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I found a job on Craig's List and before I supply info I always "ask" for info from them first. I sometimes use an alternate email account if I'm unsure of the post.

Read every word close and tell me this doesn't sound strange to you.

Maybe I'm wrong, but that's why I wanted to toss out a round-table discussion about it.

Title on Craigs: WORK FROM HOME / Round planet Textiles Industry

Original post reads: Work from home Accounting Manager position available, Round planet Textiles Industry is currently having a space for the post of a part time Work from home Clerk or Account Manager and sales representatives, it pays $400 per week plus benefits and takes only little of your time. Please contact us for more details. Requirements - Should be a computer Literate.

The Email Response from them:

Dear Rep,

Thanks for your response regarding our advert. This offer is only for those who like to Work Online from home/office and get paid weekly? We are glad to offer you a job position at our company,We need someone to work for the company as a representative in USA, your country. If you are interested in getting a good-paying job to your daily list of activities.
This is in view of the fact that we do not have an office presently in he USA.You don't need to have an Office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment. Our customers,which we supply weekly in the states. Our integrated yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use state-of-the-art textile equipment from the worlds leading suppliers. Order processing, production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly integrated through a company-wide computer network. We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the states for which i do come to the states to receive payment and
have it cashed after i supply them raw materials. Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come to the states and receive such payment twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact you. I am willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our clients who makes payment through you.

We are searching for Representative in State, who wish to work temporarily (part time work) under the firm, we are recruiting people who are hectic and willing to work as a co-representative for our company. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have at the moment for it's a temporarily weekly paid Job only take an hour or less of your time. We do this to support the unemployed, standard of living and as well meet up for the company's standard and the demand of our customers. Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our Representative and renumeration is on a percentage basis of 10% of the transaction amount you receive from our customers at any time on company behalf. You can earn $700 in a week depending on transaction.
If you are interested please kindly get back to us with the below information:


FIRST NAME......
LAST NAME.
ADDRESS....... ( P.O Box not Allowed )
CITY.......
STATE....
POSTAL CODE ...
PHONE # ... ( Cell Phone )
EMAIL:

NB: Please respond back with your Application number Which is Job Application # :4185369

NOTE:
According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm.
You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment.
You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid
conflict.

Thanks in advance.
Regional Manager,
Time: 24 Hours daily by e-mail


So my question to you is; does this sound legit or fishy? I have my opinion but I wanted to get us all talking and thinking about it.

I picked out some things in the return email vs. the ad that just don't match up.

Well, it looks to me like the same old song and dance. You process their payments and keep a part of it for your trouble. They're small potatoes - yesterday I got an email offer to keep part of $30 million for my time and trouble of having the money pass through my hands.
Why, in this day and age, can't he accept payment where ever he is electronically? There's just no reason to have someone process your payments, given the technology available. It's just like there's no reason to have someone stuffing envelopes, because machines do that. I feel like these things are the envelope-stuffing scams of the current age. Time marches on and the scammers change and adapt. Like the cockroaches will after the end of the world. Same thing. smileys/smiley2.gif

Oh yeah, I saw this posted on my local Craigslist at least 4 times. Stupid scammers. It was a dead giveaway when I saw all the typos and grammar mistakes in the initial postsmileys/smiley7.gif

This is a SCAM..plain and simple. They have been using the "textile company" thing for years now...

That's my take on it too ...

Nothing with the ad vs. the email make sense at all.

I just wanted to post this to gain attention for those who might allow themselves to fall victim to doing this. http://www.wahm.com/forum/smileys/smiley6.gif

I mean I keep up on the news, things like that but in desperate times with the economy I can see someone not thinking about this and just trying it out.

I rather be broke than do this. LOL But sometimes people leap before they think.

Thanks for the feedback.

Every time I see the word "advert" I run.

I would say to stay far away. If they have been doing business in the US for a while now they should be able to just have the client deposit the money into some corporate account. If they need to hire someone else to cash these checks for them then it might involve something illegal.smileys/smiley21.gif

That one is an automatic delete on my job board. Auto-Trash. Wish my kids had that button when they made messes.

This is a variation on a crime called advanced fee fraud. It is an evolution of the Nigerian scam or 419 scam.

The "client" pays you, you take your 10% off the top and forward the rest, "the payment" onto them. And they often give a reason why they can't come here, like "Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come to the states and receive such payment twice in a month so..."

The problem is the check is no good. It bounces, your bank makes you pay and if you're lucky you don't get prosecuted as part of the scheme, go to jail and pay fines.

That's not all they can do at this point. The scheme can go on even farther with all the information you gave them filling out the "application." Some people have actually been persuaded to go over there (usually Nigeria or there abouts.) It gets very scary. Or sometimes they end up coming to your house here.

No matter how desperate we get we have to remember there's absolutely no legal reason a person needs a private individual to act as a bank.