Hi new poster here and I've got a problem I apllied to this job and it turns out it was a scam, I've told the people I'm not interested but they sent me an email Tuesday saying they're sending me funds. They're supposed to get here by Thursday. I don't have these funds yet obviously but what would be the best thing to do when they get here? They want me to wire them from Western Union to some women in PA. I'm obviously not doing that but this has never happened to me and I don't know what to do. Hopefully, they just won't come.

Another thing someone suggested I just rip up these funds if they come here. Is that a good idea?

Don't rewire any funds. It's a scam. Don't do anything. If need, come up with an excuse that your bank put a hold on the funds, because it probably isn't a wire anyway, someone might deposit a fake or bad check in your account, make you think there was a wire, did you give them your account # and routing #? (don't), you'll see the supposed funds they "wire" to you are not real and in the meantime they will have you send your own money to some "woman" somewhere.

It's a typical rewire scam. Put the info from the job into google and you'll probably find its been reported by other people. Don't ever feel pressured to do anything or wire any funds. They make it seem the money to you is good and you must therefore respond and wire some back. It's a classic scam that appears in so endless forms which always require that you "rewire" funds to someone else quickly before the check they deposited of sent you gets caught or bounces.

I did not give them my bank account number or anything like that. These people have only emailed me they haven't given me a phone number or address to reach them.

So you're saying don't do anything? Should I just rip up the funds? Do I even respond to these people at all if they write back?

Sorry the Anonymous was me forgetting to sign in.

Well, if you didn't give anyone you account number or routing number than no one can send you a wire to your account. So they're probably trying to send to send you a bad check. Only with a bad check is it possible for them to play with any provisional funds the bank may provide to you for the bad check before it gets discovered. In the meantime, if you don't understand the banking process, you might believe the "funds" they sent you are "good" and because of the delay in the bad check or whatever they send you bouncing, they pressure you to wire YOUR OWN money, because what they send you is basically a worthless piece of paper (a check is a piece of toilet paper until it is honored as good), and when the bad check gets returned you are stuck with the proverbial bag.

Don't be dumb and don't think about it twice. Listen to experienced advice. Why would anyone legitimately, who have given you very little or credible information, send you "money" and then have you re-wire funds to someone else. Either you don't want to see beyond the scam or you haven't done your research.

I also don't know what you mean by "rip up the funds." You mean destroy the check? Don't be amateurish, go to your bank, tell them the story, tell them you think its a scam, an ask if they will verify the item for you, and WAIT until you know whether its good or bad. But I tell you, it will be BAD!!!!! get it?
Otherwise contact the bank from where the check they'll supposedly send you comes from and ask about the account number, etc.. You're just wasting your time with those criminals. Those kinds of scam artists are not "hard" criminals who will find you and hurt you. They prey on unsuspecting and confused people. Also, don't try to engage them. Just ignore them, tell them you are no longer intereted, and cease contact!
Learn your lesson and move on.

you could turn over to your local district attorney whatever you receive and turn these scammers in...

or you can simply discard whatever is sent to you and label the emails as trash so you don't see them anymore...put these people on ignore and move on....