I’m so tempted to join this work-at-home business called Eastern Financial Group …?

You would be a Payment Processing Manager and you transfer money they put in your account to one of their clients and get 5% commission. I would open a new account at a different bank than the one I use. They also want US, Great Britain, and New Zealand citizens to do this. Does this sound legit? Anyone else out there working for Eastern Financial Group? Is this a way to get an outsourced job back to a U.S. citizen? So far, all they’ve asked for is my birth date, but I haven’t submitted anything yet. Does this sound like possible identity theft or money laundering for Al Queda? Could it really be a good opportunity? Their website is http://www.easternfinance.co.in.
Thank you for any input.

Not Al Queda, just a scam.

What they do is send a false deposit into your account, and you then deposit the money for them and keep 5%. However when the bank gets the deposit, usually a false cheque, it’ll bounce. But this takes a few days.

Basically it puts your account into a negative, and then you’re stuck paying off this bill.

Report them to authorities immediately, it is a scam.

This same thing happened in my town, with students subletting. People would call people who had their places up for sublet, and say they were from a far off place. They then send a false money order for a large amount, larger than what’s needed. They then ask for them to put it in their account and send them the difference. Then when the cheque goes through the banks and bounces, these people are stuck with a huge bill.

The other thing these guys may get you to do is to divulge your own bank account information, then they just suck the money from your pockets.

Don’t fall for it, forward it to the cops.

PS: The tell I think is in the fact that they say they deal with a lot of money, yet they’re trusting absolute strangers without credentials or certification with this money. That’s like me asking random people on the street to take my money and deposit it into my account, it’s totally illogical.