same here the exact thing, is there any legal action we could take? I gave personal information, like my first, last name and address.

I got that txt too... 4th time.. different number everytime.. same email adress. This is the msg" Hi,We saw your Ad posted in resumes on kijiji.We have got a job for you.Email us at unysentryjobspra@gmail.com for full info about the job." This is the phone numbers. 16464394451,16463966461,16464395316.

Ditto, same here....they've changed their number again! 646.416.9126
I'm better with my kids, while I'm just unemployed, I don't need unemployed and jailed

Got a text and then an email from a Matthew Lewis as follows:
Good Day,

How are you doing today? Sorry for the delay in sending the payment to you. We hereby want to inform you that payment for a week work and the credit card has been sent to you via UPS courier service from the arm of our finance company and it should be delivered to your contact address today. Kindly make your self available for the pick up of the payment. It is a paycheck of $1,350.00. Here is the tracking number E854 029 0259.You can as well check the status of the package on www.ups.ca. We noticed that for you to post sponsored job ads for us on indeed, you will need a verified credit card. we will want you to continue posting ads for us so this is very important. That's why the company sent the funds to you in excess for the processing of the credit card and also to confirm if the payment has been made to you or not because we don't want to owe you any dine for your posting job and that we are very serious about this job.  That's why we decided to pay you in advance for one week.

Note =======> Immediately you receive the payment.kindly take it to your bank and cash immediately by depositing it in your account and withdraw instantly. Incase the bank ask you where the check is coming from, tell them is from your employer and you need to get it cashed instantly. After this Deduct your $200 and send the remaining funds via MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER to the following information of an Authorized Personnel of Capital One Company located in their district Head Quarters:

First Name: Ethan
Last Name : Jasper
Address: 150 Shaftesbury Ave
Postal Code: WC2H 8HL
City : London
Country : United Kingdom
Tel Number : +44 703 186 1965

PS: We want you to know that the above person is the Manager responsible for receiving funds for processing credit card on behalf of Capital One Company and he is presently on an official Assignment to United Kingdom. We have contacted Capital One and they said the funds should be sent to the person since he is the one in charge of the credit card section. That's the reason why you need to send the remaining funds after deducting $200 to the person in United Kingdom.

They will process a special credit card with the remaining money in your name so you wont be having problems posting sponsored ads for us on indeed. This will make your posting job easy,steady and regular and whenever the credit on the card finishes, the card will be credited automatically by us as soon as you notify us that the card has been exhausted for posting purpose. We will want you to get this done today so that the credit card can get to you ASAP as we will want you to start your posting job immediately. Also Note that MONEY GRAM will charge you for sending the funds, So you are to deduct the transfer fee from the remaining $1,150.00. You don't need to deduct that from your $200. You are to Send the remaining funds at the MONEY GRAM location you have selected earlier since we have forwarded the address of the location to the Capital One company and told them that's where the funds is coming from.

You are to get back to us with the following information after the funds has been sent via email:

1) Senders Name and Address:
2) 8 digit Reference Number(RN):
3) Amount sent after money gram charges(in $ Cad AND British Pounds) :
4) A scanned copy of the Money gram's receipt or Pictures.

You are to use your your name and address as the senders name and address. We will want you to get back to us with the details today so that it can be forwarded to the Authorized personnel to process and send the credit card to you immediately. we will await your response ASAP today . Thanks for your time and patience. You will enjoy working with us.

The Hiring Manager,
Matthew Lewis.

Scam....Scam.... Scam......  thanks all  oh yes...  here is his original signature

Consultant / HR Manager,
Matthew Lewis.
Navigant Consulting®
(647) 497 2572.

Hello,

Thanks for sending us an email as requested. We are responding to your ad on Kijiji. We are offering you a job to post for us on www.indeed.ca. We want you to assist us with posting ads 2-3 times weekly on www.indeed.ca which is absolutely free for you. We will also pay you $200 per week.

It would only require 10 -15 minutes of your time and applicants should be 18 years and above.This can be done alongside any other job you have got at hand and Ads can be posted any time of the day. So it is very flexible for both full time workers and students.

Let us know if you can handle this and if you are interested in the job offer so we can provide you more details as regards the job and payment process. Kindly get back to us asap via email as we will want you to start work immediately. We will await your response asap if you are interested in this job offer.

PS: Kindly Note that this is a work from Home or office Job which does not require any interview since it is an online posting job. The Name our company is Sentry Investments.

Warm Regards,
Consultant / HR Manager,
Ashley Snook.
Sentry Investments®
(613) 917 6424.

I got the same message from them after I posted an ad on kijiji. Something didn't feel right so I checked them up. I will play along just for fun.