Minnesota job/check scam

Craigslist job search leads to money scam:

Apparently the fake check scam on craigslist has many faces. This is a new one.

Terri Bourassa of Minnesota went looking for a new job on craigslist and applied to a company called Camelot Property Protection to be a property manager. They sent her a certified letter and a $3000 check and told her to deposit the check and that the money was for certain properties. They also told her to keep some of the money and wire the rest to another account.

Luckily Ms. Bourassa was not born yesterday. She took the check to her bank and even had to show them that the check was a fake. The bank informed the FBI who are investigating.

Like I keep saying even the employment ads on craigslist aren’t safe.

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