Good Afternoon Folks!
I just wanted to chime in on this to provide a different point of view.
I work for Philadelphia Insurance companies, and received a call this morning from an unsuspecting victim of the fabled "Steven Clockwood".
She apparently has responded to his ad for a job, and he sent her a check for nearly $3000 as payment.
Now here's the fun part.... It was on a check from our company. Why an "art dealer" would send a check printed from an insurance company apparently never crossed her mind, but regardless, she attempted to deposit it. Because of our company's security and the bank's procedures, the check was flagged as FRAUD, and now the woman's accounts are frozen.
I am unsure as to whether any money was withdrawn by the mysterious Mr. Clockwood, but I do know this is a headache that could have been avoided.

I got an email from this guy, he called himself Steven Clockwood, about a job offering (from craigslist). It looked really nice and I went with it until he sent me a check that he wanted me to cash in then use for a money order. I took it to the bank and they said it was a fake. Don't do this. If you get an email like the one that gary posted. Delete it and move on!!!!!

I just reported him to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx). If you have the time, please do this to. If enough people send in the same complaint then maybe something will be done about it and this guy, whoever he is, will get caught.

I got the same email, except his name was Steven Clockwood. For anyone looking at this, don't respond and defiantly don't cash in anything that he sends you if you have gotten that far in the process! It's a scam!!!!

Agreed, he did the same to me.

Same here James McCLarry!!! SCAM!!! In Craigslist...

applied to 2 different jobs on craigslist. got the same email response from both. one signed patrick elijah and the other steven clockwood

if you deposit the check into your checking account, your checking account can be canceled

Got the exact same message this morning but it was signed by a Todd Harrison.  BEWARE!!!  Glad I came here to check it all out.

I got the same exact email this morning.

Been there done that. The person now has you information. They will send you a check and have you deposit in your account. "DON'T DO IT"!!!!!!!
Two times I have taken the check to my or any Bank to get it verified for funds or that the account exists.
IT DOES NOT, so if you deposited it in your account and have sent them them money thay say they need do complete the errands your supposed to do for them, YOUR OUT THAT MONEY and sitting and finding how stupid you were.
DON"T DO IT.

iT ID S SCAM!!!!!!!! hE WILL WANT YOU TO DEPOSIT THE CHECK AND TELL YOU TO WAIT UNTIL IT CLEARS.  WE SO YOU THAT IT WILL CLEAR BUT COME BACK ON YOU FOR WHEN IT GETS TO HIS BANK HE WOULD HAVE PUT A STOP PAYMENT ON THE CHECK AND THEREFORE IT WILL BE AGAINST YOU.

definatly a scam got this email last night

Hello ,

How are you doing today? I?m very happy that you want to becoming part  of our company by working for us. Thanks for the mail...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,Art works,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. It does not matter where  you are located as long as you reside in the united states.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 Australia 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 me or our customers. 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,art works,antiques business and personal letters..  All expenses and taxes will be covered by me.  You will work between 15 and 20hrs a month..I will pay $350.00 weekly, That is not a bad offer is it?  I need your service because I am constantly out of town. I work in a realestate and I own an Art Gallery in Australia. I will return to USA in AUGUST 2013 so 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 from you.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.I will provide you with 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 as 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?          

Kindly,provide me with the following details below      

Full Name
Full Address
City
State
Country
Zip Code    
Phone Number    
Age

Thank you.
Anthony Benton.
Tel:(+61)4039-77545    
Tel: (925)-940-5319.

I replied to the Craigs List add & got the same email,,take the check to your bank and have them check it out, I am sure its a scam but would be curious on what your bank says & how they handle the situation

Aawww im pretty schetchy about it i saw this add on craighlist about a job offering as a receptionist in my area and when i replied i got this weird job offering. So as soon as i wrote him back he told me more details about the job basically shipping items out & buying artworks etc. Now i feel dumb because i gave him my info. & i received a check today for $2300 saying hes paying me upfront for my service etc. im really concerned whether this might be a scam though?

I got too. The email is long with detailed information about the guy as well as the job. lookes pretty like scheme.

I got the same respond .asking for my name address phone number for a assintanr job but originally I answered a detailing job

Megan,

I have been sent the same number in a response to a job offering. Is it a scam? How are you sure?

job*

scam trying to say its a jon