<prompt> Human: This isnt a regular rpersonalfinance post, but its the only place I think Ill get good advice on this problem.So a few days ago I got an email from a company called Russell Collection Agency. They said I had been selected to apply for a position called Payment Receiving and Processing Agent PRPA. Here is the link to the description of the job and the salary etc...: I did not apply to this job. They simply emailed me about it. This set off some red flags for me because normally in these situations its just a pyramid scheme. So I researched the company. Nothing fishy comes up when you google Russell Collection Agency. They have a phone number, fax number, an address, and they are even an accredited business on Better Business Bureau:I asked the guy who emailed me about how I was selected an this was his response: Thank you for the email.With regards to your question on how we found you, we are subscribedto a resume delivery service In the span of a month, we get about 100 to 150 resume submissionsfrom them, which meet our criteria or specification for employment andall we do is contact the candidates we feel will be able to fill theposition.He also never asked me to pay for anything upfront and he never asked for any private information like SSN, birthday, or banking info. All they have is my name, number, address, and where I bank wells fargo. The position just seems too good to be true. So I googled the PRPA position itself. I came across this:For the most part, the position Ive received from this company matches up with what this website claims to be serious fraud. The only thing is, the research Ive conducted on the company itself seems so legit! I even gave them a call. They didnt pick up its 9pm on Sunday but it seemed all normal the answering machine outlined the normal business hours etc.... They even have a full working database where the username and password he gave me to log on works! One thing is for sure if this is a scam, its a VERY intricate one. The guy I am emailing right now seems well spoken and cogent which makes me think he isnt some scammer idiot from nigeria or india. I asked him about how my salary will be taxed and he basically said that he was going to ask for all my tax information SSN, drivers license number, etc... tomorrow when he got to the office. He gave me a link to the site where he wants me to upload this info Im definitely not going to until I can verify with 150 assuredness that this isnt a scam. HELPPP is this a scam or legit? Because 1000 a month sounds really good to a broke college student. Edit: Also this is how they want me to disburse money to these landlords this is directly off the site: Landlord Payment Information If you are unable to find your allocated Landlord, please contact support . Cross reference the Memo on any check you receive with the Memo below to assign payments due to each Landlord.Here they placed a bunch of landlord info in this format: Memo 6099155Landlord Name: David TibbitsAddress: 433 E Trevor ReColbert, WA, 99005Visit any of the stores in your area and buy a MoneyPak.To view stores offering the MoneyPak CLICK HERE to find MoneyPak purchase locations with your ZipCodeNOTEAs soon as the Backlog check you receive clears and money is made available to you at your bank, you should take out the total available to you less the 8 processing charge.For example, you receive a 900 Backlog check and process at your bank. Once the 900 has come through from the check and money is made available on your account from this check, you should first of all deduct the 8 processing charge due to you which in this exemplary case is 72. You will then take out 828 and proceed to any of the listed stores from your Zipcode search and buy MoneyPaks.MoneyPaks are usually sold for denominations of 500 and less i.e. 200, 100. In this 828 exemplary case, you will be buying MoneyPaks of 500, 200 and 100. MoneyPaks cost 4 each, so the 28 extra on the 800 will cover the purchase of the 800 MoneyPak.Once you have the MoneyPaks, you can confirm and verify the purchase of the Moneypaks via our website portal ,before mailing out the MoneyPaks to the Landlord.On the portal above, you will be required to input the following information, to transmit and register a MoneyPak you purchased to the Accounts Department for records.Landlord Name:Amount:MoneyPak :1. The Landlord Name would be the name of the Landlord being paid2. Then the amount on the MoneyPak i.e. 500 or 200 or 1003. Then the MoneyPak 14 Digit number revealed, once you scratch off the backYou should always double check the MoneyPak to ensure accuracy of all 14 Digits before you transmit and mail out.You can then mail out the MoneyPaks to the Landlord once you have double checked and transmitted all information required for records.If you have any questions or problems, send an email to and also send a copy to just to be double sure your email is received.Edit: As you can see, the difference between this and what that website described as a scam is that I am not wiring money anywhere. Im cashing a check and using that check to buy a MoneyPak from CVS and then PHYSICALLY mailing that check to an address. So they dont have any apparent opportunities to steal my banking info or my identity. EDIT: Thank god I posted here! Thank you for all the advice, I understand how this works now. Its one hell of a scam Ill tell you that, it almost had my parents fooled too and we dont fall for things like this at all. I smelled super fishy the whole time, but I guess the 1000 a month enticed me into denial.  <response>: Run. Run far away. Huge scam.Look at the URL. Theres an extra S in there - russellSagency.There is a legit business in Michigan with the name and URL of russellagency - but this is not it. This is a fraud and a very clever one at that, because they are so similarly named to a legitimate business that people can easily fall for it. 