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I applied for a job on Indeed with a company called Innovative Pet Labs. They messaged me in the Indeed app saying they had decided to go with a different candidate, but then provided me with the email address of an "associate" or something who they thought my resume would be a better fit for. I emailed this address with my resume and someone claiming to be Bridget Moore emailed back. She asked me for basic employee info such as my availability, contact info, address, etc. Nothing about my SSN or banking info was asked, so I proceeded with caution. She claimed to be a retired real estate attorney looking for a virtual assistant for $40/hour to help her out as she now supposedly deals with small real estate sales and needed someone to handle emails and book travel arrangements for her. Once I provided the information described above, she replied saying "Congratulations I can confirm your position" and then said she would be out of the country for two weeks in Montreal, but we would do paperwork once she returned home to Naples, Florida. She said she would be in touch with me to have me do a few "tasks" such as book some flights before then, but that she had limited access to Wi-Fi. Immediately red flags went off, as I had only exchanged two emails and was offered a position with no interview and was told I'd be given these "tasks" before paperwork was complete. I emailed back asking if she could send me links to her LinkedIn or website and if there would be a formal interview, and have not heard anything back for days. I looked her up here and saw the same scam was attempted on someone else using this name and business name. I suspect if I had continued she would have eventually asked for money or sent a fake check for the "flights" I was to book for her or something.