by Jobseekerscam
Thu Nov 20, 2014 5:57 pm
I was looking for a job on craigslist and responded to a Happy cleaner/organizer ad. The ad stated looking for a hard-working and punctual house cleaner asap. If interested send resume to [email protected]. So I responded. He said he was living in Spain and relocating to memphis,tn for his company as he worked for Shell Oil as a research analyst and would be in tn for 3 yrs. He stated after receiving my resume I could work 3 hours my preferable times mon-fri and a salary of $450 a week. He sent me an application to fill out---name, address, phone number, was i married? , never asked for ss number nor bank info. So i replied and he emailed back that he needed me to work with his financier that would be paying me for my services. Then I shouldv'e realized this was a red flag. He asked me if i had a problem meeting with his art seller who would be delivering art to his home here bc the financier could only write one check. He also informed me his wife's uncle lived here and assisted him with purchasing and finding the home here for his relocation to memphis. Then he said her uncle passed a week ago. I was thinking when he arrived here he wanted me to be available and assist with the art seller by meeting the seller at his home and paying him after or when he delivered the art. No-NO-he then stated he wanted to advance pay me by having his financier send me a check /money order and me to take $200 out for my advance and send the remainder to the art seller. The money order was $1950 so he said in the email so he instructed immediately take to my bank and withdraw all the cash and take $200 and then he'd pay me the remaining $250 upon his arrival to memphis in a few weeks and the $1750 was to be sent money gram. I had asked him numerous times where his home was located and no response. I did ask him for his number and i googled it and it was a north carolina number. I informed him i would not accept any money in any form until i met with him face to face and filled out the necessary paperwork such as w2 for tax purposes. I even asked him if he needed my id or ss number for payroll and i made it clear that info would not be given out via email nor internet. No comment from him. I then spoke to my dad and i realized this was a scam. He sent a text to my phone to check my email asap. I checked it and was informed he had sent the check/money order already and logged the tracking number. I notified the uspis and was informed the package was sent from virginia. I received the package no signature required the next day and i have not opened it. The sender was a david from austin texas. The man goes by the name of OSCAR MAZZIE. I am taking this to to post office and inform it is a scam with scammed money in it per the scammer. I then looked back on craigslist in the housekeeping section and found he also had another post same exact description but under a different heading-EXPERIENCED HOUSE CLEANER/ORGANIZER and if interested send rsume to same email [email protected]. id post number 4762717836. The other post for the happy cleaner id post number 4763105614. As i kept searching another posting HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED with exact description but send resume to [email protected]. id post 4753961059. Now I am receiving another scam response for a job i applied for as a kennel asst. His name is morgan holmes. He has already sent a check out and i haven't even responded to his email bc his posting was for a kennel asst and now he is searching for a business asst. He gave the tracking number as well thru the usps. I will detail more when i get home from work.
