Legal Question in Business Law in New York

I have a question.

fI answered an advertisement from an online site that posts job openings and someone replyed to my email saying that it is a company based in Europe that manufactures and exports widescreens in Europe, Africa, and Asia and is offering a job as a representative/Middleman between our company and our clients all around United States and Canada.

Now this Company which is Named:

Simmons Fittings Incorporated, is expanding to the USA and Canada. What they are looking for me to do is to receive funds of products supplied to their customers on a weekly basis on behalf of this company. They state that their client usually use money orders or cashier checks in transactions because this is the safest way to make transactions. They state that they normally use personnel from the company but it is not cost effective. So they are looking for someone that can receive these payments and cash them in my bank then deduct 10% out of every payment received as your salary/income and then send the funds to their branch manager via Western Union Money Transfer/Money Gram. They state that no money has to come out of my pocket and that this is all legally backed by their attorney. They are not asking for my bank account or ss#. Is this legal?


Asked on 5/02/07, 8:08 am

4 Answers from Attorneys
Kristen Browde Browde Law, P.C.

Re: I have a question.

While I have no knowledge of this particular firm (have you researched it?) this is a common type of scam usually involving either check kiting or money laundering.

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Answered on 5/02/07, 8:16 am
Meyer Silber The Silber Law Firm, LLC

Re: I have a question.

Sounds like the Nigerian e-mail scams.

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Answered on 5/02/07, 9:19 am
Johm Smith tom's

Re: I have a question.

We all agree that this is a scam. Sorry.

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Answered on 5/02/07, 9:34 am
Charles Williamson Charles J. Williamson, Attorney At Law

Re: I have a question.

Golden Rule: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is not. This is just another variation on a long-running SCAM. All of these "payment representative" so-called jobs are scams. They send you fraudulent checks which you deposit. Since they are out-of-country checks, it takes a long time for them to show up as fraudulent checks. In the meantime, you are supposed to forward payment, from your own checking account, to the "employer." You're out the money, and its tough luck. AVOID THESE SCAM SCENARIOS.

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Answered on 5/02/07, 9:58 am


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