hy,everything start with my anouncement to gumtree for finding a job.a lady contact me with a strange offer.
attach and email to see you:
Hello, My name is Mills Daniela.We live in the US.We plan on coming to the Dublin by the middle of July with my family due to the nature of my job(Art Gallery) and want to make sure that we have someone to do our household cleaning before we arrive,will be needing you to clean the apartment once or twice a week.I will be offering you 300 weekly and will be needing your services for 3hours a day at any suitable time of yours for two days a week.If you decide to accept this position we would like to send you 650 it will serve you as a deposit and also you will have to purchase some cleaning supplies which will be needed for the cleaning of the house ok.,as i will instruct the Agent to mail you the Keys after getting a house closer to you....before we arrive to the state next two weeks, kindly get back to me with the following information:
We require to issue out the payment to you.
Full Name and Address,including mobile and landline
i answer to her ,and after that i receive another e-mail:
Hello,
Am so sorry for getting back to you lately,it was due to some paper work here,because we have less time to move to the IRELAND,In regard the cleaning position we employed you for,my client that will issue out the cheque payment made a mistake on it and he's promised me that you will receive it by this week,so as soon as you receive the cheque you will take it to your bank to cash or deposit after the check clear into your account you will deduct your 2 weeks salary which is 650 from the 2,800 and you will now send the excess fund to the furniture company manager through Western Union money transfer ok............after you done with all this i will email you so that you will know the date and time that the furniture company will come for the delivery of our household materials and before then i will instruct my estate agent to mail the address and keys of the apartment to you so that you can do all other necessary preparations before we arrive.
i receive a company cheque, is in the name of Pavilion Asset Management,who according to Companies House are in liquidation.
I sent the following reply:
''I'm pleased to help you,but i want to be sure that all this situation is for real because this seems a little strange to me. I don't want to make the subject of a trap because you know this days these facts happen frequently,so,i am grateful for your realiability but I need a guarantee for the legality of the transaction. another thing the company cheque is in the name of Pavilion Asset Management,whi according to Companies House are in LIQUIDATION.''
After that i receive another message from her:
Hello, Thanks for the mail.I will want you to go ahead and bank the check payment in your bank and get back to me with the clearance date so that i can instruct you on what to do next ok.I will want you to please trust me on this ok and am trusting an counting on you on this transactions ok.It's my pleasure doing business with you.Hope to read from you soon.
You get onto your bank and make sure no one clears out your bank account, and under no circumstances do you either bank the cheque or send them any money via Western Union. This is a fraud of some description almost without question - and you are going to end up out of pocket in some way - if not now, then very soon
You could take the cheque to your bank, explain the situation and that you believe it to be a fraud and ask for their guidance. They can contact the drawing bank to establish the cheque's validity.
Basically, this type of scam works on you banking the cheque on Day 1, sending the money via Western Union (untraceable) on Day 3 - when it shows available in your account - and the cheque returning unpaid on Day 4 or 5, at which point your bank will remove all the funds from your account and leave you with a £2150 overdraft which you are liable for. And strangely enough, you will no longer be able to contact Daniela as her email will no longer work.
Someone tried to scam me too that way. I played along but did not lodge the cheque instead I sent it to the police along with the emails and their ip address though most con artists now use Internet cafes.
