# Scam (Internet and Otherwise) Omnibus Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265 "2022-04-04T18:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265/4 "2022-04-19T20:49:14Z")
Just linking to another recent scam thread to add to our (sadly) ever-growing database. > [@What is this scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-scam/963007): > > I received this message on Linkedin. Hello David. This is Chun. I found some U.S. software projects. To start project my client wants to send laptop. Can you receive it and turn it on please? So I can work remotely? I can pay some money for this? What he’s saying doesn’t make much sense. Why would he need me to host a laptop for him to work on remotely? He obviously has his own computer. But I can’t figure out the scam. It seems unlikely but could this be someone trying to plant connected l… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-internet-and-otherwise-omnibus-thread/962265)._