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I've been applying to jobs on craigslist and it seems every reply I've gotten has been scammy and scammish. I'm not sure what this person is trying to get to but here's her email. I searched it in google and found it word for word for another position, in another state, to another girl.

Tasha Carson [email protected] to me

show details 11:08 AM (4 hours ago)

Good Morning,

Thank you for your interest in our ad. I have reviewed your resume and
you're a great match for this position.

Please formally register and submit your resume at the Job.com link below, after
your submission, you'll be contacted by an HR director shortly.


Personal Application Link: http://mathewsstaffing.com/?lid=sc90p09

Please enter your desired position, location, e-mail and telephone
number that you can be reached on.


(Job.com is completely free for you to use and helps major companies
manage applicants.)


Thank you and have a fantastic day!
Tasha Carson
Recruiting Manager

You are right to be suspicious. It undoubtedly a scam.

Looks like we have a likely fake site in the mix too:

Domain Name: EMPLOYMENTADMINISTRATION.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.MOBILENETSERVER.COM
Name Server: NS2.MOBILENETSERVER.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 03-sep-2011
Creation Date: 03-sep-2011
Expiration Date: 03-sep-2012

And a potential fake (needs more investigation) too:

Domain Name: MATHEWSSTAFFING.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.MOBILENETSERVER.COM
Name Server: NS2.MOBILENETSERVER.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 14-feb-2011
Creation Date: 14-feb-2011
Expiration Date: 14-feb-2012

I don't want to click the link as I am not running a script blocker on this computer, but I'm guessing it's either going for identity theft or an affiliate scam.

The link will either lead to an "application" that asks for key information like your social security number and enough information for identity theft, or it will lead to a "free trial" of a paid job-related service.

If it's the latter, it is all about affiliate/referral fees. In this case, the scammer is an affiliate of the site you are sent to, which will presumably be a premium job-related site. The referral link is coded so the site knows who sent you, and you will be offered a free trial of some service (possibly a resume listing in this case). But--your credit card info will be needed to sign up for the free trial. It works like many of these "product of the month" clubs. If you don't cancel according to their policies within a specified period of time, you will be charged a monthly (or more) membership fee. If the site successfully charges your credit card, then the scammer will get a referral fee. For many sites that fee ranges from $10-$50, but I have read recently that some auction sites connected to referral scams pay affiliates as much as $200.
In the case of affiliate fees, the scammer will then generally tell you that the position (which never existed--it was nothing more than a lure to get you to the site) has been filled, or they will just walk away entirely.