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, May 08, 2007

BTS

Money mules and reshipping rolled into one: the best of both worlds. If you took this job, do you think your first visit from the police would be about receiving stolen money, or handling fraudulently obtained goods?

Domain ID:D142315896-LROR
Domain Name:BESTTRADESOLUTIONS.ORG <-- scam
Created On: 26-Mar-2007 16:09:59 UTC <-- recent
Last Updated On:26-Mar-2007 16:15:41 UTC
Expiration Date:26-Mar-2008 16:09:59 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Registrant ID:GODA-029518813
Registrant Name:Registration Private
Registrant Organization:Domains by Proxy, Inc.
Name Server:NS1.SERVAGE.NET
Name Server: NS2.SERVAGE.NET

Email addresses in the sample spam have been redacted, because I doubt whether any of them are relevant.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted]
Date: 08-May-2007 07:50
Subject: Best vacancies  of BTS 12
To: [redacted]
Cc: [redacted]

ACCESABLE VACANCIES 19

Closing Date: Open until filled

Position: Investment Payout Manager

Salary: Depends on Work Scope/ bonus & benefits

Duty Location: United States (?)

Description of Duties

Dividend Manager:

What you need to do:
1. Receive Client's dividends on your bank account
2. Go to the Nearest Money Gram © branch office
3. Use Money Gram Money Transfer service to deliver
funds to the client
4. Report to the manager about task finished and provide him with Money Transfer Control Number you will obtain in Money Gram's office.

1. Receive correspondence/packages from our clients.
2. Repackage correspondence
3. Ship the package from the nearest USPS office.
If you are creative, independent, focused, accurate, detail-oriented, professional, flexible, skilled, hard working, polite, purposeful and want to reach success, then you will be interested in this position. please follow this link http://besttradesolutions.org/?p=reg and register, our managers will contact you as soon as possible. *

besttradesolutions.org/?p=reg *please note that only short-listed candidates shall be notified. qvifx è 15

2 comments:

Spotter said...

Still active.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted]
Date: 23-May-2007 09:49
Subject: Job offer
To: ideceive@gmail.com

ACCESABLE VACANCIES



Closing Date: Open until filled



Position: Investment Payout Manager



Salary: Depends on Work Scope/ bonus & benefits



Duty Location: United States (?)



Description of Duties



Dividend Manager:



What you need to do:

1. Receive Client s dividends on your bank account

2. Go to the Nearest Money Gram Љ branch office

3. Use Money Gram Money Transfer service to deliver

funds to the client

4. Report to the manager about task finished and

provide him with Money Transfer Control Number you

will obtain in Money Gram s office.



1. Receive correspondence/packages from our clients.

2. Repackage correspondence

3. Ship the package from the nearest USPS office.

If you are creative, independent, focused, accurate, detail-oriented, professional, flexible, skilled, hard working, polite, purposeful and want to reach success, then you will be interested in this position. please follow this link http://besttradesolutions.org/?p=reg and register, our managers will contact you as soon as possible. *





*please note that only short-listed candidates shall be notified.

Anonymous said...

Still Active June 20 2007