“A Craigslist user allegedly swindled a West Des Moines man out of $2,600 last week, according to a West Des Moines police report.
A West Des Moines woman told police on Friday that she received an email in late June from a man responding to her Craigslist ad. The woman placed the ad because she was looking for secretarial work, the report stated…
She told police her first task was to receive a check in the mail, deposit the check, wait 24 hours before withdrawing the money, and then transfer that money to someone in Mississippi”
Are these types of scams common?