So, a few weeks ago I mentioned that I almost fell for a pretty well orchestrated scam on Craigslist. Check out the previous post: James Phillip tried to scam me. This week I am writing a follow-up to that post. Mr. Phillip decided to get in touch with me again.
Conversation Continued:
**I have already realized it’s a scam and am trying to closet the conversation gracefully without alerting him to the fact that I know what’s going on***
April 24, 2013-Mr Phillip Wrote:
Hello ,
Thanks for getting back to me promptly, and also, i really appreciate your expediency.I have Spoken to my secretary regards your first week payment
You will be receiving a check of $2450 out which you will deduct your pay for the first week and the rest of the funds be used for necessary bills in the house while am away , My Secretary will be touching bases with you while am away
You should endeavour to check your email 2-3 times in a day to read updates from us
Thanks
April 24, 2013 My reply
Dear Mr. Phillip,
I accepted a different part-time job and won’t be working for you. DO NOT send me a check. If you do, it will be voided and cut in half and returned to sender.
All the best,
M. Jackson
April 26, 2013-Mr. Phillip keeps trying having ignored my previous email
Greetings ,
How are you doing today? Hope your day is going as planned! Mine has been hectic due to volume of jobs am handling presently,We don’t want you to go through much stress since I told my secretary about the time constrain.I am glad to inform you that the payment has been mailed to you and it will be delivered to you today. It was mailed via USPS and here’s the tracking number: 947010169932xxxxxxxxxx
You can have it tracked via : tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action to know the status of the delivery.
The payment sent to you include your First Week Pay and you will be using the rest of the funds to sort some necessary bills in the house,i already instructed my secretary to mail you the keys and full description to the house.Just ensure that your on the look out for the house,it just some few miles away from you.Currently there is Security upgrade going on in the house, once it has being completed you can start working.
I will like you to have the check deposited in your bank today or deposit it via your bank ATM so that you can have access to withdraw the cash in 12 hours .Kindly email back as soon as you complete the deposit so that you can be feed with more details.As you are aware that am out of the state at the moment,I will inform my secretary to touch bases with you or you can call him on 970) 658-0783 and you can also reach me directly on +44 702 409 0843
I’ll await to read from you as soon as possible.
Regards,
April 26, 2013-My Reply
Hi,
The check will be shredded upon arrival.
MJ
Mr. Phillips tries again April 26, 2013
Thanks for Getting back to me Promptly , Currently there is a security upgrade going on in the house , my secretary will mail you the keys and description to the house once the upgrade is done so you can start your work , He should contact you anytime soon ,His name is Tom Burner , And also ensure the check is deposited for clearance once it cleared you will be deducting your first week payment and you use the rest of the funds to sort out some necessary bills in the house , hope to read from you soon thanks
Regards .
***I received a check that was for $2750. The check was mailed from Ohio and drawn from a bank in Minnesota. From someone allegedly doing business in Colorado***
MY REPLY-Because at this point I’m basically sick of this shit.
Mr. Phillip,
Stop emailing me. I have marked this email as spam. I won’t deposit the check and will shred it/tear it up/write void on it/cut it up/and burn it. Basically, I don’t want anything to do with this shady situation.
Thanks,
MJ
I haven’t heard from him since.
Getting ready to go postal on this check
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OMG that’s crazy. What I can’t figure out is why it benefits him. What does he get out of it? This line cracked me up: “You should endeavour to check your email 2-3 times in a day to read updates from us.” You can always tell when some random person sitting in a hut in some 3rd world country is writing emails that they want to sound professional and it just screams SPAM! It’s sad that people still probably fall for this kind of thing all the time. Around here, what is big is an apartment which seems to good to be true. They can’t show you the place because they are out of the country on missionary work, but if you fill out the credit check they will approve you right away. Sad.
I think that I would have been contacted by someone in Colorado and asked for a majority of the extra money from the check. Also, the check would eventually bounce because those checks are almost always fraudulent. What an a@@hole! I feel badly for the people who fell for it.
Wow, he’s persistent, that’s for sure. Glad you finally got him out of your life. I’d missed the first part of the story, but went back to read it. I’ve had pretty good luck with craigslist (not for jobs, just for furniture and what not in the past). I guess the scammers have really taken hold of the site, sad!
I’ve had a pretty good experience with Craigslist and continue to use it. But, I will def. listen to my intuition when I begin to think the situation seems a little strange. I didn’t do that and almost got burned!
Very shady indeed. I hate these spams and worse, you really got a check.. Good call for tearing them apart. Hope you won’t hear from him again.
I honestly couldn’t believe that they would send the check. Especially after I had said several times that I wouldn’t cash it. So shady.
I think I have been scammed by this Philip James to but not like this check thing here if y can help me please contact me
I’m so sorry to hear that!!! What exactly happened?