Househelp/Personal Assistant

Hello There.
I was checking on craigslist and i came accross your post. I'm Robert Lawrence and My wife's name is Emily Lawrence. We are relocating to your neighbourhood from England. I recently got a contract with a company on a private research job with minimum of two years contract and possibility of extending the contract. However, I need someone who will help me to take care of the house by doing some house work while am off to work. Someone that will also help in running some errands and babysitting.

I will be offering you $500 weekly payment, i will be needing your services for 6 hours at any suitable time of yours, Tuesday and Saturday. If you believe you are fit for this position in as much you will prove yourself to be a reliable, responsible and good person, I have a financier that is based in the States and he will be handling the payment and some other expenses. I will instruct him to pay for the first two weeks before my arrival so as to secure your service.

My financier will be making out a check to you before our arrival, you will be receiving an overpayment bank check which you will deduct your pay for the first two weeks and you will be using the remaining to buy foodstuffs, art galley, home appliance and other things needed in the house. You will be getting this foodstuff on the day of our arrival which will be the 30th of This month. Actually our flights from England will arrive at nights so you will be getting the foodstuff in the morning and making all other preparations.

I just bought the house and as soon as all the paper work is finalize and i will instruct my estate agent to mail the keys of the house to you so that you can do all other necessary preparations before we arrive, I will also email you the shopping list after you received and cashed the check okay..

You have to get all this shopping before our arrival so that we wont have to start running around when we arrive, So my financier would be needing the following Information to make out the check.

Full Name:
Full address with zipcode & Apt Number:
Age:
Gender:
Phone number:
Acceptance of offer:

All I need from you is total honesty and sincerity. I know you will be committed to the work, You will also have a nice period of time working with my wife. I will be waiting to hear from you.

Regards,
Robert Lawrence
Robert [email protected]

My reply was hahahahhaha sending this to the FBI

I got the exact email this morning and I was going to post it here when I found YOUR posting! I really do wonder how some people get duped by an obvious fake...

Welcome to ScamWarners Frau Teufelin. Some times people are desperate, some times they don't speak the language the email is written in well. Some times They do not understand that there are dishonest people on the internet. Some times people sign up for forums using a name they are encouraged not to clicky.

We don't shame or blame victims because it is easy to become a victim in one way or another. Please be a positive productive member here.

I just recieved his email but he was sending it from a real estate agent in Colorado with the reply going to [email protected]. I requested business information from him just to see if he'll send it.

omg i just got an e-mail from him too, i am fairly new and maybe frankly naive in this stuff on the internet and believed what i read was true wow had no idea he was scamming people....what do i do cause i did what the e-mail said.....

Welcome to ScamWarners ultimatediva. If the scammer has sent you a check, do NOT deposit it into your bank. The document is a forgery. If the bank accepts the document, it will eventually be discovered that it is a forgery. When that happens, the bank will come to you to make the check good. Often, the police get involved in the situation because it is illegal to pass forged documents.

If you have deposited the check, it is important that you go to your bank on the next banking day. Take the emails you have received and explain what has happened. Most banks know about scams and should work with you.

Drop all contact with the scammer.

If you have not yet received anything, if or when you do, you can turn the document in to the police with the emails and shipping materials you received. Of you can destroy the check or write FAKE on it so it cannot be used.

Let us know if you have any other questions.