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, November 27, 2007

Rumford Textiles

Nigerian (at IP address 41.219.209.16) forger of money orders seeks sucker willing to believe cover story about textiles company and need for a financial middle man.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James Ryle <r_text257@hotmail.com>
Reply-to:
info_rumfordtextiles01@yahoo.com
Date: 20 Nov 2007 xx:xx
Subject: JOB OFFER (WORK WHILE AT HOME)
To:

Dear Sir/Ma,
   How are you doing today? I would like to know if you really like to work from home,RUMFORD TEXTILES needs a book-keeper in the states, so I want to know if you will like to work online from home, getting paid weekly without leaving or it  affecting your present job?I am presently running a textile and fabrics firm I inherited from my late Father and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the States.
 
My company produces various clothing materials,expensive and high quality batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the States.
 
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders which are not readily cashable outside the US {JUST BECAUSE THIS US MONEY ORDERS CAN ONLY BE CASHED WITHIN THE US} so we need someone in the States to work as our Representative and assist us in processing the payments from
our clients and I will pay him weekly salary{YOU WILL BE PAID 10% FOR EACH TRANSACTION AND WE NORMALLY GET PAID 3 TIMES A WEEK FROM OUR CLIENTS}
All you need to do is receive this payment from our client in the States, you can call the verifying bank to confirm the funds or you can get it cashed at the bank and then deduct your weekly pay i.e 10% and forward the balance to the Company down here via Western Union Money Transfer. You will keep all Western Union Transfer receipts used and forward them to us from time to time, you will also record all transactions on your computer both offline and online in case of any emergency references. We would have told our clients to send the money directly to US via money gram but it has been a tradition for them to pay us via US MONEY ORDERS  and the person that used to help us cash the MONEY ORDERS before i.e {our former representative} has been relieved.
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed at the bank, (tax charges on your account will be deducted from our pockets not yours, so you dont have to worry about that)  and then  deduct your salary and foward the balance to the company via  money transfer method i did mention earlier on.
 
So all i need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in the state and they issue payment in form of  MONEY ORDERS then send it via courier or mail to you.If you are interested please fill in the form below this message, edit and reply back as soon as possible..
 
Thanks
©2007 RUMFORD TEXTILES APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME………………………… LAST NAME………………………………
 
HOME ADDRESS (NOT P.O. BOX) ………………………………………………
..
CITY…………………………………….. STATE……………………………………
 
ZIP CODE……………………………….. COUNTRY……………………………..
 
PHONE NUMBER (S)………………………………………
 
GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL
 
STATUS………………………
 
AGE…………………………………..
 
NATIONALITY…………………………
 
CURRENT JOB,.............................................
 
(Information included in this application form is confidential between you and me, and the full name and contact info should be included as it should be written on the payments being issued over to you, you should also include a valid phone number for easy contact) ATTESTATION According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment via WESTERN UNION as I would be instructing you on receipt of my payments. You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict. In agreement to this kindly append signature below …………………………………
Thanks and i await your response.
 
WARMEST REGARDS  
MR.JAMES RYLE
Managing Director
RUMFORD TEXTILES.
+447958113000


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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another scam, See below:

Hello ,
Thanks for your response and I would like to know if you really like to work from home,DURHAM TEXTILES needs a book-keeper in the United Kingdom, so I want to know if you will like to work online from home, getting paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job? I am presently running a textile and fabrics firm I inherited from my late Father and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the Uk.

My company produces various clothing materials,expensive and high quality batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the Uk.

My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of Postal orders and balance transfers which are not readily cashable outside the Uk {JUST BECAUSE THIS Uk Postal ORDERS CAN ONLY BE CASHED WITHIN THE Uk} so we need someone in the Uk to work as our Representative and assist us in processing the payments from
our clients and I will pay him weekly salary{YOU WILL BE PAID 10% FOR EACH TRANSACTION AND WE NORMALLY GET PAID 3 TIMES A WEEK FROM OUR CLIENTS}
All you need to do is receive this payment from our client in the Uk, you can call the verifying bank to confirm the funds or you can get it cashed at the bank and then deduct your weekly pay i.e 10% and forward the balance to the Company down here via Western Union Money Transfer. You will keep all Western Union Transfer receipts used and forward them to us from time to time, you will also record all transactions on your computer both offline and online in case of any emergency references. We would have told our clients to send the money directly to US via money gram but it has been a tradition for them to pay us via US Postal ORDERS and the person that used to help us cash the POSTAL ORDERS before i.e {our former representative} has been relieved.
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed at the bank, (tax charges on your account will be deducted from our pockets not yours, so you dont have to worry about that) and then deduct your salary and foward the balance to the company via money transfer method i did mention earlier on.

So all i need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in the Uk and they issue payment in form of POSTAL ORDERS/CHECKS then send it via courier or mail to you.If you are interested please fill in the form below this message, edit and reply back as soon as possible..

Thanks
©2007 RUMFORD TEXTILES APPLICATION FORM
FIRST NAME………………………… LAST NAME………………………………

HOME ADDRESS (NOT P.O. BOX) ………………………………………………
..
CITY…………………………………….. STATE……………………………………

ZIP CODE……………………………….. COUNTRY……………………………..

PHONE NUMBER (S)………………………………………

GENDER…………………………….. MARITAL

STATUS………………………

AGE…………………………………..

NATIONALITY…………………………

CURRENT JOB,.............................................
ID Number...........................................

(Information included in this application form is confidential between you and me, and the full name and contact info should be included as it should be written on the payments being issued over to you, you should also include a valid phone number for easy contact) ATTESTATION According to how you have been briefed earlier by me. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment via WESTERN UNION as I would be instructing you on receipt of my payments. You will notify me a week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict. In agreement to this kindly append signature below …………………………………
Thanks and i await your response.

WARMEST REGARDS
MR.danny macoy
Managing Director
Durham Textile .

Anonymous said...

Here is one I recieved:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly? We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company, Rumford Textiles

We are in search of Hard Working Online Clerk.
Work from home.
Got a computer? Have Internet access? Ever sent an e-mail?
If you said yes to all three questions, then you already qualify.

JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Receive payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to (Payment is to forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).


And any other related duties as may be reasonably assigned by the Company.. If
you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for
Rumford Textiles, Get back to us with
information below , so that we can add your mailing address
to our Regional database and forward it to our customers for them to
send payments.

First name...................
Middle name..................
Last name....................
Address Line 1...............
Address Line 2...............
City.........................
State........................
Zip/Postal code..............
Current Job..................
Age..........................
Marital Status...............
Nationality..................
Home phone...................
Cell phone...................

Your response to this email is needed, so that we can reconfirm your
mailing address details we have in our database. We will be updating you
as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as
to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the
deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.

Thanks For Your Total Understanding


Ashley David
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Regional Manager,
Rumford Textiles
career.rumfordtextiles@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

and another:
Dear Applicant,

Would you like to work online from Home/Temporarily and get paid weekly? We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company, The Natural Fabric Company We need someone to work for the company as a Representative/Bookkeeper in the USA. This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA. You don’t need to have an Office and this certainly wont disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.

Our integrated yarn and fabric manufacturing operations use state-of-the-art equipment from the world's leading suppliers. Order processing, production monitoring and process flow are seamlessly integrated through a company-wide computer network.

* The average monthly income is about 4000.00 USD.
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day

About the job:


We have sales representatives all over the world to distribute our products. You know, that it's not easy to start a business in a new market (being the US). There are hundreds of competitors, close direct contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties, which impede our sales promotion. We have decided to deliver the products upfront, it's very risky but it should push up sales on 25 percent. Thus we need to get payments for our products as soon as it possible. Unfortunately we are unable to open Bank Accounts in the United US without first registering the company name. Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold. For fear of loosing the customers out rightly.

Secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international Checks take about 14 working days for cash to be made Available. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we Have money Transfer delays* your task is to coordinate payments from customers and Help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. OurSales Representative makes direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX). The customer receives and checks the products. After this has been done The customer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks and Money orders based on the amount involved.

YOUR TASK we have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.
Your tasks are;
1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payment at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed 4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to be forwarded by Western Union Money Transfer).

www.westernunion.com

Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately.


For example you've got 3000.00USD
You take your income: 300.00 USD
Send to us: 2700.00 USD
First month you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD so you may calculate your income.
For example 10 transactions on 3500.00 USD gives you 3500.00 USD Plus your basis monthly salary is 1000.00 USD
Total: 4500.00 USD per month

After establishing a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank or other Cashing Services. Deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the company via western union money transfer.We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job.

IS THIS LEGAL?
Yes it is. As a matter of fact, our legal department checked all legal provisions to ensure if there is any domestic or international law against businesses or deals in this manner and also money laundry acts, also it complies with USA Patriot Act Section 314(b)

But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements, a diligent worker, very consistent and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to Offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for The Natural Fabric Company, Get back to us with information below information, so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers for them to send payments.

First name...................
Middle name..................
Last name....................
Address Line 1...............
Address Line 2...............
City.........................
State........................
Zip/Postal code..............
Age..........................
Marital Status...............
Nationality..................
Home phone...................
Cell phone...................
Current Occupation...........

YOU’RE PREFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL

Your response to this email is needed, so that we can reconfirm your mailing address details we have in our database. We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.

Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
Michael Cole,
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Regional Manager,
The Natural Fabric Company


NOTE******* Interested applicants should ensure response is forwarded to the email below:
info.thenaturalfabric@gmail.com