The Downside of Online Work

Scammers. They are the lowest of the low. They steal, lie, cheat in order to get money that they don’t deserve. I’m thankful that although I have clients from hell, all of them still pays me when it’s time. Too bad for this online job seeker though. You can read the full story at MSNBC but I’m pasting some of the contents here.

The 51-year-old Bobbie Jean, who requested through her attorney that her last name not be published, is a former accountant who had been unemployed for several months when she responded to an ad on CareerBuilder.com. When she was hired, she was told to collect payments from clients in the United States and wire the money to London.

But the ad, like the firm, was a con.

According to Goldstein, when Bobbie Jean showed up at her local bank to wire the money to London, she was arrested and later charged with a single felony. According to the complaint filed against her, she is charged with taking more than $1,500 and less than $20,000 from the Florida eBay buyer.

Huh. Pretty scary, don’t you think? I’ve always thought I’m too smart to believe those emails from Nigeria asking if they can wire me a ridiculous amount of money. And then I see something like this. Con artists definitely get better and wiser every day.