Does this sound like a scam? (email job offer)?

I received an email job offer from someone in the U.K. asking for someone to accept her payments for art she sells from American customers and then to forward her the money less commission via Western Union.





All the person asks for is contact information, no money or anything like that. I am just curious if anyone had received anything like this before in the past?

Does this sound like a scam? (email job offer)?
I receive about 10 of these a day from different companies. Yes it is a scam and it is illegal and they can easily steal all of your money. Some of them want your checking account number. They are wanting you to send them money by western union which is not cheap and it takes sometimes weeks for the checks to clear so they can be sent and then some of the checks are bad and then your stuck. This doesn't look good on you at the bank either. They ask for a lot of your personal information too. And how would you know that your not laundering drug money for someone.
Reply:Anyone asking for money by email is a crook.
Reply:Defininitely an illegal scam. I get those, too.
Reply:Its a common scam called phishing , don't respond to it and report it as spam. It would require you giving your bank account number in order to accept this money they propose you'll accept on their behalf. If it was legitimate they would need no help from you. Beware of any information requests and ignore them. Its best not to open mail at all from and unsolicited source just mark as spam and delete without opening in the future.
Reply:i haven't received anything like that before, but if u provide her with personal information there is nothing wrong as long as u don't give her a credit card number or complete a form in which u agree with any conditions that she may imply. but, then again, is it worth it? I doubt the offer it's real.
Reply:Sounds like advance fee fraud or phishing attempt. If you proceed you can bet they will want some money up front to open the account or pehaps your account number and other personal information. Check the email headers and see if the message was even originated in england.
Reply:with paypal, credit cards and the like why would they need you to do this
Reply:its a scam
Reply:Fraud, scam, scarry.
Reply:scam
Reply:It is a scam..Guaranteed
Reply:Scam.





How it works


You get a check, cash it (but do not wait long enough for it to clear).


You wire money to the scammer. This transfer is instant.


Check bounces.


Scammer spends you money.





Alternate scam:


Same idea, but the check is made out in the wrong amount (overpayment).


They diddle you for the difference: You are asked to wire the overpayment back. Check bounces and they have some of your money.
Reply:Yeah, thats gotta be a scam. DONT OPEN IT.
Reply:Yes, also be careful, about the emails that say, you have a Relive in Nigeria or something, and you can inherit $2 million
Reply:Its spam. I've gotten mails like that. No return address or anything. They have a P.O. box.
Reply:Big scam. She is going to send you bogus checks in hopes that you won't find out until you forward the money and and then you will be overdrawn while she vanishes with the cash! Report it to the FCC.
Reply:scam - don't do it. Don't ever do anything where someone contacts you askign for $
Reply:Complete scam...





Snopes.com has an article about this.
Reply:Scam and illegal.
Reply:SCAM!!





Scam Alert : Be wary of offers of employment that require you to deposit money into your account and then wire it to a third party. Cashier's checks/Money orders they send are always counterfeit. 4 Paypal they use Stolen credit cards.
Reply:yes, i work in a bank and this happens all the time! Lets say she sends you a $900 check and asks that you forward $750 and lets you keep the rest for your trouble. So you forward her the money and then the check bounces.....you are out $1650! plus any bank fees you accrue.......And you wont get your money back. STAY AWAY!
Reply:no sounds like u are really being scammed dont take
Reply:I used to work for western union and during the year I worked there 3 people got arrested for doing that! DONT DO IT