The payments processing "job" scam
I am seeing lots of activity from "companies" or people wanting to send me money to deposit for them. I am to forward it to some other country, keeping 10% for myself.
But here is the rub: Eventually the payment to me (check, money order, cashiers check, etc.) gets reversed - since it was just a piece of paper printed by the perpetrator in the first place. My bank charges me back the deposited amount and I am left holding the bag.
In some cases they have used the Monster logo and said they got my resume from Monster. In other cases they represent a charity that gets lots of U.S. payments to be sent to the needy in Africa. A key point is that no legitimate organization has to pay 10% to you (or anyone) just to cash legitimate checks. As usual, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is.
Jim George
But here is the rub: Eventually the payment to me (check, money order, cashiers check, etc.) gets reversed - since it was just a piece of paper printed by the perpetrator in the first place. My bank charges me back the deposited amount and I am left holding the bag.
In some cases they have used the Monster logo and said they got my resume from Monster. In other cases they represent a charity that gets lots of U.S. payments to be sent to the needy in Africa. A key point is that no legitimate organization has to pay 10% to you (or anyone) just to cash legitimate checks. As usual, if it seems too good to be true, it usually is.
Jim George
posted by Jim G. George | 10:41 AM
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