[cllns]

One agency’s pitch consisted entirely of this: “I saw that your [sic] looking for some work. I have a few posions [sic] in SF that might be a fit, let me know when you have some time to talk.” It provided no last name, phone number or company name.

The author should remember this is craigslist. This seems like run-of-the-mill spam (likely sent to EVERY new job posting)

[Matt_Mickiewicz]

It was actually on the Ruby meetup list... I was surprised how many recruiters where monitoring that group, how quickly they responded to the fake message (within 5 minutes), and how little care, thought or attention they paid when asking people to entrust them with their career/job.

[cllns]

Ah okay. I should have read the article more carefully. It still could have been automated spam though :)