This guy tried to get me to cash checks in MY bank account, keep $200 for myself, and money gram the remainder to a guy in the Philippians. It started when I replied to a job on indeed.com for a personal assistant to a RYAN HOLMES. He said that the position was filled but that a RICHARD STUDDAN needed an assistant. This guy said he was working over seas and needed someone to deposit checks from his suppliers. SCAM.
This guy tried to get me to cash checks in MY bank account, keep $200 for myself, and money gram the remainder to a guy in the Philippians. It started when I replied to a job on indeed.com for a personal assistant to a RYAN HOLMES. He said that the position was filled but that a RICHARD STUDDAN needed an assistant. This guy said he was working over seas and needed someone to deposit checks from his suppliers. SCAM.
1. All communication is by e mail, text, or instant message, very rarely by phone conversation.
2. There is no personal interview, or sometimes no interview at all, or they might want to do the interview by instant messenger or Skype.
3. It is a work at home position many times because the office in your area is not built, rented, or established yet, or it is a pet sitting or home care job usually for a disabled child.
4. The job is for an area that you are obviously not qualified for, or they want to immediately put you in a “managers” position. The job requires you to sell something even though you have no experience, such as insurance or it requires you to sell something to other people and then recruit them to sell for you (multilevel marketing aka Ponzi scheme).
5. You need a bank account to receive and deposit checks (money laundering), or you need to receive packages and resend them (illegal contraband).
6. They will send you a check for an amount well over what you should be getting and tell you that you need to deposit the check and send the money through some way such as Western Union or Greendot money card to pay for something they should be paying for themselves. Take the check and the envelope it came in to the post office and have them forward it to the postal inspectors.
7. They will ask you to pay for something upfront, such as office supplies (which of course have to bought from their supplier), or in the case of acting or modeling, will tell you that you need to pay for "head shots", or other type pictures up front (again from their photographer) in order to be eligible.
8. The pay and benefits are way beyond anything you would normally earn.
I hope no one falls for this. I reported the job posting to Indeed.com, and informed the company their name was being used for a scam. I threw out the checks...wish I would have known who to turn them over to.
Anything that comes in the mail like that should be forwarded to the US Postal Inspectors. You can either do it directly or take it to the post office and have them forward it. Always include the envelope so that they can track it. I believe that they also have jurisdiction over packages or mail items that come via other carriers such as UPS or FEDEX (not 100% sure on that).