I RECEIVED THE SAME THING ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO. I TOLD THE TEXTER TO DELETE MY NUMBER AND I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN HIS SCAM AND IF HE TEXTS ME AGAIN I WILL BE CONTACTING THE POLICE.
He is a Con. He posts job offers on craigslist and says hes going to send a check. he sends a fake check for a ridiculous ammount, gets you to deposit it and then asks you to send him some money back. Then when the check doesnt clear. you have to pay the bank back for what you sent him. STAY AWAY
I responded to an ad on Craigslist and was prompted through to a google voice user named Colleen Fisher. She was looking for a personal assistant to "run errands" for her. She said I could "use her funds and use her transportation". and prefers to communicate through text, said she was hard of hearing. But that she couldnt talk right then and there because she was in a meeting. Sounds scam (ish).
Yup, it's a variation of the "mystery shopper" scam. You will get a check, asked to deposit it & then forward money somewhere, to someone, or purchase and ship items. Guess what about the check? Bad checks can sometimes take weeks to bounce (yes, weeks!). Sorry to tell you but 100% of job offers by email, phone, or text are fake.
I responsed to a job listing on Craigslist for part-time office help. A man named Grant Davis responded, saying that he was the international relations manager for the (legit) Australian cosmetics company Mecca Cosmetica. He said that they were expanding to the US and my job would be to pick up clients from the airport and manage his financial activities. After sending my resume in the initial email, I was offered the job and sent this phone number, asked to text him to see if I was trustworthy, send a picture of myself, and to answer a few questions, one of which was which bank I use.
I too got an email from Grant Davis. I am so happy to have seen the post on this site, as it was the same details the previous post stated. Not wasting my time. Thank you for reporting this. I hope it helps others not fall into this scam.