I answered a craigslist ad for a person to run errands, for a company that is allegedly investing in real estate. A person by the name of Keith DeLacey sent me an email and several texts. He wanted me to open a bank account at Navy Federal Credit union so he and his associates could pay me for things that I would be purchasing on his behalf and that he could pay me my fair wage which we had agreed upon. He claims to be a Captain in the army, stationed in Fayetteville North Carolina. He even has a linknd in account that looks legit. When I gave him my account information for Navy Federal credit Union as he requested he did not want my customer access number but he wanted the routing number and account number. If he were a navy federal credit union member he would not need the routing number, he would already have it. He insisted on routing number name and account number. Stating that is the only way he could get money into my account and they were needed to verify my account to prevent misappropriation of funds.
My person at the bank said the number I gave him would be more than adequate to allow him to deposit money in my account as long as he was already a navy federal credit union member. He has sent me a task to do for my first assignment. I am to go get a two room hotel office suite with a fax machine and phone so he can do business out of it when he comes here to visit. I am to use my debit card to pay for it and he will reimburse my account. I may have been born at night, but it was not last night!

DeLacy is at it again!

Yep, the first text seemed fishy and it went south from there. Luckily, there is the Internet where we can find info about dishonest people rather quickly. As we were texting, I Googled the number and told him I was no longer available.

Thank God you turn the position down,it was a blessing for me as i got the job and now i can feed myself and my little boy.It good to trust a fellow human being

I responded to the same Craigslist ad for a personal and business assistant. I received a text saying "Hello (my name), how are you doing today?"

Only he said his name is Chris McConnell & he was in the military in Norfolk, VA. He couldn't meet with me face to face because he was at military camp. He gave me the same bit about needing my banking info so he can set up direct deposit.
I asked about cash money & he answered with...no way!

Luckily my girlfriend googled his name while I was texting with him. She found the thing as stated here...all scams.
I then told him what I found out about him & not to text me anymore.  As of now I haven't heard from him.

Stay away from this guy!

Well, I guess I'm now an inductee in the Hall of Suckers!