E-mail Scam Targets Home Workers
EmploymentCrossing.com
The Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan has identified a new postal forwarding scam targeting consumers who are looking for a way to make money working at home.
The process usually begins with unsolicited ‘help wanted’ emails from Dr. Aubert, managing director of Tapar Group, Dakar, Senegal.
The emails claim that Tapar Group, a company dealing in the production and supplying of Batik and orted African fabrics, is searching for a bookkeeper and representative in the United States.
People that respond to the emails are told they are hired and are immediately sent realistic looking cashier checks or money orders, which they are told to deposit in their local bank.
Several days after completing the transaction the bank calls to report the checks were counterfeit and that they must pay back the thousands of dollars to the bank.
Some victims may even be prosecuted by the bank for fraud.
The Bureau warns anyone looking for a work-at-home opportunity to be aware of job postings from Canadian or overseas employers.
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