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I responded to a job posting on Craigslist by clicking on an embedded link that immediately opened up a calendar schedule to book a virtual interview w/the founder named Jacob (no surname) so i booked one for next day. 'Attended' virtual meeting where it APPEARED to be a group mtg with 5-8 other people on the virtual call with me. Jacob, proceeded to say that this job was a concierge-type business and travel agency & that the positions open were to for consultants with his family's travel agency. I spoke for an hour and seemed legit, even had an admin in chat on the side appearing to monitor & assist. Then at the end told us great we'll start training as soon as you pay $97 to register for a certificate that has to do with being insured for with an errors & omissions policy. This is when i got suspicious & wondered how fake everything might be, the other potential candidates, the admin, all of it. I asked jacob what the name of the company wS (in chat only) and no response. Eventually asked 'Emily' and she stated Travel Certification LLC which i then Googled and found it to be questionable. Even when you know all the eed flags for a scam they are SO good at faking it enuff to lure you in and with time pressure, etc you can fall for it in the moment even if you no better. They're the worst, even tho they didn't get my money they ALMOST did & have gotten others and wasted my time & energy when I'm looking for a job. Pure evil. The penalties for the few scammers that actually get caught need to be 50x stiffer. The prevalence of scams in all their forms permeates EVERY area of soceiity now, it's ridiculous.