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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: a student wants to have money wired to my account for him... |
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I have a student who wants to have money(Euros) wired to my US account for him. Apparently his office doesn't have anything set up as of yet to accept foreign payments from the French business they are working with, the office is in Busan. He has offered to pay me 110,000 of the 2.5 million won for my trouble... does this seem shady to anyone?
I suggested that he could just have the money transferred to a credit card account, aren't Mastercard and Visa global? Anyway what are the possible risks for me to do this? If anything he's taking a risk that i could leave the country with his money right? Not that I would as my job is pretty good and above all else I don't want to lose it for being a patsy in some ajoshi's money laundering attempt.
I didn't get to big of a creepy vibe from the dude, aside from the fact that he is the first Korean I have met with a smattering of a German accent. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Run it by his parents and perhaps your own authority there. |
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject: he's an adult... |
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| the student is an adult, and I had my lead Korean coteacher (fluent in English) translate the whole thing back to him to make sure we were on the same sheet of music... |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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Do it for sure!
He's testing you out for some bigger sums, wait for the big score (100,00K), grab the money and do a runner. No court in any land will convict you!
If you're not interested send him my way! |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: Re: a student wants to have money wired to my account for hi |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
I have a student who wants to have money(Euros) wired to my US account for him. Apparently his office doesn't have anything set up as of yet to accept foreign payments from the French business they are working with, the office is in Busan. He has offered to pay me 110,000 of the 2.5 million won for my trouble... does this seem shady to anyone?
I suggested that he could just have the money transferred to a credit card account, aren't Mastercard and Visa global? Anyway what are the possible risks for me to do this? If anything he's taking a risk that i could leave the country with his money right? Not that I would as my job is pretty good and above all else I don't want to lose it for being a patsy in some ajoshi's money laundering attempt.
I didn't get to big of a creepy vibe from the dude, aside from the fact that he is the first Korean I have met with a smattering of a German accent. |
That's a bunch of Bull.. you don't need anything set up.. nothing that should take that long to set up anyways..
He's laundering money.. My gf's friend got in with some ex-gangster guy who has her trying to get friend's bank account numbers so he can send money to their accounts in small increments.. he promises them a small sum for their troubles, but basically they need to spread it out over many accounts so large amounts don't catch the bank (or government's) attention. |
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:36 pm Post subject: so should i do it or not? |
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so should i do it or not?
am i doing anything illegal by accepting his offer? |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: so should i do it or not? |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
so should i do it or not?
am i doing anything illegal by accepting his offer? |
How does an accessory to money laundering sound?...
I bet it sounds more sexy in Korean. |
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chaz47
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: ? |
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| you mean that the government would persecute and prosecute me, a harmless ESL instructor who was unwittingly drawn into the twisted plot of a Korean businessman... for shame... |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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The line between illegality and legality is a fine one indeed.
As I said, wait for the big score then skip town with the cash! |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm...what is worse, scamming the shady businessman by taking his money and running or profitting from his illegal activities and transferring the money?
Answer: both are bad news.
Solution: take the high road and avoid this whole scheme. A little extra money is not worth the hassle it could cause you down the road. |
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