Matt Kristen Ben Williams, Electronic assemblers inc. craigslist scam, fake check, warehouse job, solana beach, California

I inquired about a warehouse job located in orlando florida. i soon got a email from a matt kristen asking for my address and phone number. the email looked like this

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Matt Kristen <@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hello Joe and thanks for your response.
 
 I am replying back to your message concerning the job posted on Craig
list for a Warehouse worker in which you're interested in, I went
through your email and am quite Impressed and I think you are qualify
for the position. Unfortunately I am out of the state at the moment, Am
on a short Business trip to Eastern Europe. There will be no interview
in Person until I return from my trip.


JOB DESCRIPTION:
You would
perform multi  task, First as a supervisor, which would also include
managing the warehouse and the activities within, Also you would act as
my Personal Assistant, In terms of handling business transaction on my
behalf. You will be Inspecting the running of the warehouse and
your responsibilities includes  testing, sampling, and sorting products
or goods being manufactured and shipped in. The location would be
disclose to you later. The manufactured products can include a large
range of items, including materials, machinery, equipment, Depending the
type of manufacturing environment,You can also be required to have some
technical knowledge. In this type of profession, there are quality
standards that are strictly followed, and daily or weekly production
goals to be met. If a manufactured product does not meet quality
specifications, You're to investigates and reports production line
failures. And You're required to have a high school diploma or GED.


You must be able to stand on your feet for long
period of time, These physical requirements is very important for the
inspector, You will be working 2 days in a week and you're to choose any
2 days of the week from Monday to Saturday that will be
preferable to you and you will be working 4hrs in those 2 days and that
will be from 9am-12pm and I will be offering you $300.00/week and you
will be doing these for 8 weeks. Method of payment will be a cashier
check or a Money order.


If you're interested kindly get back to me with the following information:-
FULL NAME:ADDRESS:STATE:CITY:ZIP CODE:PHONE#:


I will be looking forward hearing from you and then proceed on the next step forward.Best regards
Matthew Kristen

it all looked legit until i responded and got the next email

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Matt Kristen <@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello Joseph
Thanks
for the email and interest towards this position. I'm sure you
understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point and please
note that this position is not office based for now because of my
frequent travels and tight schedules. If you possess great skills of
time management, this job may even give you some extra while you do
something else on the side. When I arrive in the States which will be in
3 weeks time by God's grace, we would make arrangement for a formal
meeting so we can both sign all necessary employment contract documents.

As I have said, I will want us to get a head start
with things as soon as possible. I do have a pile up of works 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 effectiveness
towards this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I
really know
 you can meet up with the intelligence demanded for the position,
I'm confident you can take up the challenges based on your resume and on
the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship
together.


I am glad you are willing to work
with me and I promise to be a good boss, also am glad on the commitment
you have shown toward working with me. I have been checking my files and
what I would want you to do for me this  week is to run some errands
out on a fabric store which will ship materials that will be used in the
warehouse .

The funds to perform this task will be in form of a
Cashier's Check and it will be sent over to you from one
of my clients. You will have to deduct your first week salary out of
the funds to guarantee you that you have the position secured and
transfer the rest fund to the fabric store that will be shipping
materials to the ware house.

Your response to this email confirms your interest
in the position, I will also provide some information about the task for
this coming week. Hope I am clear with that. So please confirm your
mailing address once again. Your swift response to this email will be
highly advantageous.


Regards.Matt Kristen

i responded saying that this sounds like a scam and he assured me that it wasn't, i didnt buy it. i broke contact with the individual and didn't contact him further.  about a week later i got a check for $1950 through a fedex overnight package and received this email.

Hello Joseph,
Good Morning.
Hope you had a great weekend. The payment which would mobilize your
first assignment has been mailed and will be delivered at your door this
morning VIA Fedex express mail with tracking number: 876259066740 Job For The Week:The
payment you will receive will be for $1950 . So I am using this medium
to test your efficiency and know how much you can be trusted with
financial assignment, As you will be dealing with bigger amount of Cash
and Goods in the warehouse. I hope you will be honest and faithful to
the end.
What To Do:You are kindly
advise to deposit the payment into your BANK ACCOUNT and wait till bank
clear the fund.You will the proceed to deduct your agreed $300 weekly
wage. The
remnant of the funds is to be Transferred Via Western Union to a fabric
store in CA, where I have purchased some fabrics materials which are to
be shipped into the warehouse for use. The goods are expected to be
shipped in as soon as the transfer is effected, Upon the shipment of the
goods, You would be given the location of the warehouse where you would
immediately go and inspect and supervise the activities there.
Below are the information needed for the Transfer:
RECEIVER'S NAME: Donald Lambert
RECEIVER'S ADDRESS: 900 University Ave                     Riverside,CA 92517  
As soon as the payment is been done you are to get back to me with the
below information in order for the store manager to get the funds picked
up:
Sender's Name:Sender's
Address:Total Amount Sent:M.T.C.N #( Money Transfer Control Number ) ( 10 Digit # ):
I would be awaiting your response soon. NOTE: All charges for the transfer should be taken from the funds you are transferring.
Best Regard'sMatthew Kristen

this is a total scam. anyone who asks you to cash a check then send part of it to someone else is trying to scam you.