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.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

wewanttohireyou.hk

A job offer with no information about the job whatsoever, other than promising no up-front costs. I'll offer 100-to-1 odds that it's a money mule position.

Domain Name: WEWANTTOHIREYOU.HK <-- scam
Email: vernal.webster11@gmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 10-04-2007 <-- new
Expiry Date:  11-04-2008
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1864270T
Name Servers Information:
NS1.GAMES-ACT.COM
NS2.GAMES-ACT.COM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bernard < Moon@168city.com>
Date: 18-Apr-2007 17:07
Subject: Here is a great chance to earn in part hours, available from 13.04.07
To: [redacted]
Hello,
Do you live in USA or Australia? Would you like to earn some extra money, working in a legal, fast-growing business?

Important: This job doesn't require any investments. You don't have to pay for any books, tapes, nothing. You only have to 'invest' your time and work to gather results.
For immediate and confidential consideration, please e-mail your resume to apply@wewanttohireyou.hk
Please don't forget to add the following important information about you:

1. Your name:
2. Your age (must be 21+)

With best regards,

Alexa
Posted by Spotter at 10:04

1 comment:

Spotter said...

Same rubbish; different domain.

Domain Name: MOTOJOB.HK <-- scam
Email: vernal.webster11@gmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 10-04-2007 <-- new
Expiry Date: 11-04-2008
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1864270T
Name Servers Information:
NS1.GAMES-ACT.COM
NS2.GAMES-ACT.COM


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alton <Davis@grungecafe.com>
Date: 19-Apr-2007 07:16
Subject: Here is a great chance to earn in part hours, available from 13.04.07
To: [redacted]

Hello,
Do you live in USA or Australia? Would you like to earn some extra money, working in a legal, fast-growing business?

Important: This job doesn't require any investments. You don't have to pay for any books, tapes, nothing. You only have to 'invest' your time and work to gather results.
For immediate and confidential consideration, please e-mail your resume to apply@motojob.hk
Please don't forget to add the following important information about you:

1. Your name:
2. Your age (must be 21+)

With best regards,

Alexa

2:26 pm, April 18, 2007

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