World Financial Group WFG Employment Scam Johns Creek Georgia

I replied to an employment ad from an internet job board. Contacted by a Jacqueline Katherine who said she was from WFG, with instructions to contact an interviewer on Yahoo for an online interview.  Do you hear the bells going off already?  I did.  I contacted Abbott Ambrose on Yahoo and had a 20-30 minute interview and was told I would be hired at $35.00 for a home based job.  He said I would have to buy 6-7 software programs and would be re-imbursed by WFG from their petty cash.  He then asked if I was ready to make the purchase from WFG's approved Supplier only in the amount of $431.18.  Bells were deafening.  Said I would do so after I had completed their new hire paperwork and doing due diligence on him, Jacqueline and WFG.  Found that he and Jacqueline were not on linkedin, facebook and google, could not find any reference to them on the internet at all. Found that WFG had over 100 complaints on this web site.  That night I was contacted by a Alvin James who said he worked for WFG and asked if I was interested in a job I should contact Abbott Ambrose for an interview. 

Copy and paste some of the text conversation below:

wfg_2nddesk: Our employees pay is $35.00 per hour. Training is available and it would be conducted via On-line, Strictly for 5 days. Employee will be paid for their training with awesomely rate of 14.00 hourly. Training hours are 3-4 daily. The training sessions and hours are also flexible. Working Part Time is 25 hours and Full Time is 40 hours weekly. This is strictly on-line and a work from home job where everything is been done on-line remotely. You can choose to work from home or anywhere of your choice. The working hours are flexible.
agreg48: Nice..exactly what I am looking for

wfg_2nddesk: Alright There are some certain software's you will need to purchase, here are the names of the software's- GNUCash, FreshBooks, EasyBiz QuickBooks, NetSuite, 3.5 HD Upgrade,9.0,Microsoft Office XP 2013 Standard Upgrade 2014. These software's are to be purchased from an authorized dealer known and approved by World Financial Group, Inc.
agreg48: The expense to be re-imbursed by WFG Inc?

wfg_2nddesk: The cost for the software's is $431.18. You will be reimbursed along with the Charges fees and I will be instructing you on how you will be sending the payment to the software retailer. If you are ready now, You can send the payment online and all that is required is the payment confirmation receipt as to stand as proof of payment.
agreg48: Mr. Ambrose, I will contact you after I receive my Hiring paperwork and return it to your office. Also I have due diligence to perform on you, the names you have provided and the company prior to paying for this software. 

agreg48: Do you know Alvin James?
wfg_2nddesk: Your supervisor will set up your office file and you will be given the company's username and password with which you will have access to all the company's features and your own database.
wfg_2nddesk: Yes, I do.
wfg_2nddesk: Our recruiter.
agreg48: why did he contact me last nite after i had already been contacted by Jacqueline and you. That is very strange and unprofessional
wfg_2nddesk: Greg, the reason why he contacted you was because, as a recruiter, he needs to be fully aware of your current status.
agreg48: Shouldn't he have been in contact with you and Jacqueline to be aware of my status.