Q&A: If I agreed to a contract online, then found out it was a scam, can I be legally committed to the scam artist?
Question by stormwatch: If I agreed to a contract online, then found out it was a scam, can I be legally committed to the scam artist?
Before doing any research on supposed corporation I signed an attachment; an agreement to work as an employee and emailed it back. When I started getting suspicious, I researched and found the site to be a scam. Now I wonder if I can be held liable by supposed contract to perform the services required as their employee that include illegal activities. Possibly International illegal activities. What if I receive packages on my door-step? Shouldn’t I call the police immediately and give the package to them?
Best answer:
Answer by rpg
If you believe you have been contacted by somebody who wants you to perform illegal activities, call the police now. Do not wait until a package arrives “on your door-step.”
Contracts to perform illegal activities cannot be enforced. (For example, you can’t sue a drug dealer for failing to provide the illegal drugs you paid for, because the contract was for an illegal activity in the first place.)
** Edited to add an additional thought that I forgot to say when I first posted this.
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