Legal Question in International Law in North Carolina

Is this legal?

Is the following legal if the company is legitimate? ''We have stores in U.S,Italy and Holland and we are looking for US representatives to handle U.S payments.We are selling various products (alarm systems) in U.S and Europe and we need YOU to process all the payments for these products because here in Canada the money orders and cashier checks are cleared within two weeks or more and is not reliable for our sales. You can intermediate our sales (process payments) and you will be paid with 10% for every payment that you have to process. amount that you will receive. All you need to do is either to cash one money order or cashier check in your bank.''


Asked on 8/23/07, 7:32 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Johm Smith tom's

Re: Is this legal?

This is a scam; don't touch it.

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Answered on 8/23/07, 8:08 pm
Lawrence Graves Coolidge & Graves PLLC

Re: Is this legal?

Their goal is to send you a passable mock-up of a cashier's check, have you deposit it, and then pay them "their" share before your bank notifies you that the deposited check is no good and retroactively debits your account. Might be fun for you to get them to waste their time, but whatever you do don't actually deposit their check as your bank will red-flag your account and every deposit that you subsequently make will have a hold put on it....

Best wishes,

LDWG

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Answered on 8/24/07, 9:48 am


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