Legal Question in Business Law in California
Job Offer
I recently applied for the position of
an Excel Expert.
That's the e-mail I got back. Is this
kind of job legal?
''Our company mainly develops
securely web databases for US
companies and our contractors have
ability to pay us only with incountry
bank transfers.
You have to receive the payments
from our contractors by bank
transfer,
substract 10% commission and
resend the remaining cash to our
company by western union
cash transfer for example. Your
commission is paid to you instantly
every day.
All the taxes are paid by us, we also
pay all the fees connected with the
transfers. You can choose any bank
in your country to open account
with.
You can open new account with any
banking institution in your country or
use your own account,
it's up to your convenience and
doesn't matter to us.''
Sincerely,
Chris
5 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Job Offer
You must be the last person on Earth who hasn't heard of the fake check scam. See fakechecks.org
Re: Job Offer
There is not enough information to answer your question. Contact me directly.
Re: Job Offer
Run the other way. Never accept job offers from people who can't spell and want to access your bank account.
Re: Job Offer
The job doesn't exist. This is a scam to get your money. At least you recognized it smelled; obviously others don't until too late.
Re: Job Offer
As others have noted, this is almost certainly a form of the Nigerian check scam. The arrangement described in the email is probably legal (at least I don't see anything illegal about it), but what matters is whether the transfers will actually happen. Only half of them will -- the half that involve funds leaving your account.
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