sack316
09-16-2007, 06:47 PM
I've been job hunting, and have resumes posted on a few websites. I got a forwarded email from one of the local ones informing me of a possible job opening. I traced the email, and it was in fact directly from a legit website to which I have my resume posted on. The message contained an email address to contact the "employer". So I figured what the heck, I'll email it and see what comes of it. Well, here is what i got from the guy:
"James Artwork
Address: - 13 dalberg way
abbeywood,london,Se2 9sl UK
Rc:120032
Tel:+447024065478
Email:j_garvn@yahoo.com
My name is James Garvin,I am an artist.i came accross your resume through James Coporations via MontgomeryAreaHelpWanted.com, I live in United Kingdom, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives me about 23 years of experience. I majored in art in high school and took a few college art courses. Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer. I have been selling my art works for the last 3 years and have had a
lot of my works featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all over the world and i get paid without hassles. I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to Americans,owing to the fact that they mostly offer to pay with a US POSTAL MONEY ORDER, which is difficult for me to cash here in The United Kingdom.And also the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive,though i am currently working on setting up a branch in the States.
In view of the above i am in urgent need of a representative in the united states who will be handling the payment aspect,by recieving my payments on my behalf from my American clients .It is as a result of the above that we came up with the idea of looking for a responsible and competent person(s) who will be of assistance to me in this area,whom i can entrust my payments upon and who will cash them immediately he/she recieves them and forward the Monies to me here in the U.K via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer. What i need from you is just to recieve the payments and take them to your local bank or check cashing facility and cash them immediately and deduct your own commission.
I are prepared to offer a commission of 10% to you persons on any payments recieved and cashed,and i shall increase the commission from time to time based on your competence and efficiency.This does not stop you from doing your normal job,it's just for you to take deliveries of payments and cash them and transfer the money to me here in the U.K via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer. May i not fail to inform you that you have to assure me that any payments you recieve will be instantly cashed and transfered immediately,as i are just starting this set up and i would not like a situation where people will make away ou squander my hard earned money,so please asure me that all will be well in this business arrangement.
What the job entails is for you to:
(A) Receive Payments on our Behalf from out American Debtors;such
payments shall come in the form of Official Checks,Cashiers Checks ,Postal
Money Orders and Bank drafts,all of which shall be issued in the USA.
(B) Cash such payments
(C) Transfer the monies via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer.It wouldn't cost you any amount, You are to receive payments which will be sent to you by fedex or usps courier service from my debtors, which would come in form of a United States Postal Money Order then you are to cash it deduct your own 12% commission and send the balance to me via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer,all transfer fees should be deducted from the money.On acceptance of this offer please get back to me with the
following:
(A) Your FULL NAMES
(B) ADDRESS DETAILS,PLEASE NO P.O BOXES
(C) HOME AND WORK PHONE NUMBERS (INCLUDING CELL PHONE NUMBER)
(D) AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS REQUEST.
(E) GENDER
(F) AGE
Once I get these details I will forward them from time to time to my clients who will then issue out the payments in your favour and send it to you for cashing.This is a completely legal thing in as much as you prove your honesty by acting to instructions,people have made away with my monies in the past and i am trying to be carfeful this time around.You can cash the check wherever you choose,i know they charge commission at the cashing facilities,it's okay if you
go cash them there. Please get back to me immediately as i have a lot of payments to recieve and as soon as you send me your home address details i will instruct that my debtors start issuing out the payments to you.
Best Regards,
James Garvin."
Now, to anyone not familiar with scams it would actually sound pretty good. But a little quick research shows the address listed is the same one used in the relatively unknown "Allen Artwork" scams. Also if, in fact, they lived there they would know it is Abbey Wood (two words) anyway. But I digress.
My most likely guess would be that checks would be sent to me using fraudulent and/or stolen checking account numbers and such. Once I "immediately" cash these checks and forward him the remainder, I'm left holding the smoking gun and responsible for the amount of these bad checks.
Now normally I would dismiss this and go on with my life. But I'm in a froggy mood, and in the spirit of the legendary scam the scammer things we've seen floating around, I'd kinda like to try and have some fun with this.
So my question is, what shall be my first move? Should I go ahead with the info and see where that takes me? Do I call Chris Hansen and see if Dateline wants to go on a trip? Let's get some idea rolling here, and see if we can come up with anything we can have fun with.
Sack
"James Artwork
Address: - 13 dalberg way
abbeywood,london,Se2 9sl UK
Rc:120032
Tel:+447024065478
Email:j_garvn@yahoo.com
My name is James Garvin,I am an artist.i came accross your resume through James Coporations via MontgomeryAreaHelpWanted.com, I live in United Kingdom, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the love of my life. It is definitely a full house. I have been doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives me about 23 years of experience. I majored in art in high school and took a few college art courses. Most of my work is done in either pencil or airbrush mixed with color pencils. I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer. I have been selling my art works for the last 3 years and have had a
lot of my works featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.I have sold in galleries and to private collectors from all over the world and i get paid without hassles. I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works to Americans,owing to the fact that they mostly offer to pay with a US POSTAL MONEY ORDER, which is difficult for me to cash here in The United Kingdom.And also the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is very expensive,though i am currently working on setting up a branch in the States.
In view of the above i am in urgent need of a representative in the united states who will be handling the payment aspect,by recieving my payments on my behalf from my American clients .It is as a result of the above that we came up with the idea of looking for a responsible and competent person(s) who will be of assistance to me in this area,whom i can entrust my payments upon and who will cash them immediately he/she recieves them and forward the Monies to me here in the U.K via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer. What i need from you is just to recieve the payments and take them to your local bank or check cashing facility and cash them immediately and deduct your own commission.
I are prepared to offer a commission of 10% to you persons on any payments recieved and cashed,and i shall increase the commission from time to time based on your competence and efficiency.This does not stop you from doing your normal job,it's just for you to take deliveries of payments and cash them and transfer the money to me here in the U.K via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer. May i not fail to inform you that you have to assure me that any payments you recieve will be instantly cashed and transfered immediately,as i are just starting this set up and i would not like a situation where people will make away ou squander my hard earned money,so please asure me that all will be well in this business arrangement.
What the job entails is for you to:
(A) Receive Payments on our Behalf from out American Debtors;such
payments shall come in the form of Official Checks,Cashiers Checks ,Postal
Money Orders and Bank drafts,all of which shall be issued in the USA.
(B) Cash such payments
(C) Transfer the monies via Moneygram Or Western Union International Money Transfer.It wouldn't cost you any amount, You are to receive payments which will be sent to you by fedex or usps courier service from my debtors, which would come in form of a United States Postal Money Order then you are to cash it deduct your own 12% commission and send the balance to me via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer,all transfer fees should be deducted from the money.On acceptance of this offer please get back to me with the
following:
(A) Your FULL NAMES
(B) ADDRESS DETAILS,PLEASE NO P.O BOXES
(C) HOME AND WORK PHONE NUMBERS (INCLUDING CELL PHONE NUMBER)
(D) AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS REQUEST.
(E) GENDER
(F) AGE
Once I get these details I will forward them from time to time to my clients who will then issue out the payments in your favour and send it to you for cashing.This is a completely legal thing in as much as you prove your honesty by acting to instructions,people have made away with my monies in the past and i am trying to be carfeful this time around.You can cash the check wherever you choose,i know they charge commission at the cashing facilities,it's okay if you
go cash them there. Please get back to me immediately as i have a lot of payments to recieve and as soon as you send me your home address details i will instruct that my debtors start issuing out the payments to you.
Best Regards,
James Garvin."
Now, to anyone not familiar with scams it would actually sound pretty good. But a little quick research shows the address listed is the same one used in the relatively unknown "Allen Artwork" scams. Also if, in fact, they lived there they would know it is Abbey Wood (two words) anyway. But I digress.
My most likely guess would be that checks would be sent to me using fraudulent and/or stolen checking account numbers and such. Once I "immediately" cash these checks and forward him the remainder, I'm left holding the smoking gun and responsible for the amount of these bad checks.
Now normally I would dismiss this and go on with my life. But I'm in a froggy mood, and in the spirit of the legendary scam the scammer things we've seen floating around, I'd kinda like to try and have some fun with this.
So my question is, what shall be my first move? Should I go ahead with the info and see where that takes me? Do I call Chris Hansen and see if Dateline wants to go on a trip? Let's get some idea rolling here, and see if we can come up with anything we can have fun with.
Sack