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So my boyfriend was looking for a job on Craigslist in Mid September. He wanted to widen his horizons, so as we he was looking for a job, he came across a warehouse job. The job description, looked legit, he sent an email, that he was interested. The next day he received a email as shown below.


IMMEDIATE WAREHOUSE WORKERS NEEDED!
I've gotten someone for the position posted online, Assistant position available. I'm currently away on business in Germany, therefore will be no interview. You will be shopping for electronics and merchandise and receiving/sending of my mails. You're allowed to open any packages from me to check the content. When you get my mails you're required to mail them to addresses that I will send you. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me and the pay is $300 per task. I need your service because am constantly out of town. I'm self-employed and own a art-tools here in Germany and I hope we can talk about possibility of making this long-term when am back. If you're interested in the new position provide the following details.

Full Name
Address with Apt No
City,State&Zip Code
Valid Phone Numbers
Payment Option: Check

I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need to be done as well as the funds to cover them. I will mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service.

That rang some bells for me because, I ran into a scam with something exactly like this asking for my name, apartment, all of that. So he tried talking to the person. He emailed them back asking for a number. not even 1 second past. we received this email.


WAREHOUSE POSITION CONFIRMED!
Hello ,
Thanks for the swift response . The Job has been assigned to you. You are expected to inspect, Test, Sample, and Sorting of products or goods being manufactured and as well running my errands, sorting out my mails, packages and make payments on my behalf since I am not available. You will be properly briefed in order to carry out every task appropriately. Can you Please assure me of your trust, honesty and commitment. I will make arrangement to send payment for your first salary and also to carry out your first assignment. You will be informed once the payment has been mailed out to you with clear sets of instruction. I hope we have an understanding? Thanks for the co-operation and understanding


N.B : Kindly reply back to confirm if you are still very much interested in this position

Thanks For Your Trust And Understanding

Best Regards

So we just stopped replying and he ended up finding a new job. But starting this past sunday night he got an email, stating he's receiving task they started sending us checks, I guess our problem now is what do we do with the checks?

I applied to the same gig. Went to see what was up with the check at a WU cash checking place and they turn out to be counterfeit. He wanted it to be put in a bank acct via atm or phone not in person. So the cash checking place confiscated the check. Beware this guy is a scam and the embarrassment of the fraudulent check was worse than the line down at the spot.

So my boyfriend was looking for a job on Craigslist in Mid September. He wanted to widen his horizons, so as we he was looking for a job, he came across a warehouse job. The job description, looked legit, he sent an email, that he was interested. The next day he received a email as shown below.


IMMEDIATE WAREHOUSE WORKERS NEEDED!
I've gotten someone for the position posted online, Assistant position available. I'm currently away on business in Germany, therefore will be no interview. You will be shopping for electronics and merchandise and receiving/sending of my mails. You're allowed to open any packages from me to check the content. When you get my mails you're required to mail them to addresses that I will send you. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me and the pay is $300 per task. I need your service because am constantly out of town. I'm self-employed and own a art-tools here in Germany and I hope we can talk about possibility of making this long-term when am back. If you're interested in the new position provide the following details.

Full Name
Address with Apt No
City,State&Zip Code
Valid Phone Numbers
Payment Option: Check

I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need to be done as well as the funds to cover them. I will mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment for your service.

That rang some bells for me because, I ran into a scam with something exactly like this asking for my name, apartment, all of that. So he tried talking to the person. He emailed them back asking for a number. not even 1 second past. we received this email.


WAREHOUSE POSITION CONFIRMED!
Hello ,
Thanks for the swift response . The Job has been assigned to you. You are expected to inspect, Test, Sample, and Sorting of products or goods being manufactured and as well running my errands, sorting out my mails, packages and make payments on my behalf since I am not available. You will be properly briefed in order to carry out every task appropriately. Can you Please assure me of your trust, honesty and commitment. I will make arrangement to send payment for your first salary and also to carry out your first assignment. You will be informed once the payment has been mailed out to you with clear sets of instruction. I hope we have an understanding? Thanks for the co-operation and understanding


N.B : Kindly reply back to confirm if you are still very much interested in this position

Thanks For Your Trust And Understanding

Best Regards

So we just stopped replying and he ended up finding a new job. But starting this past sunday night he got an email, stating he's receiving task they started sending us checks, I guess our problem now is what do we do with the checks?

Got the exact same emails

It's a typical scam script written by a West African. Don't cash or try to deposit the checks and don't answer the scammer when he asks about the checks. If you got them in US mail, show them to the USPIS, along with printouts of the scam emails. If they came by FedEx, UPS, or the like, show them to whoever carried them.