I applied for a job over craigslist, they emailed me and asked for my information. They replied today and told me there was a mistake made by there accountant, he sent me 1,900$ instead of 270$ for my first week of work. Now they told me to deposit check into my bank account, deduct the 270 and send the rest to the clearing company via western union. I haven't worked yet or even received a call, and I just thought it was weird that a legit company would make mistake like this.

Thank for your answers :)

Ridiculous thats not their money its someone elses they are going to collect it anonymously from post office when you send through western union. Money laundring.

They have probably got the $1900 througha crefit card scam and your going to do the dirty work for them so no trace of them is left on it.

If it smells, looks like, sounds like, a scam, then it is one. Most of the those scammers will say send through Western Union, because they can send someone to pick it up in some weird Western Union location. Of course once you take out the money from your account,send it to them, your bank will realize that you've been scammed and take the money from you, and then YOU have to pay the bank back.

It's a scam, who uses checks anymore. Like seriously, that's what briefcases are for. Next time, ask him to send you cash!

It is a scam dont do it!

if you have not done any work why would they send you a check?

I think you may have been scammed

Scamm

advance fee fraud - relies on delays in processing physical cheques

Western Union warns against using their service for business purposes

it's not a mistake, its a scam. the check is rubber/fake/counterfeit/c**/s**/garbage. (pick a term).