http://atg.wa.gov/wirescams.aspx#.VC1uG7nn8m9
Hello Christopher,
How are you doing today? I really appreciate your patience. First assignment payment has been mailed out through USPS courier service and it was scheduled to deliver to you on Today Thursday, October 02, 2014, 12:00 pm. Here is the USPS tracking number ( xxxxx ).As soon as the payment ( Check of $2980) is delivered, you can proceed with the below INSTRUCTIONS.
Here is how to go about the transaction, the financial officer has given strict instructions that as soon as you get this payment, I want you deposit it as once with your Phone, if you don't have the application for that,you can deposit with your ATM card.Payment will take 30min to 1hr to clear and if you don't have that take it to your bank and deposit it and once the payment has cleared, have your weekly payment deducted $300. After completing this first assignment while you have what is left over withdrawn out in cash,then take the rest of the money to a Western Union Money Transfer Outlet that is nearest to you or Money Gram and send it to my suppliers ,you are sending the sum of $2,680.00 to "Reciever" which you get back to me with the western union money transfer details
Yes. It is a SCAM.
The check is fake.
He is not away on business. He is most likely in West Africa.
As the check is fake, it will bounce in a couple weeks. This would leave you on the hook for covering the check and possibly even facing criminal fraud charges.
All "assistant" jobs like this on Craigslist are scams.
Below is the supplier’s information where you will wire the rest of the funds to after making your deduction:
Receiver Name: "Reciever"
City: Tucson
State: Arizona
Zipcode: 85721
Country: USA
There is always a Western Union charge associated to this wire Service (money in minutes), Have the charges deducted from the Supplier (left over) and have what is left over wired to the Supplier information and as soon as that is done, get back to me with the Western Union transaction details as listed below :
REQUESTED DETAILS AFTER MAKING THE FUND TRANSFER.
Sender Name and Address:
(mtcn control number )10 digit
Amount Sent:
western union Charges:
PAYMENT SUMMARY :
First week Salary --- $300.00
WesternUnion transfer charges --
Supplier's Fund --- $2,680 .... the sum of $2,680 to "Reciever" minus the western union transfer charges from the fund you'r sending to my suppliers I will be waiting to read back from you Asap today and i also have some other assignment for you to be done this week.
I want you to be rest assured that I'll never stress you at all in any assignment given to you and i promise to pay your fee weekly as we both agreed.
Email me the details of the transfer as soon as the money is sent. When the supplier gets the money, they will ship the products (Art materials) to you. I will pick the materials up from you when I return back to the states. I want to meet up with you and talk about this job in person. How do you feel about meeting? What is the closest coffee shop to you?
Please go ahead and get the check deposited when you get the package on today .Email me the details of the transfer as soon as the assignment is completed . I will be on the lookout for your email to confirm that the money has been sent to my supplier.
Take good care of yourself.
Kindly get back to me Asap.
Thanks.
"Joe"
Looks like a money-laundering scam - have you thought to get the police involved?
Surely you can see that this is a scam. No sane person would send money to a total stranger to send to someone else? They would send the money straight to the recipient themselves, not trust a stranger to send it.
Scam Scam and more Scam.
It is clearly a scam.
