Robert Purcell
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I was looking on CRAIGSLIST for a job..which i dont recommend to anyone and i came across an ad that was first speaking of veterinary assistance. I later came to find that it was this man who claimed to be a lawyer named Robert Purcell. I figured it was a legit job. He told me that he was out of the country for about two weeks and he needed me to do some work for him while he was away. He told me that he helps out orphanages every month. He sent me a check over night for $2,750 which out of that $400 was for my APPARENT weekly pay. He wanted me to wire the rest of the money to the Philippines where the apparent orphanage was located. After going to the bank for a possible cashing of the check one quick phone call to the credit union of which the check came from, verified the check was indeed fraud! below is the email that he first sent me ...he sounded fairly professional compared to other craigslist scammers ive came in contact with.









Thanks for showing interests on the AD ( Personal Assistant ). I received and read your e-mail , i think you have all it takes to be employed for this job,I need PA to help me monitor and keep up to date with all my activities.

I'm Robert Purcell , 45 yrs of age,I'm a lawyer by profession, I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get involved in; from the International business/corporate immigration ,International investment immigration and family immigration to United State also various welfare and community service programs. i most very often get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.


As my assistant, your activities will be.

*Running personal errands, supervisions and monitoring.
*Scheduling programs, flights and keeping me up to date with them.
*Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence when I'm away.
*Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf.
*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.

Basic wage is $400 a week


I'd want us to get a head start with things as soon as possible. I do have a pile up of work and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with and i hope we can meet up with the workload eventually. Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine.

I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us. I will be glad if you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. 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 new month.



This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we should be able to arrange a proper meeting to get things started officially that when i get back from my trip, I'm currently in the France meeting up with a corporate company willing to migrate there business to state, so i will be in France for the next 2 weeks, so till i get back this position will be a part-time and home-based job because my new office in your local area will not be set up till i get back to the state, you will be working in your area no need for relocation.

Let me know if you will be able to work as my Personal Assistance , Once i received your confirmation email i will get back to you with the task for this week. Please understand you will be paid for the first week immediately ( $400 ) ,its important for me to have everything setup before i get back from my trip. Hope i am clear with that.


Kindly PLEASE FILL THE APPLICATION FORM BELOW


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Hope to read from you soon .

Robert Purcell