Hi, I received an email from a supposed hiring manager from redbull, he was offering me a job where all I have to do is drive my car around with their logo company on it, he send me a paycheck and ask me to send some of the money to a guy that is called the "specialist" from the company and that I will keep the rest of the money because of my first payment, I went and cash the check but I don't want to send money to nobody because of my first payment, so what do next?
This IS a scam. It is not a real offer. You can tell because it has the classic check cashing scam built into it - they overpay with a counterfeit check, ask you to deposit it and send some portion of the amount on to another party - via wire transfer (always via wire transfer, because that's how they are untraceable once they've picked up your money). The original check will turn out to be counterfeit and the money you have forwarded is good and you will be on the hook for the full amount because the bank will pull that fraudulent amount back out of your account as soon as they figure it out.
There is no Redbull specialist, there is no car advertisement, there is only a scammer at the other end of that wire transfer, waiting to disappear with your good money.
I'm SO glad this person wrote in, from their Samsung mobile phone, and will NOT be sending any money to this scammer. I told her she doesn't have to even reply - just ignore any further emails from the scammer and let them waste their time while they figure out that no money will be coming from this particular potential victim, who will not be a victim today!
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