Hello all. Im New to this website

Hello, I have received an invite from Smerud research for their medical research team. I have received a check for 2400.00 and an email of what to do with it. Is this a scam?

Welcome to scamwarners. Yes, it is a scam. Please post the emails (with your personal information removed) and contact information for the scammers. There are a few threads about this employment scam:

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Do not deposit that check, the check is fake and you will be out that money.

Hi Kenneth B, and welcome to scamwarners. first of all, if that is your real legal name you are using for an alias, please send a private message to a moderator and a few other names you might like to have. We really like anonymity around here.

secondly, like Tim said it is undoubtedly a fake check scam. Do not try to deposit or cash the check. Chances are good they want to you wire them money after you deposit it and when the check bounces, it will be 100% your liability to repay the bank for the fraudulent check. Depending on where you live and how slow of a news day it is you could wind up with criminal charges against you, too.

Read more about fake employment scams here : viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3237

If you live in the USA and the check was sent via USPS you should report all of it to the US Postal Inspector's office. Find your local one here : https://ribbs.usps.gov/locators/find-is.cfm If not the US, then chances are good your country's mail system has a similar system. print and take all of your emails showing you are a victim of this scam when you go to the USPI's office ( they also have online forms).