How do I investigate this wierd employment offer?

Question

OK... Here is the situation... I just posted my resume on monster.com and about a day after posting I recieve an email from a guy in India who wants me to be a financial representative who processes payments for them from customers. I do not have full disclosure about how I recieve payment. However, (via email, only because I requested a call and the guy had such a thick Indian accent I could not understand him) I asked if I was required to use my personal accounts to process payment. His response was that I would use my account to process payment and forward the other 90% to the company. Now, I am not sure if I will be mailing cash, or transferring funds or what. I have not given them any personal info beyond what you would give as an applicant for employment. I did not give them my SS# or driver's license. The compnsation seems more than reasonable, and I went to the website of the company. It seems legit. What do you make of this?

Answer 1

Your "additional details" contain some gut level doubts you would be advised to follow.  What you got was a variation of a scam which has flourished on the internet for years and has been updated.  I sincerely doubt the "offer" was from Monster or a Monster client which uses the site to find employees.  All kinds of unscrupulous ppl cruise employment sites just to find potential victims for their schemes.  Never give out any form of personal information via private eMail and be very cautious about the "secure" sites as well.

Answer 2

That doesnt even sound like a good offer.. dont work with people you cant understand espeacially if its a guy IN india that doesnt even sound right, if you cant meet the person face to face then its more than likley a scam

Answer 3

It is a scam.  Avoid it.  Once he has your account details he will initiate a transfer of everything in the account and disappear, or forge checks with your account details, or any of a number of other scams.

If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Answer 4

As stated before and on your other question I answered.

This is merely a scam. Go by this saying, if its too good to be true, its not.

These people will say whatever it takes to get money from you. Not to mention this is technically money laundering so its also illegal.

Just play it safe and DO NOT take this scam offer. You will be out of money and deeply regret this.

Answer 5

SCAM!  no legitamate company would require you use your own account.  you will recieve a "customer payment" in the form of a check.  deposit the check in your account and write your "employer" a check for the 90%.  a few days later the bank will find the check you deposited is a phony or drawn off an empty account.  now you owe the bank

this is a well known scam.

Answer 6

That's a scam. I've seen an email with a very similar story. There's no reason they should need you to be making such financial transactions; that's what bankers do.

Answer 7

I have not heard of this particular scam but I can think of several ways to rob you from what you have described.  I can also think of no logical reason for why a legitimate business would  transact payments that way and not use a bank.  

I suspect its a scam.

Answer 8

Scam..Scam...Scam.  Legitimate financial representatives, in whatever form they may appear, do not use their personal accounts at all.  Avoid this at all costs.