Bank/job scam

[unimatrix1066]

My daughters been offered a part time job as a pa running errands for a business women.
The women is currently abroad and wants her to run errands she has sent her a cheque for 950.00 to cover expenses , wages but has now asked her to transfer via money gram 850 of it to a person in South Africa to pay for course .
To me it's a scam, we have told here not to transfer the money as she does not have it anyway as the cheques not been lodged

[Bigends]

Looks like a scam if the woman has asked your daughter to pay the cheque into her account then send funds via Moneygram, The cheque will no doubt bounce sooner or later and your daughter will be £850 out of pocket. The recipient for the payment in South Africa wont be traceable.
May be worth letting Action fraud know via their website - they may have had similar scams using the same cheque account

[Mr GrimNasty]

Yes it's obviously similar to the employment scams listed here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419_scams#Employment_...

[unimatrix1066]

We going to report it the cheque is from Hertford shire council made out to here name so that makes no sense, must be a forgery

[Dog Chops]

Stolen and/or fake cheque.

Point her to https://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=... (Employment Scams specifically on that forum).

[BOF]

Your daughter has learned (in time) a valuable lesson I think.

Just in case she HAS lost some cash - I have just over four and a half million Sterling in Lagos that some kind Nigerian lady is about to transfer to my bank account.

I will ask her to recompense your daughter if you let me have her bank account details.

BOF

[Bigends]

unimatrix1066 said:

We going to report it the cheque is from Hertford shire council made out to here name so that makes no sense, must be a forgery

Definitely let Action fraud know

[unimatrix1066]

I ve replied as my daughter saying I cannot pay as no funds etc...
I will.see here response and string her along and hopefully they can be traced by action fraud
No money has changed hands so daughter will have to find another job

[ging84]

i think the employment scams can really be quite cruel, people can quit their jobs and end up unemployed on top of losing money

[unimatrix1066]

She's a student so It was only extra living money, so bank of mum and dad will prevail!

[aw51 121565]

To be fair, OP, your family collectively spotted that something didn't add up and questioned it - but sadly not all will .

Well done you .

[littleredrooster]

unimatrix1066 said:

.. for a business women...

The women is currently...

FFS is there no-one left on PH who knows the difference between women (plural) and woman (singular). This must be six times in the last three weeks I've read the same mistake.

Yes - bah fekkin' humbug; get over it and read what you've written

[Fizpop]

littleredrooster said:

FFS is there no-one left on PH who knows the difference between women (plural) and woman (singular). This must be six times in the last three weeks I've read the same mistake.

Yes - bah fekkin' humbug; get over it and read what you've written

Are you alright?

[anonymous-user]

littleredrooster said:

unimatrix1066 said:

.. for a business women...

The women is currently...

FFS is there no-one left on PH who knows the difference between women (plural) and woman (singular). This must be six times in the last three weeks I've read the same mistake.

Yes - bah fekkin' humbug; get over it and read what you've written

Your post might be taken a little more seriously if it had contained the odd comma, question mark and full stop in the appropriate places.

[KungFuPanda]

How many businesswomen are involved?

[northwest monkey]

littleredrooster said:

FFS is there no-one left on PH who knows the difference between women (plural) and woman (singular). This must be six times in the last three weeks I've read the same mistake.

Yes - bah fekkin' humbug; get over it and read what you've written

Did you never learn to put full stops at the end of sentences?

Illiterate mong.

[Vipers]

BOF said:

Your daughter has learned (in time) a valuable lesson I think.

Just in case she HAS lost some cash - I have just over four and a half million Sterling in Lagos that some kind Nigerian lady is about to transfer to my bank account.

I will ask her to recompense your daughter if you let me have her bank account details.

BOF

Think you are in a surprise, she promised it to me.