Sarnia Police received a complaint yesterday from someone indicating that people were duped by a scam on a popular website that posted ads for jobs. Someone representing themselves as an out-of-town realtor was looking for a driver for when the realtor came to town on business. The realtor was promising that his “sponsor” would send a cheque in advance to cover expenses but the person cashing the cheque would need to send a portion of the funds in return. There are other similar scams on various websites where the advertiser is offering to send a cheque but advising you must send part of it back to an address that is most often out of the city and even out of the country.
Please be very cautious when responding to any type of cheque cashing request on the internet. Do some back ground investigation on your own by searching sites and verifying any information. If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
To report suspicious scams, please visit www.antifishing.org or www.antifraudcentre.ca