Legal Question in International Law in Oregon

Unsure about international money transactions

I responed to an email through Craigslist about a job that would make you moeny from home. It was asking for a private contracter to deposit money into a community bank, keep 10%, and send the rest back to specified location. So, I wrote back to the person sending me the email asking about their company and if it was illegal and this person said no, this process is to avoid the large tax from the US, and to instead give 10% to me and pay 7% to the US. I recieved an envelope urgent mail today with $1000 in travellers checks, completely blank, and no note or instructions. I emailed back to the person to let them know this was sent to me and they are going to give me further instructions, still waiting for their email. Anyway, this seems like trafficing or something. It just seems illegeal. I didn't sign any sort of contract, and give them any sort of permission to go through with this and send me the money. Would it be in my best interest to send the money back? Or do I have any legal obligation to do anything with the money? Or is this legal and should I proceed with sending them 90% and keeping the rest?


Asked on 1/01/07, 4:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lawrence Graves Coolidge & Graves PLLC

Re: Unsure about international money transactions

This is a scam -- the checks are likely invalid; the goal is to have you deposit them and then send the proceeds to the fraudster, leaving you to pay the bill when your bank tells you that the deposit bounced.

Best wishes,

LDWG

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Answered on 1/02/07, 10:24 am


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