Hello,
I answered an advertisement on gumtree.co.uk/Leicester - We need a humbe driver. It turned out to be a company offering salary for installing car wrapping with an advertisement paying 250,- GBP weekly for promotion of new energy drink. They also offered me a car if I do not own one.
It came to the point that I sent them my personal information (address and cell phone number) and I received a cheque for 2970 GBP with instructions to cash it out via my bank account.
Here is the last email:
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Admin Admin (smitlawson2899@gmail.com)
19. 11. 2012
Hello,
How are you doing today?The cheque you deposited ought to have cleared by now.
Please check your account balance today via your internet banking to see if the funds has cleared.
Go ahead to cash it out,Then take 250 pound for 1 week wages for starting job and keep 50 pound for fueling the car for a start of the job, the job start counting from the day you start to drive the car around, after the wrap as been fixed on the car, please kindly confirm your correct phone number to me so that the decor crew can give you a call on how meet up with you and get the car fixed so you can start work.
After you have deducted your first week wages and the fueling of the car to start which result to the amount of 300 pound, please proceed to the nearest western union money transfer outlet close to you to send the balance of to the decor crew so that they can make arrangement to get the car fixed and deliver all services to you.to proceed
Surname: Banda
First Name:Nathashia
Middle Name:Anna
Address:103 relley street
city:Sunny Side
State:Pretoria
zip code:0002
Country:south Africa
Text Question:money For
Answer:decoration
Kindly go to western union to send the money you have left to the details above Western Union office is all over the places.
Get back to me with the scan copy of the receipt of the transaction showing the details of the transaction , as soon as i send them the payment information to the Decorator,they will prepare to decorate the car with the advert so that you can get started asap,you will be called by the decorator to schedule how to get all done.
Kindly get back to me with the details of the transaction so you can start work by weekend.
Regards
Hiring Manager
Smith
____________________________________________________________ _________________
As it is very likely it is a scam I would like to find out what to do now. I did not cash the cheque and I replied that I have not cleared the cheque yet and that I do not own a car.
What to do at this point of this situation?
Regards,
fidelllko
I answered an advertisement on gumtree.co.uk/Leicester - We need a humbe driver. It turned out to be a company offering salary for installing car wrapping with an advertisement paying 250,- GBP weekly for promotion of new energy drink. They also offered me a car if I do not own one.
It came to the point that I sent them my personal information (address and cell phone number) and I received a cheque for 2970 GBP with instructions to cash it out via my bank account.
Here is the last email:
____________________________________________________________ _________________
Admin Admin (smitlawson2899@gmail.com)
19. 11. 2012
Hello,
How are you doing today?The cheque you deposited ought to have cleared by now.
Please check your account balance today via your internet banking to see if the funds has cleared.
Go ahead to cash it out,Then take 250 pound for 1 week wages for starting job and keep 50 pound for fueling the car for a start of the job, the job start counting from the day you start to drive the car around, after the wrap as been fixed on the car, please kindly confirm your correct phone number to me so that the decor crew can give you a call on how meet up with you and get the car fixed so you can start work.
After you have deducted your first week wages and the fueling of the car to start which result to the amount of 300 pound, please proceed to the nearest western union money transfer outlet close to you to send the balance of to the decor crew so that they can make arrangement to get the car fixed and deliver all services to you.to proceed
Surname: Banda
First Name:Nathashia
Middle Name:Anna
Address:103 relley street
city:Sunny Side
State:Pretoria
zip code:0002
Country:south Africa
Text Question:money For
Answer:decoration
Kindly go to western union to send the money you have left to the details above Western Union office is all over the places.
Get back to me with the scan copy of the receipt of the transaction showing the details of the transaction , as soon as i send them the payment information to the Decorator,they will prepare to decorate the car with the advert so that you can get started asap,you will be called by the decorator to schedule how to get all done.
Kindly get back to me with the details of the transaction so you can start work by weekend.
Regards
Hiring Manager
Smith
____________________________________________________________ _________________
As it is very likely it is a scam I would like to find out what to do now. I did not cash the cheque and I replied that I have not cleared the cheque yet and that I do not own a car.
What to do at this point of this situation?
Regards,
fidelllko