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.

Friday, January 12, 2007

Baofulong Handicraft Factory (impostor)

Note that there is no reason to believe that the sender of this mule recruitment spam is, in fact, connected to Baofulong in any way, shape, or form. In fact, it looks like it came from Russia. Whatever the case, don't be a money middle-man: you'll wind up robbed, or participating in crime.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Baofulong Handicraft Factory <paymentagent070@yahoo.com.hk >
Date: 11-Jan-2007 10:52
Subject: BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE...
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Baofulong Handicraft Factory
Plot 24, Des Voeux RD.
Central Hongkong
Hongkong.
www.baofulong.com

Dear  Sir/Madam,

I am Mr.wang qin,we are a group(co-operative) we recently included;Craft and Artworks to our list of products and export into Europe/Canada/America Industrial market .We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our costumers in these areas as well as making payments through you to us.

Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could make payment to you being a representative for us we will be very glad and compensations will be given and as well as other
benefits.

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/agent in Canada, America, and Europe.

If interested forward information below to us
1.FULL NAMES:
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.PHONE NUMBER:
6.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):
7.OCCUPATION:
8.COMPANY NAME:
9.COMPANY ADDRESS:
10.NATIONALITY:
11.PRESENT COUNTRY:
12.STATE/PROVINCE:
13.Zip Code:
14.ANNUAL INCOME
To this EMAIL:paymentagent070@yahoo.com.hk

Note that no form of payment will be requested upfront in this endeavor.On our receipt of the above details we shall forward to our customer/clients to immediately contact you with the mode of payment.

Kindest Regard
Mr Wang Qin
Company Director.

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