WestPoint Finances

This is a typical money mule job involving receipt of fraudulent bank transfers and sending cash via Western Union or similar. I've received several of these, all using the sender name "Diana Finchett", but a range of falsified email addresses. They are requesting responses to various addresses in the domain "hr-westpointfinances.com", about which WHOIS reports the following.

   Domain Name: HR-WESTPOINTFINANCES.COM
   Registrar: BIZCN.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.bizcn.com
   Referral URL: http://www.bizcn.com
   Name Server: NS1.DLLEM.COM
   Name Server: NS2.DLLEM.COM
   Updated Date: 08-may-2008
   Creation Date: 26-mar-2008
   Expiration Date: 26-mar-2009

Don't confuse this scam with any other legitimate business called "WestPoint". The scam is best recognised by the fact that they are recruiting people to launder money, rather than by the name.

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Diana Finchett <[redacted (false)]>
Date: 2008/5/14 UTC
Subject: Team Member Required!
To: [redacted (privacy)]


Hello there,
Would you be interested in a home based job with a dynamic global company that may reward you with up to AUD 2, 500-3, 500 per month? No "envelope stuffing" nonsense, no start up charges, this is a straightforward offer.
No need to give up your present career; it will only take a small part of your time. The only things you need to have to start running your business with our company are your decency and willingness to earn. The job is transaction handling. The job is pretty simple and you won't need any special knowledge to start, though we do require that you are able to act on a very short notice. We pay decent salary AND commissions because we keep our customers happy with our swiftness.
And if you are looking for career there's a chance of becoming a part of our team in the future (based on your performance), team in which you will be truly respected and honestly rewarded - just think about this! We hope to hear from you soon.
Please e-mail back [various]@hr-westpointfinances.com and we will be glad to provide more information.
Thank you,

Diana Finchett Placement Manager
HR Administrative Operations and Support Department
WestPoint Finances Ltd.

CoolCarChip International

At a guess, this is a payment processing scam which involves cashing forged checks. On the other hand, it may be a payment processing scam which involves receiving fraudulent bank transfers. To clear this up, I've written to them requesting further information. If they write back with anything useful, I'll post a comment about it.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted (random, false)]
Date: 2008/5/12 UTC
Subject: Part-time job opportunity
To: [redacted (privacy)]

Job opportunity from CoolCarChip International
Job Location USA Company Location Europe Employment Type Employee/Part-Time Salary $2,000.00/month + % BONUS system	Send your profile/resume/CV to this e-mail only: careers@coolcarchip.com
Hello. We would like to offer you this employment opportunity in CoolCarChip International company. This is a good chance for you to find the job you like. We have various positions all over US. If you satisfy all our requirements you are welcome to send us your resume/CV for our consideration. You will receive our motivated decision within 1-2 days. Hurry up, this job opportunity is limited. Requirements and skills: Higher Education/College Sales/Management (desired but optional) Strong communicative skills MS Office installed (MS Word) U.S. citizenship Adult age
This is original e-mail letter from CoolCarChip Int. This is not any kind of: MLM, scam, spam. We will never ask you to provide any kind of investments.

UFG Finance

This is just another typical money mule scam, probably Russian (or close by), in which Australians are being targeted. In truth, the money sent to the "transfer manager" is stolen from other online bank accounts, and the process of forwarding it via Western Union is money laundering. If you have signed up, do not forward any money sent to you, but rather contact your bank and inform them that the transaction is suspicious.

   Domain Name: UFG-FINANCE.COM
   Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
   Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Name Server: NS1.BIZHOSTING.RU
   Name Server: NS2.BIZHOSTING.RU
   Updated Date: 19-apr-2008
   Creation Date: 19-apr-2008
   Expiration Date: 19-apr-2009

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UFG Finance <[redacted (random, false)]>
Date: 2008/5/11 (UTC)
Subject: Reperesentative job in Australia
To: [redacted (privacy)]


This email contains offer about remote work.
General requirements:
- 18-60 years old
- live in Australia or in another country from our site's country list
- cell phone
- bank account with any bank
- accuracy, responsibility and fast tasks execution
- 1-2 free hours per day
Description:
Our company is over 4 years on the electonic transfers market and we have developed own system of financial transaction for the Third World countries.
For all less-developed countries we recruit employees from forehanded countries such Australia.
The most perspective position is transfer's manager.
It is not important if you work or unemployed. The main thing is that you can visit your bank, Western Union brach or our Sidney's office during the working day.
Please register on our website. After all your information is checked, your personal manager will contact you to specify the kind of your work in your region.
About us:
UFG Finance was founded by Georgio Lacheni, Italian millionaire. He was the first person who announced to community that financial market can make the best profit in less-developed countries.
Fast Transfer System works since 2004 and more than 3 millions of transactions completed.
Our business is completely legal in international laws.
We can provide you with online access to our support site. You'll able to manage your account 24 hours per day just using your cell phone.
Info:
Sorry for any inconvience if you haven't required this email and it was detected as spam. Unfortunally, not all advertising companies on the internet use legal methods of advertising.

Best regards,
HR Department
UFG Finance
www.ufg-finance.com

Brighter Future

This spam claims to be from a West African recruitment agency. Please bear in mind that West Africa is the world capital of Advance Fee Fraud, where you are conned into sending money for something that ultimately never materialises.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brighter Future Consultants <brighterfuture@[info.com]> [probably false]
Reply-to: brighterfuture@dbzmail.com
Date: 2008/5/09
Subject: Manpower Recruitment
To: [many addresses redacted]


Dear Sir,

We are West African based Travel Consultant and a leading Recruitment Agent with extensive coverage in Southern African Countries.

At the requests of our Principals in Canada and U.S.A, we have several vacancies for overseas jobs available now both for skilled and unskilled labour.

The vacancies are for nationals of underlisted countries:

1. INDIA NATIONALS.
2. NEPAL NATIONALS.
3. SRI LANKA NATIONALS
4. BANGLADESH NATIONALS
5. INDONESIA NATIONALS

Our requests are as follows:

UNSKILLED LABOUR:

1.DOCK WORKERS
2.SHIP CLEANER'S
3.LORRY DRIVER'S
4.SHIP COOKS
5.SHIPMATE'S
6.COMPANY SECURITY
7.FORKLIFT/PLANT DRIVER'S/OPERATORS

SKILLED LABOUR:

1.SYSTEM ANALYST
2.NURSES
3.TICKETING/RESERVATION OFFICCER'S
4.TEACHERS
5.PHARMACISTS
6.MEDICAL DOCTORS

Vacancies are available for these categories of listed
worker's immediately in CANADA, U.S.A..

Our service/handling charge is moderate and negotiable for getting the visa and all other necessary travelling document's for the candidate's including accomodation and transportion up till destination.

In case your company is interested in any of the vacancies mentioned above, pls. do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to been of services to you.

Regards,


Tommmy Martins
Tel.:+229 9506 2202/9722 1946

Gerry Bristol

Although it's not made obvious by the sales pitch, I'm willing to bet that this job scam is a money mule scam in which the employee receives direct bank transfer payments (from compromised Internet banking accounts) and is asked to forward them by Western Union (or similar). That seems to be the only kind of job scam ever targeted specifically at Australians.

   Domain Name: GERRYBRISTOLINC.COM
   Registrar: THE REGISTRY AT INFO AVENUE D/B/A IA REGISTRY
   Whois Server: whois.iaregistry.com
   Referral URL: http://www.iaregistry.com
   Name Server: NS1.TOOLNS.COM
   Name Server: NS2.TOOLNS.COM
   Updated Date: 07-may-2008
   Creation Date: 07-may-2008
   Expiration Date: 07-may-2009

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gerry Bristol <[redacted (random, false)]>
Date: 2008/5/10
Subject: Reperesentative job in Australia
To: [redacted (privacy)]


Hello.
My name is Gerry Bristol, I represent Gerry Bristol Inc company. We need representatives in Australia for full and part-time jobs (2 positions are available). We do not ask for any money, we are reputable company operating in Sweden and Finland.
You will get:
- 5000 USD guaranteed monthly income
- Comprehensive medical and life insurance for you and your dependents. You will be receiving company Medicine card and all the paperwork in 2 weeks after successfully completing your probation period. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
You have to be honest,loyal, responsible and hard-working.
You need 5-7 hours during the week for communication.
Residential address to receive correspondence (if any).
Computer with internet connection.
Please, reply to support@gerrybristolinc.com if you are interested and I will send you job details.
Thanks
Gerry Bristol
Gerry Bristol Inc
12 brivas str B 44,, FI-00530 Helsinki, Finland
+358 9 1748722 PLEASE, REPLY TO: support@gerrybristolinc.com