Administrative Assistant ad on Craigslist

This is an email I received in response to a job application I sent to [email protected] 11 days ago. Sounded fishy right away, so I googled it and found this website. Just a warning for others. The add was posted either on workopolis or monster.ca. I did not interact with them at all.

from: Michael Moore [email protected]
reply-to: [email protected]
to:
date: Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:52 AM
subject: Re: Administrative Assistant/Receptionist position in Ottawa, ON

May 15,2012
Detailed Job Description – PERSONAL ASSISTANT


You have been picked as my possible Executive / Personal Assistant.I'm looking for someone that can be trusted, energetic and reliable at work and with good understanding.This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them,my only fear is that I may come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can meet up with my irregular timings.As my Personal Assistant,your activities amongst other things will include;


*Running personal errands
*Coordinate special domestic and international travel plans.
*Oversee Outlook calendars to prioritize appointments and schedule meetings
*Maintain Personal Bank Accounts and keeping me up to date with them.
*Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away.
*Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities..
Basic wage is $700 Weekly.

I own a young non-profit Humanitarian Foundation creating humanitarian projects that focus on human rights and community development. As part of this Humanitarian Foundation, Combat Relief meets the special needs
of veterans and their families by providing financial grants to established programs and initiatives dedicated to meeting the challenges they face when returning to their communities I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point,as I am presently in New Zealand,will be back in about three Weeks.I think you're the right person for this position after going through your resume,Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others but basically you will work between 15 and 20hrs a month, so it's a little difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week.If you can manage your time properly,this job may even give you some extras while you do something else on the side.

As I have said, I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as possible.I do have lots of works piled up presently and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually. Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship and hopefully when I meet with you after my arrival we can talk about the possibility of making this long term. I'm online most of
the time I prefer we contact each other through E-mails or IM (Instant Messenger), but if there is need for me to call, I will and i promise to be a good boss in as much as you are diligent. I will need to update your contact info with my clients from Fortune 100 Corporate Organization. I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details as it will be used for payment/delivery purposes :

First Name :
Last Name :
Street Address :
City, State, Zip Code :
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Current Occupation :
IM /Email Address :

Also, I will like to know how often do you check your email.Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week , you will also be paid upfront as its important you help me handle some errands before i get back from my business trip . Hope I am clear with that.I will await yoaur response and also let me have the above info as it should appear on payment.


Regards

Michael Moore

I just received an email for this as well.

I received the exact same email from Michael Moore at [email protected] about an hour after carrep. I found the same ad on workopolis.ca back on the 9th and responded right away. Of course I cannot find the ad now.

It's likely the ad was reported for fraud and deleted.

Email address used: David Bentley [[email protected]]


Hello,

Software Company wishes to inform you that your resume has been received and the Hiring Desk has reviewed your resume and we believe you have the required qualifications to undergo an online interview.

NB:You are requested to download and set up a Yahoo Instant Messenger Account (www.messenger.yahoo.com ) and add the online HR Manager Mr Tony Edward on this yahoo ID [email protected]

Interview is scheduled daily between 7:00am-10:00pm

The HR Manager will conduct an online interview with you and if you are successful,you will be offered a job right away

All equipment and software required for this job will be provided by our organization.

The duties and functions will be explained briefly by the HR Manager

Training Available/ Benefit/ Apply Full time/Part time positions are open.

Kind regards,
Admin Desk.

Here is a response to a craigslist ad for a delivery driver I just received. the language and job requirement was totally weird, so I googled the email address and was led here. Here is a copy of the email.

Dear Applicant ,

Thanks for your response and I am glad to read from you regarding the DRIVER job.

My name is Art O'brien and I am from Ireland, United Kingdom. It is my pleasure to

bring to your notice that my wife Sarah and i will be coming to the states for a

long holiday. We will be going to leisure spots,cinemas etc. we will be spending 20

weeks, so we need a personal driver to ourselves. After getting your response, we

will prepare a structured out work schedule for you that would not be too

stressful.


About US:
*****************
I am 70years old and my wife is 65 years old. We are both educated (retired medical

practitioners), cultural, great sense of humor, good morals, very much down to

earth and with a noble character. We enjoy meeting people and making new friends, i

can say particularly that Sarah and I do have a very kind heart.



To proceed,



We would like for you to confirm the following questions :
**************************************************************

1.Would you be available to drive us during the weekends,basically on (Fridays and

Saturdays) or (Saturdays and Sundays) and one other weekday?

2.Where do you stay ?

3.We would need you twice a week, would you be able to offer 8 hours each weekend ?

4.We would need you to drive us for two shifts each weekend. what i mean by this is

that, we would need you to tell us whether you would be available for either

(morning and afternoon) or (afternoon and

evening) or (morning and evening) 2hours each shift .


You would also pick us from the airport , i will tell you the name of the Airport

as we proceed. Our arrival would be in 3 weeks, I will confirm our flight itinerary

with the precise ticket date and let you have the

details in due time.

We will prefer to get you a car to drive us in , so all we will be needing you do

is make yourself available to drive us twice during the weekend for our schedule .

We are offering you $250 x 2days = $500 weekly.

Kindly get back so we know if you will be available and also to know your schedule.



Regards

Dr Art O'brien

Hello Scam Warners,

I believe I have experience a scammer. I have been looking for a new job recently and submitted my information. Thank God I did my research before submitting any further information to this fake "Rapheal Churchill". I am completely blown away that people have the nerve to be so cruel and have such immoral integrity. Please be aware. I will be sharing this information with the police so that it can be looked into further. Don't be stupid world. If red flags go up trust your gut or ask someone. You will save yourself a lot of frustration and hell.

See the below message I received this morning.....

Email- [email protected]

Dear Candidate,

I'm looking for someone that can be prudent and reliable to work with, Someone with good understanding to work as Personal Assistant .This position is home-based for long term, i mean permanent position since am out of the country on a business trip to Germany and even when i arrive in 2 weeks time. I'm a business man and Interior Designer by profession,I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures.

I get involved in Investment Networks in Canada and United States to various welfare and community service programs, I most very often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.

Working with me is basically about instructions and following them, so this person has to be very close to a computer and with a good telephone skills. My only fear is that i may come at you impromptu sometimes,so i need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. As my Personal Assistant,Your activities amongst other things will include;

Primary Responsibilities :
* Creating orders/pick slips/invoices/credit memos.
* Processing return authorizations for me as needed.
* Running personal errands.
* supervisions and monitoring.
* Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up to date with them.
* Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away and when needed as i am hard on hearing that is why computer works for me.

Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf. Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities as the case maybe.

Basic wage is $425 Weekly
Duties Include :

I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. I have reviewed your Resume and I think I am impressed with it and would like to give you an immediate trial. If you are interested kindly get back to me.

As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have some funds sent to you to complete the errands and would get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your Contact Details such as:

Full Name :
Address (Include Apt Number if Available):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone Number (H);
Phone Number (M);
Email Address :

Once I have received your Personal/Contact details, I will draw my schedule and get back to you with your tasks for this week/next
Thank You For your time.
Rapheal Churchill.

I also received this email after responding to a post on Craigslist from:
"Dr. Art O'brien" <[email protected]>


Dear Applicant ,

Thanks for your response and I am glad to read from you regarding the DRIVER job. My name is Art O'brien and I am from Ireland, United Kingdom. It is my pleasure to bring to your notice that my wife Sarah and i will be coming to Canada for a long holiday. We will be going to leisure spots,cinemas etc. we will be spending 20 weeks, so we need a personal driver to ourselves. After getting your response, we will prepare a structured out work schedule for you that would not be too stressful.


About US:
*****************
I am 70years old and my wife is 65 years old. We are both educated (retired medical practitioners), cultural, great sense of humor, good morals, very much down to earth and with a noble character. We enjoy meeting people and making new friends, i can say particularly that Sarah and I do have a very kind heart.



To proceed,



We would like for you to confirm the following questions :
**************************************************************

1.Would you be available to drive us during the weekends,basically on (Fridays and Saturdays) or (Saturdays and Sundays) and one other weekday?

2.Where do you stay ?

3.We would need you twice a week, would you be able to offer 8 hours each weekend ?

4.We would need you to drive us for two shifts each weekend. what i mean by this is that, we would need you to tell us whether you would be available for either (morning and afternoon) or (afternoon and

evening) or (morning and evening) 2hours each shift .


You would also pick us from the airport , i will tell you the name of the Airport as we proceed. Our arrival would be in about 3 weeks, I will confirm our flight itinerary with the precise ticket date and let you have the

details in due time.

We will prefer to get you a car to drive us in , so all we will be needing you do is make yourself available to drive us twice during the weekend for our schedule .

We are offering you $250 x 2days = $500 weekly.

Kindly get back so we know if you will be available and also to know your schedule.



Regards

Dr Art O'brien

I received a very similar e-mail after I responded to the craig's List post:

The post was titled :"Front Office Appointment Clerk" in the Gainesville Area

So i sent him my resume and received this email back:

Your resume was received and it has been reviewed, I did appreciate it. it's reasonable and acceptable. So I will give this a go.

I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable, someone with good understanding and working skills.

I am Mark Ford. i am 49 yrs of age, I'm Self employed..I am an importer by profession and I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get involved in; from the Angel of importing fabrics to various welfare and community service programs. I most very often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them. My only fear is that I may come at you imprompt sometimes, so i need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings.

As my personal assistant, your activities among others will include:

*Create and modify documents using Microsoft Office

*Running personal errands, supervisions and monitoring.

*Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up to date with them.

*Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away.

*Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.

*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities..

*Basic wage is $700 a week .

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

*Good planning, communication and organization skills

*Must be honest, reliable & dependable

*Excellent verbal & written communication skills

*Must have strong problem solving skills

*Must be organized & extremely detail oriented

*Experience working with the internet, email.

*Ability to multi-task and self manage 24/7 mindset

*A willingness to do whatever needs to be done is a must

NOTE: The above qualification requirements can also be learnt if you are willing to take up the challenges.

I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point as I am presently in France for a summit. I will be back in Three Weeks time.

I think you're the right person for this post, Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules. It's a part-time, work from home basis and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. So it's a little difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week. If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some extra while you do something else on the side. As I have said, I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as possible. I do have a pile up of work and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with. I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually. Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine.

I really need to find the perfect person for this job and i am confident you can take up the challenges. On the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.I'm online most of the time as I am hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other through E-mails but if there is need for me to call, I will be glad to do that. I am glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. I am also glad on the commitment in working. I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me next week is to run some errands out to some of the orphanage home which I do every month. The funds will be in form of Cashier check, it will be sent over to you from one of my clients and i have some list to email you once you received the funds. You will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store around you so you can mail them out. I will get you more information on that.

PLEASE FILL THE APPLICATION FORM BELOW;

First Name :
Last Name :
Full Street Address(Not PO BOX):
City, State, Zip Code :
Cell Phone Number:
Home Phone Number:
Current Occupation :
Email Address :

Once I have received your application form, I will get back to you with the task for next week. Please understand that you will also be paid as well as its important for me to make the necessary steps before i get back from my business trip. I hope i am clear with that?

NOTE: This position is home-based and flexible part time job, you can be in any location, work from your home doing all the activities.

AVAILABILITY:

How often do you check your email daily___________

Please get back as soon as possible.


Mark Ford

The email it was sent from is: [email protected]

It looks exactly like one reply on this page except he changed his name to Mark Ford. Watch out for this crazy scam ... I almost fell for it. I'll never live this down with my boyfriend. thanks to this site and this forum! You guys really saved me!

Hello Skaterbam94!

Thanks for posting the info it may help someone else avoid the scammer.

Justin

Pretty sure I was recently hit by the same scam, though I have not received/deposited any checks and don't plan to. Something just didn't feel right about it (my personal info removed, but nothing else was changed):


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Subject: Re: Receptionist / Office Admin
From: Robert Hernandez <[email protected]>
To: XXX <[email protected]>
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Hello,

I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding as my Personal Assistant.This position I a am offering is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that i may come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. As my Personal Assistant, your activities amongst other things will include:

Duties and Requirements:

*Scheduling programmer's, flights and keeping me up-to-date with them.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.
*Processing weekly check payment.
*Filing, Faxing, Creating and sending out letters, scanning documents, some personal assistant duties for owners, and many other
*Managing expenses and invoices

Basic wage is $500 Weekly

I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. I would like to give you an immediate trial, so if you are interested kindly get back to me. As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone urgently to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have some funds sent to you to complete the errands and would get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your Personal/Contact Details such as:


FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
HOME PHONE #:
MOBILE PHONE#:
SEX:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
PRESENT JOB:
Nationality: ___________________________
Current Job: ____________________________




Are you eligible to work in the United States? Yes ____ No_____

If you are underage 18, do you have an employment/age certificate? Yes ___ No ___

How often do you check your email: ______________

Days/Hours Available: Hours Available: from _______ to ______

What date are you available to start work? ________________

If you're interested you can e-mail me back for more information about the job.

Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.

Your's sincerely,
Robert Hernandez

I received this email last month. I thought then it was a scam, but I looked at it today doubting myself. The numbers didn't add up. I've included the entire email, two different ones same body different names and headers

Re:Receptionist/ Office Help (boston) under name matthew larskn and another Re: Part Time- Receptionist/Office Help (boston ) under name Robin Tallman

The Company Name is Baume et Mercier. Baume et Mercier is a Swiss manufacturer of accessible luxury watches and is an independent company based in Geneva, Switzerland and we continue to develop highly distinctive and attractive collections with a real sporting pedigree..The primary goal of the  Receptionist/Office Assistant is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.And also i seek someone who can be my personal assistant and act on my behalf when i am not in the country.So In your reply please indicate if you will be interested in been my personal assistant. This position is home based and communication will mostly be via Text,Calls,and Emails.
 
I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding. This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them.
 Presently i am in Switzerland for the company representative meeting and i want my assistant to start work immediately and also in your reply indicate when you wish to start work.

Your duties will include:
- Collecting Local Payments
 When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: Money orders, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.
 
- Managing Data
Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.
 
- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.
 
- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.
 
Additional Information:
Salary:
During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.
 
Taxes:
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company,Basic wage is $400 Weekly excluding Gas expenses and compensations.
 
Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
 1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job schedule is flexible, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.
 
Please kindly fill your details below, so that you can get started.
 
Personal Information
 
Full Name:
Address:
Apt #:
City:
State/Province:
Age:
Sex:
Postal Code:
Resident Phone Number:
 Mobile:
The employee,acknowledged the  Detailed Job Description
and signed___________            _____________________
           (First Name and Last Name of Employee)
 
Kindly respond with requested details .Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.
 
Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.
Regards.
Financial Representative
Matthew Larson

No doubt, it's a scam. The description of tasks matches that of a money mule, not anything that a watch company would hire for. The writing is not that of anyone educated in any Germanic or Romance tongue. There's no such thing as a home-based receptionist, and the tasks don't match those of a receptionist.

Could you post the email addresses? Many people search for email addresses to see if they've been reported as scammers. Also if you can post the full headers (Received, X-Originating-IP, etc.), we can usually tell where the email came from.

Yup, this is the email I got, and if I hadn't found your site I would've fallen for it:



From: ashton wayne <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Admin Assistant
Date: Sun 7/01/12 10:09 AM

Hello,
 
How are you doing ?
 
Thank for replying to the assistant position, I received and read your resume and i feel that you have the qualifications that I am looking for in an
 
assistant. I would like to offer you this part-time position at $300 a week. The hours will vary from 5-10 hours per week. I will discuss with you at a
 
later date some addition pay incentives that I have to offer. You will be paid on a bi-weekly basis. The position also has the possibility to increase to
 
full time if you choose to do so down the road.
 
** I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable, someone with good self motivation, and working skills.
 
I am Ashton Rice, 65yrs of age. I am an entrepreneur and investor by profession and I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get
 
involved in, from UK and United States to various community service programs. I keep a very busy schedule, so it is imperative that I have a worthy
 
assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities. This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about assisting
 
me in keeping up with all the things that I have going on around me. I need someone whom possesses good problem solving skills and a willingness to do
 
whatever I may need done to assist me. My only fear is that I may come at you impromptu sometimes, so i need someone who can be able to meet up with my
 
irregular timings.
 
As my personal assistant, some of your duties will include:
*Create and modify documents using Microsoft Office
*Running personal errands
*Scheduling fund raisers and calling local businesses for charity events.
*Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away.
*Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.
*Recruitment and interviewing
 
I am presently in England for a summit. I will be back in 3 weeks time. I think you're the right person for this position, please note that this
 
position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules. If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you
 
some extra while you do something else on the side. I want us to get a head start on things as soon as possible. I do have a pile up of work and a number
 
of unattended duties which you can immediately assist me with. I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually. Permit me to use the coming week to test
 
your efficiency and diligence towards all this. Also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. In the long run we should have a relatively good
 
working relationship between us.
 
I'm online most of the time as I am hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other via e-mail, but if there is need for me to call, I will be glad to
 
do so. I have been checking my files and i would want you to do for me within the next couple weeks is to run some errands out to some of the foster care
 
placement homes which I do every month. The funds will be in form of check, it will be sent over to you from one of my accountant team and i have a list of
 
people I will need you to email once you have received the funds.
 
For your application for this job position , i want you to get back to me with your information as requested in the list below :
 
Name :
Address :
City :
State :
Zip code :
Age
Sex
Cell Phone Number :.
Email
 
Once I have received your application form, I will get back to you with the task for next week. Please understand that you will also be paid before my return as it is
 
important for me to make the necessary steps before i get back from my business trip.
 
NOTE: This position is home-based and flexible part time job, you can be in any location, work from your home doing all the activities.
 
Please get back as soon as possible.
 
Ashton

I'm glad that I found your site, as well, to confirm my suspicions about a reply I received from a CL ad. It was for a personal assistant ad that barely had any details, but I still sent a resume just in case it was a real job. I should have listened to my initial feelings and passed over the ad.

This is the email I received:

Dear Applicant,

I got your application resume. I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding. This position i am offering is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that i may come at you impromptu sometimes,so i need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. As my Personal Assistant, your activities amongst other things will include;

Primary Responsibilities:

* Creating orders/pick slips/invoices/credit memos.
* Processing return authorizations for me as needed.
* Running personal errands.
* supervisions and monitoring.
* Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up to date with them.
* Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away and
when needed as i am hard on hearing that is why computer works for me.
Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf. Handling and
monitoring some of my financial activities as the case maybe.

Basic wage is $400 Weekly

I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. I have reviewed with your Resume and I think I am impressed with it and would like to give you an immediate trial, so if you are interested kindly get back to me. As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone urgently to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have some funds sent to you to complete the errands and would get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your Personal/Contact Details such as:



FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS,Include Apt # If Available(No PO.BOX please):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
HOME PHONE #:
MOBILE PHONE#:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
SEX:
AGE:
PRESENT JOB:


Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response
Yours Sincerely
Taylor Ralf.

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His email address is [email protected]. I thought it was suspicious because of the grammar and weird use of language. Also, it was sent in a comic-sans font. What potential employers defaults his font to comic sans?

Hope this helps someone else out like previous posts helped me!