money laundering

If you sell art online, keep an eye out for overpayment scams.  These scams are designed to trick you into receiving dodgy cheques, money orders, or bank transfers and sending part of the funds back to the scammer.

Email claims that the sender requires a part-time personal assistant to handle financial activities and run various errands in return for a generous weekly wage.

Emails offer recipients part time work as mystery shoppers and promise to send cheques or money orders for them to use in their shopping evaluations.

Emails purporting to be from Rockstar Energy Drink offer to pay recipients a generous weekly fee for displaying an advertising decal on their vehicles.

Email offers you are well-paid assignment as a mystery shopper evaluating the services of stores such as Walmart.

Emails sent to various businesses ask recipients to reply with details of the available products with a view to a future order.

Email purporting to be from an international distributing company offers you a well-paid work-from-home job communicating with the company’s customers and controlling order and purchase data.

Email offers the recipient a part time job cleaning an apartment for a quite generous fee. The cleaner is advised to deduct this fee from a cheque made out for a considerably larger amount and then wire the remainder to the landlord via a money transfer service.

Email offers the recipient work as a mystery shopper evaluating Western Union outlets. The message claims workers will be sent certified checks to cover evaluation costs and their pay.