I was one step closer to the trap until the last minute. Thanks to you all who've posted your feedback, I discovered their scam. Pasted below is the initial email response and the agreement to go through with the job:
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Hello, This is Martin King an internationally acclaimed eco-sculptor who creates underwater living sculptures. I am in need of somebody who can combine the responsibilities of an administrative & personal assistant at his/her spare time. The pay will be $650 every week. I need your professional service because I am constantly out of town.
Your duties basically would be Shopping for gifts, assistance in collection of funds {checks mostly} and disbursing of same. Instruction for disbursement would be sent to you, and you will make a report to me also through email daily. This position is open to people 18 years and above and no sign up fee is required.
This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we should be able to arrange a proper meeting to get things started officially. You do have a number of things you could help with this week if you will be available for the tasks. This can act as a stable foundation to our working relationship. Kindly Click on the link https://form.jotform.com/61306444667155 and RE-CONFIRM your contact details as shown on your resume to enable us proceed to next step.
Once we have received your contact information, we would get back to you with next steps and tasks. Your information requested is needed for our company database as an employee and be assured your information are safe and will not be shared.
Best Regards,
Martin
http://www.martindahinden.com/
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Hope you are having a pleasant day . After a careful review of your details, I am glad to employ you as my Personal Assistant. 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 really need the perfect person for this job, 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 which will include you making some purchases and payments on my behalf. Your official start date is Monday 16th of May 2016. You will receive a payment from my client via mail between Monday 16th of May 2016 and Tuesday 17th of May 2016 which will cover your wages for the week as well as purchases and payments needed to be made on my behalf. I will let you know as soon as the payment has been sent. As soon as you receive the payment, notify me of the receipt and go ahead to deposit the payment at your bank. The payment normally takes 24 hours to clear. Once the payments have cleared, deduct $650 for your wages for the week, another $50 for first class postage stamps for some mails you will be dispatching for me. I will forward the list of recipients you'll be sending the mails to once I compile it. The balance will be used for some materials which I intend purchasing for work. I'll let you know exactly what to do when the funds are available.
Kindly reply this e-mail as soon as possible to further signify your interest in working with me. I have confidence in you and I'm looking forward to a good working relationship between us. I hope you will be up to, perhaps better than my presumptions about you.
The employee, acknowledged the Trial and Detailed Job description and signed .
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(First Name and Last Name of Employee)
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Martin King
Hi everyone. Same exact thing just happen to me. Same story, same situation and explanation just different name this time. Trashing the check and not cashing it. Stay away from these scammers.
I'm David Scofield an Eco-Sculptor and Consultant. I need a competent Admin Assistant to run my errands and administrative backups as a result of my tight working schedule within and outside the State . This is a permanent job but could be a temporary or part-time depends on your own schedule, you will equally enjoy the flexibility of work schedule because this is a work from home for now.
You are required to be Honest,loyal and trustworthy. What you will be handling mainly are logistics assignment which includes:letter dispatch, Invoice processing, postage drops off, Shopping for material samples, client's complimentary items, collection of funds (Mostly Checks) and disbursing of same. Instruction on disbursement will be sent to you and you will be making report to me daily via email. I'll be providing a clear instruction on any assignment for the week and give a clue on how best you could handle them while you are expected to learn quickly on the job. Your working hour would be 15 hrs weekly with a weekly pay of $600.
Kindly apply and re-affirm me with your details as stated below for proper verification if you are interested;