Is this job offer a scam?

This was the reply I got for submitting my resume:



Hello,



I received your e-mail showing your interest in the job position i have available. I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point.I'm Martin Bruce from the North Side Of Chicago (Cook County). I'm a lawyer by profession and I have been pretty successful in a handful of ventures I get involved in; from litigations, stock market and real estate to various welfare and community service programs, I mostly get my hands occupied, so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities.



Please note that this position is not office-based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time, work -from-home job and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it's a little difficult to pinpoint the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week but i can estimate the regular 20hrs time frame for a part time job.If you can manage your time properly, this job may even give you some extra time to do something else on the side.

As I have said, I'd want us to get started with things as soon as possible. I do have a pile-up of work and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with, I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually.Permit me to use the coming week to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I'm confident you can take up the challenge and on the long-run, we should have a relatively sound working relationship between us.

I'd want us to meet up on Yahoo chat as soon as possible so we can discuss this extensively, more so it's easier for me to convey information once I'm online. My Yahoo ID is matin.bruce111 . It may be a little difficult working out the time difference between us initially, with time however, we should get used to it.

I'm online most of the time when I'm not out or in a meeting so we should be able to have a chat sooner than you think. Do try to keep a date..I am glad you are willing to work with me and i promise to be a good boss. I have been checking my files and what i would want you to do for me this week is to run some errands for an orphanage home i'm donating to. I do this around festive periods like this. The funds will be in form of a check and it will be sent over to you from one of my clients and i have some list to email you once you received the funds,You will make some arrangements by buying some stuff for the kids in the nearest store arround you so you can mail them out to an orphanage i mostly make out donations to.

DESCRIPTION OF JOB:

Process all owner distribution batches 鈥?print checks, statements and mail on a timely basis.

Assisting with management of employee's

checking store supplies and placing orders

Process rental applications in Resident Data.

Type various letters ,Prepare 3 Day Notices.

Retrieve and process faxes

Send unpaid rent notifications to tenants.

Deposit and monitor payments of all owner contributions.



I will get you more information on that,I will like you to get back to me with your Contact Details such as:

Full Name:

Full Contact Address:

City:

ZIP Code:

State:

Phone Number:

Your present occupation:



Once i receive your contact information i will get back to you with the task for this week,Understand that you will be paid $1000 bi-weekly and the paycheck will be mailed to your address in your name. Like i mentioned earlier, this is going to be a part time work from home job until you prove very efficiently enough to get promoted to a full time position in a physical location.I'm currently in UK for work now........

Hope i am clear with that.

Get back as soon as possible..Is this job offer a scam?
scam......
Anything that involves cashing a cheque is a scam.



This is DEFINITELY a scam.Is this job offer a scam?
This is really a scam. Since when do you have to spend your own money to benefit your employer? Report this to your police.Is this job offer a scam?
Scam. You will be laundering illegal money.
scam if you don't apply. they don't call back for an interview and a drug test, it's a scam
Scam.
Looks like a scam to me
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...
Yes, it is. Don't reply, if you do you'll get more spam, they don't know your personal information, that's why they are asking for it in order to relate it to your e-mail address.
I believe this is a job scam too.. I applied for this job and he sent me an email saying about an update and then I got a email saying I was approved. I was wondering if you received the same e-mails that I received. Thanks!
Dont touch it,it's a money laundering scam that can land you in prison for depositing these fake cheques.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/nov鈥?/a>

http://www.scambusters.org/moneymule.htm鈥?/a>

http://www.banksafeonline.org.uk/moneymu鈥?/a>