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This was advertised for a PT work from home lawyer assistant for minor errands and things. It sounded fishy but I thought hey it's just an email what can it hurt. Here is the response (:rolleyes:):

Hello,

I received your e-mail. I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point.I'm Mike Benson from the North Side Of Chicago. I'm a
lawyer by profession and I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get involved in; from litigations, stock market and real estate to various welfare and
community service programs, I mostly get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.

Please note that this position is not office-based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time, work -from-home
job and the flexibility means that there will be
busier weeks than others, so it's a


little difficult to pinpoint the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week but i can estimate the regular 20hrs time frame for a part time job.If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some extra time to do something else on the side.


As I have said, I'd want us to get started with
things as soon as possible. I do have a pile-up of work and a number of unattended chores
which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload
eventually.Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards
all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find
the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the
long-run, we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.
I'd want us to meet up on Yahoo chat as soon as possible so we can discuss this
extensively, more so it's easier for me to convey information once I'm online. My Yahoo
ID is markjohnson146 . It may be a little difficult working out the time difference between
us initially, with time however, we should get used to it.


I'm online most of the time when I'm not out or in a meeting
so we should be able to have a chat sooner than you think. Do try to keep a date..I am
glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. I have been
checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands
for an orphanage home i'm donating to. I do this around festive periods like this. The
funds will be in form of a check and it will be sent over to you from one of my clients
and i have some list to email you once you received the funds,You will make some
arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store arround you so you
can mail them out to an orphanage i mostly make out donations to.


DESCRIPTION OF JOB:
Process all owner distribution batches – print checks, statements and mail on a timely
basis.
Assisting with management of employee's
checking store supplies and placing orders
Process rental applications in Resident Data.
Type various letters ,Prepare 3 Day Notices.
Retrieve and process faxes
Send unpaid rent notifications to tenants.
Deposit and monitor payments of all owner contributions.



I will get you more information on that,I will like you to get back to me with your
Contact Details such as:


Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
City:
ZIP Code:
State:
Phone Number:
Your present occupation:
Age:
sex:


Once i receive your contact information i will get back to you with the task for this
week,Understand that you will be paid $1000 bi-weekly and the paycheck will be mailed to
your address in your name. Like i mentioned earlier, this is going to be a part time work
from home job until you prove very efficiently enough to get promoted to a full time
position in a physical location.I'm currently in UK for work now........
Hope i am clear with that.
Get back as soon as possible..


Benson

I wish it would come through that he used 3 different fonts throughout the email and it wasn't clearly formatted. I just thought everyone would like a chuckle at this one. Best part of the whole email "I'm currently in UK for work now........".

Happy New Year everyone! :D

WoW! Gotta Love those Scammers...or not so much :)

Dont do it.... it says print checks! Never do anything that says print checks.

PS I checked Chicago listings, he could at least have stolen an identity while he was at it. There isn't a Mike Benson in Chicago attorney listing. :rolleyes::p

Thanks for posting the warning about this. And I agree, don't do it.

Ooooh, asking for your age and sex is illegal! Any legitimate lawyer would know that. BIG red flag!

Blinky :-)

Yup, printing checks and being presently in the UK--those are 2 major red flags going up for scam!
Bad grammar and formatting is usually always present as well as the third and consistent red flag.
Uggghhh and grrrr! Scammer!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and stay vigilant,

Annie

My name is Mike Benson but my yahoo id is markjohnson..hmmm.....it's possible i know to use an alias but still smells like one of them supersize strong fish to me..LOL..yep..pass..