Dave Cox

Dave Cox c/o Samsung Abiola Daniels individual promised a home based business sent 2 checks for equipment that I cashed & sent off to vendor, and now

23rd of Jan, 2011 by User422476

Went on Craigslist looking for employment, sent an email to advertisement entitled work from home as a Customer Service Specialist. A few days later I received an email with all the information regarding the job and requirements and what I needed to do. I set up a yahoo account as requested to chat back and forth. Dave Cox stated he would send out a check for me to cash and send out to the vendor inturn the vendor would send out a customized laptop, customized Samsung modem and quick books to start training.

Once I received the check I called Citibank to verify the check per citibank the account was good. I cashed the check and the check went thru, I withdrew the 1900.00 the amount of the check. Per Dave Cox I needed to send the money off toWestern Union for the vendor to send me the productto start trainingand to send it off to Abiola Daniels in Fitchburg Ma. 01420.

The next day another check f/1900.00 arrived per Dave Cox the vendor stated more money was needed before she could ship the product to start my training, I called Citibank once again and the account was good, so I deposited the 2nd check it went thru and I withdrew the money and sent it off to the vendor. As of now both checks have come back as Counterfeit and I'm out of 3800.00.

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4961 days ago by Guesswho

LOL...I got the same scam - different storyline. But fortunately I smelled a rat from the beginning and just played it along to see how far they would go. In my case they pulled some legit company's names into the mix and KNOWING the reputations of those companys it was even funnier to play the guy along and see how far they would take it (i.e. - before I ever got the email requesting for me Western Union the money *back* to a vendor for the "server" [um, I need a laptop to work from not a server], the bank it was written on had been delivered the check & confirmed it was fake, and the company they had used as the return address on the fedex'd overnight package [which just had the check & a sheet of lined paper] had been contacted to inform them as well). Figure I'll print out the correspondance as I go along - if anything it makes a hilarious read, even if the bank and the other company don't do anything with it.

Keynote - do NOT call a bank to verify funds in an account. They are going to likely use a "good" account number, but on a fake check. Physically TAKE the check into the bank if you ever have a doubt. And never accept a check for any jobs or business hiring without first filling out hiring forms - even if you are1099-ing the taxes.