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, January 21, 2007

EasyBidding

This one looks more like a reshipper position than a money mule. The job is likely to involve reshipping fraudulently obtained goods, and land you on the wrong side of the law fairly quickly. Payment may arrive in the form of a forged cheque.

   Domain Name: EASYBIDDINGCO.COM <-- scam domain
   Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
   Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
   Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
   Name Server: YNS1.YAHOO.COM
   Name Server: YNS2.YAHOO.COM
   Updated Date: 02-jan-2007
   Creation Date: 02-jan-2007 <-- recently created
   Expiration Date: 02-jan-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mihail Ivankov < ivankov.m@movemail.com>
Date: 20-Jan-2007 05:58
Subject: New vacancies available!!!
To: [redacted]

Our new vacancies - Correspondence manager/regional agent / Money manager.

 

EasyBidding Company is looking for new candidates for the regional shipping manager position.

With our help practically any person can get absolutely any goods from any country.

Benefits of working with us: free working schedule - usually no more than 1-2 hours daily!

 

As a part-time employee, you'll have access to the following benefits:

You can be sure that working with us is perspective for your career. The average salary will be around $3500-$4000 / Monthly.others benefits, which you can find on our web site!

- No special experience is required for this position!!

- We hire all over the USA except Alaska and Hawaii.

- We are looking for honest and bright people for this position.

 

It is easy as 1,2,3.

 

More information about this position and our company you can find on our web site at:

http://easybiddingco.com/index-3.html

 

With best regards, Mihail Ivankov,

Project manager, EasyBidding Company

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