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.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

A.H.A. International Company

This is a very unsophisticated money mule scam. The sender uses an "aim.com" freemail address, and makes no real effort to look convincing.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dr Liu Quin <liuquin5@aim.com>
Date: 02-Dec-2006 05:29
Subject: RELIABLE REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED"
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Dear Sir/madam,
We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD,an international
export/import company who deal on Pharmaceuticals & Medical
Products,Rubber and Plastic Products,Electrical Products Light
Industrial
Products,Hardware,Metals and Mineral Products,Textile and Garments,Auto
Parts &
Accessories and export into the Canada/America and Europe.
We are searching for agents 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. Please if you are interested in
transacting business with us we will be glad.
Please contact us for more information, 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 Canada/America and
Europe. Please if you are interested forward to us your informations
below

(1)Your full names:
(2) Contact address:
(3) Tele/cell numbers:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age:
(6)Sex:
{7}Company Name{If Any}:
{8}Nationality:

Thanks In advance.
Dr.Liu Quin
Managing Director.
A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD.
Sha Tin, New Territories
Hong Kong

5 comments:

Spotter said...

Received another shoddy spam using the same fake company name. Text follows.

Dear Sir/madam, We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD,an international export/import company who deal on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products,Rubber and Plastic Products,Electrical Products Light Industrial Products,Hardware,Metals and Mineral Products,Textile and Garments,Auto Parts & Accessories and export into the Canada/America and Europe. We are searching for agents 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. Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be glad. Please contact us for more information, 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 Canada/America and Europe. Please if you are interested forward to us your informations below (1)Your full names: (2) Contact address: (3) Tele/cell numbers: (4) Occupation: (5) Age: (6)Sex: {7}Company Name{If Any}: {8}Nationality: Thanks In advance. Dr.Liu Quin Managing Director. A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD. Sha Tin, New Territories Hong Kong drliu_quin@walla.com

Spotter said...

And again... still badly done and broken in many aspects. Only the contact address changes.

Dear Sir/madam, We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD,an international export/import company who deal on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products,Rubber and Plastic Products,Electrical Products Light Industrial Products,Hardware,Metals and Mineral Products,Textile and Garments,Auto Parts & Accessories and export into the Canada/America and Europe. We are searching for agents 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. Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be glad. Please contact us for more information, 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 Canada/America and Europe. Please if you are interested forward to us your informations below (1)Your full names: (2) Contact address: (3) Tele/cell numbers: (4) Occupation: (5) Age: (6)Sex: {7}Company Name{If Any}: {8}Nationality: Thanks In advance. Dr.Liu Quin Managing Director. A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD. Sha Tin, New Territories Hong Kong drliuquin@aim.com

Anonymous said...

Here is the same email with a different contact name as managing director.

Dear sir/madam

We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD,an international export/import company deals principally on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products,Rubber and Plastic Products,Electrical Products Light Industrial Products,Hardware,Metals and Mineral Products,Textile and Garments,Auto Parts & Accessories and export into the Canada/America and Europe.

We are searching for agents 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.

Please to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted,do send us promptly your full contact details,For quick attention e-mail: info@ahaintlcolimited.vmailer.net

Thanks In advance.
Dr Raymond Lo
Managing Director.
A.H.A INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.
Sha Tin, New Territories Hong Kong
Tel\Fax: +852-301-00117

Anonymous said...

Here is my copy of "job offer"

From: info147@cogeco.ca on behalf of ahainternationalcompany_inc@yahoo.com.hk
Sent: Tue 2/12/08 6:46 PM
Reply-to: ahainternationalcompany_inc@yahoo.com.hk
To:

Dear Sir/madam, We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD, an international export/import company who deal on Pharmaceuticals& Medical Products, Rubber and Plastic Products, Electrical Products Light Industrial Products, Hardware, Metals andMineral Products, Textile and Garments, Auto Parts & Accessories and export into the Canada/America and Europe. We are searching for agents who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America andother nearby countries as well as making payments through you to us. You do not have to leave your present job for thisone because this job offer will be on a part time basis as it comes once in a while. Please if you are interested intransacting business with us we will be glad. Please contact us for more information, Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate yourmode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Canada/America and Europe .If you are interested to work for our company contact us via this email address below:aha_internationalinc@yahoo.com.hk Thanks In advance.Dr. Ziu ChengManaging Director.A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD.Sha Tin, New Territories Hong Kong

Anonymous said...

It arrived also in Romania ...

15th December2008

Dear Sir/madam,

We hereby introduce A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD,an international
export/import company who deal on Pharmaceuticals & Medical
Products,Rubber and Plastic Products,Electrical Products Light
Industrial Products,Hardware,Metals and Mineral Products,Textile and
Garments,Auto Parts & Accessories and export into the Canada/America
and Europe.

We are searching for agents 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 our customers at any time on our behalf.
The reason why we seek your assistance is that American and Canadian
checks take a long time to clear here in Asia,thereby holding
business down for us .

Now we already have customers who are ready to
remit cash to us. Please to facilitate the conclusion of this
transaction if accepted,

Thanks In advance.
Mr.Kim Young
Managing Director,

A.H.A INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD.
Sha Tin, New Territories.
China
ahaintltd@gmx.com