Third-Party Payment Request in the Job Relocation Signing Bonus Scam Script
Third-Party Payment Request is one of the tactics composing the "Job Relocation Signing Bonus Scam" playbook. A request to accept an incoming payment or package and forward it to a third party, framed as a favor or necessity. In this specific script, the pattern leads toward: A request for the target to receive an incoming payment and forward it elsewhere — a money-mule recruitment pattern.
Counter-Move
Refuse to receive or forward funds on anyone else's behalf regardless of the stated reason — this exposes the target to real financial and legal risk and is never a legitimate part of any employer's payment process.
Check It
The tell — A request to accept an incoming payment or package and forward it to a third party, framed as a favor or necessity. — is carried in message text, which is what this tool compares against known script patterns.
ROMANCE SCRIPT INSPECTORThird-Party Payment Request often rests on a claimed name or occupation, which is what this tool checks against public records.
NAME & PUBLIC RECORDS TRACE