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, April 10, 2007

WC AG Inc.

Money mule jobs on offer, as usual. "WC AG Inc" appears to be a complete fiction, and the reference to DoubleClick is a red herring.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gordon Thayer <[redacted]@ mail.tele2.lt>
Date: 10-Apr-2007 17:12
Subject: FW:  Great tsep to career prosperity
To: [redacted]


Hi [redacted]!


To Prospective Emploeye
You have been contacted as a potential employee who has registered on one of DoubleClick Inc websites.

My name is James Klint , project coordinator and your direct supervisora t  WC AG Inc. I will try to explain about our company  and the entry level position available in a nutshell.
WC AG Inc.. currently offers a secure, fast, and inexpensive means to tarnsfer funds and goods internationally . WC AG Inc. headquarters are located in Voigtstrasse 3 ,10247 Berlin,Germany.



There are 15-25 openings for a representative (depending on client activity) to assist in creation our virtual local persence for the back office functions. Person, who is accepted for this position, will perform these tasks:

· Responsible for processing the applications
· Process work requests necessary to maintain an effective payments transfer program;
· Managing cash and balancing receipts;
· Making collections;
· Posting payments;
· Making bank deposits;
· Operating within prescribed budgets;
· Consult with Senior Manager in developing payment schedules;
· Coordinate the assignments;
· Operate a computer and modern software to operate and maintain a computerized operations program;
· Perform related duties and responsibilities as required

You will be compensated for the time spent on each project at a $21.00 per hour rate. You will be paid every two weeks via corporate check! Also you will receive 3% commission from the transaction amount!   You must have a bank account to receive wages from us. Dependant on your work results, you might be hired on a full time basis within 1-2 months. Please remember that no self respecting company will ask you for any upfront fees or any kind of payment to beign employment! Please note that while is no prior experience requirements, good communications skills and responsible personality is a plus!



If you are interested please email me James Klint at  james.klint@Safe-mail.net  with 'Interested' in a subject line to receive further information. Please note that at this time we are accepting applications from US, Canada and EU residents only, please DO NOT apply if youa re not.

Your informatio nwill be used only within WC AG Inc.. Every employee, who satisfies our requirements, will be contacted by our manager via e-mail. Phone interviews will be mandatory before full time employment!



Sincerely,
Human Resource Manager
James Klint

Voigtstrasse 3
10247 Berlin
Germany

Customer service:
Fax: +49 (0)30 71 61 02 - 199



Raphael Tyler

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now the same message comes from these email id's
Bert Vogts- Blanche@nimbler.net
Bert Vogts- Delbert@nileboats.com
Bert Vogts- Rigoberto@ninprodata.com

Anonymous said...

I received the same message from "Bert Vogts" -Tammi@shaw.ca-
This is the message:
Dear Potential Employee
You have been contacted as a potential employee who has registered on
one of DoubleClick Inc websites. For further information please visit
www.doubleclick.com.
My name is Bert Vogts , human resource and direct manager at WC AG Inc.
I will try to explain about our company and the entry level position
available in a nutshell.
WC AG Inc.. currently offers a secure, fast, and inexpensive means to
transfer funds and goods internationally . WC AG Inc. headquarters are
located in Voigtstrasse 3 ,10247 Berlin,Germany.

There are 15-25 openings for a representative (depending on client
activity) to assist in creation our virtual local presence for the back
office functions. Person, who is accepted for this position, will perform
these tasks:

- Responsible for processing the applications
- Process work requests necessary to maintain an effective payments
transfer program;
- Managing cash and balancing receipts;
- Making collections;
- Posting payments;
- Making bank deposits;
- Operating within prescribed budgets;
- Consult with Senior Manager in developing payment schedules;
- Coordinate the assignments;
- Operate a computer and modern software to operate and maintain a
computerized operations program;
- Perform related duties and responsibilities as required..

You will be compensated for the time spent on each project at a $21.00
per hour rate once full time employed. You will be paid every two weeks
via corporate check. Also you will receive 5% commission from the
transaction amount. You must have a bank account to receive wages from us.
Depending on your work results, you might be hired on a full time basis
within 1-2 months. Please remember that no self respecting company will
ask you for any upfront fees or any kind of payment to begin
employment! Please note that while is no prior experience requirements, good
communications skills and responsible personality is a plus.

If you are interested please email me at Bert.Vogts@BonBon.net with
'Interested' in a subject line to receive further information. Please note
that at this time we are accepting applications from US, Canada and EU
residents only, please DO NOT apply if you are not.

Your information will be used only within WC AG Inc.. Every employee,
who satisfies our requirements, will be contacted by our manager via
e-mail. Phone interviews will be mandatory before full time employment.

Sincerely,
Direct manager
Bert Vogts

Voigtstrasse 3
10247 Berlin
Germany


Customer service:
Fax: +49 (0)30 71 61 02 - 199

Anonymous said...

I just received this from "James Kraus" (Melanie@la-mark.com.pl), asking to email at James-Kraus@BonBon.net

Unknown said...

Well Im one of them fools that got taken by the email from James Kraus.
Some poor slob got taken for 1,300 thinking he purchased a camera thru ebay. Now my paypal account is messed up and I dont know how to get it recified.
I had no idea this was a scam, and am pretty smart usually to spot these. Any ideas what i can do to get this corrected? I had no intention to be part of any scam or laundering, i was just hoping to suppliment my income with what i thought was a telecommuting job....