Craigslist Charity Job Scams Lure People to Mexico Debbi Baker - U-T San Diego
go to original March 22, 2013

CARLSBAD — A college student from La Costa almost became a victim of a Craigslist scam after applying for a job and then being told he had to go to Tijuana to complete the process.

Nate Dirkmaat, 18, who is on a semester break from Brigham Young University Idaho, answered an ad purporting to be from Habitat for Humanity looking for drivers. It promised pay of $21.50 an hour.
photo Nate Dirkmaat Family photo

He went for an interview at a Mission Valley coffee shop on March 2, meeting with a man who said he was from the charity. The meeting ended with Dirkmaat being told he would need to go to Mexico for a “tour” before he could be hired.

He thought something was amiss and did not comply. He then told his parents about the odd request and they called Habitat for Humanity and discovered the ad — and the job — were bogus.

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