Was offered a sketchy job on craiglist - money laundering scam?

[awal]

Here is the email I received - [They have a company website with product and contact information]

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Hello, Thanks for responding to the position firstly our company is a Electronics Corporation, which is a professional manufacturer to produce all types of electronic ballasts which are applied for horticultural lighting, commercial lighting, street lighting and building lighting.

We have our clients we supply weekly all over United states and Canada.We have our clients we supply weekly all over United states and Canada and after the supply, the customer receives and verifies the products. After the verification have been done, then the Customer will pay for the products.

You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager sells products and products are delivered to our customers before payment because after our customer verify the product supplies we made to them, then after verifying later pay for the product that we supply to them.

All what you have to be doing, is to be getting payment from our customers which will be forwarding to you as our company representative You don't need to be moving to them before you receive the payment from them cos they will be forwarding the payment to you directly on behalf of the company name our as representative when our buyer in state decides to pay for supplies we made to them.

You do not have to go out; you will work as an independent contractor right from your home or office. You can earn up to $5000-$8500 monthly depending on time you spend on this job. You do not need any capital to start. You can do the Work easily without leaving or effecting your present Job. The employees who make more efforts and work harder has strong possibility of becoming managers. Anyway our employees never leave us due to our excellent work condition.

Hope you do understand better right now and If there is something that you don't understand, simply ask and you will have all the answers within few minutes.

Are you really interested in the Job or Not please get back to us so that we can know if we can start working on your application.

Regards,
[Company name]

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Is this a scam?

 

[Just Blue]

Here is the email I received - [They have a company website with product and contact information]

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Hello, Thanks for responding to the position firstly our company is a Electronics Corporation, which is a professional manufacturer to produce all types of electronic ballasts which are applied for horticultural lighting, commercial lighting, street lighting and building lighting.

We have our clients we supply weekly all over United states and Canada.We have our clients we supply weekly all over United states and Canada and after the supply, the customer receives and verifies the products. After the verification have been done, then the Customer will pay for the products.

You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager sells products and products are delivered to our customers before payment because after our customer verify the product supplies we made to them, then after verifying later pay for the product that we supply to them.

All what you have to be doing, is to be getting payment from our customers which will be forwarding to you as our company representative You don't need to be moving to them before you receive the payment from them cos they will be forwarding the payment to you directly on behalf of the company name our as representative when our buyer in state decides to pay for supplies we made to them.

You do not have to go out; you will work as an independent contractor right from your home or office. You can earn up to $5000-$8500 monthly depending on time you spend on this job. You do not need any capital to start. You can do the Work easily without leaving or effecting your present Job. The employees who make more efforts and work harder has strong possibility of becoming managers. Anyway our employees never leave us due to our excellent work condition.

Hope you do understand better right now and If there is something that you don't understand, simply ask and you will have all the answers within few minutes.

Are you really interested in the Job or Not please get back to us so that we can know if we can start working on your application.

Regards,
[Company name]

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Is this a scam?

I will tell you something my Mother told me 40 years ago:

If it seems too good to be true it likely is.

 

[Zigner]

1: US Law Only

2: Universal Truth - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

ETA: Yeah, what Blue said!

 

[Just Blue]

1: Us law only

2: Universal truth - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Eta: Yeah, what blue said!

:d


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[FlyingRon]

It's not even money laundering, it's just straight fraud. You'll find that the payment that your receive that you forward along (minus your commission) will eventually bounce. You'll be out whatever money you sent along to them without recourse, plus your bank will almost certainly hit you with fees for the bounced payment (and if you don't have a lot of money in your account) for letting your account go negative. No legitimate business needs to bounce payments off an independent contractor like this.

 

[Just Blue]

It's not even money laundering, it's just straight fraud. You'll find that the payment that your receive that you forward along (minus your commission) will eventually bounce. You'll be out whatever money you sent along to them without recourse, plus your bank will almost certainly hit you with fees for the bounced payment (and if you don't have a lot of money in your account) for letting your account go negative. No legitimate business needs to bounce payments off an independent contractor like this.

This type of scam has been going on for DECADES...I am totally amazed that anyone over the age of 10 fall for it.

 

[mmmagique]

Not to mention the extreme abuse of the English language!

 

[Heir7]

Not to mention the extreme abuse of the English language!

That's what stood out to me right away.

It looks like a scam.