is this a scam ... is from craigslist.?

Question

I got this job offer and some others very similar i was wondering if they were scams or some kind of fraud. i really dont know if i should fill in all that personal inf.


Dear Applicant,
I will deeply appreciate all genuine efforts to

help me monitor and keep up to date with all my

activities.I have had a previous PA who has been

very commendable in her activities and who has

been part of my life for the past 6 months,she has

since returned to her country. I sincerely hope I

will be able to find someone again who will be as

efficient,honest and reliable as she has been. I'm

williams,54, originally from Australia, but I have

spent a whole lot here in United States.I'm a

Commercial Interior Designer.I design health

care/medical spaces, commercial office space,

hotel renovations,multi-family / condos.I most

very often get my hands occupied, so it is

imperative for me to have so it is imperative for

me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and

keep me up to date with my activities. As my

assistant, your activities amongst other things

will include:

* Running personal errands, supervisions and

monitoring.
* Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up

to date with them.
* Acting as an alternative telephone

correspondence when I'm away.
* Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my

behalf.
* Handling and monitoring some of my financial

activities.
* Per Errand's/Assignment commission is $500
* Monthly Salary is $2000.00

Benefits:

*Yearly performance bonus
*Paid vacation/sick/personal days
*Medical benefits

This position is home-based and flexible, working

with me is basically about instructions and

following them,my only fear is I may come at you

sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to

meet up with my irregular timings.There is also a

very sensitive issue on trust and accountability

which I believe will resolve itself as time goes

on.. This is only an introductory e-mail, as time

goes on we should be able to arrange a proper

meeting to get things started officially. I'm

currently in the Queensland Australia now for a

summit, however, I do have a number of things you

could help me with this week if you will be

available for me. This can act as a stable

foundation to our working relationship. For my

Official Perusal and the commencement of your

assignments,i will need you to provide me the

following details accordingly.

*Full Name:
*Address No P.O.Box)
*City:
*State:
*Zip code:
*Phone: Home and cell:
*Age:
*Sex:
*Present occupation:
*Number of available reference:

Once i have all your above requested

information's,i will get back to you with your

assignments.

Regards,
Williams Robert

Answer 1

100% scam.



There is no 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/assistant/accountant" and will demand you cash a large fake check sent on a stolen UPS/FedEx billing account number and send most of the "money" via Western Union or moneygram back to the scammer posing as the "supply company" while you "keep" a small portion. When your bank realizes the check is fake and it bounces, you get the real life job of paying back the bank for the bounced check fees and all the bank's money you sent to an overseas criminal.



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.



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.



If you google "fake check cashing job", "fraud Western Union scam", "money mule moneygram scam" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.

Answer 2

By now you know it's a scam, so I won't go into that. As for Ebay vs Craigslist: I've had an Ebay seller account since 1998. I no longer sell there due to the nightmare it's become for occasional sellers. That and the ever increasing fees are making Ebay the LAST choice for selling. I've found Craigslist to be the better choice not only because it's free, but the seller gets to call the shots. A Craigslist seller can and SHOULD require cash only as payment. Ebay prohibits using cash as a method of payment. They also prohibit checks, money orders, trades, or anything else you can think of. Their only allowable method is PayPal, which Ebay owns and will charge you a fee for using. If you ship the guitar and the buyer claims he didn't get it you will very likely be left holding the bag and Ebay will return the buyer's payment. This can happen even if you use Delivery Confirmation. Bottom line.. I DO NOT recommend using Ebay. BTW.. The original 'Craigslist Murder' took place in Savage, MN. The home where it happened is a 10 minute walk from mine.

Answer 3

Its despicable how people would try scam folks who are looking for jobs :-/ please dont fall for this kinda crap.



Medium to large companies may hire using their own human resources department, small companies and individuals advertise jobs through agencies.



Few do indeed advertise via craigslist etc but none of them ask you to hand over that level of information on the first email without ever talking to you or anything... just use your instinct. Its a scam. Check out other scams, seems like the copy and paste this section here:



*Full Name:

*Address No P.O.Box)

*City:

*State:

*Zip code:

*Phone: Home and cell:

*Age:

*Sex:

*Present occupation:

*Number of available reference:



Once i have all your above requested



information's,i will get back to you with your



Anyway, dont let them fool you

Answer 4

This is absolutely not only a scam but could be a potential stalker.

Answer 5

I work for some companies on line but when I receive this kind of offer I sent it to SPAM. You never know the reason this person wants your information.

Answer 6

Well is NOT legit that's for sure...