They posted on Sittercity as a virtual office assistant position.
Complaint 32735 Details

This is the ad that was posted:

P/T Office Assistant
Attention,

If you have access to a computer, and have up to ½ hrs hours spare time per week you can get paid, No selling is involved, No ads, No experience required as well for this job. Sign-up is free. Presently, I am looking for an Online Personal Assistant/ Online accountant or book-keeper, Due to my very busy work schedule, I require an assistance on some very important personal issues. At this time, I am only searching for 2-3 personal Online assistants.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POSITION: You will mainly be helping me with Scheduling programs, Online Records, Online Accounting/Payment Receiving booking keeping , supervision and monitoring. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home. I do have lots of works piled up presently and numbers of unattended Online works which you can immediately assist me with after filling your application form.

ABOUT MY COMPANY: Steve Brown Leather Art Gallery is one of the world leading art Gallery. It operates in every aspect of art Work. My company deals in the sale of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and I have customers I supply weekly in the States and have reached big sales volume.

Our customers that bought goods from company normally pay us by Check, as soon as you receive the check, you are to take it to your bank and cash it or deposit and when the check clear in your account, you are to deduct 400% commission for yourself and send the rest balance to the company information that will be provided to you in my next e-mail via western union.

How would you get paid? Eight hundred and fifty dollars ($850) Every two weeks is your salary, and $400 commission of every assignment you carry out, One and a half hour is our daily work time either daytime OR evening, depending on your choice of time, plus other incentives and benefits that accrue, which includes tax, vacation , Child day care assistant, health, etc.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS Ability to read and write, ability to use computer and internet. Prompt reply to your email. If you meet these conditions do not wait to get back to me, Best address to get your answer in time ([email protected] ) or the e-mail address below, please make sure you contact me back via the e-mail address above or below only. i would be getting back to you within 24hrs when i get your reply.

Fill your Application form for the part time job:

* Full Name:
* Gender:
* Address (NO PO BOX):
* City:
* State:
* Zip Code:
* Phone Number:
* Age:
* Occupation:
* Email Address:
* Is this your first Internet Job?:

OR Send your RESUME. Board of Directors
Steve Brown
E-mail: [email protected]
Registered ID: 5889799
(Reg No: 28709/016677/00)
Steve Brown
Reply Back by sending your full address information to this e-mail address only ([email protected] )
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Rate:
$300 / Week - $400 / Week

After I responded to this, I received an email like this:

Online Application Form

I received your application, I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have
a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is
not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight
schedules, it's a part-time, work from home basis and the flexibilty
means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it's a little
difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week.
If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some
extra while you do something else on the side.
request you to fill and complete the EMPLOYMENT FORM in the list
below, all the required information must be fill correctly. If you do
not fill in
all the required fields, your Application will not be processed. We
also request you to state a brief description about yourself in your
next
email.
As I have said, I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as
possible. I do have a file up of work and a number of unattended
chores which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up
with the workload eventually. Permit me to use this coming week to
test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out
your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the
perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the
challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound
working relationship between us.
I am glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good
boss. I am also glad on the commitment in working. I have been
checking my files and what i would want you to do for me next week is
to do shopping for office equipment/printing materials for my new
office, A check will be mail to you from a Client next week, the money
is needed to get some Tools need for my new office.
So the payment you are receiving is for my Client and the Money is
Needed to furnish my New Office, the Money is needed to get some
Equipments and tools into the Office .So once you received the Check
all needed of you to do is for you to deduct your $400 weekly Pay from
it and send the remaining money to the Manager to arrange those Tools
inside the Office,
We have payments pending and would like you to start with us as soon
as possible and we would like to bring to your notice that payment
could come
twice or trice in a week it all depends on your ability to get the
check cashed. You can handle as many as 3 or more transactions per
week, but you'll be
handling one (1) initially to see how efficiently and how quickly you
can carry out the completion. On 3 transactions you're sure of nothing
less
than $400 weekly.
If you are presently employed it would not reduce your chances of
working with us). So get back with the filled form below and let start
doing
business.
EMPLOYMENT FORM:
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FIRST NAME:
______________________________
_____________________________________________
MIDDLE NAME:
___________________________________________________________________________
LAST NAME:
___________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS LINE (NOT P. O. BOX):
___________________________________________________________________________
CITY:
___________________________________________________________________________
STATE:
___________________________________________________________________________
ZIP:
___________________________________________________________________________
HOME PHONE:
___________________________________________________________________________
CELL PHONE:
___________________________________________________________________________
SEx:_______________________________________________________________________
OCCUPATION:
___________________________________________________________________________
ATTESTATION
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According to how you have been briefed earlier. You are required to
receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm.
You are to deduct $400 of all funds processed on a particular order &
forward the balance payment via Western Union or Wire Transfer to the
Manager of company’s regional warehouses that will be given to you
later.
You will notify the company a week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue this job. So as to terminate all payment coming your way
to
avoid conflict. In agreement to this kindly append signature below.
Signature_______________________ Date____________________
(Full Name)
Please show your continued interest in this position by completing the
above Employment Form.
We would be expecting to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Steve
Registered ID: 5889799
(Reg No: 28709/016677/00)

If people do this, they will lose all money sent because the checks sent are not good. When I was scammed before (I feel so stupid), they sent me a check which I was supposed to deposit into my already established bank account. Because my bank has known me forever, they only held it for a day, and then I was suppose to wire money to this supposed "company". Thank God I didn't get through the wire process (thank you Western Union)! If I did, then the next day, when the bank was notified of the fraudulent check, and the money was removed from my account, I would have been responsible to repay the bank $65,000!! My account was frozen, I needed to report it to the FBI. What a mess...I was so scared. So when I got this email back, I recognized it...it was just like the other one, but it had different "responsibilities"....same end. They posted this like a regular job on Sittercity...and it looks legitimate...be AWARE!!!