Can someone help me out with this.

hummy

A friend of mine looking for part time work around his studies replied to a gumtree ad recently for a job with an immediate start. The reply received is mentioned below. Both of us are struggling to figure out if it is a scam or not so perhaps some wise people on these boards can help us out and let us know if it seems genuine enough?

Thanks for the mail...Are you serious having this part time job?
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 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.
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 USA 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
where I want them mailed to. 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,
clothings business and personal letters.. All expenses and taxes will
be covered by me. You will
workbetween 15 and 20hrs a month..
How much will you charge per month? I will pay £300. That is not
a bad offer is it? I need your service because I am constantly out of
town. I work in real
estate and I own an Art Gallery in USA. I will return soon 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 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.
You will be shopping for Electronics and clothing's.
I will provide you 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 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?
Maybe you can provide me with the following details below
Full Name:
Full Address:
(NO P.O.BOX)
City:
State:
Country:
postcode:
Phone Number:
if you have yahoo messenger or hotmail to chat with you also about the job

geordie_joe

It's a scam, keep well away from it.

The job is collecting parcels bought with stolen cards.

Someone uses a stolen card to buy over the internet and have the item sent to your friends address. Your friend then forwards them on to a PO box. They may also use the cards to pay money into your friends account so they can buy items to forward on.

When it all goes belly up the only person around to get caught is your friend.

hummy

ahh...so thats how it works ....make sense now...

I knew someone on here would know what was going on.

fengirl_2

Or, more likely, he will mail you money upfront to buy goods and you will bank the money then buy the goods. Many weeks later, his cheque bounces and you are left holding the baby.