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, May 16, 2007

US Finance Group


This is a money mule scam with no distinctive or interesting features. It's very much like many other such scams, but is not obviously linked to any of the others I've documented, specifically. The website has one amusingly bad piece of forgery that I noticed: an award certificate supposedly for the year 2005, but with a signature that's dated 2002.

   Domain Name: US-FINANCE-GROUP.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: WILD WEST DOMAINS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.wildwestdomains.com
   Referral URL: http://www.wildwestdomains.com
   Name Server: NS1.AGAVA.NET.RU
   Name Server: NS2.AGAVA.NET.RU
   Updated Date: 20-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 20-mar-2007 <-- recent
   Expiration Date: 20-mar-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: no_reply[@]careerbuilder.com <no_reply[@]careerbuilder.com>
Date: 16-May-2007 10:32
Subject: Job Work at Home
To: ideceive@gmail.com

JobSeeker !

US Finance Group, a premier wealth advisory firm, seeks a Financial Manager/Assistant Financial Manager. Recently ranked by Bloomberg Wealth Manager as one of the top wealth management firms in the country, US Finance Group is a dynamic and growing wealth advisory firm in Boulder dedicated to giving talented and motivated people the chance to do the best work of their lives. We specialize in serving successful entrepreneurs and business leaders and have a select group of clients nationwide. Our culture is one of opportunity. We offer highly competitive salaries, excellent benefits and a chance to be part of a driven, passionate and successful team.

We are looking for a Financial Manager/Assistant Financial Manager who will support client advisors and be responsible for research, analysis and reporting, assisting with client report preparation, client portfolio analysis and more.

This vacancy is suitable for persons who is willing to earn additional salary out of office.You may be working at home by using your PC.
Become acquainted attentively with the demands which are presented on our website.

Requirements to candidates :

1 - the age is more than 25 years old!
2 - availability of PC & Internet !
3 - begining practice in Word & Exel !
4 - the phone number by which you are available during the day !
5 - daily availability of Internet for checking of e-mail messages sent by your manager!

In connection with our company service promotion we declare the next vacancies:

1) Financial Manager.

- Please visit our site : www.us-finance-group.com
- Read operating conditions in section : For Employees
- Further follow instructions.

Sincerely yours,
Michael Berry
Posted by Spotter at 23:17

1 comment:

Spotter said...

Here's an odd thing... the scammer has mixed identities on this one.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: no_reply@careerbuilder.com <no_reply@careerbuilder.com>
Date: 05-Jun-2007 20:16
Subject: Job Finance services
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Credit Union of the Rockies, a premier wealth advisory firm, seeks a highly motivated Financial Associate/Assistant Client Advisor. Recently ranked by Bloomberg Wealth Manager as one of the top wealth management firms in the country, Credit Union of the Rockies is a dynamic and growing wealth advisory firm in Boulder dedicated to giving talented and motivated people the chance to do the best work of their lives. We specialize in serving successful entrepreneurs and business leaders and have a select group of clients nationwide. Our culture is one of opportunity. We offer highly competitive salaries, excellent benefits and a chance to be part of a driven, passionate and successful team.



We are looking for a Financial Associate/Assistant Client Advisor who will support client advisors and be responsible for research, analysis and reporting, assisting with client report preparation, client portfolio analysis and more.



Demands to personnel:

1) Aged more than 24;

2) Computer + Internet (skills with Word, Excel);

3) Be online mode during 1-2 hour per day (for checking and handling of parcels and communication with personal manager);

4) Be available at home or cell phone during working hours;

5) Consignment of the correspondence which delivered to your address to one of our company branch.

- Please visit our site : www.us-finance-group.com

- Read operating conditions in section : For Employees

- Further follow instructions.



Sincerely yours,

Michael Berry .

5:10 pm, June 06, 2007

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