Hello everyone, i was referred here by a friend because i almost became a victim of one of these scams.
Long story (as) short (as possible)
The lady sent an im to me through Yahoo, said she would ship me a printer that prints checks (with the MIcR ink) and i would basically be doing payroll for her.
skipping details here but she gave me what turned out to be an invalid (UPS)account number, when a wonderful man at the UPS center near me tracked the number for me, he said the number belonged to someone in another state, of another gender, with a different name. and the account has been cancelled.
either way, there is a printer on its way to my house. my buddy said i should refuse it and have it sent back...there are alot of reasons why i feel weary about this and i havent given her anything but my address.. which, anyone can get anyones address. i will NOT give her anything more than that trust me.
she told me to go to all the local UPS stores and get as many blank ASD as possible so she could "train me" on how to fill them out before the printer arrived.
she kept dancing around the questions i was asking her (by the way this is all taking place on yahoo messenger, she claims she is in paris atm, but she lives in fresno california. i am keeping a log of all conversations.)::::
"What about a w-4 so i can file my taxes next year?"
she says: 'the w-4 will have to wait till i expand my business, you are only my 2nd employee!'
"Well, i at least need a company name"
she says: i have not named the company yet, i suppose you can just put "****Printing Co. (**** was her name)"
"How am i supposed to file my taxes without all this information?"
she says 'think think think now dear, this is something you should be able to figure out without my help.....'
i guess give me your opinion if you like and thanks in advance. i love UPS you're the best shipping EVAR!