Nigerian online scam uses fake profiles of Hollywood bigwigs

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6 October 2014

They then give the applicants a start date and a first assignment, before sending them a check to deposit and then purchase pre-loaded debit cards.
According to TMZ, the applicants are told to send the cards to several charities named by the 'players'.
The checks, which are usually for $3,000, look authentic but they are in fact fake.
Since the applicants have not yet even had their first day of work, the 'players' tell them to snap a photo of the debit cards with the numbers to prove they followed instructions correctly.