Ive been ask to cash checks, money orders for out of country business.?

I have a small business I work from home. When times the business is slow I had went online to find work from home. Now all I get are people sending me emails for me to cash traveler checks and money orders and they want me to take a 10% and then forward the money on through Western Union. Is this legal? My main goal this year was to get out of debt not go to prison or fall for a scam. Each one says its legal . Who do you ask?

It's a scam. It's illegal and if a bank were to find out that you did i, you'd get busted, even if it wasn't your intentions to steal from people. Cause what those people do is somehow get other people's bank accounts information and they send that check to you and have you cash it, but it's really stolen money.

But this isn't a scam..

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don't do it. it is a typical scam all over the news.

I wouldn't trust them. Why can't they cash the travelers checks or money orders at a bank in their own country? Don't do it.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't. Ask the Attorney General of your state.

They are scams. The travelers checks and money orders are forgeries.

No, its not legal. Its a scam. You send the money forward and then later the bank comes after you because they're fake.

This is a scam. You deposit the money into your account send them 10% and then you find out the bank has refused the check or M/O and takes the money out of your account.

Don't do it.

And don't ever give these people your banking information. They will clean you out.

This is a huge worldwide scam that is bilking people out of their identities, checking account balances and security by the millions. Never respond to t hese emails. Block their emails from your inbox.

This is a huge scam. They send you forged checks that are so good that the banks can't even tell. Then you send them money via western union and 6 weeks later the checks bounce. you are liable for all the money to your bank. Don't fall for this! More info
http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx

http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/fakec...

http://www.westernunion.com/info/fraudIn...

This is called a 419 scam, named after the section of the Nigerian penal code that forbids this sort of activity. These scams originate from all over the world, but Nigeria has had well publicized cases of such scams, and thus many people tend to believe that they are conducted exclusively in that country.

The gist of a 419 scam is that someone is in dire need of assistance (e.g. to move money out of the country, get cheques cashed, etc.), and they can't do it without your help. In return for your assistance, they promise you a cut of whatever profit they earn.

The scam is that they will eventually inform you that there is some sort of processing fee or other expense that you must first pay in order to complete the deal. This is fraudlent. It is called "Advanced Fee Fraud". They will then either ask you to send money via Western Union, or ask for your bank account information.

Of course, after complying with their wishes, they will make off with your money, and you will receive nothing.

According to http://www.caslon.com.au/419scamnote.htm... "Annual losses to the scam in the United States total more than $100 million, and law enforcement officials believe global losses may total over $1.5 billion."

To learn more about this sort of scam, please review the following resources:

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419_scam
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...

The following site documents humourous accounts of people who have turned the tables on the scammers, leading them on and wasting their time, fooling them into thinking that they were successfully scamming them:

http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room...

Above all, NEVER:

- Provide your credit card number, bank account information, social security number, or any other confidential information.

- Do not give them your phone number, home address, or any other personal information about you.

- Do not send money to them online or via traditional services such as Western Union.

The best thing to do is to forward the email to the abuse address of your Internet Service Provider. Usually, this is just abuse@yourisp.com. Be sure to include the headers of the email (if you know how), so that they have sufficient information about the email and its (supposed) point of origin.

Hope this helps. Be careful.

NO. Don't handle money for the trusting but persecuted benficiaries of rich Nigerians, either.

NO NO NO DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT CASH THEM CHECKS IF U GOT ANY THROW THEM AWAY THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL THEY WANY BUT TRUST ME THEY ARE ALL FAKE AND SCAMS I GOT A 43K CHECK FORM UK AND IT WAS A FRAUD PLEASE TRUST ME DO NOT DO NOT CUZ IF U DO AND SEND IT THREW WESTERN UNION BAM ITS OVA U IN TROUBLE AND THEM SCAMMERS GET AWAY CUZ THEY ALL USE FAKE ID'S AND STUFF...TEHY MIGHT EVEN TELL YOU THAT TO SEND THE MONEY USE WESTERNUION AND SEND IT TO THEIR "PARTNER" WHOS NAME IS KABORKE....AND THE NAME THEY USE TO E-MAIL U IS LIKE STEVE OR MARK JAMES...THE REAL THING IS THE SCAMMERS REAL NAME IS KABORKI OK..BOTTOM LINE PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT EM..JUST USE IT TO WIPE THE KITCHEN FLO OR SOMEHTING..HOLLA AND ALSO WHAT BUSINESS YOU GOT?