Catrina McCosker is a law school student who also works as a nanny her resume is posted on childcare sites so she was interested when she got an email from a family looking for help and saying hey I move in to the United States I'm from Ireland my sister's looking for a nanny for her kids and I thought it was a great opportunity the email went to Katrina's personal email address which was unusual she's used to corresponding through the job sites she assumed they got it off her resume we want you to get our house in order our affairs in order before we get here get the apartment set up both sides emailed back and forth for more than a month they sent a check for about four thousand dollars and they said deposit this check and send the rest to our financial person it was cash Katrina was told she should take $250 out as an initial payment which is a lot of money for literally receiving a check and sending money to someone else so I thought okay 250 bucks to send money to your financial person for doing these little things for you sure she made the deposit on our lunch break and then wired the remaining money when she returned to work and mention the story to a colleague he thought it sounded like a scam I'm just stunned I'm shocked I can't believe that happened I'm like I lost thousands of dollars I don't have thousands of dollars her colleague looks up how to call the wire service and because she acted quickly they were able to stop payment ten minutes later I got a call from a man not a Irish woman saying you saw the money what happened postal inspectors say these scams take many forms like work at home opportunities and online auction site transactions the best advice is to proceed with caution ask specific questions be asked for details on what their employment is what's expected of them