I also replyed to this ad and shortly after I received in the mail a check for 2,753 dollars which I was suposed to deposit into my account and wire over half the money out of the country. Obviously a scam. I ripped up the check and threw it in the trash. Beware.
This is one of the msg. i recieved from a "Sarah Andrew". This is after I called bull on the craigslist warehouse job. Which now has nothing to do with warehouse work. I am supposed to be a arrond boy for this lady and get paid 400 a week. No money has changed hands yet but I am supposed to receive job instructions any day now. If I was not so damn desperate for work I would have seen this coming a mile away. I am a honest, hard working individual and my family and I are in financial trouble so of course I jumped on this. Now I think I just wasted my time.
( I hope you had a great weekend , Here is my number ok 213) 375-4158 ..Im 52 with 2 kids. A successful entrepreneur. I can't indulge myself in any bad act. I'm not here to play games neither am here to waste my time..I only gave you this job cos i believe you can handle it for me and also pay your bills..I hope my decision will be worthwhile. I'll be using the next couple of weeks to test your efficiency and diligence towards this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine.I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.I hope we can get a head start with things as soon as possible. I have had to put a hold on a lot and I would appreciate it if you can be available for me immediately. I do have a couple of urgent tasks for you this week.I will update you further on this giving you a comprehensive list on how to go about them. You just take care of yourself and have a great day.)
I got a text from Sarah Andrew also today. I was sent a Cashier's Check. I haven't cashed it yet. I'm seriously considering going to the authorities with this. I have kept all the emails both to and from her. And after reading what I have read here, I believe that this is a scam.
I receivded the following message from a Maria Josh from "ELCO Plastics, INC" for a warehouse position, offering $500.00 a week for 12 hours of work, and the job lasted for 8 Weeks. I typed in elco plastics in google and the first link was http://www.elcoplastics.us/ and I got this message:
The ELCo Plastics Division of ELCo Enterprises is no longer active.
If you have responded to a job opening listed for ELCo Plastics, we apologize but ELCo Plastics has no openings. We have not posted any positions on the internet and you may be involved in an internet scam. Do not provide any personal information to anyone claiming to be from ELCo Plastics.
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Here is the message that was emailed to me as a result of replying to a craigslist posting.
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"Hello,
How are you doing today...I am replying back to your message concerning the job posted on Craigslist for a Warehouse worker in which you're interested in. I have had a previous Warehouse worker who has been very commendable in her activities and who has been part of my life for the past 6 months, she has since moved on with her personal life and it has affected me in a way. I found her previously on the Craigslist website and I sincerely hope I will be able to find someone again who will be as efficient as she has been. I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I will return back to the state real soon so this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term.
JOB DESCRIPTION
You will be a Warehouse Inspector,you will walk in to any warehouse which we will be disclosed to you soon and you would be expected to inspect,test, sample, and sorting of products or goods being manufactured. The manufactured products can include a large range of items, including food, machinery, equipment or pharmaceuticals Art-Materials. Depending the type of manufacturing environment, When you get my mails / packages; you are required to mail them to where ever i want them mailed to. You don't have to put money out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me.
No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing sorting out my delivers and packages. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them.You will be working 3 days in a week and you're to choose any 3 days of the week from Monday to Saturday that will be preferable to you and you will be working 4hrs in these 3 days and that will be from 9am-1pm and we will be offering you $500.00 per week and you will be doing these for 8 weeks. Method of payment will be a cashier check.
If you're interested kindly get back to me with the following information:-
Full Name:...
Full Address:...
City:...
State:...
Zip Code:...
Sex:...
Phone Number:..
Age:..
I will be looking forward hearing from you and then proceed on the next step forward.
Best regards,
Maria Josh
Warehouse Manager
ELCO PLASTICS,
INC.
http://elcoplastic-web.sharepoint.com
213-375-4158"