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.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

GM AutoImporters

This is a money mule scam with pretty smooth execution. Hot off the press, too: check out the domain registration data.

   Domain Name: GMI-AUTOIMPORTER.COM
   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.register.com
   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
   Name Server: NS1.LASTBIGGAME.COM
   Name Server: NS2.LASTBIGGAME.COM
   Updated Date: 12-sep-2007
   Creation Date: 12-sep-2007
   Expiration Date: 12-sep-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted] <[redacted]>
Date: 13 Sep 2007 20:03
Subject: Boost your career with GM Europe
To: [redacted]

GM AutoImporters GmbH is hiring in Australia.


Available positions: Payments Product Manager/Senior Payments Product Manager

We're seeking a payments manager to join our Corporate Accounting Team, to play a lead role in helping to develop our corporate accounting policies and providing interpretation and guidance to our worldwide accounting teams. This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate looking for an opportunity to be a part of a small, high growth company and for upward mobility in their career.

Appliciant Duties:
  • Accept payments from our customers.
  • Assist with month-end closing process.
  • Balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Account analysis.
  • Financial Reporting.
  • Manage payments with instant transfer systems.

Requirements:
  • Strong Payments domain, requirements analysis.
  • Knowledge in Payments concepts.
  • Must be a self-starter and team player and able to work in a fast pace and rapidly changing environment.
  • Detail oriented, ability to multi-task and work independently.
  • Quick learner, ability to identify issues and resolve problems.
  • Relevant experience is a plus.

Benefits:
  • Medical.
  • Vacation Policy.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.

Salary/Compensation:
  • 7.5% per each completed order (average monthly volume is 70k and growing).
  • Additional bonuses upto 5% depending on a monthly sales volume.

If you are interested in fulfilling this outstanding position, please click the link below to submit your CV:
http://gmi-autoimporter.com/vacancy.php

1 comment:

Spotter said...

Unsurprisingly, these scammers are using multiple similar domain names. See also the following.

gmi-autoimport.com (not registered at time of query!)

Domain Name: GMI-AUTOIMPORTERS.COM
Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.register.com
Referral URL: http://www.register.com
Name Server: NS1.LASTBIGGAME.COM
Name Server: NS2.LASTBIGGAME.COM
Updated Date: 12-sep-2007
Creation Date: 12-sep-2007
Expiration Date: 12-sep-2008