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.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Sinopec Co., Ltd.

This one came straight from Nigeria -- literally (IP address 41.219.241.119). "Sinopec Co., Ltd." is just some random company that the scammer has decided to impersonate. There is probably a real company by that name, and they'll probably be ticked off when they hear about this scam -- a money mule scam. Because it's from Nigeria and targets the USA, the expected pattern is check forgery: scammer sends fake check to unwitting sap, unwitting sap banks it, draws out 90% of the value, then sends that money via Western Union back to the scammer. Check later bounces, leaving the unwitting sap severely out of pocket.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: johnson marcus <johnson_marcus2006@yahoo.com>
Date: 11 Sep 2007 02:58
Subject: JOB OFFER
To: sonialee_1@yahoo.com

447011135626
Sinopec Co., Ltd.
A6 Hui xin East St. Chaoyang District,
100029, Beijing
CHINA.
Dear Sir/Madam,                    
     Sinopec 2006/2007. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you,
I am Miss Anita Brown Employee Representative Supervisor of Sinopec Company
Limited. We deal on crude oil and raw materials and export into the various
continents.
We export these products into the World Trade Market at large and due to the high
demands of our products , we have been able to acquire outlets all over
Europe,Asia and America. And as at today, there are so many SINOPEC branches,
including its Asia-Pacific headquarters.
Due to the high rate of success in the last fiscal year of trading in the UNITED
STATES, NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA, CANADA, EUROPE(Germany, and United Kingdom),
and ASIA , we have decided to embark on major expansion plans in these Regions
even as the global economy is showing optimistic signs of pick-up.
We are hereby soliciting for your assistance to help collect in the collecting and remittance of payments for goods supplied and services rendered to our customers in UNITED STATES.
 
We want to bring to your notice that this position does not require any relevant
experience and it is best suited for all { graduates, professionals and non
graduates}, and it can be done as on a FULL TIME or PART TIME basis, depending
on your personal schedule.
 
If you deem you are fit enough for this job, I will want you to furnish me with
your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details.  You are to note
that our major criteria for acceptance is HONESTY and TRUST, hence we expect you
to possess these characters because we intend creating and building a very
strong and lasting business relationship between our company and you.
 
Note that after all certification processes and we are eventually convinced that you are
fit for this position,you would be placed on a 10% commission for any payment
received by you, from any of our clients/customers, this will be followed alongside
start up annual salary of $30,000 per year.
 
Please contact us for more information via email with the below in formations
filled out.
anitabrown_1@yahoo.co.uk
FULL NAMES:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (Including Zipcode):
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
STATE/COUNTRY:
HOME TEL NUMBER (Personal) :
 
OCCUPATION:
We look forward to working with you.
Mr Elington Murray
Employee Representative Supervisor,
Sinopec Company Limited. 
N: B-- We are assuring you that at no time will you be required to make any
payments of your personal funds to us to become our staff for whatever reasons,
we are legitimate entrepreneur seeking for a trustworthy foreign
partners/relationship on a long term bases.
 


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16 comments:

Manish Gambhir said...

thnx dude...

Anonymous said...

i just received an email that 100% look like the one posted here! thx ya!

Anonymous said...

I ALSO RECEIVED SAME EMAIL AS ONE MISS ANITA BROWN RECEIVED .

Anonymous said...

Sinopec is indeed a real company. This is another variation targeted specifically at law offices.

Sinopec Co.,Ltd.
A6 Hui xin East St. Chaoyang
District,
100029, Beijing
CHINA.

I have previously sent you an email; please confirm the receipt of this mail due to the urgency of this matter. If you are not in position to represent us at the moment kindly advice immediately.

After a careful review, we decided to contact you to represent our company in North America.
Sinopec Co,Ltd We deal on crude oil and raw materials and export into the various continents.

We would require your legal representation for our North American delinquent Customers.

We are of the opinion that a reputable attorney is required to represent us in North America in order for us to recover monies due to our organization by overseas customers, and as well follow up with these accounts. In order to achieve these objectives a good and reputable law firm like yours will be required to handle this service. We understand that a proper Attorney Client agreement must be entered into by both parties.

This will be done immediately we receive your letter of acceptance.
I await your response via email at: sinopec1111@msn.com

Mr.Su Wensheng
Company Legal Supervisor,
Sinopec Company Limited.

Anonymous said...

I received one of the messages directed at law firms, told them I couldn't help them and directed them to this blog, as it appears they are scammers. Thanks for posting this.

winstonesolis said...

Sinopec Co.,Ltd.
A6 Hui xin East St. Chaoyang District,
100029, Beijing
CHINA.

Dear prospective Employee,

Thank you very much for the interest shown, but before we commence i will want you to understand that you would be placed on commission and this does not require any financial obligations on your part, this will also be alongside your start-up annual salary of $30,000.

We as a company deal on petroluem and chemical raw materials and we have customers who purchase these raw materials from us and they are located within UNITED STATES, NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA, CANADA, EUROPE and ASIA.

Your major function will be to help us contact and receive payment from our clients/customers located within and around your locality, so to this end we are requesting for your partnership to this effect, by acting as an intermediary between our clients/customers and our company.

Subject to this request, we are offering a 10% disbursement commission on every payment received through you to us, and further instructions/details regarding remittance of the 90% will be made known to you in due time.

I just want to let you know that your personal information which you are yet to provided will be forwarded to the accounts department of the company for accreditation as the company's foreign payment receiving officer in your country of residence.

But before we commence,kindly furnish us with the information below.

FULL NAMES:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (Including Zipcode):
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
STATE/COUNTRY:
HOME TEL NUMBER (Personal) :
MOBILE NUMBER :
FAX NUMBER:
COMPANY NAME (If any):
COMPANY TEL NUMBER:
COMPANY FAX NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MONTHLY INCOME:


On receipt of this mail, you are required to send us a mail in response, and as soon as we get your reply We shall furnish you with subsequent steps to be taken.


We await your swift response.

Sincere Regards,
Su Wensheng

Anonymous said...

There is or was a company named
sinope in the county of Derbyshire,
England. Ithink there may also be a place with this name in the same county.

SO Else

Anonymous said...

This is super funny cuz my mom actually works for this company at NYC.
I'll show her this article and I'm sure she'll be "overwhelmed" by the company's reputation that has earned by someone that she has no knowledge of existence.
Anyway, nice shot.
knowing my mom as one of the chief of the NYC office and what a dedicated person she is, I found this rather hilarious than annoying.
Oh and that chinese address is no longer effective anymore, they moved last year,to a more fancy location with crazier traffic.

Unknown said...


On Jun 25, 2014 10:58 AM, "Asmann, Debra" wrote:



Dear Sir/Ma,

We are looking for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in Europe and America.
Sinopec Company Limited Hong kong needs a Book-Keeper. So i would like to know if you will like to work online from home and getting paid on Percentage without leaving or Affecting your present Job? If you wish to work for us do indicate your interest by mailing us at: sinopecgrp@qq.com

Thanks for your anticipated time.

Regards

Mr.John su Young
Email:sinopecgrp@qq.com
Employee Representative Manager,
Sinopec Company Limited.
(www.sinopec.com)

Anonymous said...

I am a consultant to Sinopec Corporation Ltd, we requires immediate services of an efficient Individual/Company Representative in your area and also retrieval of overdue payments from our customers/clients who are located in USA/Canada,This is a work from home job opportunity with a yearly vacation which will be sponsored by Sinopec Corporation Ltd, You are entitled to a $4,000.00 monthly salary.Get back to me if interested for more details .
SINOPEC CORPORATION.
email: accountsdepartment02@siinopecltd.com

Spotter said...

Note that the email address in the scam above uses "siinopecltd.com" with a double-i. The domain was registered on 13-Apr-2016 to someone using the email address "margaretesmith@yandex.ru" and yandex.net domain name servers, suggesting a Russian connection.

Anonymous said...

Here is another one:

From: "Zhao Dong"
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 08:03:26 +0000

Your eMail message dated were received and acknowledge, Thank you.

Having gone through your eMail message and observation made. I appreciate the fact that you have shown wiliness to partner with me having mentioned the type of project that I have and their locations. This is the role you are playing as the middle person which I will advice you to read carefully as detailed below then respond accordingly.

Based on this development, Kindly read carefully as follows’ Sinopec Group Inc, intend to purchase (SARIR) crude oil from Libya via Azzawya Oil Refinery Company Libya. However, I’m the senior manager for Procurements and I have been mandated by the management of Sinopec to initiate talk with the Azzawya Oil Refinery Company Libya, for 12 months contract of 2 million barrels of (SARIR) crude oil per month.

Here is the deal, Mr. Mohammed Abdu, whom amongst the Azzawya Oil Refinery Company Libya, is the manager foreign purchasing coordinator who now advised me to present a neutral entity (individual or company) so that the entity will be awarded a 3 years crude oil lifting contract with Azzawya Oil Refinery Company Libya, Then I will introduce this entity to SINOPEC, as a license holder for oil exporter.

Note That the license holder will be entitled to USD$6 - USD$8 per barrel amounting to USD$12 to USD$16 Million monthly revenue from each 2 million barrels monthly lifted to Sinopec, and I and Mohammed Abdu, are willing to share 50/50 with the entity if you agree to work with us on this project.

Thirdly, SINOPEC is eager to start buying Libyan crude which is available for lifting. What is outstanding right now is the middle person and If I introduce Azzawya Oil Refinery Company Libya, to SINOPEC, directly nothing will come out from the deal for me. As you can see, I am approaching retirement age so I need to setup sustainable retirement plan for myself. We can either secure the license in your name and from securing the license to receive our first commission will take a maximum period of 2 weeks. Let me know your position on this briefing ASAP, So I can prepare the working agreement to enable us start immediately.

Finally, you are to send to me a copy of your identification for assessment if truly you are interested on this project.

Your swift response will be highly appreciated

Regards
Zhao Dong
Manager, Procurements Department
Hong Kong Refining Company (SINOPEC GROUP INC)
Tel: +85258192485
http://sinopec-groupcorps.com/group/en/
Email: zhaodong@sinopec-groupcorps.com

Unknown said...

...

Reply-To:
From: "Michelle Bella"
Subject: RE : GOOD NEW 11/13/2017
...
Authentication-Results: mx.aol.com;
spf=fail (aol.com: the domain usajobs.gov reports that 205.186.158.142 is explicitly not authorized to send mail using it's domain name.) smtp.mailfrom=usajobs.gov;
...


Looking for EXTRA INCOME?
Sinopec Group is looking for Affiliates, Business Associates, Fulltime and Part-time to grab the
opportunity of a Sales Representative/Account Receivable Officer(s) in your area.

You can create your own income with one of the giant company in the world -SINOPEC GROUP.

Start the journey with Sinopec Group to enjoy life.
The job is open to:
* stay at home MOMs and DADs
* Professionals
* Students
* Business-minded people

For more details and recruitment, Contact:

Mr. Robin Li Wang
Sinopec Group China (North America Region)
Recruiting Manager
E-mail : support@sinopec-cn.org
Tel : (716) 216 2665

CONTACT MR. ROBIN LI WANG PERSON WITH YOUR REFERRER CODE: SGC0187

Sincerely,

Michelle Bella
Sinopec Group China (Job Announcer)
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--Sure, a giant oil company is looking for stay-at-home moms and dads as sales people
--Reported to SpamCop.net (great for reporting stuff like this)
--Unfortunately, it seems that a big company like Sinopec does not have a "Report Abuse" contact
--Unfortunately, the aol authentication manager doesn't seem to know the difference between "it's" and "its"

Anastasia. said...

Good day

It may interest you that we wish to contract you as our representative in North America to speed up our Operations,I understand this is not your area of expertise, however, haven reviewed your profile on LinkedIn and knowing your eligibility, we have no doubt that you would be of immense contribution in helping this company fulfill this goal, this is why we/I have reached out to you.


Contact for more detail.


Mr Brigs Robert
Director of Representatives | United States and Canada
SINOPEC GROUP
http://www.sinopecgroup.com/group/en/ac

Spotter said...

Poor old Sinopec has had their name abused by scammers for over ten years now.

Anonymous said...

Here's another one from li@sinopecgroups.com lol (notice the plural "groups"). The domain for which was created on 2017-07-11T14:00:28Z, around a year ago.

Hello,

Thanks for interest in learning more about this position. Please see attachment for more details, monthly stipends, commission and all other information with regards the contract proposal. However, to enable us complete the registration process and forward you the contract agreement, you are to read about your role as a representative and provide us with the information below;

Full Names:
Full Contact/Postal Address:
Company Name:
Position Held:
Tel and Fax Number:

Upon receipt and verification of the above information, a contract agreement will be forwarded to you for review and endorsement.

Li
Vice President of Sinopec Group
SINOPEC GROUP
Tel: +81 3 4577 3964
http://www.sinopecgroup.com/group/en/