Craigs list scam or not?
Jonathan Snavely Asked: Craigs list scam or not?
I responded to a posting about a job on craigslist and this is the email I received back and I need to know if it is the real deal or just a big scam.
Hello ,
How are you doing today? Im very happy that you want to becoming partof our company by working for us. Thanks for the mail…I am looking for someone who can handle my personal and business errands at his/her spare time.Someone who can offer me these services: Mail services Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS(nothing illegal)Shop for Gifts,Art works,Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf)Sit for delivery( at your home) or pick items up at nearby post office at your convenience. It does not matter whereyou are located as long as you reside in the united states.Let me know if you will be able to offer me any/all of these services.
Where are you located? I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on business. I am in Australia so there will be no interview.I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience.When you get mymails/packages; you are required to mail them to me or our customers. You don't have to put money out of your pocket,all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content.The content of the packages are computer and electronics,art works,antiques business and personal letters..All expenses and taxes will be covered by me.You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month..I will pay $450.00 weekly, That is not a bad offer is it?I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in a realestate and I own an Art Gallery in Australia. I will return to USA in September,2011 so this process will be on going till then.If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making
this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position.Hope to hear from you.I will email you the list
and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores.
I will provide you with my personal UPS account number for Shipping.
All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account.I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well as the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money to domy shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money?
Kindly,provide me with the following details below
Full Name:
Full Address:
(NO P.O.BOX)
City:
State:
Country:
Zip Code:
Phone Number:
if you have yahoo messenger or hotmail to chat with you also about the job….
Age:
Thank you!
Jones Collins
Answers:
COMPLETE AND TOTAL SCAM.
And a well publicized one, at that. Just search Y!A for questions similar to yours and see.
"I'm out of town right now" is a favorite for foreign scam artists.
The famous Nigerian check fraud sets you up to spend money for them and send a small portion back via western union, you end up being financially and criminally liable for the entire amount of the bad check which in some cases can take a week or 2 to be confirmed to be a fake.
Some even hire innocent locals to buy a check printing kit and do their mailings for htem off a bad bank account #.
Judging by the bad grammer, I would guess so. This certainly doesn't seem like it would be written by a real estate agent. A lot of scams are foreign, so very bad grammer is usually an indicator of a scam.
Examples:
"want to becoming"
"these services: Mail services Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS" (improper capitals, lack of commas and spaces between commas/periods and next sentence)
"Where are you located? I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on business. " (Why would they need to know where you are located if they cannot meet up with you and location doesn't really matter?)
"my mails" (Should be either my mailings or my mail, I have never heard anyone in the US say mails before)
"That is not a bad offer is it?" (It sounds like they are trying to sell you something)
"I work in a realestate"
They are probably trying to get your info to sell it to some spam list or send you more spam offers, I wouldn't believe this. Also, they could end up asking you to buy something for them out of pocket and never pay you, so you would be the one who lost money.
If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't.
Sounds like a scam to me. I work from home myself and do ad postings on Craigslist but I NEVER ask for a persons personal information. I wouldn't give it either. Plus what they are offering as pay even sounds to good to be true. If you are looking for legit work I don't mind telling you about what I do. But as far as that… RUN, AND RUN AWAY FAST
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