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, April 08, 2007

Songyen Exports Co

There's no trace of a real company by this name, although it is possible at a stretch. This is a common money mule scam. The only real contact detail provided is an Yahoo! freemail address.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SONGYEN EXPORTS COMPANY <songyen@exportshome.org>
Reply-to: songyencoyltd9@yahoo.com.hk
Date: 08-Apr-2007 20:30
Subject: REPRESENT US FROM YOUR REGION!!
To: ideceive@gmail.com

SONGYEN EXPORTS COMPANY LTD.
No. 18 Hu Kou Street
Taipei 100-47
Taiwan
We are exporters based in the Taiwan. We export raw materials into America,Europe,Asia and Australia.Our company, Songyen Exports Company was established in the year 2004. We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our foreign payment receiving officer, who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supply to our clients in America,Europe,Asia, or Australia.
Subject to your satisfaction with this proposal, you will be made our foreign payment receiving officer in your region. If you decide to work for us, please forward to us immediately via email to: songyencoyltd9@yahoo.com.hk
YOUR COMPLETE NAME..................................
YOUR COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS...........
AGE:................................................................
STATE/COUNTRY......................... ...................
TEL/FAX NUMBERS....................... .................
COMPANY NAME.......................... ..................
OCCUPATION..................................................
We anxiously await your response.
Sincerely,

Yong Lee,
General Manager;
Songyen Exports Co. Ltd
Taiwan
Posted by Spotter at 15:42

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