Email scam: professional personal assistant for an electronics company

I am a victim of this scam and I was told to go cash a money order..when i took it to be cashed I was told that it was counterfit. Dont become a victim of this scam!!

Hello , I am glad to hear from you concerning the Personal Assistant position. I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on a business trip. I am in Ireland so there will be no interview. I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at your convenience. When you get my mails/packages; you are required to mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don't have to putmoney out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and electronics, clothing's business and personal letters. All expenses and taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20 hrs a month. I will pay $500.00 per Week. This is not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in real estate and I own an Art Gallery in London UK.I will return to USA in ending of the month so this process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position. I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing's. I will provide you my personal UPS account number for Shipping. All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account. I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus up front payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the aycheck? Maybe you can provide me with the following details below Full Name: Full Address: (NO P.O.BOX) City: State: Zip Code: Phone Number: Age: Email: Present Job: Attach an ID or Photo of you(optional): I Will be expecting to hear from you soon to let me know if you will be willing to handle my business on my behalf before I return.Note that this job is 100% legitimate You can open all packages to confirm how legit they are.Thanks so much and have a nice day. Regards,

Hello,
I am writing in response to your interest on my Craigslist post . You will work from home for only 2 hour per day for a basic wages of $500 per week
You need to go through my introductory message:

I am Stormer Mangum, a Successful Entrepreneur, investor and a research journalist .I travel a lot, within and outside the US working on various independent projects,this is why I need an PERSONAL ASSISTANT, to keep up with all of my activities especially when i travel abroad.
Please note that you are being hired only on a personal level. All correspondences would be made and promptly reported to me personally. The position is part time and home-based meaning you can work most times from your home as long as you have a regular internet access. You are also hired on a trial basis for now until we are able to see how well we fit in, this however does not affect your weekly wage.Most of your activities will be carried out locally and most official packages will be delivered via posts. You will be actively involved in my personal, business and financial life. In summary, your activities as my assistant amongst other things will
include,

* A personal reminder for Schedules, programs, flights and keeping me up to date with them as they come up;
* Carrying out specific projects and research;
* Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.
* Handling and monitoring financial activities.
* Processing and taking charge of weekly payments and purchases.
* General clerical activities,
Basic wage is $500 a week. Any extra personal expenses (transport, gas, etc) incurred by you while on an errand or otherwise will also be reimbursed by me at the end of each working Month.This position is very flexible and it is difficult judging the exact number of hours you will be doing,just bear it in mind that there will be busier weeks than others with a steady pay. Working with me is basically about instructions and following them . There is also a very sensitive issue on trust,dedication and accountability which I believe will resolve itself as time goes on.This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we should be able to arrange a proper meeting to get things started officially. I am currently in Asia, for business .However, I do have a number of work you can get done, prior to my arrival.Due to the excessive number of responses to my Ad, do provide the following details about yourself for my personal record update and to filter applicants;

Your Full Name:
Street Address: ( Not PO. BOX )
Apartment Number: ( IF ANY )
City: State:
Zip Code:
Country:
Cell/Home phone number:
Age:
Present working Status:
Email:

I hope you can be available for me immediately before I arrive, it certainly can act as a stable foundation to our impending working relationship.
Best Regard,
Stormer Mangum

Thank I God I google this I got the same emails. I knew this was fake when it said she'll be returning to the US at the end of September 2011, mind you at this time its March 2012. And plus I got three different emails by the same person. Here's my emails,
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Attn:

I am looking for someone who can handle my Personal and
Business errands at his/her spare time. Someone who can offer me these
services: Mail services, Receive my mails and drop them off at the
Post ,Shop for Gifts Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf),Sit for
deliveries( at your home) or pick items up at nearby Post Office at
your convenience.I would love to meet up with you to talk about this
job but I am currently away on business. I am in Australia so there
will be no interview. I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping.
I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If
you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have
it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it up at
your convenience. When you get my ails/packages; you are required to
mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don't have to put money
out of your pocket, all you have to do is have packages shipped to
your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to
reveal its content. The content of the packages are computer and
electronics, clothing business and personal letters. All expenses and
taxes will be covered by me. You will work between 15 and 20hrs a
month. How much will you charge per month? I will pay $1,200. That is
not a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out
of town. I work in real estate and I own an Art Gallery in Australia.
I will return to United State by ending of September 2011 so this
process will be on going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up
with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of
making this long term. Well,let me know if you are able to handle the
position.I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for me
when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the
shopping at Sears, Walmart, and other stores. You will be shopping for
Electronics and clothing. I will provide you my UPS account number for
Shipping. All you have to do is to provide you my UPS Account Number
and bill the shipping charges on it.. I will provide clear set of
instructions for each task I need done as well the funds to cover
them. If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront
payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How
should your name appear on the Pay check? so if you still have
interest you're to reply me back with all this following details.

Full Name:
Mailing Address(Not PO Box):
City, State, Zip Code:
Phone Numbers ( Home and Mobile):
Age:
Present Occupation:

Sincerely Sullins..

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Looking for someone with a variety of skills as a personal assistance . Should have legible handwriting, basic to medium computer/internet skills, decent grammar and speech, transportation to and from work. Tasks may involve shopping at store and runninng errands, get a fire going, online ordering, appointment setting. Seeking a mentally organized person who can be on time. Approx. 30 hrs./week, $15/hr to start or you make an offer. Opportunity for more hours and higher pay, commensurate with performance.

Reply back with your CV.... for review.

Thanks.

He gave me way more phony information than I've seen posted. I 'm so glad i googled him first before giving away to much information. Actually the asking for my "sex" was what made me question it - in Canada as an employer its illegal to ask this.

Dear Sir/Madam
I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding as my Personal Assistant because the position you applied for earlier on craigslist has been occupied already. This position I am offering is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that I May come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. As my Personal assistant, your activities Amongst other things will include;
Primary Responsibilities:
* Creating orders/pick slips/invoices/credit memos.
* Processing return authorizations for me as needed.
* Running personal errands.
* supervisions and monitoring.
* Scheduling programmes, flights and keeping me up-to-date with them.
* Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away and when needed as I am hard on hearing that is why computer works for me.

Making regular Contacts and drop-offs on my behalf. Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities as the case maybe. Basic wage is $620 Weekly, I'm sure you will understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others.
I am also glad on the commitment in working. I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands out to some of the orphanage home, I do that every month.A payment inform of a Cashier Check/Money Order will be sent over to you from one of my clients and i have some lists to email you once you received the funds,You will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the Orphanage at any nearest store around you so you can mail them out.All i do best us helping the poor ones, I have Reviewed with your Resume and I think I am impressed with it and would like to give you an immediate trial, so if you are interested kindly get back to me.

As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone urgently to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have Some funds sent to you to complete the errands and will get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your personal/Contact
Details such as:
FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS, Include Apt # If Available (No PO.BOX please):
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
HOME PHONE #:
MOBILE PHONE#:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
SEX:
PRESENT JOB:

Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response
Yours Sincerely,

David Coleman

Personal Assistant Job

I got exactly the same email, but i replied and later on recieved the cheque, i cashed it no problem, but afterwords i googled it and becoming worried. The email was from a "Richard Wilson" . All the money is in the bank and im just worried what'll happen ? what should i do ?