Oh Yeah, DEFINITELY a Scam!

Very Amusing...or not. Of course, desperate stay-at-home mom (me) goes on Craigslist almost daily, so I'm not surprised I got this. I am surprised that it took so long. I took the liberty of *** my email, but otherwise, the header is as I received it. WTH can't people just be real? How much money do these people actually make? Granted, I had gone so far as to actually "accept" the job before I got the wigglies, so when that check arrives you can bet it's getting burned. I like fire, I don't like fraud. Heh, and "he" wasn't too happy when I asked about how taxes would be handled...I guess having legal employees puts a damper on that whole check scam thing, yeah? And why on earth would someone advertise for an office position and then tell you they had no office? Not to mention the fact that the place I am supposedly sending the money to (an "orphanage") is in actuality a daycare/school. The person I am sending the money too? By all accounts a hard-working Christian man that donates to charity. Like I wasn't going to look up the address and name, for real. The guy I am "sending" too has no affiliation with the "orphanage" (school).


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Subject: Re: Front Office (Medical)
From: McCarthy Peter <[email protected]>
To: ***
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Hello,




I got your application resume. I'm looking for someone that can be
trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding as my
Personal/Admin Assistant. 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;




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 $685 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 under age 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.




Yours Sincerely,

McCarthy Peter.

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Welcome Zooba and well spotted. Hopefully your post will save others from falling for this scammer's fraud.

Any time you're asked to pay a cheque in to your account NEVER EVER agree to pay funds on. It's the whole basis of this type of fraud. If you don't manage to spot it beforehand, if you make clear that you'll retain all funds you're sent by cheque, that'll see them off. They can always issue two cheques.

Much obliged for posting the header Zooba. I notice part of it has been forged. A legitimate person would have no need for such folly.

Well, the *** part is me, the rest is as I received it. I didn't keep the 2nd one I got from a supposed antique dealer. That one had immediate red flags

All understood Zooba.
The *** part is not what I'm refering. Is always good to remove personal details before publishing otherwise more spam and crap could be sent. Well done there.

I don't understand what parts were forged...I mean, copied from a form script, sure, but forged? Could you explain?

Forged headers are commonly seen in spam. A spammer sends a message which already has a Received: header in it, to confuse people who analyze headers to figure out whom to complain to. He also puts a From: header that points to someone else's email box. The initial scripts sent by scammers are spam as well as scam; subsequent messages are just scam.