Security Guard Employment Scam

Nicholas or Steve Cook - [email protected]

Applicant is hired to provide security for employers wife and child has they shop. Check is sent for wages in advance plus extra to be sent to a third party by Western Union to cover the wife's travel expenses.

Hello there,
We are from Chicago,Il. But we are presently in the Uk
on vacation.Thanks for your response and i am glad to tell you that i'm okay with you as regards the security job.I have contacted my wife and kid and he is just 5years old,concerning the job and for other purpose which she might need you
for,which she told me is okay by her.I believe you are fit for this
position in as much you will prove yourself a reliable and and good
person.They will be in your area for 2 weeks on vacation,A Driver and
Chauffeur is already in place for this visit.They will be going
shopping 3 times a week and will be spending at list 3hours for
shopping in a day on the days they go out...You jobs is to make sure
nothing goes wrong with her and the kid you are to secure them every
where they go and make sure she is safe and make her feel safe.
Her arrival date should be May30.A car and a driver is already
available for her movement.I am offering you $650 per week,You are to
make your self available for her only when she is going out shopping.
I will make a one week deposition before her arrival so that i will
be assured that i had secured your services. Also i want you to know
that my client who is in US will be sending you a check which will include the down payment and i want you to know that the remaining funds will be used by my wife and kid for their
travel expenses,accommodations and any other expenses.
Get back to me with the following details of yours:
1.Full name:
2.Address,city/location,postal code:
3 Phone number:
If you are good with the offer do get back to me as soon as possible
so that the paycheck can be forwarded to you and i will appreciate quick response from you.
Thanks and God Bless.
Steve Cook.....

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Thanks for getting back to me with the details needed.I will be looking
forward to working with you.I hope you do not have a criminal records cause
if she get to know after she may be feeling somehow.Any way im really
okay with you and will give you the job.

I want to let you know that as soon as my wife gets to her hotel room.
she will give you a call and tell you where and when to meet her and the kid.
Its nothing extra ordinary its just their first time alone away from me,
Just to make them feel safe that all.

About the payments you should get that before next week Friday its
should have a tracking number.As soon as my client makes out the payments
that i told you about i will let you know. As soon as i have the tracking for the
payment i will let you know.So you can know when you will be having
the payments.

It very important you reply back this last email so as to know you are
really serious about the job.And about their travel details it still with the travel agent as things get on the way will send it to you as soon as i get it from him.
If you have any other question you will like to ask.
Do feel free to ask ,Have a wonderful day and say me well to your family

Aha! The good old Fakey Cheque game.

Explanation for the benefit of visitors.

He sends you a cheque for a large amount, you deduct your wage and send the rest to a fictitious wife. However as you are required to send the details of the WU or MG transfer to the original lad, you can bet your bottom dollar that he will be the one who picks up the money in his home country. The wife will not exist, nor will the child.

Once the bank discovers the cheque is a fake, they will be asking you to refund the money, maybe reporting you to the police or FBI. All you have is the lad's fake name and email address, and a huge debt, and maybe a criminal record.

People do not offer jobs via random emails. Any real person would send the money to his wife and get her to pay your wage on completion of the job, not get you to cash a cheque and send the wife her spending money.
OR as I suspect, most couple would have a joint account from which the wife can draw her own funds.

And lets face it. How could you possibly find a reliable and trustworthy "security guard" via a couple of emails?

Would you trust the safety of YOUR wife and child to a complete stranger? Would you? I doubt it.

IF it seems too good to be true, then it probably is.

Thanks for the detailed explanation Ted. I should have probably included the information that this scam originated from a Craigslist ad.