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I listed two sofas on Craigs list, got a hit to purchase them from *************. He wanted to purchase them asap.

Then got another e mail from a ***** ****. Also wanted to purchase sofas, site unseen. Willing to pay what I asked (1500.) dollars plus extra 50 dollars to hold it for him. Said he would make arrangements for pick up and delivery. He will send me a check, when I cash the check he will send moving company to pick up. Asked for my name, address, specifically said no poboxes. Texted him my name and address only. Week later check arrives for 5000. Dollars. Said I should take my money and give the rest to the movers. Will contact me with details on who is picking up the sofas. I emailed him, said I was not happy with these details, to contact me thru text. Have not heard anything from either one. Days went by and I did text him saying I think I need to give this to the police.

Have not heard anything else. My daughter did some research and found this particular scheme on Craig’s list complaints.

I have the check which is from a total different person and is from a cabinet company in Arizona!

What should I do with the check?

I was initially contacted by Mrs. Robin Johnson by text claiming to be from REHAU Group and introduced to Kendrick Rich on Zoom. I went through an interview with Mr. Rich on Zoom and then was informed that I was hired. I was told that the company is now going into a work from home job to create employment opportunity for everyone including the less privileged, disabled and mainly to decrease the rate of unemployment in the economy. They also sent me a check through this program in the amount of $4990.00 that I was to deposit into my account and use to buy my equipment through their vendors. I saw a red flag. The company on the check was C&W Construction Specialties, Inc 2419 Palma Drive Ventura, CA 93003 and the bank was City National Bank 1220 South Victoria Ave. Ventura CA 83003. When I Googled the bank address I found that it was an empty building for sale. I contacted my bank and determined the check was fraudulent.

Trying to threanten you that the money was taken out but i just deleted it and reportign it

James Bray

Sun, Sep 4, 4:06 PM (2 days ago)

to me

CUSTOMER SERVICE EVALUATION / SHOPPING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES.

Thank you for your email, the check is made for $1420.00 and this assignment is about evaluating SUPERMARKETS of your choice in your area excluding Walmart Stores and we will be using our feedback mechanism, you are to provide feedback to the questions listed below.

READ THE INSTRUCTION BELOW CAREFULLY ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH YOUR EVALUATION:

Have the payment deposited into your BANK ACCOUNT through the COUNTER of your BANK for 24 hours and complete the assignment the next day. NO ATM OR MOBILE DEPOSIT. Upon the deposit of the payment into your BANK ACCOUNT, you are to purchase a CASHIER’S CHECK OF $20 and have it issued out to RED CROSS. This is part of our SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

CUSTOMER SERVICE EVALUATION / SHOPPING ASSIGNMENT:

You will be Evaluating at least TWO stores that sells AMAZON GIFT CARDS, (WALGREENS, KMART, KROGER, PUBLIX, BEST BUY, CVS PHARMACY, ALBERTSONS, FAMILY DOLLAR, DOLLAR GENERAL, DOLLAR TREE, FREDS, BILO’S, GIANT EAGLE) in your city. The payment you received covers all expenditures including shopping and your compensation ($400 and extra $20 to cover cost of gas/transportation).

After the deduction of the $400.00 and extra $20, You are to walk into any Supermarkets around you excluding Walmart Stores and go straight to their Gift Cards section. You are to purchase AMAZON GIFT CARDS worth $1000.00 with CASH or DEBIT CARD. They come in $50, $100, $200, $500 denominations.

BELOW ARE THE GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW WHILE PURCHASING THE AMAZON GIFT CARDS;

{1} How long it took you to get services

{2} Name and Smartness of the staff that attended to you

{3} Customer service professionalism

{4} Information that you think would be helpful

{5} Your comments and impressions

{6} Your personal opinion

James Bray

9:19 AM (12 hours ago)

to me

Good morning, how are you? Can we have your evaluation reports by noon today?

Thank you

Yes, I will.Yes, I am working on it.No, I can't.

The scammer poses as a new job opportunity. The following is the email that I received that made me suspicious of the company. I Never got the name of the company but I received an email that made me very suspicious. My thought is that the victim cashes the check, then it bounces and the victim is the out of the amount of money. Below is the email that I was sent.

Dear [Redacted],

I am forwarding you the information about your next assignment and the information about your first client!

At first, you will be helping me work with our already existing customers for you to gain more knowledge and be able to negotiate and conclude deals in the future yourself. We have already the customer with whom we have been negotiating for the last few weeks, and now it is time to move forward to the most important part which is getting paid by the customer for further providing them the services they paid for. All in all, it is called a closure, and now you have a perfect chance to close your first deal, earn your first commission and prove to the company your reliability!

As per the Agreement terms with our clients, they are entitled to choose one of the following payment methods: via wire transfers, by check or a money transfer via P2P systems if there is a need to send money to our European branches. But our company can receive directly only several types of payments - wire transfers and money transfers via P2P systems. Our clients have also the right to make payment by check, and since US checks cannot be cashed overseas as expediently as it can be done in the USA, plus due to the fact that the network of our American banking subsidiaries is undeveloped yet and currently our US-European banking system is just being adjusted to work properly, we need this kind of assistance from our US representatives on an irregular basis. First of all, it helps to cater our customers' needs in a most timely manner, and additionally our managers can have their commission and the whole company can have income in general. So initially, as part of your work duties, you will be assisting us with processing advance payments from our clients. Therefore, please take your time to read it carefully because it contains the step-by-step instructions and you, as the new employee, have the chance to demonstrate your diligence and productivity which will greatly aid your career in our company.

THE FIRST STAGE (the process of getting the payment):

1. Our customer receives an invoice for services they previously ordered in the form approved by our company, they negotiate the amount of the first payment;

2. From our part we are appointing you, as the responsible employee, to support this assignment and further customer's payment processing;

3. Our client sends the payment and the copy of the invoice by mail through USPS to your home address, pre-paying for postage. The delivery takes 1-3 business days if there are no unintended delays (bad weather conditions, troubles in the USPS distribution centers, etc.)

Please see below full information about our customer who will send you the payment:

The check will be from: CONNER INDUSTRIES

The sum on it: $1954.28

THE SECOND STAGE (the process of handling the payment):

1. As soon as you get the payment by check you should cash it. It is worth noting that based on our practice, Walmart or Check Cashing Desks do not always cash personal checks and out of state checks, and most importantly these institutions have been manifoldly accused of misuse of personal banking information the access to which they are given when they cash checks. Which is why we recommend you to process the payment at your or customer's bank. You can also deposit the check if your bank does not allow you to cash the payment in 1 business day, this procedure usually takes up to 48 hours.

2. You take your commission as per terms of your salary-plus-commission remuneration system.

3. Once the check is fully cashed, you should send me a notice of funds availability. Then I will prepare further instructions (how and where to send the funds to) in accordance with the recommendations of our financial department. (Note: further instructions always depend on our financial department, client's order and destination). Please don't worry I'll send you DETAILED instructions. At this point, it is highly important to transfer the funds and officially seal the deal within 2 days since the money is available to you.

4. Once you receive the instructions, you should follow them and complete the assignment as soon as possible and send the report to me. All transaction fees are paid from the amount received.

This concludes the overview of your second assignment. Please, confirm you have read and understood these guidelines. We greatly appreciate your fast and timely performance in financial services and hope you will complete the assignment faultlessly, since the customer we are giving you is quite a big and reputable American enterpreneur, so if we close this deal, there is high chance they might become our investors which will be extremely good for the company and you will be awarded a decent incentive for that! This process is time-tested, so no problems should occur if you strictly follow the instructions.

Sincerely,

Personnel Manager

Maria Bartolini

tel: (484) 466-6210

Lavori S.r.l.

Applying to jobs on Career builder. Was contacted via text… had interview via Skype chat… They sent a check to buy materials for the data entry work home position. I looked business up on ScamPulse.com and several websites seemed legit however I was still skeptical. They advised me to deposit check. Didn’t feel comfortable so I took check to PLS and they confirmed it was FRAUDULENT!!!!!!

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