The Ocean City Police Department is advising citizens to be aware of a potential employment scam. This particular scam involves a victim attempting to gain employment, which in the most recent case was for a cleaning service in which all employment negotiations and correspondence were done through email.
The scam works as follows: the victim is offered employment and mailed a counterfeit “check” to cover the costs of the service provided. In most cases the check is either drawn on an obscure corporate business account from what appears to be a legitimate bank or is a cashier’s check from a well known national bank. The victim is paid more money than was negotiated and asked to quickly deposit the “check” into the victim’s account. Once the “check” is deposited into the victim’s account, the victim is asked to withdraw a portion of the money, and send it via “Western Union” to an additional location, usually as part of the way for the alleged “employer” to pay for additional services or transportation fees as means to avoid overseas fees and/or taxes.
By the time the victim transfers actual funds the local bank where the original check was deposited notifies the victim that the check they deposited is fraudulent and that the money they withdrew and sent using “Western Union” is gone. The result is the victim is responsible for the overdraft on the account even though the check is a fake and the victim is out the money.
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The scam works as follows: the victim is offered employment and mailed a counterfeit “check” to cover the costs of the service provided. In most cases the check is either drawn on an obscure corporate business account from what appears to be a legitimate bank or is a cashier’s check from a well known national bank. The victim is paid more money than was negotiated and asked to quickly deposit the “check” into the victim’s account. Once the “check” is deposited into the victim’s account, the victim is asked to withdraw a portion of the money, and send it via “Western Union” to an additional location, usually as part of the way for the alleged “employer” to pay for additional services or transportation fees as means to avoid overseas fees and/or taxes.
By the time the victim transfers actual funds the local bank where the original check was deposited notifies the victim that the check they deposited is fraudulent and that the money they withdrew and sent using “Western Union” is gone. The result is the victim is responsible for the overdraft on the account even though the check is a fake and the victim is out the money.
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This scam is on Craigslist ignorance
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