213-437-6324

There is a man running a scam with this number they keep trying to get someone to cash checks and money orders for them, they ask for someone to be their personal assistants

Can someone help me and tell me if this is fake/scam? This is the email i got!!
Hello ,
How are you doing today? I’m very happy that you want to becoming part  of  our company by working for us. Thanks for the mail...I am looking for someone who can handle my personal and business errands at his/her spare  time.Someone who can offer me these services: Mail services Receive my mails and drop them off at UPS(nothing illegal)Shop for Gifts,Art works,Bill payment ( pay my bills on my behalf)Sit for delivery( at your home) or pick items up at nearby post office at your convenience. It does not matter where  you are located as long as you reside in the united states.Let me know if you will be able to offer me any/all of these services.




Where are you located? I would love to meet up with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on business. I am in Australia so there will be no interview.I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have my mails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I can have it shipped to a post office near  you and then you can pick it up at your convenience.When you get my  mails/packages; you are required to mail them to me or our customers. You don't have to put money out of  your pocket,  all you have to do is have packages shipped to your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to reveal its content.The content of the packages are computer and electronics,art works,antiques business and personal letters..  All expenses and taxes will be covered by me.  You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month..I will pay $450.00 weekly, That is not a bad offer is it?  I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in a realestate and I own an Art Gallery in Australia. I will return to USA in March,2012 so this process will be on going till then.If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when I return and then we can talk about the possibility of making

this long term. Well, let me know if you are able to handle the position.Hope to hear from you.I will email you the list

and pictures of what to shop for when I am ready. No heavy packages is involved! You can do the shopping at any nearest stores.



I will provide you with my personal UPS account number for Shipping.

All you have to do is provide my account number to UPS and shipping charges will be applied into the account.I will provide clear set of instructions for each task I need done as well as the funds to cover them. If I were to mail you money to do  my shopping plus upfront payment for your service, where would you want it mailed to? How should your name appear on the money?




Kindly,provide me with the following details below







Full Name:

Full Address:

(NO P.O.BOX)

City:

State:

Country:

Zip Code:

Phone Number

if you have yahoo messenger or hotmail to chat with you also about the job....

Age:







Thank you!

NB:You can give me a call on my australia number or my US number which is roam to australia

Doug Dominic.

Tel:(+61)-654-16325 Australia

Tel:(213)-437-6324 USA.

Who do you know its a fake?

I just received the exact email this morning. I applied for a position as an office assistant on Craigslist. The man says his name is James Madison and that he is in Australia for business. When i applied I attached my resume with my personal information. I believe this is a scam. Now I am worried because the resume had my information such as phone, email, and address.

I know i did that to and they have my info. Oh NO!

Complete scam. I called to tell him I didn't appreciate it. He instantly hung up.

I got the same email a few moments ago. My resume has all my information this is horrible, The man that emailed me said his name was Edward Elliot. Same thing, that he is away in business in Australia. Im glad I came on here to see this is a pure scam.

What do u do if you fell for his scam.

I just rcvd the same email. His name was Hugh Jacobs..

Total Scam.. ugg I hate people like this.
There is people really looking for jobs out here..

What do i do its too late i fell fot it.......

Yep, I got it too for a part-time Administrative Asst. position. I got the Hugh Jacob one. Don't give up hope. There are some real jobs out there on Craig's List too. I got a REAL job applying here. It's so hard to tell who is real and who is not. :(

I got the same email saying his name was Geoff Gareth...the checks r fraudulent so DO NOT CASH THEM. this loser has nothing better to do then prey on innocent people looking for jobs. I can't wait til he gets nailed and he definitely will. Its just a matter of time. He's Nigerian fyi. Ryan please say u didn't mail his money orders....when ur bank finds out its fraudulent you will be responsible to pay the bank back.

One more thing..nobody is going to pay u upfront. There are so many scams on Craigslist its disgusting. Never except a cashiers check& if u ever have to, call the bank that issued the check and verify its real&if funds are available. Also after u cash it don't touch the money for about a week til the check clears. These idiots r having people go get money orders and mail it to the UK what a joke. Cuz once u send them u r out the money and in deep with ur bank. Hopefully everyone sees this warning before sending these clowns a penny.

Got the exact same email from Hugh Jacob.   I've included my response and his.   {Dear Mr. Hugh Jacob,
The information you’ve requested is personified within my resume so, please don’t think me impolite by requesting additional information about your company(s) before I disclose additional personal information.    Would you provide an internet address for your real estate company and your art gallery or any clear/decisive way to confirm your legitimacy?}        His Response  [Thanks for the Swift Response,i am more than happy to inform you that your position has been confirmed,i will get back to you as soon as i  have Payment for shopping of items Including your salary sent to you with set of Instructions on each task you are to perform...Please note that this job require you to be checking your Mail Box 2-3 times daily Your Total commitment is However Needed

I await your Response

Thank you!

NB:You can give me a call on my australia number or my US number which is roam to australia
Hugh Jacob.
Tel:(+61)2987-18525 Australia
Tel:(213)-437-6324 USA.]

'Yes its to  late what do i do please help........

You fail to actually state what you've done in falling for the scam so I will assume the worst and that you've deposited his check into your account, withdrew cash and wired it to him. The bank holds you responsible for the cash you voluntarily withdrew from your account and this has to be paid back. What you should do immediately is call your bank and tell them the whole story. If you wait, your bank may think you are in cahoots with the scammer so you must call your bank PRONTO. You are way better off if you alert the bank instead of the bounced check alerting the bank. If you can't reach the bank on a Sunday, call your local police and report it. It's important to establish that you reported the crime once you found out a crime had occurred, i.e., that you are not hiding the crime. Ask your bank if they will let you borrow the money as a loan and you pay it back in monthly payments. Unfortunately, the FBI has stated that it will prosecute these crimes even though you were the unwitting victim of the scammer but all cases are unique and you may or may not end up in prosecution.

Hello and good morning been a long night trying to find out more Informtion.
Maura S. thanks for the advice i do have one Q for u tho how do know he is Nigerian?

I checked on this number on the web and found it to be a big scam.  They say then will send you money up front to purchase things then give you their UPS account number to send the merchandise to them.  They send you a bad check, and you end up having ro reimburse the bank.  They say they are in Australia and will be back in the US in about a month.  They also ask that you pay bills for them after they send you a check for same.  Whoever actually ownes this number is pulling a big scam on a lot of people according to what I could find out on the web.

I recieved the exact email today for the same position. Except he claims his name is Kevin Julian.

I don't know where all of you are, but I'm in Michigan and I received the same email to be this person's personal assistant...I was NOT impressed!!! So I Googled the number and found this!!! From now on, I will no longer send an address or phone number on my resume!!! Because all of my personal information is on my resume, this was my reply back!!!! This might not stop him from posting his false job ads, but maybe these steps will prevent someone else from falling prey to this scam!!!

Here was my reply to this jerk:

Dear Kevin Julian...or whoever you are!!!

Are you kidding me? What a crock!!! I looked up the given phone number on Google and I know EXACTLY what kind of a scam you're running, so I have forwarded this email to craigslist as well as many state and federal representatives and I will be forwarding this to our local television and radio stations and posting this on Facebook.

DO NOT attempt to contact me again, whether by phone, email or regular mail. If you do try to contact me again, or use any information in my resume, I WILL hunt you down and prosecute!!!! If you don't think I have the connections or knowledge to do so...try me!!!!