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, October 31, 2007

China National Arts & Crafts Imp./Exp. Corp.

This "random Chinese company" style of recruitment is typical of West African check/money order forgers. The originating IP address (83.229.90.48) supports this: it's delegated to Nigeria. Compare this with similar past scams such as "China Import & Export Co.".

Remember: just because a check "clears" doesn't necessarily mean it won't bounce later. Don't cash checks for people you don't know.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chane Quilee Yui <chane.quilee03@hotmail.com>
Date: 31 Oct 2007 14:49
Subject: Representatives Needed!!!
To:

 
  Dear Sir/Madam,
 
  I am Mr.Chane Lee Yui ,Managing Director of China National Arts & Crafts Imp./Exp. Corp.(CNART)We are a group of business men who deal on Art and Craft and export into the Canada/America and Europe.
 
  We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Canada/America, Europe and Asia as well as making payments through you to us.Please if you are interested in transacting business with us we will be very glad Please contact us for more information.
 
  Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative in Canada/America and Europe Please if you are interested forward to us your phone number/fax and your full contact addresses.
 
For privacy, I prefer you respond to our personal e-mail chane.quilee@consultant.com
 
Thanks In advance.
Managing Director
Mr Chane Quilee Yui.

 

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

this arrived in my email today.

Consulting Offer‏
From: China National Arts (info.chinaarts.com@host95.hrwebservices.net)
You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: December 27, 2007 6:03:08 AM
Reply-to: staffdept@sify.com
To: xxxxxxxx@hotmail.com

Hello , I am Mr.Pyo Hong Chairman/CEO CHINA NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFT GALLERY. We specialize in manufacture and sales of Arts and Craft world wide. Presentely I intend to have a Information Technology Consultant/Representative in United states of America/Canada. I have gone through your country's directory and feel you are seemingly eligible for the position of Part Time Information Technology Consultant/Representative in the new branch we have proposed to establish in your region. Endeavor to get back to me for further details. Regards Mr.Pyo Hong Ceo/ PresidentEmail: pyohong@yahoo.cn

1:06 am, December 28, 2007
Anonymous said...

I got this email too. I am glad I wasn't the only one.

9:14 pm, January 03, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hmm... I also want to ask. Who is the CEO CHINA NATIONA ARTS AND CRAFT GALLERY??? because I had receive an e-mail that was regards from the CEO but the name is Xu Hui. I am confuse. is it a joke?

7:17 am, January 04, 2008
Anonymous said...

the scam is being continued with alsorts of CEO names
I receieved good advise fro Yje CBBC .org

11:33 am, January 07, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hello,

I am Mr.Lin Chin, chairman/CEO CHINA NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFT GALLERY.
We specialize in manufacture and sales of Arts and Craft world wide.
Presently I intend to have a Consultant/Representative in the UK.
I have gone through your country's directory and feel you are
seemingly eligible for the position of Consultant/Representative in the
new branch we have proposed to establish in your region.

Endeavor to get back to me for further details.

Regards
Mr.Lin Chin
Chairman/CEO
Email: linchin11@yahoo.cn

2:01 pm, January 10, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hi ,
I received a similar email from Mr Lin Chin today.So I went searching for info on him.
Do not know how or why he emailed me in particular obviously thought I was a numpty.
Anyway thanks for the warnings on this site.

5:29 pm, January 12, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hello,
I recieved an email from Mr Chin Lin asking me to be a representative of the china arts gallery and very foolishly i agreed and have now had my bank account frozen and being investigated for fraud/money laundering could be very serious consequences.Dont fall for the same scam i have.

1:58 pm, April 17, 2008

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