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

UKFX Online Ltd.

My best guess is that this scam involves forged checks, given the target audience is the USA. If anyone has corresponded with them, please share the information so obtained.

   Domain Name: UKFX-ONLINE.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: DIRECT INFORMATION PVT LTD D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
   Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Name Server: NS1.BASEDOMAINS.ORG
   Name Server: NS2.BASEDOMAINS.ORG
   Updated Date: 22-apr-2007
   Creation Date: 22-apr-2007 <-- new
   Expiration Date: 22-apr-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: haroun.muhammad <[redacted]>
Date: 09-May-2007 00:42
Subject: CareerBuilder.com Job Matches: Telecommuting job offer.
To: [redacted]

UKFX Online Ltd. 18
John Harvey House, Foundry Square, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4HH
Tel/Fax: +44 7092891500 (Our office hours are 9am - 5pm)

Our HR dept. has recently reviewed your info and forwarded it to me. I'd like to give you a brief description of UKFX Online and it's open positions.

UKFX Online Ltd. customer service department is currently offering employment for 10 United States residents and 2 UK residents in order to provide it's new branch with qualified personnel.
08/05/2007 We have already accepted 8 suitable resumes and hired 6 persons. Thus, only 4 vacancies are left.
The private client support desk is responsible for following up client enquiries, helping the clients to understand how UKFX Online can save them money on foreign currency transactions, and developing new business through referrals.
If you're a customer service fanatic, and enjoy working in a challenging and rewarding environment, please see below for our current list of opportunities.

Position: Customer service officer.
Salary: Your starting salary will be $2300 - 4500, which will be paid to you in accordance with our standard payroll procedures.
In addition, you will be eligible for monthly and annual bonuses.
Relevant Work Experience: Will be an advantage.
Location: Uinted States of America.
Education Level: College degree will be an advantage.
Insurance: 1 month after you begin work, you will be covered under our group health insurance policy, unless you advise us that you do not desire such coverage.
Information regarding our health insurance, as well as other group benefit plans, is enclosed
Keywords: Telecommuting, flexiplace.

Should you have any questions regarding this letter, our offer of employment or anything else, please write me an e-mail.
We are excited to have you join our organization and look forward to working with you.

Please forward your full resume, contact information and questions to HR dept. e-mail: womanrus77@rambler.ru

You will be contacted within 1 to 4 business days.

Best regards,
Robert Wilson
Employment Manager
UKFX Online Ltd. 5

5 comments:

Spotter said...

Here is another domain name being used in this scam.

Domain ID:D17693703-LRMS
Domain Name:UKFOREX.INFO <-- scam
Created On:07-May-2007 10:04:57 UTC <-- brand new
Last Updated On:07-May-2007 10:04:58 UTC
Expiration Date:07-May-2008 10:04:57 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Direct Information Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (R159-LRMS)
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:Privacyprotect.org
Name Server:NS1.WSHOST.ORG
Name Server:NS2.WSHOST.ORG

Anonymous said...

I am working with UKFX(forex trading) and everything goes ok. The payouts are bi-montly, and stable. Thanks.

Spotter said...

Nice try, anonymous, but I don't believe you. This thing has scam written all over it.

Anonymous said...

I received the following adn tried like crazy to verify the company was ligit as they advertise through the UK business bureaus and through CNBC Europe...guess what...NOTHING found!! Nothing in CNBC archives and nothing listed in any business registration. If you follow up with them they also keep redirecting you to new emails each time. Weblink/www.ukfx-online.com
***************
UKFX Online Ltd. 18
John Harvey House, Foundry Square, Hayle, Cornwall, TR27 4HH
Tel/Fax: +44 7092891500 (Our office hours are 9am - 5pm)

Our HR dept. has recently reviewed your info and forwarded it to me. I'd like to give you a brief description of UKFX Online and it's open positions.

UKFX Online Ltd. customer service department is currently offering employment for 10 United States residents and 2 UK residents in order to provide it's new branch with qualified personnel.
08/05/2007 We have already accepted 8 suitable resumes and hired 6 persons. Thus, only 4 vacancies are left.
The private client support desk is responsible for following up client enquiries, helping the clients to understand how UKFX Online can save them money on foreign currency transactions, and developing new business through referrals.
If you're a customer service fanatic, and enjoy working in a challenging and rewarding environment, please see below for our current list of opportunities.

Position: Customer service officer.
Salary: Your starting salary will be $2300 - 4500, which will be paid to you in accordance with our standard payroll procedures.
In addition, you will be eligible for monthly and annual bonuses.
=levant Work Experience: Will be an advantage.
Location: Uinted States of America.
Education Level: College degree will be an advantage.
Insurance: 1 month after you begin work, you will be covered under our group health insurance policy, unless you advise us that you do not desire such coverage.
Information regarding our health insurance, as well as other group benefit plans, is enclosed
Keywords: Telecommuting, flexiplace.

Should you have any questions regarding this letter, our offer of employment or anything else, please write me an e-mail.
We are excited to have you join our organization and look forward to working with you.

Please forward your full resume, contact information and questions to HR dept. e-mail: staff@ukforex.org

You will be contacted within 1 to 4 business days.

Best regards,
Robert Wilson
Employment Manager
UKFX Online Ltd. 5

Spotter said...

Here's a WHOIS excerpt for "ukforex.org" as mentioned in the spam posted above. I've retained more of the detail than usual, because it's so obviously bogus. Come on, folks, there's no way that this thing is even remotely legitimate: it's registered to "jet li" of Shanghai!

Domain ID:D145556526-LROR
Domain Name:UKFOREX.ORG <-- scam
Created On:07-May-2007 09:49:36 UTC <-- new
Last Updated On:07-May-2007 09:49:37 UTC
Expiration Date:07-May-2008 09:49:36 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.Com (R27-LROR)
Registrant ID:DI_5950553
Registrant Name:jet li
Registrant Organization:n/a
Registrant City:shanghai
Registrant State/Province:Shanghai
Registrant Postal Code:787654
Registrant Country:CN
Registrant Phone:+000.000000000
Registrant Email:wexco2006@googlemail.com
Name Server:NS1.WSHOST.ORG
Name Server:NS2.WSHOST.ORG