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 13, 2007

LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD (not)

Random scammer with nothing more than a Yahoo! contact address claims to represent company; seeks sucker to act as money mule.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr. Lee Yang <contactleeyang_cn@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: 14-Mar-2007 00:22
Subject: WORK WITH US (LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD )
To: ideceive@gmail.com

FROM
LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD.
Zhejiang,
China.

Dear Sir/Madam,
     I am Mr.Lee Yang,CEO.LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD.
We export raw materials, such as Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide ,Dolomite, Mica , China Clay, MangneseDioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints,Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals and we export from Asia into Europe,America and Australia.

We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments through you to us. our company . LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia.

If you are interested in transacting business with us.
we will be very glad,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
Europe,America and Australia.

Please if you are interested forward

1.YOUR NAME
2.CONTACT ADDRESS
3.YOUR COMPANY ADDRESS
4.OCCUPATION
5.COUNTRY
6.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS
7.SEX


Regards.
Mr.Lee Yang
LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD
NO 1,Maanshan Road
Zhejiang,
China.

25 comments:

Spotter said...

More of the same.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr.Lee Yang <contactleeyang_cn@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: 03-Apr-2007 12:45
Subject: WORK WITH US ( LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD! )
To: ideceive@gmail.com

FROM LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD. Zhejiang, China. Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr.Lee Yang,CEO.LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD. We export raw materials, such as Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide ,Dolomite, Mica , China Clay, MangneseDioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints,Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals and we export from Asia into Europe,America and Australia. We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments through you to us. our company . LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002. We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia. If you are interested in transacting business with us. we will be very glad,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 Europe,America and Australia. Please if you are interested forward 1.YOUR NAME: 2.CONTACT ADDRESS: 3.YOUR COMPANY ADDRESS: 4.OCCUPATION: 5.COUNTRY: 6.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS: 7.SEX: Regards. Mr.Lee Yang LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD NO 1,Maanshan Road Zhejiang, China.

Spotter said...

So now it's LIN YANG, not LEE YANG. Big difference.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: LIN YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD <contact_linyang11@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: 11-Apr-2007 04:47
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam ( ASSITS US !! )
To: ideceive@gmail.com


OM
LIN YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD
NO 1,Maanshan Road
Zhejiang,
China.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr.Michael Lin Yang,CEO.LIN YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD.We export raw materials, such as Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide , Dolomite, Mica , ChinaClay, MangneseDioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints, Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals and we export from Asia into Europe,America and Australia.

We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments
through you to us. our company . LIN YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia.
If you are interested in transacting business with us.we will be very glad.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 Europe,America and Australia.
Please if you are interested forward

Your name......
Contact address......
Phone/fax numbers....
Occupation..........

Regards.
Mr.Michael Lin Yang
LIN YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD
NO 1,Maanshan Road
Zhejiang,
China.

Mak said...

Greetings.
Would you be interested in a home job that allows you to earn up to $10000 per month? No start up fees, no "envelope stuffing" nonsense.

We proudly present AMATO Logistics' CEO

The job we offer will not affect your present career, it will only take a small part of your time.
The only things you need to have to start running your business with our company are reliable Internet/E-mail access and checking/savings bank account.
And of course your decency and willingness to earn.

The first vacancy is Transfer manager:
The nature of the job is payment processing.
It is related to online banking operating the funds from either our company or our partners to designated bank account approved by our
manager keeping specified money transaction fee as a commission for your services (usually between $150 to $500, no less than $150 per transfer).

You will receive the funds which our customers/resellers send directly to you and forward it to us or our agents (less your commission)via one of chosen money transfer agencies.
The job is rather simple and you won't need any special knowledge to become our partner, though we do require that you are able to act on a very short notice.
We can afford to pay such a decent commission only because we keep our customers happy with our promptness.

And the second is Shipment manager:
The job we offer is related to mail. It is an easy part time job that doesn't require leaving your main occupation.
You will be receiving mail and packages for our clients, either repack them or ship them further out following our manager’s instructions.


For those who look for career opportunities it's a chance of becoming a part of our team in the future (based on your performance),
team in which you will be highly respected and decently rewarded - just think about this! We will be hoping to hear from you soon. ylbiz@offshorepost.hk


If you would like to get our application form please email us with your request. No fees are asked, just leave your contact details: "

Write us to: ylbiz@offshorepost.hk

We would appreciate your continued patronage and get in touch with you soon. Thank you!

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I got this s few days ago. They almost gotme till they talked about adding my bankaccount no and routing-- I was like..,. um nope

Spotter said...

Yes, I have a separate blog entry for the Amato Logistics scam. These names get made up, used, and discarded with some regularity.

Anonymous said...

Ha ha ha I just got a letter with fax number and email saying that there is a person with the same name as mine in China, who died in a freaky accidnet and how hasnt claimed a lot of his money from his bank (HuaXia Bank), and because we have this same name he found me and want me to share this fortune with him. Half, half. Thats fair. NOT!!!!

Fax +86 206 282 4624
Yangl20@yahooo.com

I am reporting this to the police now!

REMEMBER IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!

sallyemma said...

We have just received a letter of a similar ilk, from the assumed Mr lang.

Again it states that we have inherited a large amount of money, from an unknown benefactor - whoopee!

I think this 'Mr Lang' could be preying on more guilable people and should be stopped!

Would appreciate anybody else commenting on such a scam.

Sally Staggs

Anonymous said...

Hi as all of the above he actually contacted me by phone we have a trace on him parasite he even speeks with an african accent not chinese mmm he did get angry with me as I lead him on quite a bit its the poor sods out there who I feel sorry for Don't Belive these people. There time will come.

Anonymous said...

Sorry for the spelling mistakes. err must be him writing it I sent him this post page he went mad.

Anonymous said...

yes yet another lee yang letter lol
i did my own investigation on him via huaxia bank & guess what he doesn`t work for them but there is a close name for the business relations manager a mr liu jinliang.
in my letter it was a mr Alfred turner that had died leaving $8.35 million united states dollars & he traced me through an investigater mmmmm there must be hundreds of turners in the uk with this letter .how did he get to me ????????

his email is lee.yang46@yahoo.com
his phone no +86-2028893146
fax +86-2062824624

Anonymous said...

re alfred turner above comment im still keeping him going at the moment he rang me today to let me know he sent an email wanting my name & address ( strange he sent me a letter so he should have that ) lol
lets see how far this goes will post when i get more :-)

Anonymous said...

Well, my supposed relative was Alfred Maclennan....

Anonymous said...

re mr yang & mr alfred turner .
he has sent me another email saying he has put up $25,000 for the solicitors to sort out the paperwork required to sort out the inheritance not asked for any money from me yet!!! he has said the money he has put up will come out of the inheritance before we split it :-)
i have past all his emails & letters onto the police and they are very interested in him , and are puting a trace on my phone so lets hope they can catch the git

Anonymous said...

my supposed relative was a mr alfred walker

Anonymous said...

my dad had the same letter through about the inheritance from an "Alfred Bond", just hope ppl don't believe this scam.

Anonymous said...

I Received a letter today, with the same sort of story from Mr Yang Lee, will post a comment when i receive his correspondents.

Jnani

OZI said...

Job position


We are currently seeking part time employees for our ever-growing Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable Department. This position offers you a good pay ranging from 12% of processed transactions as they are steady and continuous . You can handle as many as 2 transactions in a week as most payment are made install-mentally. The pay is great enough to encourage you to work hard and efficiently while it's more than enough for us to stay in business.
As part of our ongoing Marketing Network, we seek Sub-contractor in your geographical location, you will be in charge of collecting payment on our behalf. You will be receiving transaction payments from verified buyers which will be mailed via secured courier services. You will have this payment processed and have the processed payment transferred to directly to our company.
*Note that NO form of investment or start up fee is needed or required from you and this job will take only 1-3 hours of your time per week.The working hours are flexible, you will be required to check your e-mail regularly for transaction updates. Working with us will also not disturb your other jobs, as we require that applicant only have easy access to the internet so as to be easily reachable and respond/carry out instructions sent to them efficiently.
FOR NOW YOUR SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE
(1) Contact buyers in your region ( We would give you their contact information )
(2) Receive payment on our behalf
(3) Process payment and deduct your commission
(4) Send the seller the balance .
Upon receipt of the requested information in our previous email , we would furnish you with the agreement . Also we have havetwo payment options :
(a) A monthly retainer of $3,000 that does not depend of payment been delivered and also a 2% commission on every payment processed
(b) 12% commission ONLY on every payment processed .
agent form attached, fill in the info at your best interest

OZI said...

The cheque will be issued in your name as you would provide in the form you are to fill,it either you want it to be issued in your name or your company name if you own one,you will deposit in your account after it is said to be cleared you will do the bank transactions and transfer the rest to us...remember both taxes and commission should be deducted before you transfer to us..regard we expecting you to fill the form so we can start processing your informations..regard fill the form as outlined in the remuneration form.the cheque will be sent to the address you would provide and you are to keep me posted in all email and transactions with the customer.after you receive the check you will be directed on how to go about it..that why we urge you to keep checking your email regularly.

OZI said...

These people think they are smart but really they are a bunch of idiots trying there best to find even a bigger idiot than they are themselves.

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OZI said...

http://www.leeshui.tk/...here is the company website for you to find out more about our company

OZI said...

Look at this site it tell you the story...

OZI said...

If any one ahs heard about this company please comment.

Oi said...

Please everyone when ever get an offer by doing nothing its a fukin ripoff

Spotter said...

ANY job offer which involves "collecting payments" or "reshipping goods" from home on behalf of employers you've never met is a scam. You don't need to know the company name or anything else about it: the job description tells the whole story. In fact, the company name and other details are a smokescreen -- irrelevant details which exist only to distract you from the core scam. That is the number one secret to spotting scams, and I wish that more people knew it.