Does this look like a job scam to you?

Question

So i was looking for an online job, not necessarily one from home, but something to try and work for. 2/3 were scams, and this last on didn't seem to be a scam but he wants me to send money, which Ive researched alot, is a no no, can you guys just tell me if Im right?

Dear Alexandria Gonzalez,

Hope you are doing great and ready to start work. I am presently in Philippines on a business trip and also representing the Company in an exhibition here and this will be my last duty before i relocate to Glassboro New Jersey on March 26th.

However, you have just been approved by the Management and this is to confirm your Appointment as Parker Knoll Furniture's Personal Assistance effective from the 28th of March after you might have met with me for our employee orientation.More so, you will be signing your Appointment contract and your Paychecks of $500 will be available at the end of every week.

Kindly Read Below Your First Task As Our Personal Assistant.

Parker Knoll Furniture is planning an Art Exhibition in Glassboro New Jersey and all hands need to be on deck to make sure it is very successful, since we have top level clients coming to this event, both foreign and local.

The Exhibition is going to be held on April 2nd.The venue is yet to be determined as we have many clients coming however it will surely be held within Glassboro New Jersey . You will be duly informed of the exact location upon my arrival. It will be held from 10am until 5pm as we intend to have a full active day of events. The type of furnitures to be exhibited will include contemporary furnitures from various regions of the world and this includes ancient Roman art work, Latin, Asian, European as well as African.

It is going to be a civilization-rich filled activity and clients from all around the world will be present.In fact some of the foreign managers which you will be working with will be present. The company will provide your expenses including transport as well as other miscellaneous expenses.

We want you to send to us your ideas or suggestion (insight) through email on this so we see how vast you are and how the program should be lined out. Emphasis should be concentrated on presentation, entertainment and refreshments for the high profiled guest we would be expecting. Kindly make it short.If we like your idea it will surely be implemented.

We have also received complimentary remarks from one of our clients who are ready to issue payment for the forthcoming Exhibition. But since we don't have any ready staff there yet we would like the check payment to be made out to you. You will cash the check and collect your First Weeks’ Salary of $500 and have the re-fund sent to the Shipper for immediate shipment of various furnitures for the exhibition.I will keep you posted with further instructions.. Please confirm your interest asap.

I will be expecting your email response soonest.

Thanks and i look forward to meeting you on the March 28th.

Feel Free to Call me @ 006392 7876 4406

Thank you
Mr.Cole Rice
www.parkerknoll.co.uk





BTW i called the number and it can't be reached... but tha tmay be because its international?

Answer 1

100% scam.



There is no job.



There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.



The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "secretary/assistant/accountant" and will demand you cash a large fake check sent on a stolen UPS/FedEx billing account number and send most of the "money" via Western Union or moneygram back to the scammer posing as the "exhibition furniture company" while you "keep" a small portion. When your bank realizes the check is fake and it bounces, you get the real life job of paying back the bank for the bounced check fees and all the bank's money you sent to an overseas criminal.



Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.



When you refuse to send him your cash he will send increasingly nasty and rude emails trying to convince you to go through with his scam. The scammer could also create another fake name and email address like "FBI@ gmail.com", "police_person @hotmail.com" or "investigator @yahoo.com" and send emails telling you the job is legit and you must cash the fake check and send your money to the scammer or you will face legal action. Just ignore, delete and block those email addresses. Although, reading a scammer's attempt at impersonating a law enforcement offical can be extremely funny.



Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.



Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.



Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.



6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs:

1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one.

2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order.

3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.

4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone.

5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram.

6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.



Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.



If you google "fake check cashing job", "fraud Western Union scam", "money mule moneygram scam" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Its a scam. You should contact the police detective so they can arrest these people or deport them out of the country.



No company will offer a position to you by email and they definitely don't give you money upfront when work hasn't been done. That's not how things are done. A real company offering a salary paying job will follow this procedure:

1) Setup interview date.

2) You go to interview. Some companies interview people in groups and some by individual.

3) Manager and/or HR will make decision. Hopefully they will send a reply, but if they don't respond, its because they are not interested in you.

4) If you get the job, you will fill out a W-4 form. It seems that companies are required to get a copy of social security card for some reason. I had several jobs in the past and they all needed to see my real social security card and a photo ID such as driver's license. I worked at the library, a small lab company, distribution warehouse company, etc. Must be some sort of security measure.

Answer 4

I am skeptical about the reputation about the company that posted this ad. 1. This is an application for a job as a manager yet there are very few prerequisites. * Age over 21 years * Basic knowledge of the computer * Ability to print and scan documents * Ability to lift packages weighing up to 40lbs. Why isn't there a prerequisite that you have to have years of experience doing this type of work..i mean a manager doesn't become a manager overnight...he or she becomes one only after years of experience doing a type of work also the ad says, that the job "won’t require any special abilities and knowledge"..but this is a job posting for a manger, not for an entry-level employee..i find it hard to believe that a manager can be a good manager without special abilities or knowledge 2. Why isn't the company's website mentioned in this advertisement? 3. Why doesn't the advertisement mention the the person or the group of people working for HR that is in charge of the interviewing process? the ad contains very little useful information and given craigslist's notoriety for scams, I would take this ad with a grain of salt.

Answer 5

100% SCAM



Here is the scam:



>>>>We have also received complimentary remarks from one of our clients who are ready to issue payment for the forthcoming Exhibition. But since we don't have any ready staff there yet we would like the check payment to be made out to you. You will cash the check and collect your First Weeks’ Salary of $500 and have the re-fund sent to the Shipper <<<<



The entire post is just a front for a fake check scam. They check that you would receive from their "client" would look real but it would be fake. It will bounce after you have sent the money to the "shipper" (ie....back to the scammer). This leaves you on the hook for the bad check and possibly even facing criminal charges for passing a bad check.

Answer 6

yeah, this is a scam. this person wants you to deposit this check and you keep $500 and wire the rest to the shipper. let me tell you how this works:



they will send you money orders or checks. they will be fraudulent.

they will ask you to deposit it into your account. by law the bank has to make the money available to you in 24 hours. you keep $500 and wire the rest to some address. by the time the realizes the check/money order are fraudulent, these people are long gone. not only you will be hit with the bank fees, but the bank will take back the money they have deposited.



and these guys are not in the US or might not be in the Philippines. the majority of them have been in Nigeria, and the U.S. federal law enforcement agencies do not have any jurisdiction overseas.

Answer 7

The bounced check scam.

The check will clear your bank - by law the bank has to do this.

The check will come back bounced (no good) - this can take about 6 weeks.

She will ask you to make payment to another party and you will wire or make payment which they will process.

Next thing you know, your account is in NSF because of the orginal bounced check.

I am sure you had to see this coming - right?

Stay away from Craigslist will you?

Daily I hear of scams on here.



If for one second you thought this was real, you are going to have a very rough and tough life ahead of you...

Answer 8

Google Money Mule scam - you can go to jail for this



There is NO company in the world that is going to employ anyone they have never met. If you honestly think anyone is going to hire you sight unseen based on a resume, a few emailed q&a's or an IM interview you should stop looking then one of these days you might end up falling for one of these scams

Answer 9

Of course that is a scam. Stop looking for online jobs as you are only going to get scammed one way or another.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Come on, Alex. You know better than this man..