I am leaving out some details until I get her next e-mail, which should tell me a lot more.
Luckily nothing has transpired yet. This appears to be a variation on some of the Susan Smith scams that I have seen posted here. I was contacted by someone on (good old) roommates.com who is seeking a roomie for a year while on educational leave here in the US. I told her how much I would need as a deposit, but her last letter stated that her employer would be sending half of her study leave pay to the roomie, and the other half to her when she arrives. The variants are as follows:
She does not claim to be a model, computer consultant, or any of the other ones. She claims to be with a real organization, that does exist overseas. I have tracked down that information so far. I have also sent a request to the organization to see if they know her or her supervisor. I did go so far as to track down the website , and the website and organization are a government entity, which validates what she has told me so far. Because everything so far she has said traces down to real people and real government entity. I am trying to find out what school she plans to attend in my area, since I do IT work for all the universities here where I am, so I will easily be able to find out if she is indeed enrolled for the January term
It MAY be legit. I am waiting to hear more from her. Once I get the next e-mails I will post a follow-up. I am not putting her info out here just yet as I want to see which way the e-mails will go. She DID offer to send via bank wire, which I am not keen about giving out my routing information
CJ
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