- Aug 26, 2000
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The past week or two my daughter-in-law has been pursuing a job opportunity that either contacted her via email from a craiglist response or a job listing site. They even used a reputable third party site to follow up on her references.
After a week and a couple emails (from a gmail address), they "hired" her, and friday she received from fedex a cashiers check ($3k) to deposit and to forward all but $750 (her "pay") to another party once it clears her account.
At this point we know its a scam.
With that in mind, what is the best way to handle it, do nothing or alert someone (who?)
Cliffs:
Daughter-in-law gets "hired" via email
receives $3k cashiers check in mail: (told to deposit it, keep 25%, send 75% to 3rd party)
what to do with this scammer?
After a week and a couple emails (from a gmail address), they "hired" her, and friday she received from fedex a cashiers check ($3k) to deposit and to forward all but $750 (her "pay") to another party once it clears her account.
At this point we know its a scam.
With that in mind, what is the best way to handle it, do nothing or alert someone (who?)
Cliffs:
Daughter-in-law gets "hired" via email
receives $3k cashiers check in mail: (told to deposit it, keep 25%, send 75% to 3rd party)
what to do with this scammer?