[karissa.elise]

So I replied to a job add a guy wanted a assist so he basically told me I have the job and that il getting a payment froma client and process the payment at my bank and send it to his supplier .ill also be scedualling flight and basic thing and assistant would do.. but I haven't met him or talked on the phone only email my boyfriend think I shouldn't do it and doesn't trust that he wants me to handle checks but I think it'l be OK I'm just not sure do skams like that happen ?

[ScottGem]

Your boyfriend is right. This is a common scam. He sends you a check, you deposit it then send your own check to his supplier, only the check you are sent bounces and you are left holding the bag. RUN from this.

[JudyKayTee]

Yes, of course it's a scam - there's no logical reason for what you are being asked to do.

Here is more info - http://www.tequesta.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3194

[karissa.elise]

So I replied to a job add on craigslist a guy wanted a personal assist so he basically told me I have the job and that il getting a payment froma client and process the payment at my bank and send it to his supplier .ill also be scedualling flight and basic thing and assistant would do.. but I haven't met him or talked on the phone only email my boyfriend think I shouldn't do it and doesn't trust that he wants me to handle checks but I think it'l be OK I'm just not sure do skams like that happen ?

[Curlyben]

This is a man in the middle scam, you are basically laundering money, often with stolen or fake cheques.

[JudyKayTee]

This is a man in the middle scam, you are basically laundering money, often with stolen or fake cheques.

And in some places the OP could be charged with a crime, then she will have to argue that she didn't know the checks were stolen or fake.

What is your experience with the rest of your potential job responsibilities, such as scheduling flights?

[odinn7]

As others have said... scam. Stop contact with this idiot before you lose everything.

[Fr_Chuck]

This is a very famous scam, first they tell you a lot of "duties" that you will never get asked to do. What they start at, is having you deposit checks into your personal account and then they will want normally a money order but may ask you to send them a check but money orders are normally done, since they can't be tracked and can be picked up anywhere in the world.

So what happens, the first check sometimes is actually good but normally they are fraud or stolen checks, so there is a real account, so the check clears, but in the next one to two months the owner of that account finds out there is money stolen, and you can end up being charged if you don't pay it back. Or you are charged and have to pay it back.

Very famous scam.

[karissa.elise]

Yeah frank, he said after I cashed the check id have to westeren unon it to him and then hed have some erands for ,e to run later that week. But if I meet him and its OK should I go though with it I mean it could NOT be a scam? But if this is the first thing I have to do before even meeting him I mean nobody would send a huge check to someone they don't know or even met

[karissa.elise]

Haha sorry I mean chuck*

[ScottGem]

I suggest you go back and read the what you have been told. This is a common scam. There is NO reason for you to cash checks for anyone.

[Fr_Chuck]

He is not going to "meet" with you, and yes he is going to send you a large check, could be 1000's of dollars, no reason not to, since it is fake, a fraud, he will bounce in a month or two, so he is not out anything.

What happens, he sends you lets say 5000 dollars, and you are suppose to western union 4000 to him. Well in a month, the bank calls you and gives you 10 days to pay the 4000 dollars back or they press charges against you for fraud. So you have to pay all the money back,

[karissa.elise]

Yeah okay. Thanks I just wasn't sure if this happened often or at all or if my boyfriend was paraniod. But thanks.

[Fr_Chuck]

Happens 1000's of times a day throughout many nations.

I get about 4 or 5 of these emails a day, and I see two or three adds like this a week on craigslist.

We get people here every month asking how to get out of jail or not be in trouble after they have did it.

[karissa.elise]

Wow. It so believable too. Like he been talking to me for a few daysi don't know. Kind of crazy thanks guys..

[JudyKayTee]

yeah frank, he said after i cashed the check id have to westeren unon it to him and then hed have some erands for ,e to run later that week. but if i meet him and its ok should i go though with it i mean it could NOT be a scam? but if this is the first thing i have to do befor even meeting him i mean nobody would send a huge check to someone they dont know or even met

I disagree with "nobody would send a huge check to someone they didn't know or even met" (quoting you) - people WOULD send a huge fake check or check on a closed account to someone they don't know or "even met." Happens all the time, and that's why innocent but uninformed people end up with arrest records.

[karissa.elise]

Yes I said nobody would send a huge check to someone like that, except like this when it's a scam.

[Fr_Chuck]

Just as a note, I saw at least 6 of these scams on craigs list here in Atlanta posted just today.

[karissa.elise]

Wow crazy.. so last nighti got a message from the man asking if we could speak on Yahoo messenger and I said I didn't have it could he call my cell and I got a message saying his email had been disabled or something.. so its over. Thanks guys.

[JudyKayTee]

There was just a set-up to arrest one of these scam "artists" in my area. I have no idea why other areas don't do the same thing.

In this case it was a she - she turned the check over to the "employee" and was promptly arrested.