- Energetic, self motivated.
- Professional attitude and appearance.
- Good customer service/ telephone skills
- Excellent communication skills, including GREAT listening skills
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel
- Detail oriented and VERY organized and neat
- Dependable and trustworthy with high level of integrity

Please submit your Resume to the email
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Location: inland empire
Compensation: Compensation: $13.50/hour
This is a part-time job.
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Anyhow, I was contacted very soon after sending my resume by "Susan Miller".
This is where I should have seen the warning flags, because right after I got the email, the craigslist ad got taken down.

This is the email:

Hello Craig,

We would like to thank you for sending your resume to Dawson Recruitment & Partners. After reviewing your initial credentials, I think you could possibly be a great fit for our company.

Our Human Resource manager would like to schedule an interview with you before she leaves for vacation early next week. You need to complete the pre-interview screening before we can schedule an interview, which can be found at http://jobwithdawson.info or the career link on our homepage. Your applicant code is 298824.

Please write down your code, as that is the only way you can gain access to your application and employee profile. Once you complete your screening someone from HR will contact you within 72 hours to schedule an interview.

Respectfully
Susan Miller
Dawson Recruitment & Partners

After going to that website and filling out the questions, it asked me to go to a credit check site for identity verification. Then it asked for my social security number, address, and credit card information.

All at the same time.