Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Hi my name is Juan and the situation is next:

I was contacted by a person from a company from italy, I was supossed hired and one of supossed activities is to do money transfers, to receive a check by a customer then I have to cash it and then send 95% to Russia and keep 5% as a comission for me, but after researching information about the company I have my own deduction that it is scam, To try to take her away from me I explained that I can not do any job activity for her company because I need a work visa to get a job in the US(something that is totally true) but she said that the customer already sent me a check and if do not do the transaction I will pay the cancel fees..

what do I do?


Asked on 4/07/10, 11:33 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

Yeah, right. That is called the 'Nigerian Check Scam'. You lose whatever money you send them and are sued by your bank for all the loses they incur. Their checks are all fraudulent and will be returned to your bank NSF in 6 to 10 weeks. Walk away and do not deposit any such checks or issue any of your own.

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Answered on 4/12/10, 1:04 pm


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