Fake Job Ads/Possible Fraud

[Alpina00B7]

Hi Guys,

I just applied for a "driver job" on Kijiji. I did not send them my resume, just an email and my cell phone #. This is the response i got back.




Hello Driver,

Thanks for your response and I am glad to read from you as regard the driving job. My name is Eric Wilfort, i have informed my wife {Her name is Joyce} concerning the pick up and for any other purpose which she might need you for. She's coming from the United kingdom to Canada on a private contract which she got, she's a nurse by profession and she'll be needing your help in driving her to the place of work and also picking her in the afternoon when she's done at work. I believe you are fit for this position in as much you will prove yourself as a reliable and good person. Her arrival date is 5th of July. I will prefer you have your car ready & available,but if you don’t have a car,i can provide you one. I am offering you $380 for 3 days & $130 for gas. You will make yourself available 3 day in a week to her schedule for 3 hours each day. Also I want you to know that my client will be sending you a cheque and the payment will be of $1,950. You’re to deduct your pay & the remaining funds will be used by my wife for her travel expenses, accommodations and any other expenses, Get back to me with the following information.

Name to be on Cheque:
Address(NOT PO. BOX):
City:
Province:
Postal Code
Home Number:
Cell Number:
Email Address:

Get back to me on time so that the payment can be issued on your
name and sent to your address as soon as possible.Thank you for your co-operation and i’ll be looking forward to hearing back from you as soon as possible. Please you can reach me on my cell phone once you've sent your information and accept my offer.

[JK400]

Sounds like a pretty good job, I'd say accept it.

[clseea]

Sounds super sketchy to me.

[BornRuff]

Take this piece of paper that I claim is a valid cheque, deposit it in your bank, and then immediately give 1,440 in cash to the woman that I tell you to go meet. What could go wrong?

[TotallyKiller]

Give him only your email address and ask for a money transfer. Or bank draft. Then wait patiently for no response. Which you will do because you are a reliable and good person.

It's a complete scam. Never give up that much personal information to someone who you've never met and who is saying they'll send you a 'cheque'. His 'wife' could get cabs for less than that. And there's no way anyone would make you responsible to disburse her money.

Too good to be true, from a foreign, unconfirmable source, using snail mail cheques? A Nigerian prince can't be far behind.

If you've ever tried to sell anything large on Kijiji, you'd see that scams that seem to ask for fairly basic info are very common. Don't do it.

[ThegreatRowah]

Those stupid enough to fall for it deserve to get scammed. Let them be.

[maddydo]

i have also applied to some part time job and got a similar reply asking for those information, i didn't reply back just saying that all the information was already in my resume.

but what can you really do with those?
name? address? phone? almost all of these you can get from the internet, yellowpages, etc...

you're not giving out your date of birth, sin number, credit cards, etc...

would appreciate if someone knows how you can get scammed with these basic infos.

thx

[Applecart]

This is a complete scam. The cheque that you will be receiving is fake and invalid. You will end up losing the amount of money that you deduct from your "pay cheque".In the worst case scenario, the cheque would be a stolen one and you could be charged be the police for being an accomplice to the money laundry scheme.

[niroopg]

i have also applied to some part time job and got a similar reply asking for those information, i didn't reply back just saying that all the information was already in my resume.

but what can you really do with those?
name? address? phone? almost all of these you can get from the internet, yellowpages, etc...

you're not giving out your date of birth, sin number, credit cards, etc...

would appreciate if someone knows how you can get scammed with these basic infos.

thx

They'll ask for further personal information in the second e-mail.

[Ascott]

my client will be sending you a cheque and the payment will be of $1,950. You’re to deduct your pay & the remaining funds will be used by my wife for her travel expenses, accommodations and any other expenses, Get back to me with the following information.

Seemed weird until this point, where every common sense alarm bell I have went off. They're going to send you a cheque, which you'll deposit and the bank will release $XXX to you immediately. Then they'll either ask for the remaining funds immediately or claim they sent you too much and have you give them however much. And then the cheque bounces to the moon.

[Applecart]

i have also applied to some part time job and got a similar reply asking for those information, i didn't reply back just saying that all the information was already in my resume.

but what can you really do with those?
name? address? phone? almost all of these you can get from the internet, yellowpages, etc...

you're not giving out your date of birth, sin number, credit cards, etc...

would appreciate if someone knows how you can get scammed with these basic infos.

thx

Here's how it works...

A certified bank cheque or money order would be delivered to the address that you provided to the scammer. It will look real and authentic, but it is either fake or stolen from somebody.

When you bring it to the bank for deposit, the teller will just credit your chequing account for the amount shown in the fake cheque but it will be withheld pending clearance.

Because the teller seems to have accepted the cheque, you will trust the scammer and send him the amount to be deducted. In this case, it will for the gas ans car rental. If you don't send him any money, the scammer would call or email you and threaten a legal action against you.

Once you have sent him/her/it the money, you will lose all contact with the scammer. Because you have the money credited to your account, you would feel happy for getting paid for doing no work.

You will be notified by your bank that the cheque couldn't be cleared because it was fake or stolen.the amount that was credited to your account would be wiped out and you will be charged a fee by the bank.

You may also be contacted by the police for participating in a money laundry scheme.