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Internet scam stings job-seeking Stockton man for $2,175

2013-05-28 26 Dailymotion

internet news hass associates warning article code 85258083266-HA <br />STOCKTON - Twenty-four-year-old Stocktonian Bryan Rose is desperate for any type of work these days. <br /><br />Recently, he turned to Craigslist.org's job board and found an ad offering $300 a week. All he had to do <br /><br />was have his vehicle wrapped with a company's advertising, at no cost to him, and drive it around. <br /><br />Simple. Easy money. Turns out it was a sophisticated scam, and Rose and his wife are now out $2,175, most of which they owe to their bank. <br />Rose gets paid for 60 hours a month working as a home-health aide, leaving very little to support himself, his wife and the family dog, let alone repay their bank. <br />In mid-April, Rose applied through the ad and was contacted May 3 by a person using the name James Browne from J-Controls. Within a week, he received a packet.

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