Anony M.

After seeing an online job ad on Craigslist, I responded with a cover letter and resume.

Immediately afterward, I received an e-mail advising I was chosen for immediate hire but needed to provide a copy of my credit report by registering for a "free" copy of my credit report at a service whose link was provided.

The link for the "free" credit report is as follows:

http://www.nationalcreditreport.com/index.cfm/offer_scipV3/affID/1144-1327/SubIDs/*******::::

However, the terms of the "free" credit report state a person is automatically billed after 7 days if one does not call to cancel the trial subscription.

What is frequently done in similar circumstances is nobody answers the phone at the number to be called for cancellation or the staff denies having received a cancellation notice and the subscriber is billed for a subscription.

To confirm whether my suspicions were accurate, I did an Internet search using the e-mail address of the response and got confirmation the ad and response were fraudulent (see comments at http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.freescoresdirect.com).