I have a guilty conscience to confess, I've fallen to a scam conspired by a scammer (who's also qualified as a con-actor) and had me commit through a popular method of converting checks into cash and send it thru W/U. It was a poor and stupid decision I have ever made in my entire life, certainly nothing to brag about. I initially met the person through an ad sponsoring a position for p/t personal assistant and my mistake was not researching the suspect, due to my job search.
All of the messages seems official but they do dread of the same pattern of other similar scams and what I do regret was my incapacity to see through this since I have no knowledge or experience to act on this situation. The person clearly got me in his hands and I actually believed that the check was legit. If it weren't for my parents, I think I would still be losing more money as the check was for $877.50 with the commission of $50 and the fee I have to cover was $66.
After the incident unfold, knowing the truth took a toll to my worries and now the rising debt grew to new heights as I tried to succumb to what happened. It's startling and frightening simultaneously to the sheer capacity of such scams and now, after I'm well aware of such fraud, I hope everyone should know what kind of ill-given purposes are purported on classified advertisements.
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Dear Applicant This is to inform you that you have been formally appointed as my personal assistant . This is based on the Achievement of all Requirements needed to work for me and our organization. You are to adhere strictly to the Organizations Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy that is you are to dress properly like you are in an office environment whenever handling any of the Company's transactions and you are not(under no circumstance)allowed to disclose any of the Organizations transactions to anyone for security reasons. Failure to comply with these simple rules could lead to an automatic termination of your appointment. You can resume work immediately as I have instructed one of our clients in the USA who is ready to make a donation to issue out the check to you on our behalf. This will be your first assignment , handle it well . I will email you with the fedex tracking # of the check, and instructions as to how to handle the check and you must do the following. 1. Run my personal errands 2. Collection of Donations / Payments 3. Deduction of commission on payment received as instructed 4. Sending cashed donation/payments to the institute following our Instructions. Thanks Director Mrs Adams |
After the incident unfold, knowing the truth took a toll to my worries and now the rising debt grew to new heights as I tried to succumb to what happened. It's startling and frightening simultaneously to the sheer capacity of such scams and now, after I'm well aware of such fraud, I hope everyone should know what kind of ill-given purposes are purported on classified advertisements.