Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.
  • they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.
  • they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.
  • they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".
  • it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

CHARITY AFFILIATE PROGRAM

This looks like a money mule scam to me, but the cover story is "charity work". Presumably this is a way of getting more honest "employees" for the mule work: you wouldn't want to steal from a charity, would you? It's not a very convincing scam as far as I'm concerned: it's badly made up, and the contact address is a Yahoo! freemail account.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: CHARITY AFFILIATE PROGRAM <contact_programofficer@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: contact_programofficer@yahoo.com
Date: 01-Dec-2006 02:20
Subject: BE A PART OF THE CHARITY AFFILIATE PROGRAM
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Dear Sir/ Ma,

We are Humanitarian Organization on the verge of Facilitating global
Charity Enhancement, our work is to get donation across to Affected
people
in need of donations Worldwide, we are enlisting Agents worldwide to
help
get Donations to People in every part of the world.

Your work is simple, Donations will be made to people who are
desperately
in need through you, and you will also receive a fee for helping people
get help. You will be allowed to negotiate your mode of payment once
you
are enlisted. Note that you will be directed on how funds and relief
materials will be disbursed.

Please if you are interested or know anybody, group of persons who are
desperately in need or you want to change the world around you for the
better, do contact our Agents recruitment James Allen
contact_programofficer@yahoo.com
With the following information
Your Full name.--------------------------

Phone Number----------------------------

Contact Address--------------------------

Age-----------------------------------------

Nationality---------------------------------

AFFILIATE PROGRAMME

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Royal Crown Ltd (antiques2royal.com)

Scam de la mula del dinero. :-)

   Domain Name: ANTIQUES2ROYAL.COM <-- scam domain
   Registrar: ANO REGIONAL NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER DBA RU
   Whois Server: whois.nic.ru
   Referral URL: http://www.nic.ru
   Name Server: NS2.MASTERHOST.RU
   Name Server: NS1.MASTERHOST.RU
   Name Server: NS.MASTERHOST.RU
   Updated Date: 27-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 27-Nov-2006 <-- very recently created
   Expiration Date: 27-Nov-2007 <-- minimum registration length


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chase Doran <[redacted]>
Date: 29-Nov-2006 22:52
Subject: earn 1000E UR per week!
To: [redacted]

Es usted una persona responsable y esta buscando un trabajo de medio tiempo  muy bien pagado?

Somos una compania familiar especializados en varias operaciones con antiguedades y joyeria Antigua, somos "ROYAL CROWN ltd" , y estamos buscando gente honesta y responsable para que se nos una..

No te pierdas esta oportunidad – somos exactamente lo que estas buscando!
Ganaras mas de EUR 1500 por mes,  utilizando solo 3-4 horas de tu tiempo. Es real con nosotros!.


Nosotros no hacemos conversacion de venta que requiera que pagues cargos de inscripcion o inscribirte a una lista de correo. No queremos que inviertas dinero. Este trabajo requiere solo un monto limitado de tu tiempo..

Te pagaremos en la primera semana de trabajo


No requerimos ninguna experiencia ni habilidad especial. Trabajaras como un contratado independiente desde tu hogar.


Si estas interesado, por favor sientete libre de pedir informacion adicional y las provisiones generales.



Escribenos ahora, te responderemos al instante.
Por favor responde a este mail: support@antiques2royal.com


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Noemi Cain [redacted]
Date: 01-Dec-2006 01:03
Subject: Additiona learnings
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Are you a responsible person and looking for a part time job very well-paid?

We are a Family Company specialized in various operations with
antiques and antique jewelry; we are "Royal Crown ltd" , and we are looking for honest and responsible people to join us.

Do not miss this opportunity - we are exactly what you’re looking for!
You will earn more than $2500 per month, spending only 3-4 hours of your time - it is real with us!

We do not make sales gimmick that requires you to pay setup fees or sign
up to a mailing list, we do not want you to invest money. This job will requires you only limited amounts of your time.

We’ll pay you during the first week of employment.

We do not require any experience or special skills . You will work as an
independent contractor from your home.

If you are interested, please feel free to request further information
and the general provisions.

Write us right now, we will answer you at soonest.
Please reply on this mail: employee@antiques2royal.com

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Sherwood Exports (Impostors)

There is probably at least one real company called "Sherwood Exports", but this one is just a scammer. The same name has been used in the past with other Yahoo! freemail addresses. It appears to be an ordinary money mule scam.

Contact addresses seen in association with this scam

This is not necessarily a comprehensive list: it's just the ones I've encountered personally.

  • workandearnwithsherwood@yahoo.co.uk
  • profittableoffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • joboffersherwoodexports@yahoo.co.uk
  • procureofficer@yahoo.co.uk
  • work_earnwithsherwood2@yahoo.co.uk
  • workandearnwithus@yahoo.co.uk

In addition, the following addresses have been used as "reply-to" addresses, but have not appeared in the body of the email.

  • souls4christ@terra.es
  • rep_sherwoodexp@terra.es
  • sherwd_company@terra.es
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SHERWOOD EXPORTS <workandearnwithsherwood@yahoo.co.uk >
Date: 27-Nov-2006 13:34
Subject: SHERWOOD EXPORTS/ JOB OFFER
To: ideceive@gmail.com

SHERWOOD EXPORTS
Lower Main Street,
Shercock, Cavan.
Co. Cavan
EN8 7PG






We export raw materials for world trade . We need representatives who
can help us establish a medium of getting to our
costumers in U.S.A ,Canada, Asia & Europe,you shall also receive
payments from our creditors.
Please if you are interested in transacting business with Us, we will
be very
glad.




CONTACT PROCUREMENT OFFICER
Please contact our procurement officer MR James Allen
email: (workandearnwithsherwood@yahoo.co.uk )Subject to your
satisfaction you will be given the




opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your
services as
our representative in U.S.A ,Canada, Asia & Europe. Please if you are
interested get back to
MR James Allen.


With the following information so that we can
Forward to you immediately our agent form
for official enlistment.
1) Your Full name
2) Your Mailing address
3) Your Phone and Fax Number
4) Your Age & Your business experience


Very Respectfully,
SHERWOOD EXPORTS

a Cocoa export company in Ivory coast

Here's a money mule scam with a very West African flavour. You could easily mistake it for a 419 scam at first glance.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: stella peter <s_peter10@yahoo.com.au>
Date: 27-Nov-2006 07:05
Subject: Request to be our representative in your country
To: s_peter10@yahoo.com.au

Dear Sir/madam,
 
I am the Admin offficer, of a Cocoa export company in Ivory coast, our company exports Cocoa and other agricutural products to foreign countries.It may interest you to note that Ivory coast is the world leader in Cocoa exports and that is our mineral resources. I was mandated by the Chairman/president of this company to find someone who can represent this company in Europe, America and Canada. We have been having problems with clients in these regions because they are politely refusing to pay for shipments on one excuse or the other so we need a representative that can assist us in clearing our money in their respective countries. Most of our customers pay out in cheques and we do not have an account in your country that will clear this money. It is upon this note that we seek your assistance as our representative in your country.Be informed that as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will be paid into an account we will avail to you. This job is rather easy and does not require a lot of expertise.
 
However, you are to provide the following informations:
(1) Full Names:...................................
(2) Full Postal/Residential Address:.................
(4) Tel/Fax Number:.........................
(5) Age:....................................
(6) Type of Occupation:......................
(7) Your Bank Name:.........................
(8) Any form of identification (International Passport or Driving Licence). This should be attached to your email message.
 
If you are interested in this business offer, please contact the Chairman/president of the company directly on his telephone or fill in your information on the blank spaces and send to email address below:
 
 
Thanks for your acceptance to be our representative.
 
yours faithfully,
MISS STELLA PETER.

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Monday, November 27, 2006

LT GOLD Finance (ltgoldfinance.com)

Money mule job scam, backed by a dedicated domain name.

Domain Name: LTGOLDFINANCE.COM <-- scam domain
Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC.
Whois Server: whois.OnlineNIC.com
Referral URL: http://www.OnlineNIC.com

Name Server: NS2.SERVERSD.BIZ
Name Server: NS1.SERVERSD.BIZ
Updated Date: 26-Nov-2006
Creation Date: 26-Nov-2006 <-- very recently created
Expiration Date: 26-Nov-2007 <-- minimum registration


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Samantha FOSTER <[redacted, same as "to" address]>
Date: Nov 28, 2006 5:50 AM
Subject: Make your career with LT GOLD Finance as a part-time
Processing Manager! WUSJL
To: [redacted]

Dear sir/madam,

I am writing to inquire if you might be interested in part-time
employment with our company.

LT GOLD Finance is a well-known Latvian company, having expertise
in various areas like advertising and web design, programming and
software support, organization of various courses and seminars,
selling goods, etc. We have clients all over the world and our
business is developing very rapidly, but the target markets for us are
Europe, Canada , USA and Australia. Unfortunately payment methods in
various countries differ, therefore we have to cater for convenient
and reliable payment methods to our clients to accelerate money
transfers and goods turnover. In this respect Processing Managers are
the key employees in our company, who receive payments from our
buyers/partners and redirect them according to our instructions.
Currently we are looking for part-time employees resident in
Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and EU to work with us.


The job of part-time Processing Manager does not need any special
skills or knowledge in any specific areas. Your commitment to the job,
readiness to make the job on time and with good quality, honesty and
responsibility, good business acumen and accuracy are the basic
recruitment criteria.

EMPLOYEE'S LIABILITIES

The Payment Manager is obliged:
-to work no less than 2 hours per day (possibly after the working hours);
-to have access to the Internet and to check the e-mail box several times a day;
-to open one or several bank accounts with one of well-known banks in
your country;
-be a legal resident in the territory of Canada, USA or EU;
-be of maturity age.


LT GOLD FINANCE COMPANY LIABILITIES

-We guarantee you sufficient money to be added to your main salary,
provided you have a wish to work hard and to follow all our
instructions on time.

-We guarantee you 7% commission from each sale/resale operation we
make!(If you have a business bank account you will get 10% from each
operation we make!)
All you have to do is to receive checks/wire transfers/money orders
and to transfer them to other people according to our instructions.

For instance: you receive a $5000 U.S. wire transfer to your PERSONAL
bank account. You withdraw the money and keep $350 (7% of $5000) for
yourself. Your net income is $350. The rest of the money you
transfer to our managers by Western Union. If you had a
BUSINESS bank account you commission would be 10% and your net income
would be 500 USD (10% of $5000)

-We guarantee that you will earn money right from your virtual home
office while working as an independent contractor with us.

You can find more information about this offer on our website :

http://www.ltgoldfinance.com/
Registration:

http://www.ltgoldfinance.com/index-4.php

Please note that only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.


Looking forward to cooperation with you,

LT GOLD Finance Company Administration

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Sunoco Oil Company

I have not checked to see whether there is a real "Sunoco Oil Company", but this random scammer using a Yahoo! address does not represent them if they do. This is just another money mule scam (check fraud variant), as should be obvious from the job description and remuneration terms.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hiroshi Iguchi <revok@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: sunoco_oil_company@yahoo.com.hk
Date: 26-Nov-2006 02:03
Subject: WORK WITH OIL COMPANY
To: [redacted]



Sunoco Oil Company, Ltd.
Trusty Kojimachi Bldg. 3-4 Kojimachi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 102-0083 Japan.
sunoco_oil_company@yahoo.com.hk
Attn:





I am Mr. Hiroshi Iguchi, President of Japan Sun Oil Company, Ltd. Japan
Sun Oil Company, Ltd. is a subsidiary of the world renown U.S.
multi-energy producer Sunoco Inc. in Japan and Asian regions and are
producing and marketing not only high quality specialty lubricants but
also petroleum and energy products. We specialized in the Refrigeration
Oils, Rubber Process Oils, metalworking Oils, Industrial Lubricants,
Automotive Lubricants, etc.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our customers in the Canada/America and other nearby
countries as well as making payments through you to us.

Sunoco, Inc was established in 1966, Entering into a new era where the
demand for continuous improvement and expansion is far beyond what was
perceived and required just a few years ago, corporate entities are
constantly striving for perfection, knowing all too well that tomorrow
will be yet another challenge. With all the new horizons that unfold
before us, the difficulty of venturing out into the unknown requires
preparation, experience, creativity and motivation. We, Japan Sun Oil
Company Ltd. take on the challenge and look to the expansion of our
horizons with pleasure.

You do not have to leave your present job for this one because this job
offer will be on a part time basis as it comes once in a while and
remuneration is on a percentage basis of 10% of the total amount you
receive from my customers at any time on my behalf. The reason why I
seek your assistance is that American and Canadian checks take a long time
to clear here in Japan, thereby holding business down for my associates
and me. Now I already have customers who are ready to remit cash to me.
Please to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted, do send
me promptly the following information below by My private mail box  at

sunoco_oil_company@yahoo.com.hk

NAME...........................................

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS..................

AGE:..............................................

STATUS:.........................................

STATE/COUNTRY.............................

TEL/FAX..........................................

NUMBERS........................................

COMPANY NAME...............................

OCCUPATION....................................


We would be glad to have you as one of our esteemed Representative in
your location and be rest assured that adequate pecuniary and lucrative
compensations will be given and other benefits follows. Upon
appointment,you are allowed the opportunity of determining the method or mode
through which you would be paid for your services as our Representative in any of these Regions.

Regards,
Hiroshi Iguchi,
President & CEO,
Sun Oil Company, Ltd.
TEL:+81=936=631=615,
TEL:+81=354=603=939.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Tamara Corporation

I haven't done a search to see if there is a "Tamara Corporation" in Japan, and I don't really care. So far as this spam is concerned, it's just a name they're using to lend their cheque fraud an air of legitimacy.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jasper Yong <jasperyong123@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: jaspeyong123@yahoo.ca
Date: 25-Nov-2006 17:58
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED
To: [redacted -- address harvested from a webpage]


Tamara Corporation
1995-1 Tsurusaki,Oaza,
Oita 870-0106, Japan



       COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED

I am Mr. Jasper Yong, president Tamara Corporation based in Japan. We specialized in the iron and steel products. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America and other nearby countries as well as making payments through you to us. You do not have to leave your present job for this one because this job offer will be on a part time basis as it comes once in a while and remuneration is on a percentage basis of 10% of the total amount you receive from my customers at any time on my behalf.

The reason I seek your assistance is that American and Canadian checks takes a long time to clear here in Japan. Thereby holding business down for me and my associates.  Now I already have customers who are ready to remit cash to me.  Please to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted, do send me promptly the following information :-

(1)Your full names:
(2)Contact address:
(3)Tele/cell numbers:
(4)Occupation:

Thanks for your time.
Jasper Yong
President and Chief Executive Officer.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Harry & Co, Metals LTD

Money mule job; has a Nigerian aroma to it, so I'm guessing that it involves fraudulent checks. Many Nigerians operate out of the UK.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Harry George <harry.george50@fsmail.net>
Reply-To: harry50@uku.co.uk
Date: 24-Nov-2006 06:13
Subject: From Harry & Co, Metals LTD
To:


Dear Sir,

We are Harry & Co, Metals Ltd. Our specialties is supply of Gold & Jewelries. Our main office in the UK
and we have initiates our business across the US & CANADA / other commercial countries like Asia.

Recently we have encounter some difficulties in our present supplies to some of our customers in US
and Canada based on the fact that some of the wholesalers  clients are willing to  condition us to open
an account with their mainly trusted BANKS in USA to ease the transfer payment facility between their
company and ours also for successful transaction.

This is as a result of the present supply requisitions they are about proffer to our company to supply them
a large quantity of jewelries and gold ingots which the assay or the purity of the product must be obtain
before payment.

However, Since we are not in the USA OR CANADA, we are unable to cope with this structure of payment
conditional by opening account in their proffer banks in USA. Therefore, we have decided to petition for a
trustworthy partner with full business fidelity to represent us in the US or Canada in receiving the payment
from our customers by opening an account in one of the shortlist Banks offer by our customers.

Note that after the opening of the account in one of those banks, any payment transfer or made payable
to your account; 10% shall be allocate to you as our foreign credit manager while 90% shall always be
transfer to our account in UK or as instructed.

Confirm if we can work together, we shall send you the list of the Bank in USA to open an account with
one of the banks and introduce you to our customers to direct all payment to your account as they r
equested.

Regards,

Harry George.
CEO. Harry & CO, Metals LTD
Primary Email : harry50@uku.co.uk
Secondary Email :     harry.george50@fsmail.net
Tel:   07011.150.363 /  07014.213.221
Fax: +44.7005.980.594

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

rawlins_fabricuk@yahoo.co.uk

Very unsophisticated mule recruitment drive, this.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rawlins Morgan < rawlins_fabricuk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 21-Nov-2006 09:23
Subject: Good Job
To:

My name is r.morgan and I manage a company that sells textile and fabric
materials in London,UK .well we are into Manufactures of Fabrics and
Textiles with numerous customers home and abroad and we are expanding our
network accross  the united states.
We already have  few clients based there and I am looking for a
trustworthy representative in the united states that will aid as a link
between us and my clients over there.I would like to know if you would be
interested in our (WORK FROM HOME ) job offer.It requires much enthusiasm
but little work.Plus you wont have to leave your  present job.
If interested please contact me with the following details.
1- Name & Address
2- Physical Address(not p.o box)
3.Phone number(s) / Fax
4.Age
5.marital status
and more information will be passed on to you.

Thank you..

MR.r.morgan
Managing Director

S&A International Ltd
31 Wilmslow Rd,
Cheadle, Cheshire
London
SE28 0LS

Monday, November 20, 2006

Stream Job Biz Inc

As the spam says, this is not a sales gimmick that requires you to pay setup fees or sign up to  a mailing list. What they don't mention is that they want to to deal in stolen money/goods, which is illegal. They say it's legal? They're lying.

   Domain Name: STREAMJOBBIZ.COM <-- scammers
   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.register.com
   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
   Name Server: NS1.KERKULES.NET
   Name Server: NS2.KERKULES.NET
   Updated Date: 17-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 15-Nov-2006 <-- recently created
   Expiration Date: 15-Nov-2007 <-- minimum registration time

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marcos Mcmanus <[redacted]>
Date: 21-Nov-2006 06:15
Subject: Easy and A lo tOf Money
To: [redacted]@gmail.com

Yo [redacted]!!!


Feel tired of everyday routine? Are you looking for well-paid part-time job?
Stream Job Biz Inc., one of the leading courier company i nEastern Europe is
looking for honest and responsible people. Do not miss your chance - we have
exactly what you need! Making more than $3000 pe rmonth, spending 3-4 hours a
day - it is  real with us! This is not a sales gimmick that requires you to pay
setup  fees or sign up to  a mailing list, you do not need to invest money.
This is a business that requires only limited amounts of your time. You will
work as delivery assistant. Simple - receive, repack adn reship correspondence.
You will be paid during the first week of employment! No experience or special
skills are required. You will work as delivery assistant right from your home.
Your job is absolutely legal.
If you are interested, please go to
http://www.streamjobbiz.com click " REGISTER".
Remember time is money!


Stream Job Biz Inc.
Recruitment Department
vacancies@streamjobbiz.com
http://www.streamjobbiz.com



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Net Transaction Systems

Money mule scam. The domain "ntssystems.com" was apparently registered for this scam.

   Domain Name: NTSSYSTEMS.COM <-- scam domain
   Registrar: ESTDOMAINS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.estdomains.com
   Referral URL: http://www.estdomains.com
   Name Server: NS2.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Name Server: NS1.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Updated Date: 08-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 08-Nov-2006 <-- created recently
   Expiration Date: 08-Nov-2007 <-- minimum duration registration


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Net Transaction Systems <[redacted]>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:40:09 +0180
Subject: Wellpaid job opportunity
To: [redacted]

Hello

     Net Transaction Systems (NTS ,inc) is a Lithuanian company,
dealing with the software elaboration, web-design and Internet
commercials.
NTS ,inc began to work in 2000 and now it is considered to be the one
of the leaders among IT- service providers in Internet.
Large selection of service, high quality of our work, professionalism
of our employees and affordable prices attract new clients every day.

The fact is that despite the US market is new for us we already have
regular clients also speaks for itself.

         WHAT YOU NEED TO
DO FOR US?
  The international money transfer tax for legal entities
(companies) in Lithuanian  is
25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%.
There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international
money transfer made by a private individual is 7% .That's why we need
you! We need agents to receive payment for products in money orders,
cheque or bank wire transfers) and to resend the
money to us via Wire
Transfer or Western Union Money Transfer.This way we will save money
because of tax decreasing.

         JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Recieve
payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which
will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance
afer deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be
contacted to send payment to(Payment is to forwarded either by Wire
transfer or Western Union Money Transfer).

         HOW MUCH WILL YOU
EARN?
10% from each operation! For instance: you receive 7000 USD via
cheques or
money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep
$700 (10% from $7000) for yourself!
    At the beginning your commission
will equal 10%, thoughlater it will increase up to 12%!


ADVANTAGES
You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent
contractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal.
You can earn up to $3000-4000 monthly depending on time you will spend
for this job.
   You do not need any capital to start.You can do the
Work easily without leaving or affecting your present Job.The employees
who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become
managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.

        MAIN
REQUIREMENTS
  18 years or older legally capable responsible ready to
work 2-4 hours per week. with PC knowledge e-mail and internet
experience (minimal)

      And please know that Everything is
absolutely legal,that's why You have to fill a contract!
If you are
interested in our offer, please reply to the following email address:
manager@ntssystems.com ,Thanks for your anticipated action.
And we hope to hear back from you.
     Regards,
     Mr Matthew  Booth

Sinosteel Trading (Impostors)

Images have been removed from this spam. There's nothing new here: someone is recruiting money mules by pretending to represent a real company. The real company almost certainly doesn't use Yahoo! email addresses for its official business, however, and is probably annoyed that spammers are impersonating them for criminal gain.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pamla Vanderkraats <[redacted]>
Date: 20-Nov-2006 10:10
Subject: EARN USD$10,000 THIS MONTH AS A SINO REP....
To:

 

 
SINOSTEEL TRADING
COMPANY,
CHINA.
 
 
 
     The SINOSTEEL TRADING COMPANY, is a reputable distributor, importer and exporter of steel products in China. The predecessor of the Sinosteel Trading Company is the CHINA METALLURGICAL IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION (CMIEC) which was founded in January 1980. CMIEC was renamed as Sinosteel Trading Company on November 17, 2004. Our total amount of import and export surpassed US$900 million in year 2005, reporting a sales revenue of over 8 billion Yuan. We have been able to reach this height as a result of the innovation of China's old foreign trade system under the guidance of reform and open-up policies. Our business range from raw materials such as iron ore, rare earth, refractories, bauxites, fluorspars, magnesites, etc, to finished metal and non-metal products.
 
     Iron ore         Bauxites       Refractories      Magnesites     Fluorspars

 
   We have reached a huge sales volume of steel products in China and the whole of Asia and now penetrating into the broader GLOBAL MARKET. Hence the need for us to have representatives and authorized payment officers. We are thereby using this medium to seek your indulgence in being our sole representative and payment officer in your locality. This is sequel to the new marketing trend now in vogue which is the Network Marketing System.
     This job offer is organised in such a way that it will not interfere with your present job because it has the flexibility of you working at your leisure and at home and earn even more money than your regular job. This is an opportunity that provides you a part-time job but guarantees you FULL-TIME PAY. This is your very own home business and quite possibly you can be completely self-sufficient financially in a matter of months by becoming one of our diligent but highly rewarded representative.
 
This opportunity guarantees' you an extra earnings of up to USD$10,000 or more, per month as commission depending on the business volume granted you by the company per month, once you become our registered representative. This is as a result of you earning 10% commission on any payment of products paid through you by any of our clients. There are still very many more bonuses which you will benefit from once you register as a representative, like our loan facility and so on.
 
 

THIS OFFER IS OPEN TILL 1ST OF DECEMBER, 2006
...SO JOIN NOW AND BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF FORTUNE...

For more information and how you can become a Sinosteel representative, please contact the English Section:
 
Mr. Lee Chang.
Manager, Strategic Marketing Dept.
(English Section)
SINOSTEEL TRADING COMPANY,
CHINA.
 
 
 
 
SINOSTEEL TRADING COMPANY, CHINA.
COPYRIGHT ©2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Online Trader Association

This scam is cut from the same cloth as one seen earlier this month. It's just more mule recruiting.

Addresses seen in conjunction with this spam

  • Joey.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Dorsey.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Stan.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Josue.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Lonnie.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Issac.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Normand.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Terry.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
  • Patricia.eauction@yahoo.co.uk
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Antwan Fair <[redacted]@tenchiclub.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:26:55 -0480
Subject: 3 trading vacant positions available
To: [redacted]

We are happy to introduce our new project.
 

Our Online Trader Association has begun successful cooperation with US auction clients.
Due to the importance and security measures required for the entire processes to be legitimate and successful, different US Financial Institutions assist us during the initial trading process.

Our auction trade association is very popular with those willing to sell or purchase from different parts of the world. Thats when we are happy to offer different vacancies to those interested in becoming a part of the Online Trader Association.

Available jobs:

Client manager
Schedule: 8 hours per day.
Salary:
3000 USD per month.
Requirements: PC, mobile phone, online access.
Job description: Assist clients from Your regions with full time Internet and personal support.

Merchant manager
Schedule: 3-5 hours per day.
Salary: From
4000 USD per month + commissions for successful completion of weekly duties with no delays.
Requirements: online access, mobile and land line number, bank account with one of US Banks to process initial funds transfers from US traders to our worldwide auction sellers
Job description: Assist traders from Your region with funds processing from the initial trader to the auction seller himself. Become the initial third party between the US trader and the auction seller from abroad.
British citizenship is not obligatory.

Carting manager

Schedule: 6-10 hours per day.
Salary:
2000 USD per month.
Requirements: car, online access, cell and home phone, punctuality and responsibility.
Job description: Transport the initial wares to the post office and International postal service companies. Maximum carrying capacity of 3 tons.

Obligatory for everyone applying:

Age limit from 18y.o to 65.y.o

Check email correspondence daily

Contact customers from ones region by the email and by the phone

Perspectives:

1. Individual career growth variety.
2. Work successfully and get weekly commission besides monthly salary for outstanding performance of ones duties.

If You wish to apply for any of the positions above or would like to get more info, please confirm Your interest and
reply to us.

Sincerely Yours

Senior Staff manager

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Kentford Fish Limited

Another money mule job. Everything about this company sounds made up. It's just another excuse to get you to act as a middle-man for stolen money.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kentford Fish Limited <kentford.ex@gmail.com>
Date: 19-Nov-2006 11:38
Subject: SURVEY & GET PAID (EMPLOYMENT)
To: [redacted]

Dear Sir/Madam,
 
Kentford Fish Limited is a Global Seafood Enterprise based in UK. Kentford Fish SL has been a company formed by experienced people in the fish industry. Some of them come from centennial companies of the branch, installed for 150 years. Others with 40 years of experience in the international trade of fish and seafood, inclusively having being a principal contributor in the formation and commercial takeoff of Britain sharpshooting companies. Also we were pioneering in 1971 and 1972 in the product packaging finished for its sale in great surfaces, as they were the first trays of clean sepia, lenguados, and producers of vinegar big hole, etc.
 
Originally starting out in the Food Additive Industry, the company became swiftly involved in plenty of other segments and is  continuously adopting new challenges. Besides the trading business, it has identified the necessity to offer special services to  Western companies that wish to engage themselves into activities in Britain but do not have the rights contacts, language abilities and/or time to get this accomplished themselves. It is upon this note that we are writing you to seek your assistance in
representing our company in your locality as our Legitimate Cashier  / Representative. Note that as a legitimate cashier of our company, you will be entitled to a basic salary of $48,000 USD a year and 10% bonus of any payment amount you receive from
customers on behalf of the company as payments for sales and outstanding debts on goods that they buy.
 
As a legitimate cashier  of our company, your primary functions are as follows:
 
1. The company will be responsible for all costs including phone and other expenses.
2. Assume responsibility for all transactions enquiries.
3. Lastly, contacting clients on behalf of the company who are ready to make payments or wanting to pay for products they purchase from the company.
 
To facilitate this transaction if accepted by you, do send us promptly, the following:
 
1. Your Full Names
2. Present Occupation/Position
3. Sex/Age
3. Contact address
4. Telephone number,Fax and e-mail contact

Thanks for your time and partronize to work & get paid with Kentford Ltd.
 
Best Regards,
Kent D. FordthY  .

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Feilong Plastic Company (Impostors)

If there is a real "Feilong Plastic Company", then you can be pretty sure their contact address isn't the Yahoo! freemail address listed below. This is just another money mule recruitment scam, targeting North America. The money you receive under such a scheme is stolen from compromised Internet banking accounts; it is not payments from customers.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Feilong Plastic Company <fcp004@o2.pl>
Date: 18-Nov-2006 20:58
Subject: RELIABLE REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED
To: Undisclosed-Recipient

Goodday,

This mail is serving as an invitation to treat Urgently. I will not
fail to state that I am sorry for encroaching in your privacy.

Feilong Plastic Company located in Zhejiang China, produces colour
printing and multi-laminating plastic packing bag for packing any kinds of
products in China, some of them are foil bags.

The main products of the factory are as following:

(1) Food packing film(bag), color printing and lamination.
(2) High temperature cooking film(bag), color printing and laminrtion,
for killing bacteria in high temperature.
(3) Low temperature refrigerating film(bag), color printing and
lamination for keep fresh in low temperature.
(4) Low temperature anti-static electricity hot sealing film(bag), for
washing powder milk powder and powder packing.
(5) Standing, zipper bags.
(6) Various kinds of tearable membrane covers.
(7) one way coffeebags (for roasted coffeebeans)
(8) Vacuum save storage bag(space bags).
(9) Liquid packaging.

Over the years we have limited countries where our products are been
exported, due to the quality of our products we have sucessfully some
few customers in the America continent.

Due to  the increase in demand of our products in America and Canada,
we have decided to move our products fully into the continent of
America. By so doing,we are searching for reliable persons/companies who can
act as a DISTRIBUTOR/RECEIVING OFFICER who will act as medium of reach 
between our customers and us in their area of locality.

Note that, if finally aprroved as our Representative, you are entitled
to 5% of whatever amount you receive from customers who are making
payments for outstanding invoices on behalf of the company.  Our account
officer in Japan will convey to you the medium which you will use to
remit any funds received on our behalf. If you are interested in being a
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICER in the above location and your locality, please
fill out this form below:

Feilong Plastic Company.,Ltd. Distributor/Receiving account Form

Title  please select Ms Mr Mrs Dr
First Name:
Surname:
Age  please select 25-35 36-45 46-55 55+      
Relevant Experience:     
Company Background:
Postal Address:
Residential Address:
Phone:
Fax: 
Email:
Do you have an exclusive relationship with another China  based
company? YES /NO

Please also let us know the best time to reach you on phone especially
as we have a difference
in time. Thank you for your time.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ye Junpei
Contact Person
Feilong Plastic Company
Contact us via; feilongplastic_company@yahoo.com.hk
Haixin Rode 88,
Haining,
Zhejiang,
China

Monetti International

Money mule recruitment in the USA. This is a classic case of looking to employ someone as a money middle-man with intent to defraud. The idiot behind this particular spam doesn't know how to create a "mailto" link, however, which makes it less effective than it might otherwise be. Email addresses seen in conjunction with the name "Monetti" are as follows.

  • Leesa.traderonline@yahoo.ca
  • Cal.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Keshia.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Bennie.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Linzi.traderonline@yahoo.ca
  • Katelin.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Flora.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Chloe.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Osmund.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
  • Leyton.usajoboffer@yahoo.co.uk
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Craig Hutton <[redacted]>
Date: 18-Nov-2006 19:50
Subject: New job offers in the USA
To: [redacted]

  Monetti International is expanding its field of action to North America and we are now ready to offer our instant loan grant service to North American residents as well.

Monetti International have official branch offices in many European Countries including Finland, Italy, Poland, Sweden, UK and other European Union countries. Due to the expansion to North America, Monetti International are ready to offer multifarious career opportunities with the initial Monetti International Concern.

Monetti International Concern was founded back in 1983. Ever since instant loan grant has been of top priority for Monetti International.

Our goal is to provide our customers with quick and easy loan within the limits of the possible business-costs minimization and modern engineering opportunities maximum utilization.

Monetti International aspire to become the leading service provider in its field of action.

Due to our expansion to North American field of action, we do understand that our success does depend greatly on the initial service providers from within the Company and thats why we are offering promising career opportunities to You.

Monetti International have 3 different job offers for USA and Canada residents:

IT operator:

Work schedule: full-time job. 8 hours per day. 3 shifts work schedule (morning, afternoon, night)

Salary: fixed salary in the end of every working month 4000 USD.

Requirements: regular Internet access, primary and secondary phone numbers (home and mobile); Java, C+, C++, PHP, VB, html.

Duties: provide full-time IT support to Monetti International branch in Your region, future software engineering for the regional branch.

Cashier operator:

Work schedule: part-time job with weekly employment of 8-12 hours, possible full-time job after 2 months of successful cooperation with Monetti International.

Salary: fixed salary by the end of every working month 3750 USD. Incentive wage accumulation system is involved.

Requirements: PC either at home or at work, primary and secondary phone numbers (home and mobile, work), account in any USA financial institution for loan value allocation between Monetti International North American customers.

Duties: cooperate with Monetti International regional customers in USA and Canada, process loan grant service in your region and offer instant loan grant delivery to our customers.

Staff operator:

Work schedule: full-time job. 8 hours per day.

Salary: fixed salary in the end of every working month 3000 USD. 100 USD bonus for every new Monetti International affiliate.

Requirements: regular Internet access, primary and secondary phone numbers (home and mobile). Charisma, convincing skills and determination.

Duties: recruit new Monetti International customers and affiliates from Your region; cooperate with the Companys local operators to provide the customers with efficient and successful instant loan grant service in the end.

P.S Punctuality is most welcome.

Restrictions and requirements:

- USA and CANADA residents ONLY -

- Age limit from 18 to 70 -

- Internet access 2-3 times per day

- Phone talks and email correspondence possibility

To get more details of the Company and of the vacant job offers, please contact us by replying to this email.

Monetti International marketing department

Senior staff coordinator

Friday, November 17, 2006

England Sub Sea Oil Company

They aren't giving much away about this job, are they? Full marks for vagueness. I'm going to go out on a limb with this and guess that it's not mule recruitment, but rather advance fee fraud , meaning that you will have to pay special costs in order to get this job (which doesn't actually exist). It was mailed from Yahoo!, which reports that the source IP address is 202.177.166.110 , which is in India. That could be a compromised third-party computer, but I'm doubtful in this case. It doesn't look like a very professional scam. If anyone wants to engage this scammer, please follow up with comments as to further details uncovered.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: subsea oil subsea oil <subseaoil_subseaoil@yahoo.co.uk >
Date: 17-Nov-2006 06:53
Subject: Job Vacancies
To: [redacted]

ENGLAND SUBSEA OIL COMPANY (ESOC).
 Job Vacancies
TITLE: PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT
Job ID: PSC/JV/ESOC 01145-06
ENGLAND .
 
 
England Sub Sea Oil Company (ESOC) has immediate employment opportunities. ESOC intends to invite experienced individuals/expatriates or Consultancy firm capable of rendering expertise services in various fields of Engineering, Construction and Installation, NDT , Geology, Project Management, Welding and Fabrication, Plant/Start-Up, Maintenance, Mechanical/Technical/Design Engineering, Information Technology, Administrative and Commissioning. 
 
ENTITLEMENT, BENEFITS AND PACKAGES;
. A very attractive net salary paid in US$, Sterling or Euros equivalent depending on employee home country and currency preference with annual salary review.
. Quality single or family housing accommodation in company community.
. Free medical/dental care in ENGLAND for employee and family.
. Excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment.
. Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel.
. Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances.
. Full access to some to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in ENGLAND.
. Life Insurance and Paid vacation.
. Official vehicle/Maximum security in work environment and housing community.
 
JOB STATUS:
Full-Time and contract
SALARY INDICATION:
US$55,500.00-USD15, 000.00 depending upon experience and field of  specialization. Interested candidates are to email resume and details of experience to: evanglay2006@yahoo.com , http://www.subsea.org

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Thursday, November 16, 2006

t-recruit.com

Mule recruitment in the USA again. The domain has been registered specifically for the scam, by the looks of it.

   Domain Name: T-RECRUIT.COM <-- scam!
   Registrar: ESTDOMAINS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.estdomains.com
   Referral URL: http://www.estdomains.com
   Name Server: NS1.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Name Server: NS2.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Updated Date: 09-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 09-Nov-2006 <-- recently created
   Expiration Date: 09-Nov-2007 <-- only registered for one year (the minimum)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Guadalupe <Guy@[redacted]>
Date: 16-Nov-2006 23:39
Subject: Careers in US
To: [redacted]

TSM is the Swiss watch industry's active trade association, currently seeking administrative assistants/sales support representatives within US to work
from home, to contribute to the sales force and add convenience to our service dedicated to individuals, businesses, and organizations worldwide.

This position focuses on the management of daily, weekly and monthly tasks and special projects pertaining to the sales support for sales in US.

Primary duties include:
- Assists the Sales Department in a support role performing special projects, data entry and other duties as assigned
- Maintains tracking spreadsheet for purchases and payments
- Provides general administrative support including drafting of correspondence, processing purchase orders and expense reports etc.
- Emails correspondence daily

Hours: You can work full time or part time. Your schedule can be flexible. For part time - you will need to spend on average 3 hours per day,
Monday-Friday.

Salary: Base pay for part time is $1,200, plus 5% commission from each successfully completed transaction with a client.

Location: This is a work at home position. All communication will be online. During training/trial period assistance may be provided by phone.

Requirements: You need to have a PC, Internet access, Excel, and motivation.

Costs and Fees: There are NO costs at any time for our employees. All fees related to this employment are covered by the company.

Further Hiring Process: Please send your resume to: sophie.bianca@t-recruit.com. In your email please state if you are interested in a part-time or a
full-time position. After reviewing the submitted applications we respond to successful applicants only. We then offer the successful applicants a position
within our company on a trial period for one month. During this trial period you will be receiving training and online support while working and being
paid. At the completion of the trial period, the supervisor can recommend continued employment, extension of trial period, or termination. After the trial
period your base pay will increase.


Send any questions and your resume to sophie.bianca@t-recruit.com

Thank You,
Sophie Bianca


Permission Settings

If you feel that you have received this message in error or do not wish to receive future messages, please reply to this message with remove in the
subject heading. We will immediately update accordingly. We apologize for any inconvenience.

TSM
Geneva, Switzerland
Sophie.Bianca@t-recruit.com

George Metway Inc

Mule recruitment, targeting Australians.

Domain Name: GEORGEMETWAYINC.COM <-- scam!
Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC.
Whois Server: whois.OnlineNIC.com
Referral URL: http://www.OnlineNIC.com

Name Server: NS1.KERKULES.NET
Name Server: NS2.KERKULES.NET
Updated Date: 01-Nov-2006
Creation Date: 17-Oct-2006
Expiration Date: 17-Oct-2007

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted]
Date: Nov 17, 2006 12:15 AM
Subject: reply to your resume
To: [redacted]


Good afternoon.
I got your resume from SEEK Australia job-site and it
suites our company requirements.
My name is Roger Longbotham, I represent George Metway
Inc company located in Europe.
Our company is seekeing for a representatives in
Australia for full and part-time jobs.
No relocation is needed, job duties include mail and
payments processing, standart office duties and
everyday reporting.
All candidates have to be 18+ years old, authorized to
work in Australia, with minimal computer knowlege.
Both part-time (2-3 days a week) and full time (5 days
a week) positions available.
Your minimal income will be $4000 a month in average
and you will be paid DAILY.
Please, e-mail me to support@georgemetwayinc.com if
you are interested and I will send you company
requirements.
Roger Longbotham
George Metway Inc

Cruise Vacancy

This is probably a case of advance fee fraud rather than the more common "mule" recruitment. It wouldn't be the first time I've seen advance fee fraud under the guise of cruise ship vacancies originating in Malaysia: see Starline Cruise.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SKY CRUISE <recruitment@mail2marines.com>
Date: 16-Nov-2006 04:57
Subject: Cruise Vacancy...
To: [redacted]

We recruit qualified candidates and conduct training including interviews
before relocating selected employees to their specified job location. Our
Human-Resources Team is continually looking for friendly, hardworking,
dependable, crew for our cruise ships. They co-ordinates employment
opportunities for all positions on board our cruise lines. The benefits of
working on cruise ships lure people of all ages. Our dedicated team will
assist you in applying for one of the most desired job positions ever.


POSITIONS:

Attendant
Accountants
Store Managers
Safety Officer
Computer Engineer
Satellite Controllers
Fitness Instructor
Receptionist
Computer Operators
Deck Supervisors
Food & Beverage Manager
Assistant Housekeeping Managers
General Laborer
Housekeeping Manager
Cruise Staffs
Lifeguards
Administration Assistants
Customer Service Rep.t
Deck Officers
Chief Purser
Assistant Purser
Assistant Waiter
Bar Tenders
Hospitality Manager
Chefs
Steward.... etc.


APPLICANT IS ADVISED TO APPLY FOR A JOB WITH HIS / HER C.V,
AN APPLICATION LETTER AND ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS (CERTIFICATES).

E-mail: human_resource@infohq.com



Mr Tan S. Leng

Tansley Human Resources Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

Leonard Wiliams, Simplicity Inc.

One of the many Nigerian check-fraud scammers currently operating out of the UK.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: leonard williams < leonardwilliams_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 16 Nov 2006 06:19:04 -0000
Subject: Employment Offer for USA Residnet only
To: [redacted]


Plesant Day,

I have a Job to Offer you, if you Might be intrested in, My name is Leonard Wiliams, I am 48 Years and I work with Simplicity Inc. Ltd.in London United Kingdom. we Extract Raw Materia From Africa to produce textile and fabric which we supply to Our Client in North America Geographical Region (United State) and Other Asian Country for cloth Making.

We are In search of a Representative in North America and Asia to Work for us as Part Time worker and we are willing to pay a Sum of $700. Dollars for every Transaction you Recieve and Process on Our Behalf, and I can assure you That this is Not goin to Affect your Current state of Work.Though we are Working on Setting up a Branch in the United State But for Now we need a representative.

The Main Scope of Work for this Representatative will be to Accept Payment Via Check or Wire Transfer in the United State and then Remove his/Her $700 Working Allowance and Send Down the Rest to Our Head Office In the United Kingdom.
Sometimes FBI get Involve in a case where someone is trying to Run with the Company's Money. I Hope that is Okay with You, If you are Intrested Kindly Get back to  me with your Full name, Phone Number and  Residential Address and i will forward and Employment Form to you as soon as I Recieve your Response.

Please Note that it would'nt Cost you anything to Recieve Payment on Our company Behalf as all Payment wil be Deliver to you Via a Register Courier Service from Our Numerous Customers Across North America Geographical Region

I look Forward seeing your Reply Soonest.

Best Regards,
Leonard Williams.
Simplicity Inc Ltd.
Hermlenton Terrace,
United Kingdom

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Help Children's

My Spanish isn't all that great, but I comprehend enough to recognise another money mule job scam targeting the Spanish. I'm doubly unimpressed, because not only is it a job scam, but it rips off material from a real charitable organisation to set up its fake website. The real organisation is "Children International". The domains I've seen associated with this scam so far are as follows.

   Domain Name: YOUHELPCHILDREN.COM
   Registrar: YESNIC CO. LTD.
   Whois Server: whois.yesnic.com
   Referral URL: http://www.yesnic.com
   Name Server: NS2.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Name Server: NS1.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Updated Date: 13-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 12-Nov-2006
   Expiration Date: 12-Nov-2007

   Domain Name: TOHELPCHILDREN.COM
   Registrar: YESNIC CO. LTD.
   Whois Server: whois.yesnic.com
   Referral URL: http://www.yesnic.com
   Name Server: NS2.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Name Server: NS1.DOCLOGS.BIZ
   Updated Date: 13-Nov-2006
   Creation Date: 12-Nov-2006
   Expiration Date: 12-Nov-2007

Domain ID:D132137382-LROR
Domain Name:CHILDRENNEEDHELP.ORG
Created On:03-Nov-2006 14:57:11 UTC
Last Updated On:03-Nov-2006 14:57:19 UTC
Expiration Date:03-Nov-2007 14:57:11 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:EstDomains, Inc. (R1345-LROR)
Name Server:NS1.DOCLOGS.BIZ
Name Server:NS2.DOCLOGS.BIZ

They seem to have made a mistake in the spam template, leaving out their email contact address. Sample spam follows.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sylvia Patel <[redacted]>
Date: 16-Nov-2006 00:33
Subject: We are waiting forA nswer. Job
To: [redacted]@ gmail.com

Organizacion de beneficencia tiene Vacantes en Espana !!

2 a 4 Horas desde su casa por Internet !

Trabaje con nuestra Orgnaizacion y ayude nos a ayudar a los chicos.

Aspirantes al cargo, contestar estem ail pidiendo el formulario de aplicacion.

Salario 1000 Euros a 2000 Euros por Mes.

Requisitos:

Buen Manejo de PC
Acceso a Internet
Manejo de Mail y MSN
Residente Espanol
Telefono Movil

Si estas niteresado en mas detalles, Contactanos via email: {keymail4}

O utilizar nuestra forma de registro en http://www.tohelpchildren.com y te contactaremos a la brevedad !

Desde ya estamos a tus servicios ante cualquier duda.



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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

mike13george@yahoo.com

I can't tell which particular scam this is from the body of the ad itself. All I can tell you is that any job ad that's spammed indiscriminately like this has to be a scam. If anyone feels like applying for the job (use a disposable email address!) then please post further details about the response in a comment below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MIKE AND SUSAN GEORGE <mike13george@yahoo.com>
Date: 14-Nov-2006 23:50
Subject: FANTASTIC JOB OFFER AWAITS YOU !!!
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Good Day ,

ARE LOOKING FOR A LUCRATIVE JOB? TAKES ONLY 3-6 HRS A WEEK,AND EARN UP TO
$2500 -$10,000 PER MONTH (BASED ON HOW HARD YOU WORK FOR THE COMPANY)
YOU DO NOT RESUME OR A C.V AT ANY OFFICE IS A JOB FROM HOME .TRY WITHOUT RISKING
YOUR CURRENT POSITION.GET BACK TO US IF INTERESTED

MIKE AND SUSAN GEORGE

Thanks & Get Back..

Monday, November 13, 2006

ONOKEN Corporation (Impostors)

This random scammer with a Yahoo! freemail address does NOT verifiably
represent Onoken co.,ltd. This is just a money mule job scam abusing a
real company name as a cover story. In this particular case, the
mention of "checks" suggests that the scam involves forged checks,
specifically.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ONOKEN CORPORATION <mr_onoken02@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: 13-Nov-2006 05:39
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED URGENTLY!!!(10% COMMISSION)
To: undisclosed-recipients


ONOKEN Corporation
1995-1 Tsurusaki,Oaza,
Oita 870-0106, Japan
Web:www.onoken.co.jp

COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED URGENTLY!!!

I am Mr. Ken Ono, president ONOKEN Corporation based in Japan. We
specialized in the iron and steel products. We are searching for
representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
customers in the Canada/America and other nearby countries as well as
making payments through you to us. You do not have to leave your present
job for this one because this job offer will be on a part time basis as it
comes once in a while and remuneration is on a percentage basis of 10% of
the total amount you receive from my customers at any time on my behalf.

The reason why i seek your assistance is that American and Canadian checks
takes a long time to clear her e in Japan. Thereby holding business down
for me and my associates. Now i already have customers who are ready to
remit cash to me. Please to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction
if accepted, do send me promptly the following information's below by

my private email:mr_onoken05@yahoo.co.jp

(1)Your full names:
(2)Contact address:
(3)Tele/cell numbers:
(4)Occupation:
(5)Age:
(6)Sex:
(7)country:

Thank you for your time.

Ken Ono
President and Chief Executive Officer.
EMAIL:mr_onoken05@yahoo.co.jp

Norden United Ltd

Summary

This money mule scam (see sidebar for more information) appears to be a reincarnation of Bronsard Advantage under a new name. For a while now, we've seen related scams running in parallel: last month's major scam was Israeli Brokerage Services plus the minor Bronsard Advantage. This month we have Athens Financial Group Ltd, and now the minor Norden United Ltd.

The Spam

As in past cases, the message is presented in a GIF image, accompanied by "filter buster" text coloured to be invisible against the background.

Representative image

Names used as signature

  • Elsa Svitborg

Sender names encountered

Capitalisation may vary.

  • Norden United LTD
  • Norden United

Links encountered

Listed in order of encounter during November 2006.

  1. http://norden-industries.biz/html/jobs.php
  2. http://norden-united.biz/html/jobs.php
  3. http://norden-united.net/html/jobs.php
  4. http://uninord.biz/html/jobs.php

Encountered in December 2006.

  1. http://united-nord.com/html/jobs.php
  2. http://norden.hk/html/jobs.php
  3. http://norden-info.biz/html/jobs.php
  4. http://united-nord.biz/html/jobs.php
  5. http://norden-company.biz/html/manager.php

Encountered in January 2007.

  1. http://united-nord.info/html/jobs.php
  2. http://norden-info.net/html/jobs.php
  3. http://nord-ltd.info/html/manager.php

Active but not yet encountered in spam

If you discover other domain names being used as part of this scam, please notify us.

  • norden-ltd.com

Also suspicious

These domains are suspiciously similar, but were not found to be actively hosting the scam website when tested. I expect that they will be so used at a later date (or were used, but taken offline).

  • norden-united.info
  • norden-ltd.biz

Website

Here is a snapshot of their website, taken at the time this blog entry was first posted.

The following text is from their description of the "manager" position, and clearly shows that the job involves forwarding money (a money mule job). The other positions are largely decoys, but all link to the same online job application page.

Manager of support to supervise operations concerning investments and securities

Responsibilities include: Reception of payments from Norden United LTD clients (individuals) with the personal bank account. Withdrawal of money from the account and further transfer through express payment systems* to our brokers in one of the countries, where the shares and securities are bought on behalf of Global Iceland Syndicate clients. All fees due for services from express payment systems* are charged to the company. Through this scheme we considerably reduce the time of payment, while our client receives securities immediately after you confirm the fact of acceptance of money with your account. It is definitely positive, that this work may give you additional revenue as a part-time job, because you don't have to spend all your working day for this assignment.

Requirements:

  • 80 y.o. or younger;
  • Bank account available (ability to open a new bank account);
  • E-mail available;
  • Several hours a day to spend for this job;
  • PC confident user;
  • Internet skills;
  • Independence, responsibility, initiative Ability to learn and to achieve goals, extensive communication skills.

How to Start: To start the job of manager of support to supervise operations concerning investments and securities dealing with private persons, it is necessary to fill out the job application form in our site.

Wages: Wages of the Support Manager of Norden United LTD equal a certain % from the amount of each transfer made to his bank account (the sum is different in each case and calculates individually). Feel the privelege of this job when the wages are defined by the employee. The more transfers he processes, the bigger wages he gets.

* The transfer should be done by Western Union or Moneygram services to fasten the process. The salary you get is a certain percent of every transaction made to your account( average percent is 7 to 10 % dependable of the money amount).

Domain Information (for experts)

Limited WHOIS information is provided here, primarily for the purposes of trend analysis. I do not include most of the registrant details, since these are invariably false and may point to innocent third parties.

norden-united.biz

Query at around 2006-11-13 12:19 UTC.

Domain Name:                                 NORDEN-UNITED.BIZ
Domain ID: D14843913-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 113
Name Server: NS2.READY-HR.COM
Name Server: NS1.READY-HR.COM
Created by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Last Updated by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Domain Registration Date: Fri Oct 13 01:33:00 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Fri Oct 12 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Thu Nov 02 01:11:46 GMT 2006

norden-industries.biz

Query at around 2006-11-13 12:19 UTC.

Domain Name:                                 NORDEN-INDUSTRIES.BIZ
Domain ID: D14843915-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 113
Name Server: NS2.READY-HR.COM
Name Server: NS1.READY-HR.COM
Created by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Last Updated by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Domain Registration Date: Fri Oct 13 01:33:12 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Fri Oct 12 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Thu Nov 02 01:10:53 GMT 2006

norden-united.net

Query at around 2006-11-13 12:44 UTC.

   Domain Name: NORDEN-UNITED.NET
Registrar: COMPUTER SERVICES LANGENBACH GMBH DBA JOKER.COM
Whois Server: whois.joker.com
Referral URL: http://www.joker.com
Name Server: NS1.READY-HR.COM
Name Server: NS2.READY-HR.COM
Updated Date: 01-Nov-2006
Creation Date: 16-Oct-2006
Expiration Date: 16-Oct-2007

norden-united.info

Query at around 2006-11-13 12:44 UTC.

Domain ID:D15010902-LRMS
Domain Name:NORDEN-UNITED.INFO
Created On:13-Oct-2006 01:58:21 UTC
Last Updated On:13-Oct-2006 01:58:27 UTC
Expiration Date:13-Oct-2007 01:58:21 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:MIT (R141-LRMS)
Name Server:YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:YNS2.YAHOO.COM

uninord.biz

Query at around 2006-11-19 13:14 UTC.

Domain Name:                                 UNINORD.BIZ
Domain ID: D14865122-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 113
Name Server: NS2.LLOOAADD.COM
Name Server: NS1.LLOOAADD.COM
Created by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Last Updated by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Domain Registration Date: Sun Oct 15 20:27:59 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Sun Oct 14 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Wed Nov 15 19:26:49 GMT 2006

united-nord.com

Query at around 2006-12-14 01:07 UTC

   Domain Name: UNITED-NORD.COM
Registrar: COMPUTER SERVICES LANGENBACH GMBH DBA JOKER.COM
Whois Server: whois.joker.com
Referral URL: http://www.joker.com
Name Server: NS2.LLOOAADD.COM
Name Server: NS1.LLOOAADD.COM
Updated Date: 12-Dec-2006
Creation Date: 11-Dec-2006
Expiration Date: 11-Dec-2007

norden.hk

Query at around 2006-12-15 07:02 UTC

Domain Name: NORDEN.HK
Email: norden@Safe-mail.net
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2006-10-18
Expiry Date: 2007-10-19
Name Servers Information:
NS1.LLOOAADD.COM
NS2.LLOOAADD.COM

norden-info.biz

Query at around 2006-12-17 15:49 UTC

Domain Name:                                 NORDEN-INFO.BIZ
Domain ID: D15589127-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 113
Registrant Email: mcclychrs@yahoo.com
Name Server: NS2.LLOOAADD.COM
Name Server: NS1.LLOOAADD.COM
Created by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Last Updated by Registrar: CSL COMPUTER SERVICE (D.B.A. JOKER.COM)
Domain Registration Date: Mon Dec 11 23:02:07 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Mon Dec 10 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Mon Dec 11 23:21:36 GMT 2006

united-nord.biz

Query at around 2006-12-26 01:06 UTC

Domain Name:                                 UNITED-NORD.BIZ
Domain ID: D15700439-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: GANDI SARL
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 81
Registrant ID: O-1072438-GANDI
Registrant Name: Jay Bodney
Registrant Email: babcb97d4fb20f0f2bb4b947db7fa0fe-1074227@owner.gandi.net
Name Server: NS1.EXP-WOW.COM
Name Server: NS2.EXP-WOW.COM
Created by Registrar: GANDI SARL
Last Updated by Registrar: GANDI SARL
Domain Registration Date: Wed Dec 20 22:52:54 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Wed Dec 19 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Wed Dec 20 23:05:14 GMT 2006

united-nord.info

Query at around 2007-01-07 09:10 UTC

Domain ID:D15645955-LRMS
Domain Name:UNITED-NORD.INFO
Created On:12-Dec-2006 00:13:07 UTC
Last Updated On:20-Dec-2006 22:27:31 UTC
Expiration Date:12-Dec-2007 00:13:07 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH (R161-LRMS)
Registrant ID:CAFI-233710
Registrant Email:gabi_maillet@yahoo.com
Name Server:NS1.EXP-WOW.COM
Name Server:NS2.EXP-WOW.COM

norden-info.net

Query at around 2007-01-11 05:51 UTC

   Domain Name: NORDEN-INFO.NET
Registrar: COMPUTER SERVICES LANGENBACH GMBH DBA JOKER.COM
Whois Server: whois.joker.com
Referral URL: http://www.joker.com
Name Server: NS1.EXP-WOW.COM
Name Server: NS2.EXP-WOW.COM
Updated Date: 07-jan-2007
Creation Date: 11-dec-2006
Expiration Date: 11-dec-2007
email: mcclychrs@yahoo.com

norden-company.biz

Query at around 2007-01-15 02:38 UTC

Domain Name:                                 NORDEN-COMPANY.BIZ
Domain ID: D15717760-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: GANDI SARL
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 81
Registrant Email: 417bc297f84610c5d136decaae453d43-1074642@owner.gandi.net
Name Server: NS1.EXP-WOW.COM
Name Server: NS2.EXP-WOW.COM
Created by Registrar: GANDI SARL
Last Updated by Registrar: GANDI SARL
Domain Registration Date: Fri Dec 22 05:18:28 GMT 2006
Domain Expiration Date: Fri Dec 21 23:59:59 GMT 2007
Domain Last Updated Date: Wed Dec 27 20:42:51 GMT 2006

nord-ltd.info

Query at around 2007-01-15 20:16 UTC

Domain ID:D15812081-LRMS
Domain Name:NORD-LTD.INFO
Created On:22-Dec-2006 11:49:21 UTC
Last Updated On:13-Jan-2007 12:45:21 UTC
Expiration Date:22-Dec-2007 11:49:21 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Gandi Sarl (R191-LRMS)
Registrant ID:O-1072996-GANDI
Registrant Email:db0010ca5f0efc53e7b175995359206d-1074785@owner.gandi.net
Name Server:NS1.EXP-WOW.COM
Name Server:NS2.EXP-WOW.COM