Recently I've been in search of a job and decided to use the listings on Craigslist. I stumbled upon several local ones and then there were some with offers of high pay for "Office work." I immediately responded to an ad that called for an office clerk assistant with promises of $25 pay hourly, email [email protected]. Within a day, I received a response from another email addressee, Thomas Dwyer "Thomas Dwyer" <[email protected]>
The clever "employer" stated that the position needed was not the one listed, that in fact he was in search of a personal assistant to tend to his errands while he travels.
According to this Dwyer person, he is an artist that travels a lot and is in urgent need of an assistant. He never asked for a resume but did ask me some strange questions such as if I understood what petty cash is and if I follow the terms of privacy and conduct. I figured this was odd but I replied to him and after several email exchanges he said I was hired and provided me his number but said it was only for "texting".
Never bothered to call for a phone interview, instead said something about being on a business trip in hawaii for 2 weeks and this is where a huge red flag came up, he said in order to work for him I need some personal equipment. He said he would have a laptop, printer/fax/scanner and cell phone sent to me, but here's the catch. He would mail me a "check" that I'd then have to deposit, withdraw and wire money through western union.
He never told me where he lived or who would be sending the check, but after about 4 days I received priority mail with a cashiers check enclosed. The address label on the envelope was from new york, while the check was made out of a bank from Dallas. Nothing matched up. Still, I wanted to see where this was going so I went ahead and deposited the check since my bank has a 9-day hold on checks. I'd find out sooner or later if this was even real.
I immediately texted this man and told him of the situation, as expected he was furious and his solution was that I use my own funds to wire to his "shippers." I played along and I said I'd figure out what I could do and made him believe I'd be sending over cash the next day. I did a quick google search of scammers online and found that the [email protected] email address had been flagged as a scam.
The following day I emailed him and told him I didnt have that kind of money at my disposal (he wanted $2795) and never heard from him again. I checked my account the other day to see if the check went through and sure enough it was returned.
These people are running scams all over craigslist and other online employment engines scamming people out of money by offering them jobs and money without even actually having them do any work for them. I am appalled and upset that there are these kind of scumbags lurking stealing money from innocent people who really are in need of jobs.
The clever "employer" stated that the position needed was not the one listed, that in fact he was in search of a personal assistant to tend to his errands while he travels.
According to this Dwyer person, he is an artist that travels a lot and is in urgent need of an assistant. He never asked for a resume but did ask me some strange questions such as if I understood what petty cash is and if I follow the terms of privacy and conduct. I figured this was odd but I replied to him and after several email exchanges he said I was hired and provided me his number but said it was only for "texting".
Never bothered to call for a phone interview, instead said something about being on a business trip in hawaii for 2 weeks and this is where a huge red flag came up, he said in order to work for him I need some personal equipment. He said he would have a laptop, printer/fax/scanner and cell phone sent to me, but here's the catch. He would mail me a "check" that I'd then have to deposit, withdraw and wire money through western union.
He never told me where he lived or who would be sending the check, but after about 4 days I received priority mail with a cashiers check enclosed. The address label on the envelope was from new york, while the check was made out of a bank from Dallas. Nothing matched up. Still, I wanted to see where this was going so I went ahead and deposited the check since my bank has a 9-day hold on checks. I'd find out sooner or later if this was even real.
I immediately texted this man and told him of the situation, as expected he was furious and his solution was that I use my own funds to wire to his "shippers." I played along and I said I'd figure out what I could do and made him believe I'd be sending over cash the next day. I did a quick google search of scammers online and found that the [email protected] email address had been flagged as a scam.
The following day I emailed him and told him I didnt have that kind of money at my disposal (he wanted $2795) and never heard from him again. I checked my account the other day to see if the check went through and sure enough it was returned.
These people are running scams all over craigslist and other online employment engines scamming people out of money by offering them jobs and money without even actually having them do any work for them. I am appalled and upset that there are these kind of scumbags lurking stealing money from innocent people who really are in need of jobs.
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