I was recently approached about a job as a representative for a Japanese construction company that does not have a US office, but still makes sales here. The job is basically collections, giving local customers a place to remit payment, I take 5%, and transfer the remainder back to Japan.
My first account was for a company I couldn't find on Google when I went looking for a phone number, and the domain for the email address I was given doesn't have anything on it (though the email I sent does seem to have gone through). Still, I'm expected to receive almost 400k from these people before sending it abroad. Getting 20k for this one payment sounds great, unless I'm doing something illegal in which case I want no part of it.
I checked out my employer's website, wikipedia, and some of their projects and they seem legit, but something about this feels off. Am I unintentionally money laundering? Is this a little skeevy but still totally legal?
Submitted April 25, 2019 at 10:56PM by Yakuza_catspaw http://bit.ly/2PuCJpn
