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	Does this sound like it could be a scam? First Email: Hello , Glad to hear from you and thanks for your response. I am a very busy successful Int'l business man Actually I need a well behaved, loyal and competent driver. She will be in town for few weeks or a month on vacation and she is presently pregnant, she will be going out three or four times a week and she will be spending at least 3 hours for shopping and site seeing. I want a serious and a well behaved driver . Please let me know if you be available during weekdays or weekend either is good for her though. My wife is not under any treat or whatsoever, I just want her to be safe while she is there . I believe you are a good and fit for this job and you will take good care of her, in as much you will prove yourself as reliable and a good person. I am offering you $500 weekly and you will make yourself available for 3 or 4 times a week to her schedule for 3 hours each day making 12 hours weekly. Also I want you to know that my client in Us will be sending you a pay-check which will include my wife other expenses as well as that of the driver. The remaining funds will be used by my wife for her travelling expenses, accommodations and any other expenses. Get back to me with the following details of yours if you will be willing to take this job. Full Name: Address: City/State: Zipcode: Phone number: The above information is needed so that the pay check will be mail out to you ASAP because my wife is schedule to be in town first weekend of Fedruary. Get back to me asap so we can get this started as soon as possible. Respectively, Thomas Owen Second Email: Hello , h*********u doing today ? I am glad to let you know that finally you have been considered to be my wife driver during her vacation to the state soon and your pay check has been issued, you will be receiving that tomorrow, just to let you know that the check was made out in your name and it will be delivered by FedEx before noon tomorrow, It is made out for the amount of $1975. you are to go ahead and cash the check at your bank, deduct your $500 and wire the rest of the cash to her trip planner in Atlanta, below is the info you need to wire the funds : NAME : DAVID PRINCE ADDRESS : 650 WEICA DR CITY : ATLANTA STATE : GEORGIA ZIP CODE : 30342 Once you get it all done you are to send a confirmation e-mail with the Western Union details. The details I believe will include the following : 1 - MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN) . 2- THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WIRED . 3- THE WIRING CHARGES PAID . And any other needed info to get the cash picked up by Mr David. Thanks and hope to read back from you soon. Respectfully, Thomas. Im not sure what should do it seems odd to me because for a so called buis. man you think he could spell better and make sense. I also don't see how someone could send money to someone they don't know. I have never spoken to this person over the phone or in person. I applied for it on craigslist and it just said that it was for a driver wanted in my area in la but all the other details came in the emails. I guess my question is what should i do if i do get a check? take it to the bank, the police, rip it? this person does have my home ad. # name and resume but nothing like my social alright thanks guys! I was pretty sure it wasn't real but I guess where Im feeling slightly uneasy is what to do if I do receive a check? rip it? take it to a police station? return it to sender? any suggestions? Asked By: preguntas - 2/1/2011

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100?cam. There is no driving job. There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money. The next email will be from another of the scammer's fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the "secretary" and will demand you cash a large fake check sent on a stolen UPS/FedEx billing account number and send the "traveling expense" money, in cash, via Western Union or moneygram back to the scammer. When your bank realizes the check is fake, it bounces and you get the real life job of paying back the bank for all their cash you sent to the overseas scammer. Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever. Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram. You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information. Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash. Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer. 6 "Rules to follow" to avoid most fake jobs: 1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one. 2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order. 3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity. 4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone. 5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram. 6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site. Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed 'red flags' and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason. Answered By: Buffy Staffordshire - 2/2/2011

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Yes ... be afraid ... be very afraid ... RUN LIKE HELL !!! RUUUUUNNNNN !!! According to google maps there is no such street as 650 WEICA DRIVE http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=650+WEICA+DR&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl You already know it's a scam but the sad part is this : Some dumb ass will fall for it. Don't be one of them. Answered By: GEORGIA On My MIND - 2/1/2011

I am sorry...It is much too long (suspicious).....Th whole thing is suspicious...Get money up front. Also, address indicated does not show up on Google maps..............:(( Source(s): me Answered By: Richard M - 2/1/2011

Yes, it is. Most real & legit jobs don't charge you money. I get those all the time, even about people dying and leaving me their estate in millions! BULL! WTH! I hate spam! Source(s): I have multiple yahoo accounts and spam exist on all of them and not the good sandwich kind! Answered By: princess - 2/1/2011

Haha if you are uncertain if this is a scam or not then you are going to get yourself in trouble sooner or later my friend. Do not worry about him having your address, he is too busy trying to get others to fall for it. If you have his address though then file a police report or something. Answered By: Wylie Dun - 2/1/2011

100?CAM DO NOT send any personal information to this person. Forward that email to the FBIs IC3 for investigation http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx That's not written by a native English speaker - ths is some scammer, probably in Russia, who used a translation program to write it "My wife is not under any treat or whatsoever," -- like any "businessman" would write something that makes NO sense There is NO driver job If that FedEx envelope comes - REFUSE delivery. DO NOT sign for it for any reason - tell FedEx you refuse it and to return it to the sender.Tell everyone in your house to REFUSE delivery. You DO NOT want these criminals to know they have your actual home address The check they sent you is fake - and by depositing it and wiring money to a third party you are guilty of bank fraud and money laundering If you have already signed for the check, write back to the person saying that you attempted to deposit it, your bank would not accept it as it was counterfeit, and that they have forwarded it to the police for investigation who will be contacting him and his associate in Atlanta shortly. Then contact your nearest FBI field office and tell them you were recruited in a money mule scam and have the check and they will advise if they want you to destroy it or send it to them for investigation http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm Then ignore ALL emails you receive from this person Answered By: Kittysue - 2/1/2011

Ahhhh ; yes why are you opening every pice of junk mail you get - best way to get a worm , keylogger , spam , driveby trojan !!!! better wake up the wire is not pretty any more Answered By: Pall Mall - 2/1/2011

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