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.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Troy Inc

Money mule recruiter.

   Domain Name: 1TROYGMBH.COM <-- scam!
   Registrar: ENOM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.enom.com
   Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
   Name Server: NS1.UNLIMHOST.COM
   Name Server: NS2.UNLIMHOST.COM
   Updated Date: 26-feb-2007
   Creation Date: 26-feb-2007 <-- new!
   Expiration Date: 26-feb-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: radams[@]arkansasusa.com <radams[@]arkansasusa.com>
Reply-to: support@1troygmbh.com
Date: 27-Feb-2007 11:03
Subject: Internet - Office = Home Work <<>>from 800 AUD Per Week. (from 1500 AUD for corporate stuff)
To: ideceive@gmail.com

 Internet office - position in Australia! Work in Internet with good salary!

Company Troy Inc web address http://commonwealth.1troygmbh.com/jobs.html - job offer part - is seeking for responsible, literate and honest persons for the positions in transaction services to be financial manager in Internet office.

1. Be able to check your email several times a day

2. Be able to respond to emails immediately

3. Be able to work overtime if needed

4. Be responsible and hard working

5. Be able to open bank account for company needs (if needed)

6. Should have personal bank account for receive payments

You will be asked for punctuality, managerial abilities and responsibility. You will also receive detailed instructions for subsequent actions from our manager, with information how to

receive/transfer the money.

Please contact us by mail recruitment@1troygmbh.com
Posted by Spotter at 15:48

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This scam has appeared on the New Zealand Auction website Trademe.co.nz (see http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ytVfLuo9IVgJ:www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Jobs/Accounting/Accountant/auction-90529674.htm+%22TROY+INC%22+Part-time+or+casual&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 ). The latest website is http://eden21.net/1troygmbh/jobs.html .

Picked up by www.scambusters.co.nz/forum

Posted by Foggyone on scambusters

5:55 pm, March 06, 2007
Spotter said...

I don't know if this the same scammer, or a new scammer who happened to pick an old name, but Troy Inc has made a comeback after nearly a year.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted (false)]
Date: 9 Jan 2008 XX:XX UTC
Subject: Additional personal wanted for Internet Home office <<<>>>from 800AUD Per Week!(from 1500 AUD for corporate)
To: [redacted]





Financial manager position in Australia! Internet office with good salary!

Company Troy Inc. GmbH is seeking for responsible, literate and honest persons for the positions in transaction services to be financial manager.
1. Be able to check your email several times a day
2. Be able to respond to emails immediately
3. Be able to work overtime if needed
4. Be responsible and hard working
5. Be able to open bank account for company needs (if needed)
6. Should have personal bank account

You will be asked for punctuality, managerial abilities and responsibility. You will also receive detailed instructions for subsequent actions from our manager, with information how to
process the money.
Please contact us by mailto:application@eden21.net or fax 1-347-438-2995

11:09 pm, January 09, 2008

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