what is it with these people in the U.K. that need reps in the us to collect money for them- is this legal?

Question

i keep recieving these E-mails for me to work at home collecting thier money - then send it to them, minus my 10 -20 % . anyone else dealing with this?

Answer 1

These are scams, you will either recieve bogus money orders
and they cash, you send them all but your share, but when they come back, guess what, you owe the bank all that money back.

Next they may just after you give them all your bank info, just take all your money out.

Everyone should, but for some reason don't realise, that banks work the same all over the world, people can merely send money from the US or any nation to UK or anywhere and they merely depoisit it in thier bank at the going rate of exchange.

Plus if they really needed someone in the US, there are recieving companies that do this for firms at 2 or 3 percent, including forwarding on accounts recievable

Answer 2

It's a scam. You'll receive bogus checks or money orders, and be asked to wire your very real money to them, only to have the bank come back later and tell you the check bounced and they want their money back.

The alternative would be you are participating in money laundering, turning dirty money used in drugs or funding terrorism, into clean money. The police won't have much sympathy for you when they prosecute you.