People from foreign company say they need to cash their money from U.S. They send emails that they will send check and say that I get to keep 10% of that check and forward the rest. These kind of jobs are often online these days. Are these job real? do you know people who tried it before?
2007-12-05 09:55:14 · 14 answers · asked by John's Prayer 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Financial Services
They're a scam. You can't tell if the checks are real until it's too late and you've already sent them their money.
2007-12-05 09:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are variations of this scam. Most of the posters have addressed the advance fee scam pulled on many eBay sellers.
The scam you are describing is technically money laundering. The scammers will list items on eBay, sell them cheap, have the buyers send *you* the money, let you cash the payment and forward them 90% of the cash via Western Union or bank wire. The scam appears to work for a little while. This is often because the scammers use stolen credit cards to order the merchandise as 'gifts' from an online retail site. When the card holder disputes the charges, the fraud departments would contact the recipient who will happily tell them they bought it from you (some recipients will contact the retailer about the fraud as soon as they realize they bought an item for $500 that sold for $1000 on Amazon). You will be asked to refund 100% of the money or face prosecution.
2007-12-06 04:09:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its too good to be true then its a lie! Big time scam....if anyone ebay or elsewhere asks u to cash a ck and keep a substantial amount of money something is fishy...RUN!!! Who gives away money for nothing?? You cash the ck, its bad and the bank takes it back from you...DO NOT do this....big scam right now online on many auction and other sites!
2007-12-05 15:23:50 · answer #3 · answered by InquiringMind 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!
It is a scam. you will go and use your bank to cash these checks and then you send them their share and then 2 weeks later the banks finds out the check wasnt any good then the bank will go after YOU to get their money back. and you wont have a REAL name of the individual that originally sent it to u . it is a scam.
2007-12-05 10:01:20 · answer #4 · answered by Natalia Ann 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are ALL scams. You will deposit their check and send them cash. Then their check will bounce and you will be responsible for paying back all that money to the bank. This scam has been featured on many TV reports. People have lost thousands and thousands of dollars. They are never legitimate. Please don't get sucked in.
2007-12-05 10:06:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mattie D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM! One of these people even somehow got my home address and sent me 5 $1000 checks via fed ex. I took them to the police and they told me a guy nearby just got arrested for trying to cash some of those, even though he didnt know they were fake. I tell ya tho for a second holding all that money!
2007-12-05 10:54:18 · answer #6 · answered by Dwight B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are scams.
Lets say they give you a $2,200 check and ask for $2,000 back.
You cash the $2,200 check, and your bank accepts it. You then send $2,000 back to them. They cash it. Three weeks later, your bank tells you the $2,200 check didn't clear/insufficient funds, and they debit you $2,200. If you don't have funds to cover, they negative balance your account, and sock you with a fee for that, and another fee for a non-valid check. Your $2,000 you sent the criminals, however, was honored. They get your $2,000, and you owe your bank $2,200+Fees.
In the end it can cost you a fortune. DO NOT DO IT.
2007-12-05 09:59:45 · answer #7 · answered by falcon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ITS A SCAM!!!DO NOT DO IT-no matter how desperate you are. The checks will not clear your bank. If these people were legitimate businesses they would be able to cash their own checks.
2007-12-05 12:52:12 · answer #8 · answered by trixibel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one gets their money, it's a scam...or it's a shady deal and you will get in trouble.
I suggest you stay as far away as possible. No one is going to pay someone else 10 percent to cash a check...banks do it for free...and their excuses are bogus.
2007-12-05 09:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by paganmom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scam..............I often wonder if people fall for these....I always get these emails, claiming there from some large corporation. The email they want you to send information to is always a free email service, I'm sure large corporations don't use gmail.
2007-12-05 10:00:59 · answer #10 · answered by James H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋