Colin Richards-Marks

2days ago i answered a job ad on craigslist and a woman named patricia nixon told me to add Colin Richards-Marks (crichardsmarks) on yahoo messenger, i did so and i went through the interview process and it was for a company called Napier Healthcare Solutions Pte. Ltd. then before i knew it i was hired told to report at 9am EDT and i did, i was also told that they were opening a store front in Austin, TX within 2 months and i would be paid $17 per hour. i got the check ($2700.000) as told of in the interview and was told to deposit it and buy certain softwares to be able to work from home. the check was sent via FedEx it was addressed from West Marine, 60 Marine Drive, Rock Hill, SC. i found it odd that a health care company would be addressed as a marine company...

please help me!!

It's a scam.

There is no job and no software. There is only a scammer who wants you to turn his fake check into cash. The "software company" is either the scammer or an accomplice, who is going to pick up the cash and disappear.


If you deposit the check, and it is a good fake, the bank won't discover it right away, and in a few days they will give you the money from the check. People often believe that if the bank gives you the money, then a check has cleared and is good. This misunderstanding is what makes these scams successful.

By law, a bank has to make cash available a certain number of days after the deposit (depending on the type of check) if they have not found the check to be fraudulent. So when the bank gives you money--it doesn't mean the check has cleared; it merely means that they haven't proven it fake yet so they have to give you the cash. Ironically, this law that makes these scams possible is intended to protect the consumer, by keeping banks from holding on to your money for excessively long periods of time.

In reality--a check can take weeks or months to get through all of the necessary verifications, particularly if it is written on a phished or stolen account--because there will be a period of investigation while it is determined whether the check was really written by the account owner. Your bank does not have to tell you if an investigation is ongoing, so you won't know. If at the end of the investigation, the check is found to be fraudulent, the originating bank will take the money back from your bank, who will in turn take the money back from you. You will be responsible for the whole $2700, and whatever you sent to the scammers will come out of your pocket. The bank can turn around and charge you fees for depositing a bad check in the first place, and they can have you arrested for check fraud. This can happen weeks after you think the check has "cleared."

Cut off all contact with the scammer, and shred the check, take it to the police, or write FAKE in large, PERMANENT ink, and keep it as a reminder. The scammer may threaten or harass you for a bit. Just ignore him. He may claim he is going to report you to the authorities--that's just a scare tactic. If you haven't deposited the check, you have not committed any crime.

This is a scam. Do not cash the check! I was contacted by a Linda Swanton and Vanessa Walker and the same thing happened to me. Two days after a fake interview a cashiers check was delivered by FedEx from West Marine for $2690.00.

You can report this scam to the F.B.I Internet Crime division at www.ic3.gov

Welcome to ScamWarners GTRuss . Please post up the scammer's email address so people searching by the email address can find it easily.

Well I sensed it was a scammer and had a little fun while I was at it. After our INTERVIEW on yahoo messenger and told how to train and wait for my check in the mail I googled the suggested software for pricing. I replied to the scammer that I found a site with a great sale on these items.. I was told I had to purchase it from her TRUSTED vendor. To make a really long story short I concluded our INTERVIEW by advising I had spoken to my TRUSTED LAW ENFORCEMENT affiliates and learned of the scam and therefore I would have to decline their employment offer as I was forwarding all emails and messages to the authorities.
For some odd reason I received no reply from Mrs. Henry


This is the email I received in reference to the same company Napier Healthcare:

From Elizabth Castilla
also copied to a rayjones310@yahoo

Dear Applicant,

Your Resume has been reviewed on www.craigslist.org and forwarded to
the Head of Operation (Mrs Shannon Henry).would like to conduct an
online interview with you, Tuesday, May 22th, 2012, From 8am to
discuss more about the Job Position of an Customer Service Rep./Clerk
Position? that you are yet to occupy... Set Up a Screen name with the
yahoo Instant Messenger online at www.messenger.yahoo.com and add up
the Head of Operation screen name: ([email protected]) Email
Address: [email protected] to your buddy list to commence
your Briefings and Interview.

Kindly Regard
Hiring Department
Mrs Elizabeth Castilla.


THIS SCAMMER WAS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO PURCHASE FROM HER VENDOR AND NO ONE ELSE INDICATING THAT THE VENDOR IS HER ACCOMPLICE

Well I sensed it was a scammer and had a little fun while I was at it. After our INTERVIEW on yahoo messenger and told how to train and wait for my check in the mail I googled the suggested software for pricing. I replied to the scammer that I found a site with a great sale on these items.. I was told I had to purchase it from her TRUSTED vendor.

Not smart. The last scammer we talked to like this was searching for money mules and sending their mules "software" to get the job. That software was malware...... if you do not know what this is it means malicious software. It is keyloggers and virus and trojan and everything you need to steal the money mules banking information/identity so the scammer can ravage the victim in other ways.

We had fun with it as we analyze the malware as we spend years studying scammers and malware. You though....... not suggestable that you do this RDFD704 unless you have experience doing so before hand.

I am actually conversing with someone from there right now. It's funny too b/c not 30 minutes beforehand I received an almost identical IM from a Mrs. Doreen Harper from Venus Remedies LTD. What a crock! I feel bad for people who get taken in, because it is very easy to do so. I have extensive clerical experience, but none in financial, and both Mrs. Harper and Mr. Bravo told me I was a perfect candidate for the position. Not happening. I was already given a task on "How To Manage Cash Flow in A Business." I don't know anything about that. I'm so glad I caught it before I got roped in.