Scam Type
Business Email Compromise Scam
Business Name Used
Craigs List
Date Reported
Sep 12, 2022
Victim Postal Code
63376
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
We received an email (non-respond to type), stating that our recent credit card payment that was paid online via our craigs list account, was declined. It appeared to contain reprinted message from a credit card processing agent, instructing them to correct the credit card number and rerun the charge. There was a link that we were told to click on to take care of the issue. The email also stated that our paid job opening advertisement was stopped and that we would have to make another payment to repost same ad.
The link they tried to trap us with: craigslist.org.******************* ** **************
Their email to us even stated that we would already be logged into our Craigs List account, thru their email.
I immediately spammed the email, went onto Craigs List as a job seeker, found that our paid ad was still posted, without interruption, and then logged into our account and printed invoice/receipt of online payment/etc..