He sent the job-hunter a check to put in his bank account and told him to keep $500 and wire the rest to an associate in California. "This is nothing more than a variation of the Nigerian scam with proceeds eventually going to Nigeria, South Africa or the United Kingdom ... Prosecution is basically non-existent because the perpetrators reside in foreign countries." The check had the name of a legitimate bank and the account number looked valid, Dobbs said, but it would have been flagged as a counterfeit if the job-hunter had cashed it. Full Article at Biloxi Sun Herald