Sounds like part of a Nigerian 419 counterfeit check scheme to me.
This ABC TV work at home scam expose from a few years ago shows how elaborate some of these scams are, they detail a payment processing job in which someone is instructed to go buy check printing software and unknowingly mail out fake checks.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?...
It's not just a scam, it's felony money laundering and tax evasion which will land you in prison for 5-10 years. What they are asking you to do is illegal. If they are depositing checks,the checks can ONLY go into THEIR merchant banking account that THEY set up by one of their corporate officers. It's highly illegal for them to ask you to use your own account or open an account for them. The only reason why anyone would do that is to evade taxes and corporate reporting, both felonies.
Any UK company would have their own merchant banking account in the US with a bank like HSBC, Barclays or Citibsbk which has branches in both the US and UK and the bank would automatically transfer any US deposits to the UK account. You would not be involved at all,
Aldo if you handle any money that is not deposited directly into their merchant banking account, YOU are the one solely responsible for filing taxes on this money or another 5-10 years will be added to your sentence for tax evasion
I hope to god you didn't give your home address. If you did, turn any checks you receive over to your local police in the original envelope or call your state's FBI field office and tell them
DO NOT deposit checks for any reason unless you want to go to federal prison for criminals you have never met
They are full of crap,that it takes a month to process a check in the UK. As a dual UK-US citizen who has worked in both countries, has bank accounts in both countries and transfers money between both countries it only takes 2-3 days for a check to clear in the UK
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Someone else has already reported this as a scam http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/MESM-Limit...
https://www.facebook.com/Fakejibs/posts/...
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Julie-V-Ne...
http://www.ivetriedthat.com/2013/05/31/weekly-scam-roundup-5312013/ -- look at post #80
Total scam. You could be criminally prosecuted for money laundering.
yes, it is a scam.
