Job Offer Scam - What Do I Do!?

Hello. Yesterday, I received an e-mail offering me a job. It read like this:

Subject: Online Part Time Job Offer For Students $250 Weekly
From: "James David" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, July 2, 2011 7:07 am
To: Me

Hello,
Work from home or school and earn $250 weekly... the job
will only take 1hr of your time daily and it's between
Monday and Friday... the job is done at your free time...
kindly get back to us ASAP via [email protected] if you care to know more
about the job offer.

Regards,
James David

I was too excited to notice the large amount of money being offered. I thought it wouldn't hurt to inquire because I am currently looking for a job and I am very desperately in need of money to pay for tuition. So I replied asking for more information. I gave him my full name and the university I will be attending in the Fall. He responded with:

Subject: Re: Job Offer
From: "james david" <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, July 2, 2011 11:06 pm

Thanks for getting back to us in regards the job.We are UK based company that offer incorporation services to our clients all over the globe, read more about us on our website http://www.ukcorporator.co.uk

We have 12 Agents in United State that are working for the company, they need materials like envelopes, files and stamps to do their daily job. they will email you whenever they need materials and also state the type of materials and they quantity they need, it is now your duty to contact the supplier through email to make orders for the materials and also state the quantity that should be mail to the agent address through the post.. each agent will only order for materials once in a week, we are employing you just to reduce the workload for us, our supplier and for the agents.It is an online job where agents will only contact you for materials during the weekdays.Salary/wages payment: $250 weekly which will be paid to you in form of check.

We will always email you guidelines and instructions to follow in getting your job done perfectly when you start working.If you still care to proceed with the job, get back to us with the information listed below then we can proceed from there.

1, NAME:
2, CONTACT ADDRESS: (please include the street name, city, state and zip code) this will enable FedEx deliver your letter of employment to you at you door step.
3, MOBILE:
4, AGE:
5, SEX:

Work commences from Monday, make sure you check your email box at-least twice daily and also respond the the email fast.We hope you enjoy working with us.

Best regards,
James David

The lack of detail and connection to the listed website made me wonder. So I did a bit of research and found this: http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=10 ... ost1062879

Now I am scared I am in danger.
1. Should I reply to the e-mail telling the scammer that I do not want the job? Or ignore it?
2. He makes it sound like I am already employed. What if he begins sending me "tasks"?
3. Did I give too much information away (name and school)? It may be possible the IP address from my e-mail can be tracked as well.
4. The scammer sent the offer to my university e-mail, but I CC'd it to my personal one in reply. Did I just compromise both e-mails?
5. Anything else I can do to protect myself? I did not give away any further information besides my name and university (including grade, because I thought it would be relevant). I did not provide age, sex, nor address. But I am still scared. I am still a teenager, if that gives an idea of my age range, and I am scared my banking information may be in jeopardy as well. How much in trouble am I?
6. If I do not reply by Monday, when the job supposedly starts, will I be in any danger?

Please help! ):

More information:

1. I gave him the name of my university and grade because it was a job offer for students, so thought it was from the school's career services, as it was sent to my uni email address. I thought it would be relevant. I would never give that information away unless I thought it might be useful information. It was a mistake.

2. I have reported both e-mails to the school's email services. I do not know what happens (whether they report the sender's email to authorities or simply put it on a spam list).

Don't worry. You haven't given enough information to truly compromise your identity. You can go ahead and send a response saying you found something else and are no longer interested. Any emails after that should be ignored.

He may not even catch on to the fact that you copied your home address. If he did, he may try to harass you a bit through that address, but again-just ignore any emails, and filter his email to trash.
You may see an increase in scam emails since you responded to one. Just stay alert, and you will be ok.

First of all - don't panic...No, you are not in any kind of danger.
I won't go into specifics but if you read the scam letter, it does contain basic grammitical errors which an English speaking person should not be making.
The scammers primary function is to skim some money off you. Thankfully you've seen that this is a scam and you have not lost any money.
If the individual does start sending you tasks, simply write and say you have found other employment etcetera and that should be the end of the matter. If further communication is received, just simply ignore it

Thanks for the responses. Feeling a tad better now.

But the poster Meri Window at this website (http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=139589) is telling me NOT to respond to the e-mail at all, even to say I do not want the job. (I am the poster omfgstupidscammers). Should I reply anyway, or ignore the e-mail?

I originally thought it would make sense to reply and decline the job, if only to stop subsequent e-mails. But now I am unsure of what to do...

And fortunately, the grammar mistakes were what made me doubt the e-mail to begin with. That, and good friends.

Aside from the fake cheques and WU transfers, you may be directed to a fake website offering the materials you need to provide to the fake agent. You will be told the money will be refunded when you get "paid ". It will be time to get your debit /credit card out to pay for the items. Once done the scammer now has your card details, and can use them and the security number on the back to buy things on line.

Now you know it's a scam it isn't a bad idea to leave the scammer in ignorance completely. It will waste more time getting back to you and you can enjoy the ride and have a good laugh at it. You may even get some classic humour to bring back here and a few more email addresses to publish as a scam. Don't try and bait it, that's best left to those who know how to do it.

But the poster Meri Window at this website (http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=139589) is telling me NOT to respond to the e-mail at all, even to say I do not want the job.

What you don't want is continuing correspondence with the scammers, or to start hurling insults when the scammers have your information. With most scams, especially when you are far into the scam and there is any chance at all the scammer will draw you back in, we will tell you to immediately cut off contact and not respond at all. There is no harm in doing that here.

However, in this situation, many of the people targeted feel like they get closure for the situation by responding that that they are no longer interested, and there is a slight chance that the response will prevent the scammer from physically sending anything (i.e. fake checks) to the victim if he hasn't already done so. In this specific situation, as long as the victim fully understands it is a scam and is not at risk of being drawn back in, there is no reason not to send a response.

Thank you all so much! I feel a bit better about this :\
I've sent a reply saying that I found another job. Hopefully, the scammer will go away.

Thanks again!