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, March 06, 2007

GINA FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD

This message was sent via bellsouth.net, so the "from" address isn't considered forged in this case. The scammer wants replies sent elsewhere, however. The domain name " ginatextile.com" has not been registered at this time, so I assume the name is completely made up. So is the location, actually: there's an awful lot of scamming going on in the "Scoffford Area", and not much else.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: GINA RAYE <admin_notice107@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to: ginaltd0108@yahoo.com.sg
Date: 03-Mar-2007 01:58
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED
To: info[@]ginatextile.com

GINA FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD
10 Newport ave, Scoffford Area, Oxford, L349HA, +44 701 114 0249
Private email  _  gina_textilebiz@yahoo.com.sg


REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT

The above named company based in the United Kingdom
need Representatives world wide. As our Representative
in your country, you will receive payments from our
customers and also establish a medium of contacting our
customers in your country. Please if you are interested,
forward all required information below to our Enlisting officer.

1. Your Name:  2. Mailing Address:  3. Zip Code:  4. Phone Number:
5. Country:  6. Age:  7. E-mail address:
The above information should be forwarded to our Enlisting officer

Mr Michael Brown
Tel: +44 703 590 0049
Email:  gina_textilebiz@yahoo.com.sg

Regards
GINA RAYE,ceo
For:Gina Fabrics And Textile company.

Posted by Spotter at 15:54

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow i knew something was suss, I applied for a "job" at the exact same address except the business name was "cherry furniture" or something... I first sent a message asking them to tell me more, to see if the job was genuine. He replied today, in bad english, no contact number... Very suss. Was actually about to send through my resume. Glad I didnt!

4:21 am, January 04, 2009

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