OMG WHY DID I NOT SEE THIS ITS 2014 & THIS GUY IS STILL AT IT. HE NOW GOES BY MATHEW SMITH. BE CAREFUL WITH THIS GUY HE IS OUT TO STEAL MONEY & USE YOUR FOR KINDNESS & HONESTY DO NOT TRUST THIS GUY HE IS ONLY USING YOU.

And he said his name was Robert Sean Jerome

Hey I was just contacted by this number to be a personal part time assistant, he says he's 54 year's old everything the same from everybody else.  He said that he way pay me $470/week and he plans on sending me a check FedEx to run errands for him to buys toys for a orphanage and things. I am glad that you guys posted your experience because I knew that it sounded iffy.

Thanks

There's another scammer or same one using the name John Williams. The e-mail is  j.willi0007@gmail.com. Just letting you all know. I almost fell for his scam too.

Interesting thing is I responded to two post different position post on Craigslist and oddly enough they were both from him....the position titles were different and he was so blind to the fact that  he responded to my email address twice about both positions all from him...smh

Well he's still at it again because he contacted me via email yesterday with the same message as the first post and Inalways go with instincts to verify before I do anything and that's when I came across this site and therefor based in other opinions I will not go along with this mess

SAME HERE BUT HE IS USING THE NAME DAVID HATCH NOW....I WENT TO THE BANK NOT MY BANK BUT THE WELLS FARGO BANK THAT THE CHECK SUPPOSEDLY CAME FROM & THEY KEPT THE CHECK....SMH...I TXTD HIM & TOLD HIM.  I HAVNT HEARD FROM HIM SINCE....GO FIGUR....THE BANK SAID THEY KNEW THE CHECK WAS FAKE WNEN THEY TRIED TO PUT THE ACCT NUM IN.

I got the same e-mail but looked into it more before saying yes to anything and thats when I found this page. He used the name Issac Nov this time .

Hopefully no one else gets caught up with this scam!

Wholly sh*t
I just gone through the same thing!
He actually put my number in for a craigslist code!

He has all my basic info, email, phone numbers, address, full name, and my whole school schedule!

This time he used the name John denning

I received the same email and deposited the check, my bank informed me that the check was flagged for investigation and asked me if I had received it in the mail and if I was asked to send any funds to someone.

Once I confirmed that I had, they suggested that it could be part of a scam, apparently it has happened before and is very common.

My advice to anyone looking for a job online is to ALWAYS meet your employer before accomplishing any tasks for them and to trust your instincts. If something feels too odd or unprofessional, you should thoroughly investigate it or just walk away.

Good luck !

ARTHUR KITCHENS almost got me! BEWARE OF AN AD ON CRAIGS LIST BY ARTHUR KITCHENS LOOKING FOR A P/A. Odd way to conduct business. He will say you have the job via email and without meeting you. Sent me check for $3950.00. $450.00 which was supposed to be mine and $3500.00 that was to go to an orphanage. Agressively texting me like crazy trying to see when the check was going to be deposited. I kept asking for a meeting in order to meet my new employer and he said he will be back in the COUNTRY in 2 weeks and that we would meet then. Fishy Fishy FISHY! I am glad I held off and searched some more. The number he was texting me from is 609-738-0087 as you can see is a New Jersey are code. The check looked legit, so I called to verify if the acct was real, which it was a valid Wells Frago acct. The company name on the check, is a real company based out of Los Angeles. All signs pointed to yes, luckily I was at work and searched 'ARTHUR KITCHENS SCAMS' and lo and behold, this site came up with info regarding the SCAM! So if I can help in any way so that no one else gets scammed, that is what I'd like to do. I read one of the postings on this site, who actually deposited the check into their acct and their entire acct was wiped clean.

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Here is a sample of his lingo and email verbage:

1st email:
From: Arthur kitchens <arthurkitchens@yahoo.com>
Date: August 6, 2013, 6:38:29 AM PDT
To:
Subject: Re: Receptionist/Administrative Assistant (Las Vegas)


Hello,

Your resume/email was received and has been reviewed. I appreciate your effort and have decided to give this a ?go.?


My name is Arthur kitchens. I am 51 years old, married with 2 wonderful children. I am a relatively successful entrepreneur and huge investor in the real estate market, which tends to be my main source of income.


I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding as my Personal Assistant. This position I am offering is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that I May come at you impromptu sometimes, so I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings. As my personal assistant, your activities amongst other things will include;

Duties and Requirements:

*Scheduling programmers, flights and keeping me up-to-date with them.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.
*Processing weekly check payment.
*Filing, Faxing, Creating and sending out letters, scanning documents, some personal assistant duties for owners, and many other
*Managing expenses and invoices

Basic wage is $450 weekly from start date.

I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point. Please note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. I would like to give you an immediate trial, so if you are interested kindly get back to me. As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone urgently to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have some funds sent to you to complete the errands and would get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your Personal/Contact Details such as:

FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
HOME PHONE #:
MOBILE PHONE#:
SEX:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
PRESENT JOB:
Nationality: ___________________________
Current Job: ____________________________

Are you eligible to work in the United States? Yes ____ No_____

If you are under age 18, do you have an employment/age certificate? Yes ___ No ___


How often do you check your email: ______________

Days/Hours Available: Hours Available: from _______ to ______

What date are you available to start work? ________________

Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for next week, You will also be paid upfront as its important you help me handle some errands before i get back from my business trip. Hope I am clear with that.

NOTE: ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE SENT TO arthurkitchens@yahoo.com FOR FAST FOLLOW UP AND DIRECT COMMUNICATION

Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.

Yours Sincerely,


2nd email:
From: Arthur Kitchens <arthurkitchens@yahoo.com>
Date: August 6, 2013, 7:55:20 PM PDT
To:
Subject: Congratulations to you on the New P/A Job.
Reply-To: Arthur Kitchens <arthurkitchens@yahoo.com>

Hello
    Congratulations to you on the New P/A Job. ..This is a legitimate P/A  Job am offering you and I hope to have your 100% loyalty and Co-operation. Your quick response to e-mails and effectiveness will be required. I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands out to some of the Orphanage home, I do that every month. A payment inform of a Certified Company Check will be mail to you from one of my clients and i have some list of task to email to you, once you received the funds you will be getting paid from the funds then you will now make use of the rest funds to make arrangements by buying some stuff/gift items for kids at any nearest store around you, and mail them to a particular Orphanage home information that i will provide in my next email..You will be receiving the Check Payment on  Thurday/Friday morning via FedEx courier service and will come along with your first Pay.. I will get back to you with the tracking number of the check payment once mailed to you.

I want you to re-confirm the Name and Address below in order to avoid any loss or misplacement of the check payment ..

Email back ASAP to confirm you received this notification & to confirm you are ready for this task.
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If this helps you, I am glad. My job is done.

I concluded contact with 'Mr. Kitchens' by texting and saying, 'I do not trust this. I will no longer be in contact with you. I WILL NOT BE DESPOSITING CHECK.' Mr. Kitchens still has not responded back...