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.

Friday, March 30, 2007

TechnolEx Company

This appears to be a reshipper scam. The scammer purchases electronic goods online using stolen credit card details, and has it shipped to the employee, who is then asked to reship it overseas. The credit card fraud can only be traced to the reshipper, who is then in trouble for aiding fraud.

  Domain Name: TECHNOLEX.WS <-- scam

  Registrar Name: Rustelekom <-- Russian? Not surprised.
  Registrar Email: info@nameservers.ru
  Registrar Telephone: 1 866 6254678
  Registrar Whois: www.nameservers.ru

  Domain created on 2007-01-26 12:28:13 <-- recent
  Domain last updated on 2007-03-15 16:00:36

  Current Nameservers:

    nsecure.server1.karasuma-cn.ws  58.65.233.153
    nsecure.server2.karasuma-cn.ws  58.65.233.154

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: no_reply@careerbuilder.com <no_reply@careerbuilder.com>
Date: 30-Mar-2007 00:58
Subject: Job application with TechnolEx Company
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Product Manager Wanted! (HOT)



On permanent and temporary job of the product manager are required people in age of 18-60 years in Usa.



Your duties are: Receiving electronics from our partners and forwarding it to our shops. There will be several parcels coming each week – some of them can arrive with a name different from yours on them. You will have to forward such parcels to us too since the name stated will probably be that of one of our office managers.



The transfers are fulfilled by one of our partners: Usps, Ups, FedEx. It will take you from 15 minutes to 5 hours a day to do this job, that's why you can easily combine it with something else.

Salary – is about $1200/month. You will be getting your salary either straight onto your bank account or via Western Union.



Our  authorized partners : Sony , Samsung , Toshiba , Usps , Fedex.



The basic requirements: Skill to communicate, Ability to work in a command. Ability to put interests of company higher then own.



Send your CV on our e-mail: careers@technolex.ws



TechnoLex Company

577 front street boise,Boise,83709 ,USA





With best regards, administration of  TechnoLex Company.

www.technolex.ws

Global Connect Network

I haven't reported a scam running under the name of "Global Connect Network" before, but a quick search shows that this isn't the first time it's happened. This is just a money mule scam. The scammer is operating under the following domain name.

   Domain Name: YANKEESCARDS.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
   Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
   Name Server: NS1.SERVAGE.NET
   Name Server: NS2.SERVAGE.NET
   Name Server: NS3.SERVAGE.NET
   Name Server: NS4.SERVAGE.NET
   Updated Date: 17-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 17-mar-2007 <-- recent
   Expiration Date: 17-mar-2008

The website at that domain currently redirects to http://www.global-connect-network.com/

   Domain Name: GLOBAL-CONNECT-NETWORK.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: DIRECT INFORMATION PVT LTD D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
   Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
   Name Server: NS1.GLOBAL-CONNECT-NETWORK.COM
   Name Server: NS2.GLOBAL-CONNECT-NETWORK.COM
   Updated Date: 30-jun-2006
   Creation Date: 30-jun-2006 <- not terribly new!
   Expiration Date: 30-jun-2007

So why is this scammer going through a redirect in a new domain, rather than linking directly to his nine-month-old scam domain? Probably because the spam filters got the idea that anything with a link to global-connect-network.com in it was spam some time ago.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: no_reply@careerbuilder.com <no_reply@careerbuilder.com>
Date: 30-Mar-2007 01:07
Subject: Job application with Global Connect Network
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Dear sir/mam!

We present a new project of the global recruiting campaign and welcome you
to join our team!

Global Connect Network Financial Services is looking for bright and responsible people
from all over the United States and Canada to join us!

This is a:

Part time job that requires only a few hours a day.

Good source of additional income for you and your family!

Which requires NO fees to join.

Where you get paid for each transaction processed!

When you receive up to 12% of each amount you cash or forward as an
agent representing our company in your region.

To get more information visit our website and fill the form to sign up.

Our team will contact you very shortly.

Visit us at: www.yankeescards.com

With kind regards,

Ted Davidson
Executive Officer
Global Connect Network
5005 Snyder Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203

Thursday, March 29, 2007

ProGenic Pharmaceuticals (impostors)

Fairly sophisticated job scam, based largely around a website pretending to be a company called "ProGenic Pharmaceuticals". There does appear to be a company of that name, but it doesn't have a website of its own that I can find. This particular group of impostors can't tell the difference between pharmaceuticals and medical equipment, because they've ripped off some images and text from Accuray's CyberKnife website. The job details aren't specified in the spam -- the "duties" are ridiculously vague -- but I'll take a wild guess and say that it involves receiving payments and forwarding money via Western Union like 99% of the other job scams around here.

Domain Name:                                 SURGERY-PROGENIC.BIZ <-- scam
Domain ID:                                   D17074717-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar:                        THE REGISTRY AT INFO AVENUE
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID:                123
Domain Status:                               clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID:                               DI_5870972
Name Server:                                 NS1.VIRTUAL-BGG.COM
Name Server:                                 NS2.VIRTUAL-BGG.COM
Created by Registrar:                        THE REGISTRY AT INFO AVENUE
Last Updated by Registrar:                   THE REGISTRY AT INFO AVENUE
Domain Registration Date:                    Wed Mar 28 11:06:28 GMT 2007 <-- new
Domain Expiration Date:                      Thu Mar 27 23:59:59 GMT 2008
Domain Last Updated Date:                    Wed Mar 28 11:08:43 GMT 2007

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: HR_manager <HR_manager@[redacted]>
Date: 29-Mar-2007 16:22
Subject: Genuine job offer  [redacted]
To: [redacted]

[images redacted]

ProGenic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. emerged in pharmacy and cardiology market in late 2003. Their inexpensive but advanced coronary stents made a revolution in cardiology, now these stents are main production and export product throughout the world. While operating more than three facilities in Australia and USA easily gained leadership in this field.

Now ProGenic have more than 400 employees all over the world with more than 2,000 workers at three main factories.

ProGenic has opened Regional Administrative Coordinator vacancies in Australia

Main duties are:
Contacts with company's clients
Coordinating internet sales projects.
Managing cash and balancing receipts
Operating within prescribed budgets

Wage Details: 52k AUD + benefits

Main requirements for the candidates are:

·  A bachelor's degree;
·  Willingness to work at home;
·  The ability to create good administrative reporting;
·  Prior customer service experience is a good benefit but not a must ;
·  Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations;
·  Effective interaction with customers;
·  The ability to operate with more than one task effectively, and have an adaptable, flexible, professional attitude;
·  Effective dealing with tight deadlines and frequently changing priorities;
·  Must have good leadership skills and be ethical, polite, tactful;
·  The ability of stable communication with our company and on-time and detailed reporting;
·  No medical education is necessary

To the successful applicants we offer a position on a trial period (2 weeks starting from the beginning of work). This is the period when you will be trained. You will receive online support while working and being paid. The evaluation of employees on a trial period is usually done at least 3 days prior to the end of their trial period. During the trial period, the supervisor can recommend termination. At the end of the trial period, supervisor makes his final decision.

If you are interested in this vacancy and you feel, that your qualifications correspond to our requirements, please visit www.Surgery-ProGenic.biz to fill in an application form.

Thank you for your interest to this job.
Sincerely,
ProGenic Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

Please do not reply to this email. This mailbox is not monitored and you will not receive a response.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

J&D INTERNATIONAL

This isn't the first time we've encountered a money mule scam involving the name "James Wilkie"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD <jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 28-Mar-2007 18:19
Subject: EARN A LIVING WORKING FOR J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD
To: ideceive@gmail.com


EARN A LIVING WORKING FOR J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD

jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk


J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD




Dear Sir/Madam,

             Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you
like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly? Our
Company J & D International is a company based in Uk and we are into
Manufactures of Fabrics and Textiles with numerous customers home and
abroad. We produce various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics and traditional costume you will be glad with our produces. We
need a representative in the states who will be in charge of all our
payment from the United States clients/customers.



Because most of our customer from the states pay through certified
cheque, cashier cheques, money order and Credit cards which are not negotiable here
in UK? This brings our quest to employ a credible and trustworthy
fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not
affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your
good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the
payments from our clients,we will pay you weekly salary and shall earn
about 10% of every payment you assist us with because due to the fact
that we cant cash the US Credit card, money order upon receipt here in the UK
immediately, in the past we have lose about 75,000 USD of net income
each month because of 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. Our sales manager sells
products.



Once he makes a sale 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 Cheques,Credit cards,
Money orders based on the amount involved. We have decided to open
this new job position for solving this problem. Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers through Credit cards transfer, Money order, cheques

2. Cash it 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. A
local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a
possibility to get customers payment almost immediately.

             For example you have got 3000.00USD

             You take your income: 320.00 USD

             Send to us: 2680.00 USD



First month you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD So
you may calculate your income.For example 18 transactions on 3500.00
USD give you 5610.00 USD Plus your basis monthly salary is 1000.00 USD
Total: 6610.00 USD per month after establishing close co-operation
you will be

able to operate with larger orders and you will be able to earn more.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed
in your bank deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the
company via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer.
We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job
takes only 3-7 hours per week.

You will have a lot of free time doing another job, you will get good
income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you
should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies
our requirements and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to
offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are  serious
about this and earnest worker, All we will need is your full name,
address and phone number so we can forward it to our clients and they
will start making payments to u as the company' representative in the
states,
I WILL ALSO EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY
WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY
OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY
PAYMENT COMING TO YOU. I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE
INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM.



REGARDS,



Mr James Wilkie

J & D Wilkie Ltd
Kirriemuir, Angus
Scotland DD8 4BL

jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447011138886
     +447011148546

Vexco Pay

Money mule scam, where the scammer is pretending to be a money transfer service.

Domain ID:D141799027-LROR
Domain Name:MYVEXCO.ORG <-- scam
Created On:18-Mar-2007 23:46:46 UTC <-- new
Last Updated On:19-Mar-2007 18:12:25 UTC
Expiration Date:18-Mar-2008 23:46:46 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.Com (R27-LROR)
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:Privacyprotect.org
Name Server:NS1.VIP-HOST.BIZ
Name Server:NS2.VIP-HOST.BIZ

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [pretended to be from careerbuilder.com]
Date: 28-Mar-2007 17:56
Subject: CareerBuilder.com Job Matches:Great source of income
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Customer Service Officer position.

Seeking for an outlook part-time employment? Do you feel lack of funds to realize your ambitions? Would you like to be
more independent and get financial stability? Then you simply cannot reject the opportunity our company is currently
offering. Our company gainfully employs honest and efficient people, for a part-time job at home.

Our headquarters is located in the United Kingdom. But, as we are branching out, we employ additional personnel to become part of our
team in the United States of America.

The contract requirements are simple, we require only basic level of your skills and abilities (basic computer knowledge and skills, understanding of banking system and transactions, permanent address, identification of your majority ( you have to be at least 18 yrs old ),
USA residence, ability of stable communication with our company ).
This job is based on performance of basic bank operations, remotely working for our financial department.
Your everyday tasks will aswell include cash operations and control, funds management and international transfers.
If you're self-confident, feel free to contact us with your brief resume.
Don't miss this great opportunity, and become part of our quick-growing team.
The exact amount of salary which you can possibly earn, depends on your productivity and responsibility. Average monthly salary comes to $2100-4000, depending on your working skills and willingness to develop your capabilities.Various superdividends will certainly rise your income into a more considerable sum. We have an individual approach to your financial prosperity. With such approach to the matter, getting a worthy income is easy. Just remember, if you'd like to breathe a new life into the way you work, to get financial support for your family and relatives, try to think big and get in touch with us.
The best time to start is right now.
Remember, your future is in your hands.

How to apply for this position:
Please forward your resume and questions to HR dept. e-mail: vacancy@myvexco.org
We will contact you as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Michael Roszell , HR Manager.
Vexco Pay Inc.

UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY

Return-path address SPF verified. This is a money mule scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Return-Path: <master_info@bellsouth.net>
From: UNIVERSAL PETROL CHEMICALS <master_info@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to:
procurementofficerharold@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 28-Mar-2007 13:00
Subject: RECEIVING PAYMENT OFFICER NEEDED URGENTLY
To:
master_info@bellsouth.net

UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY
(International Communication Department):
Address:Unit 229,Ducie House,
37 Ducie Street,
Manchester M1 2JW,
United Kingdom.


I am Mr White Benson , we are a group of business
enterpreneurs who deal on Petrol Chemicals and export into
America/south America/Canada/Europe and Asia.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in
America/south America/Canada/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.
Contact our procurement officer Mr James Harold via email:
procurementofficerharold@yahoo.co.uk

Subject to your acceptance you will be entitled to 8%
commission of any payement made through you.
Please if you are interested forward to us your name, phone/fax
number/contact addresses and occupation.

Thanks,
Director White Benson
For C.E.O


UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Star Globe

Hopelessly vague job offer with nothing but an aol.com contact address. I'll wager that the job involves reshipping goods or forwarding money through Western Union, though. Of course it's a scam. Don't get involved.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted]
Date: 26-Mar-2007 09:39
Subject: Star Globe Inc. vacancy for you, age 21 and older.
To: ideceive@gmail.com

International company Star Globe Inc. provides the unique opportunity for job.

Don't miss your chance to gain your life opportunities.

We offer the ability to start part time (while keeping your current position) and an opportunity to build your own business if desired.

What we can offer:

- salary 1000 USD - 2000 USD per week!

- training courses, our specialists will gain your work skills.

-  your differential working time plan, 2 hours per day :

1) 9.00 - 11.00 AM

2) 13.00 - 15.00 PM

3) 16.00 - 18.00 PM

You can choose your working time : 1, 2, or 3.

If you want to join our Star Globe International Team, read demands:

- age 21 years and older.

- Location: USA, Canada, Europe, you will represent our company in your city, no relocation or trips.

- your email, cell phone, Internet available every day.

- your responsibility.

- monster.com and careerbuilder.com MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!

We pay salary every tuesday and friday.

For more information send your profiles and CV and we will reply you the same day:

Starglobecorp@aol.com



Regards  Robert Johnson, head coordinator Star Globe Inc.

A leading International Company dedicated to helping businesses convert

data into actionable information for competitive advantage.

Escrow assistant (nameless)

Sheesh, what a mess. The body appears to have been pasted several times. I hope this scammer is as incompetent at recruiting these money mules as he is at spamming.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: JOHNSON PAUL <2007johnso@gmail.com>
Date: 25-Mar-2007 03:30
Subject: Re: JOB OFFER ESCROW ASSISTANT WANTED...
To:

Dear Sir/Madam,
Casual Position - Escrow transactions assistant Location: USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany E.T.C
Salary: Excellent earning potential - $25K to $60K Benefits: Pension, Insurance, Free UPS shipping, and more!
As a market leader and one of the world's largest organisations of its kind, we are expanding rapidly as we continue to pioneer the concept of technology assurance through our innovative range of Software Escrow and Information Escrow Solutions. Our company has a strong reputation
within the escrow industry as both leaders and innovators of testing,security and consultancy solutions.
As a part of our on-going expansion program we are seeking Transaction Assistants for our Escrow Solutions. Whether you are looking for a professional career or a part-time position we are right for you! We are the world's largest global escrow company, operating in more than 50 countries and territories and employing more than 10,000 people worldwide. As a part-time employee, you'll have access to the following benefits: More than $60,000 per year, Great starting pay and annual raises,Set work schedule and so on!
BENEFITS:
$25,000 â?? $60.000 a year.
Great starting pay and annual rises.
Direct deposit, You get your salary instantly.
Lots of free time (â??as required" employment relationship).
Perfect career opportunities.
Set work schedule.
Variety of shift options.
Business experience recruiters look for.
Weekends and holidays off.
Paid vacations and holidays.
Discounted stock purchase plan.
Promotion from within.
Training and skill building.
Free UPS Shipping.
- $3,800 per month
You will be receiving more than 5 transactions a week.
- You need 5-7 hours free during the week, not more and you can advise the best time for transactions processing,in the morning from 7:00 till 11:00 am or in the evening: from 3:30 till 5:00 pm.
You will be provided an NCC Group UPS ID card in your name. You will be using this card for mailing correspondence from UPS office for free on our company's behalf (we also allow to use it for shipping your own packages, after working through probation period.)
- Comprehensive medical and life insurance for you and your dependents,You will be receiving an NCC Group, Inc. Medicine card and all the paperwork in 2 weeks after successfully completing your probation period.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
You have to be honest,loyal, responsible and hard-working.
You have to comply with all reasonable and lawful instructions provided to you by our company.
You need 5-7 hours during the week for communication.
Residential address to receive correspondence (if any).
Computer w/internet connection, printer and e-mail.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
At this point we can offer you several ways of cooperation, which include, but are not limited to:
As an Escrow Transactions Assistants you will be delivering escrow payments from buyer to seller. As you know, every escrow transaction involves seller and buyer. You will be collecting payments from buyers along with the instructions, subtracting your salary (which is included in the total amount of transaction meaning 10% commission in all transcation) and all fees applicable, and then forwarding the rest of the funds to the recipient using the method specified by the instruction.
The main purpose is to provide sellers and buyers all over the world the ability of using their favorite payment systems (transfer methods).
When customer initiates the transaction from your country of residence,we need to have a middle man (our representative) in your country to speed up the process, and shorten the way of the money by delivering the payment to the recipient directly. Also, we have to act as a third party to ensure that the seller actually received his payment. You will be provided with detailed instructions for every single transaction.
To complete a transaction, you need to follow several easy steps below:
Receive the funds into your personal (Bank ) account. So i will need your name and full address you which to be on the payment including where you bank.
Wait for the instruction to appear in your email.
Report your progress to the manager at least once a day (during the time of ongoing transaction).
Follow the instructions our manager will provide you with, and send the funds out using the specified method.
Transactions require to be completed in 5 business days (max). Your salary (commission) for regular transaction is 10% of total amount.
We have a probation period - 1st month of employment. During this probationary period, we will be evaluating the employee's job performance and work behavior, as well as his/her character, conduct, and attitude that directly affect job performance. Throughout the period the supervisor will be documenting performance and conduct activity in the Employee Work Folder. If you complete this a probation period successfully,your salary will be reviewed and increased (up to 20%).
Thanks for reading our proposal. We hope that you are interested and eager to start cooperation with us.
Accept our apologies if this message caused any inconveniences to you
PLS KINDLY REPLY BACK TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT
THE OFFER.
Regards
P.S: Kindly return this email if you are interested with your
information.
So the company could file your information as regarding to your
salary and all other benefits.
Your Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip code:
Nationality:
Phone number:
Cell number
Email address:
Best way and time to be reached:
If you are interested in this job kindly reply to this email: Dear Sir/Madam,
Casual Position - Escrow transactions assistant Location: USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany E.T.C
Salary: Excellent earning potential - $25K to $60K Benefits: Pension, Insurance, Free UPS shipping, and more!
As a market leader and one of the world's largest organisations of its kind, we are expanding rapidly as we continue to pioneer the concept of technology assurance through our innovative range of Software Escrow and Information Escrow Solutions. Our company has a strong reputation
within the escrow industry as both leaders and innovators of testing,security and consultancy solutions.
As a part of our on-going expansion program we are seeking Transaction Assistants for our Escrow Solutions. Whether you are looking for a professional career or a part-time position we are right for you! We are the world's largest global escrow company, operating in more than 50 countries and territories and employing more than 10,000 people worldwide. As a part-time employee, you'll have access to the following benefits: More than $60,000 per year, Great starting pay and annual raises,Set work schedule and so on!
BENEFITS:
$25,000 â?? $60.000 a year.
Great starting pay and annual rises.
Direct deposit, You get your salary instantly.
Lots of free time (â??as required" employment relationship).
Perfect career opportunities.
Set work schedule.
Variety of shift options.
Business experience recruiters look for.
Weekends and holidays off.
Paid vacations and holidays.
Discounted stock purchase plan.
Promotion from within.
Training and skill building.
Free UPS Shipping.
- $3,800 per month
You will be receiving more than 5 transactions a week.
- You need 5-7 hours free during the week, not more and you can advise the best time for transactions processing,in the morning from 7:00 till 11:00 am or in the evening: from 3:30 till 5:00 pm.
You will be provided an NCC Group UPS ID card in your name. You will be using this card for mailing correspondence from UPS office for free on our company's behalf (we also allow to use it for shipping your own packages, after working through probation period.)
- Comprehensive medical and life insurance for you and your dependents,You will be receiving an NCC Group, Inc. Medicine card and all the paperwork in 2 weeks after successfully completing your probation period.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
You have to be honest,loyal, responsible and hard-working.
You have to comply with all reasonable and lawful instructions provided to you by our company.
You need 5-7 hours during the week for communication.
Residential address to receive correspondence (if any).
Computer w/internet connection, printer and e-mail.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
At this point we can offer you several ways of cooperation, which include, but are not limited to:
As an Escrow Transactions Assistants you will be delivering escrow payments from buyer to seller. As you know, every escrow transaction involves seller and buyer. You will be collecting payments from buyers along with the instructions, subtracting your salary (which is included in the total amount of transaction meaning 10% commission in all transcation) and all fees applicable, and then forwarding the rest of the funds to the recipient using the method specified by the instruction.
The main purpose is to provide sellers and buyers all over the world the ability of using their favorite payment systems (transfer methods).
When customer initiates the transaction from your country of residence,we need to have a middle man (our representative) in your country to speed up the process, and shorten the way of the money by delivering the payment to the recipient directly. Also, we have to act as a third party to ensure that the seller actually received his payment. You will be provided with detailed instructions for every single transaction.
To complete a transaction, you need to follow several easy steps below:
Receive the funds into your personal (Bank ) account. So i will need your name and full address you which to be on the payment including where you bank.
Wait for the instruction to appear in your email.
Report your progress to the manager at least once a day (during the time of ongoing transaction).
Follow the instructions our manager will provide you with, and send the funds out using the specified method.
Transactions require to be completed in 5 business days (max). Your salary (commission) for regular transaction is 10% of total amount.
We have a probation period - 1st month of employment. During this probationary period, we will be evaluating the employee's job performance and work behavior, as well as his/her character, conduct, and attitude that directly affect job performance. Throughout the period the supervisor will be documenting performance and conduct activity in the Employee Work Folder. If you complete this a probation period successfully,your salary will be reviewed and increased (up to 20%).
Thanks for reading our proposal. We hope that you are interested and eager to start cooperation with us.
Accept our apologies if this message caused any inconveniences to you
PLS KINDLY REPLY BACK TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT
THE OFFER.
Regards
P.S: Kindly return this email if you are interested with your
information.
So the company could file your information as regarding to your
salary and all other benefits.
Your Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip code:
Nationality:
Phone number:
Cell number
Email address:
Best way and time to be reached:
If you are interested in this job kindly reply to this email: paul4life07@yahoo.com.au
We expect your reseponse soon .
Best Regards .
We expect your reseponse soon .
Best Regards....

Friday, March 23, 2007

Costa Coffee Exports (impostors)

Vague, but I'm guessing this is a check-processing (money mule) scam. The from address is SPF-verified, so not redacted. The company is real enough; the person sending the mail is an impostor who does not represent the company, however.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mrs Katie Allen <info_red07@bellsouth.net>
Date: 23-Mar-2007 21:23
Subject: REPRESENT OUR COMPANY
To: [redacted]

COSTA COFFEE EXPORTS
212 Lambeth Palace Road,  London SE1 7EW United Kingdom.
http://www.costa.co.uk/coffee/


We export Coffee  for world trade . We need representatives who can
help us establish a medium of getting to our costumers in U.S.A ,Canada

If you are interested in representing  Us, Please contact our
Recruitment  officer Mrs Katie Allen
email:(costacoffee_product1@yahoo.co.uk)
Phone No:+447024099965

With the following information
1) Your Full name
2) Your Mailing address
3) Your Phone and Fax Number
4) Your Age & Your business experience

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services .
For more information visit.
http://www.costa.co.uk/coffee/

Very Respectfully,
COSTA COFFEE EXPORTS
Mrs Katie Allen

Xing Investment

Unsophisticated money mule scam. I don't know whether there is a real "Xing Investment" or not, but it sounds made up. The "from" address was SPF verified, so not redacted.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: chung_xing2345@sunumail.sn <chung_xing2345@sunumail.sn >
Date: 23-Mar-2007 13:36
Subject: REPRESENT XING INVESTMENT INC!!!
To:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to solicit your assistance in working with me as my payment.Agent
who can help me establish a medium of getting to my customers in Canada,
America/Europe as well as making payments through you to me.

You will be paid 10% of every payment made through you to me. Subject to
Your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode
of which I will pay for your services as my representative.

I Export Raw materials into Canada, America/Europe.
Please if interested fill the form below so that i can advise you with
Further details,

1.Your Full Names....................................

lee_ricoh01@yahoo.com.cn,

2.Your Full Contact Address..........................



3.Occupation......................................... .



4.Age.................................................



5.State/Country.......................................



6.Your Phone/Fax number..............................


7.Your Scanned Copy Of Identification................

Thanks,
Chung Xing,
CEO,
email:chung_xing212@yahoo.com.cn
Xing Investment Inc

Thursday, March 22, 2007

HERS DEVELOPMENT

"Payment processing" strikes again. We call them "money mules" here. I confidently predict that the job involves sending money via Western Union, and attracts unwanted attention from law enforcement officers.

   Domain Name: HERSDEVELOPMENT.COM <-- scammers
   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.register.com
   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
   Name Server: NS1.MY-PICT.COM
   Name Server: NS2.MY-PICT.COM
   Updated Date: 13-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 13-mar-2007 <-- recent
   Expiration Date: 13-mar-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Hammon <[redacted]@ agencyadvantage.com>
Date: 23-Mar-2007 03:13
Subject: Australian representative required
To: [redacted]

Hello.
My name is Michael Hammon, I represent HERS DEVELOPMENT company
located in Europe (offices in Finland and Latvia).
Our company is seekeing for a representatives in Australia for
full-time and part-time jobs. This is not spam and we will not ask
any money from you..
Your minimal income will be 4000 AUD a month in average. You
will be paid DAILY.
No relocation required, job duties include mail and payments
processing, standart office duties and everyday reporting.
All candidates have to be authorized to work in
Australia, with minimal computer knowlege. Both part-time (2-3
days a week) and full time (5 days a week) positions available.
Please, e-mail back to support@hersdevelopment.com if you are
interested.
Michael Hammon
HERS DEVELOPMENT

African Art And Craft

Art is a popular cover story for these money mule scams.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: african_art03@yahoo.com <african_art03@yahoo.com>
Date: 23-Mar-2007 00:47
Subject: YOU AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE
To: african_art03@yahoo.com

African Art And Craft.
Import & Export Co., Ltd.
132  Mandela Road, Pretoria City,
Geuteng Province. South Africa




We are exporters based in  SOUTH  AFRICA.We export  African  Art And Craft  into Europe, America and Australia. Our company, African  Art And Craft. Import & Export Co., Ltd. Was established in 1987.
We need your services, to work for us as our foreign agent,who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and services we supply to our clients. With a 10% compensation of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance remitted to us on our instruction. If you are interested in this offer, ensure that you reply immediately you acknowlege this
mail with the following infos below;


Full names...................
Full Contact Address.........
Mailing Address..............
sex..........................
Age.........................
Telephone....................
Fax..........................
Occupation...................
Company Name.................
Country......................

We look forward to working with you.

Very Respectfully,

Mr.Robert  Themba.
Please Contact Us With Our  Alternatitive
Alternative  email: african_art02@yahoo.com
Alternative  email: africanart01@webmail.co.za


Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Adams Kids (not)

"Payment Representative" means money mule, which means fraud. This spammer used the zoomerang.com survey service to transmit the spam. There's no obvious way to report abuse at zoomerang.com, so any mail systems administrators who read this blog may want to consider blocking their outgoing mail servers. The sender address will be in a zoomerang.com subdomain such as "mailsender2.zoomerang.com" (as it was in this instance).

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dean Murray <adamskidsjobs01@aol.com>
Date: 20-Mar-2007 14:21
Subject: Adamskids(Job Opening)
To: ideceive@gmail.com

 
Hello ,
 
My name is Dr. Dean Murray, CEO, ADAMS KIDS. After going through your profile online affiliated to the UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, am pleased in offering you a part time paying job. ADAMS KIDS needs a Payment Representative in the states. This project has been developed in a way not to affect your present job nor bring you any form of stress but in order to help take care of those extra costs in the area of Financial Independence, and also empower you by providing the keys to controlling your income and quality in life.
 
This is a very limited offer in which I will require your immediate response. I will be hoping to hear from You soon,since its a job that can enable you to work from home.
 
You'll also stand the chances of being a part of our future and the excellence of a CHARITY FOUNDATION in which you will be highly appreciated.
 
 
Hope to hear from you soon
 
Thanks and God Bless
 
Dr. Dean Murray,
C E O
Adams Children's wear Limited,
+447011127854
www.adams.co.uk
..........Building a better tomorrow.


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Monday, March 19, 2007

Lux Capital (impostors)

Summary

Money mule scam (see sidebar for more information). They offer a job involving money transfer, but the money in question is obtained illegally, and forwarding it is aiding a crime. This appears to be the next incarnation of the Radius Investments job scam, and the scammers are again ripping off the identity of a real company. This time the unlucky "winner" is Lux Capital. Please note that the real Lux Capital operates under the domain name "luxcapital.com". Accept no immitations, and beware of impostors.

The Spam

The message is presented in a GIF image, accompanied by nonsense "filter buster" text coloured to be invisible against the background.

Representative image

Sender names encountered

Capitalisation and punctuation may vary.

  • Lux Capital
  • The Lux Capital

Domain names involved

The following links have been encountered in spam, listed in order of encounter.

  1. http://luxcapit.hk/index.php?vacancy
  2. http://luxcap.hk/index.php?vacancy
  3. http://luxcatl.hk/index.php?vacancy
  4. http://luxcapl.hk/index.php?vacancy
  5. http://luxcaptl.hk/index.php?vacancy
  6. http://luxcapi.hk/index.php?vacancy
  7. http://luxcapt.hk/index.php?vacancy
  8. http://luxcail.hk/index.php?vacancy

The above is not necessarily an exhaustive list of involved domains -- merely the ones we know about. The list is updated as new domains come to our attention. Please post comments below if you are aware of other domains involved in this scam.

Website

I usually include a snapshot of the scam website in reports of this kind, but since the scammers have recently adopted the practice of copying legitimate sites this no longer seems worthwhile. Suffice it to say that the site looks rather a lot like the original, because it's a copy.

The scam website includes a "vacancy" page which is not a part of the original site. This contains three vacancies: Call Center Manager, Regional Assistant, and Driver. The "Regional Assistant" position is the money mule job; the other two are just red herrings. There are links provided to an online form entitled "Contract 1493" which allows you to provide the scammers with your bank details. True to their word, they will transfer money into your account and request that 90% (minus costs) be forwarded via Western Union. Your account will probably be frozen and investigated shortly thereafter because of all the unauthorised transactions forwarding money to it.

Domain Information (for experts)

Limited WHOIS information about the involved domains is provided here, primarily for the purposes of trend analysis. Registrant details are included only to the extent that I believe they are relevant and not misleading fabrications.

luxcapit.hk

Query at around 2007-03-20 00:34 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAPIT.HK
Email: fredi-gansen@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835449T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.FEARGR.COM
NS2.FEARGR.COM

luxcap.hk

Query at around 2007-03-20 00:35 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAP.HK
Email: guszakmarquisea@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835429T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.FEARGR.COM
NS2.FEARGR.COM

luxcatl.hk

Query at around 2007-03-20 00:37 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCATL.HK
Email: hannelorezuern@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835446T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.FEARGR.COM
NS2.FEARGR.COM

luxcapl.hk

Query at around 2007-03-20 00:38 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAPL.HK
Email: yawpukhtun@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835432T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.FEARGR.COM
NS2.FEARGR.COM

luxcaptl.hk

Query at around 2007-03-21 00:25 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAPTL.HK
Email: ledonnep@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835438T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.FEARGR.COM
NS2.FEARGR.COM

luxcapi.hk

Query at around 2007-03-24 11:03 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAPI.HK
Email: austincoxhill@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835443T
Name Servers Information:

YNS1.YAHOO.COM
YNS2.YAHOO.COM

luxcapt.hk

Query at around 2007-03-26 14:06 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAPT.HK
Email: dvdrgrs642@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835435T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.TIME-AM.COM
NS2.TIME-AM.COM

luxcail.hk

Query at around 2007-03-29 13:14 UTC

Domain Name: LUXCAIL.HK
Email: martynfarmer@hotmail.com
Domain Name Commencement Date: 2007-03-11
Expiry Date: 2008-03-11
Name of Registrar: HKDNR
Account Name: HK1835452T
Name Servers Information:

NS1.NATUREP.COM
NS2.NATUREP.COM

SOFTOILMERCHANTS

The line between job scam and 419 scam is a bit blurry these days. The promise of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice is usually associated with the classic Nigerian 419. Money mule recruiters usually settle for offering a middle-class income at little to no effort. If I were still updating "The 419 Files", I'd post this one there instead of here.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: adrian baker <adrian.baker003@gmail.com>
Date: 20-Mar-2007 05:10
Subject: JOB OFFER
To: adrian.baker003@gmail.com

Good day,
 
It is our honor to write you this proposal out of the fact that you
have a
good and reputable personality and profile. Due to the fact within our
reach
and your status which has shown a commendable one, we wish to inform you
of
this Job Offer which is based on contract terms.

Our company is investing in so many areas of business profits of future
prospects. By our grants and license in the creation of wealth and and
other
major necessities needed by every consumer of the world, we have in
possession
an oil strip that can produce at minimum 20,000 barrels of crude oil per
day.
In this development, the necessary products and materials for the
commencement
of drilling process has been set in place. Acquiring the oil strip has
been
achieved and legal documents are available for review.The oil strip is
approximately 7.6 kilometers long situated within the SPDC Onshore OML
28, the
route of which is shown verged in red in the company's plan no.
p0511850001.dgn dated June 2006.

Meanwhile, there are several investors who will be providing funds to
balance
up for the commencement of production activities and purchase of
materials but
unfortunately, we not in the position to receive the funds at the moment

because as the C.E.O, I'm supervising the oil field as required by the
laws.
Due to this, we have been on loss for not operating and making sales and
we
will appreciate if you can assist us to receive the funds on the
company's
behalf from our investors so as to start operation fully.

As to compensate for your effort to the establishment and production of
the
crude oil marketing, Our company is offering an 8% share of all returns
made
from the sales of exported crude in three quarters of the year. To let
you
know, crude oil is sold at $60.60 per barrel and 20,000 will cost
$1,212,000
and you will benefit $96,960 per day for you helping us secure the
future.
Also, you are entitled to a 7% from each funds you receive from the
Investor
before production and marketing commences in full.

If this offer is of interest to you, kindly contact us as soon as
possible so
that we can send you detailed information on how to go about transaction
and
membership.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation

Human Resources
SOFTOILMERCHANTS


WARNING:

This transmission and all documents transmitted herewith are confidential and intended for the addressee(s). It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission or the person responsible for the delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that the copying, use or distribution of any information or materials transmitted herewith is strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error, please notify sender immediately and destroy all information of which you were not an intended recipient.

Tokyo Science and Medicine research Centre (not)

Probably just another money mule job scam, but I'd be interested in seeing exactly what further information is sent to applicants, so post it if you have it. Reply-to address (in hyperlink) is infinity.corp.as@gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Emily Irving <[redacted]@trade-directories.com >
Date: 19-Mar-2007 12:24
Subject: Career growth in any European Union country
To: [redacted]

Attention to all European Union and North America Residents!

Asian Based Science and Medicine Research Centre is looking for new partners in Europe and North America.

We run monthly "discover new genius" competitions in different European Institutes and Universities with the main purpose of bringing the brightest of all talented and promising minds to our Research Centre for further improvement and development of their genuine talents.

We look forward to have them introducing new bio-chemistry and medicine, agricultural and environmental epoch-making discoveries for the sake of our common future.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals in Europe and North America to help our program.

The position we have available is the "Processing Courier".
Monthly salary: 4000 EUR

Minimum requirements:

Age limit: over 21.
Knowledge required: PC, Internet, Communication ability.
Recommended: mobile and land line telephone number.


Assist our brightest winners in making their way to our Research Centre with the help of our European and North American sponsors.

For further information about our program and possible employment with the Company, please reply to this email and specify the country You are from


Tokyo Science and Medicine research Centre
"Discover new genius" Department

Thursday, March 15, 2007

AdOS Co

Completely vague job solicitation sent via spam. Can't tell whether it's a money mule job or a pyramid scam. If you've contacted these scammers, please post comments giving more detail about the scam.

   Domain Name: SUPER-SEXY-SHOP.COM
   Registrar: HYPERSTREET.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.hyperstreet.com
   Referral URL: http://www.hyperstreet.com
   Name Server: NS1.BLUEDOMINO.COM
   Name Server: NS2.BLUEDOMINO.COM
   Updated Date: 22-feb-2007
   Creation Date: 30-jan-2007
   Expiration Date: 30-jan-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jeanne Trosclair <[redacted]@nis-portal.de>
Date: 16-Mar-2007 05:39
Subject: Home based position
To: [redacted]

Hello,
It's Jeanne Trosclair from AdOS Co. Our firm is a specialized on-line shop looking for people to work at home or to join our team with part-time position.
To be honest, anyone would love to work at home, if only they have choice.
Who wants to get up early at 6 a.m, prepare for the kids and husband, send the kids, clean up the mess, rush to work as early as 7:30am and come home at 7:00pm, then continue the house chores and the same routine everyday?
Well, nobody right? But we are all greed about a better future and easy profit, and that's how we fall in their pits.
I tell you my story. Before I joined the AdOS and made an excellent career I was once at a very desperate stage of life, jobless for few months after being retrenched, struggling financial difficulties (loans, repayments, credit card debts...) and naturally end up arguing with spouse because of our favorite issue "money".
While browsing for jobs ads in newspaper and internet, I've found "work at home" proposal from AdOS Co.
Now two years passed after working part-time I've joined full-time position. I've become a good specialist in financial services, HR management, Internet sales etc. But the main thing I've improved the life of myself and family. Besides now I'm working in office I remember those times when I've started my home-work career with AdOS Co.
Join us now and you will see that you success story starts now and you will remember this moment for the rest of your life.

Please send your messages of interest to: job@super-sexy-shop.com

--
Best wishes,
Jeanne Trosclair, Network manager
AdOS Co.

P.S.
Just in case if this email reached you by mistake, we're sorry for possible inconveniences it caused, feel free to send an email to unsub @ super-sexy-shop.com or just ignore this email.

fastjobseek@gmail.com

They say, "Position iscalled Bank Courrier". I say, "position is called money mule; involves illegal trafficing in stolen money." Nothing to this scam other than the GMail contact address.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fast Job <yadsqntax[@]agidomes.com>
Date: 15-Mar-2007 08:05
Subject: You can do It! Make Money. Very Easy.
To: [redacted]

MAKE MONEY HELPING OUT A COMPANY TO TRANSFER FUNDS!
Dear Australiands and New Zealand people! You have an opportunity to helpout a company, Seven Lands LTD to transfer funds and make 10% commission.
Your salary will be around 2500 AUD a week, yes that much. Position iscalled Bank Courrier. Basically you will be doing a big favor for awealthy company. To get started you have to be 18+, you have to have a bank account, you have to have 1-2 hours of free time Mon-Thu.
Very Easy!
Reply for more info to: fastjobseek@gmail.com !
Thank YOU!

Heart Technics Inc

Looks like yet another money mule scam, but possibly a reshipper scam instead. Whatever the case, the domain name shows all the usual signs of being freshly minted for the purposes of this scam.

   Domain Name: H-TECHHR.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: ENOM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.enom.com
   Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
   Name Server: DNS1.NAME-SERVICES.COM
   Name Server: DNS2.NAME-SERVICES.COM
   Name Server: DNS3.NAME-SERVICES.COM
   Name Server: DNS4.NAME-SERVICES.COM
   Name Server: DNS5.NAME-SERVICES.COM
   Updated Date: 12-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 12-mar-2007 <-- new
   Expiration Date: 12-mar-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Heart Technics Inc <Julianne[@]nimfomanka.com.pl>
Date: 15-Mar-2007 11:30
Subject: Notification about the vacancy
To: [redacted]


Good day, we are happy to offer you to fill up the vacant position in our company.

Heart Technics Incorporated, one of the fastest growing players on Cardio and surgery equipment market in the North America and in Oceania. With over 3 years of specialized experience, has an opening for REMOTE SALES COORDINATOR place.

Company was established in 2003 year, currently has two headquarters, one in Switzerland the other one in Denmark.

We are seeking individuals who reached legal age, and are interested in building a profitable and rewarding business with our help and support, while achieving a balanced lifestyle that offers both personal and professional growth. This job, if approached correctly is an opportunity for almost unlimited income potential, (The salary starts from 2500 USD and depends on how much the employee will work plus very attractive percentage based commissions) and very fast-growing career.

Moreover, the Job itself is not that hard one may think, on a contrary it as easy as one-two-three, the REMOTE SALES COORDINATOR is indeed one of the main part in the company work-chain, and the REMOTE SALES COORDINATOR will have responsibility for selling equipment, transferring funds and advising our potential clients. The Heart Technics Incorporated is growing and we again need an open-minded people with the ambition to become better and richer indeed.

For more information please visit our web-site, http://www.h-techhr.com careers area.

If you have any questions or would like to apply feel free to contact us: resume@h-techhr.com, please include your Curriculum Vitae or provide information* listed below.

1. First name:
2. Last name:
3. Country:
4. Contact phone:
5: Contact e-mail:

*You information will be kept only within our company HR department and will not be transferred to any third-parties.

If you do not wish to receive such announcements in future please unsubscribe by following this link:

http://unsubscribe.h-techhr.com

TELE-TRANSFER COMPANY

This looks like a typical money mule job, but the modus operandi is a little different than usual. The scammers have registered their own domain and have their own website, but the URL uses a redirect through a third party website. I don't know whether the third party website was compromised to enable this, but it's a distinct possibility.

   Domain Name: TELE-TRANSFER.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: ESTDOMAINS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.estdomains.com
   Referral URL: http://www.estdomains.com
   Name Server: NS1.XP-HOSTING.COM
   Name Server: NS2.XP-HOSTING.COM
   Updated Date: 08-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 08-mar-2007 <-- new
   Expiration Date: 08-mar-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tele-Transfer Company <idemers[@]stmary.k12.la.us>
Date: 15-Mar-2007 09:19
Subject: COMPANY TELE-TRANSFER
To: [redacted]

TELE-TRANSFER COMPANY

 

 

 

Work from home , real job, up to 7000$ per month

 

 

 

 

WHO DO WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for financial and marketing agents who are responsible for financial management and internet marketing for our Tele-Transfer Company inc. business. Agent duties also include receiving money proceeds from Tele-Transfer inc. orders and its further transfer to our international accounting department for distribution to our customers.

 

 

 

An applicant must:

 

- be capable to work;

- be older than 18;

- be capable working with deposit account receivables and payments to/from customers and our financial office;

- be able to spend not less than 2 hours per day to do this work;

- have knowledge to use PC, have an access to PC and Internet during the day.

 

 

Send Your resume to mail: techsupmanage@2d.com

 

Sincerely  " TELE-TRANSFER COMPANY"

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD (not)

Random scammer with nothing more than a Yahoo! contact address claims to represent company; seeks sucker to act as money mule.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mr. Lee Yang <contactleeyang_cn@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: 14-Mar-2007 00:22
Subject: WORK WITH US (LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD )
To: ideceive@gmail.com

FROM
LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD.
Zhejiang,
China.

Dear Sir/Madam,
     I am Mr.Lee Yang,CEO.LEE YANG INDUSTRIES.CO.LTD.
We export raw materials, such as Calcite,Barytes, Manganese Dioxide ,Dolomite, Mica , China Clay, MangneseDioxide,Ferrous(Iron ) Oxide,Paints,Rubber, Plastics, Construction chemicals and we export from Asia into Europe,America and Australia.

We require competent representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in the Usa, Canada and Europe as well as making payments through you to us. our company . LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD was established in 2002.

We are interested in employing your services, to work with us as our payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of recieving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Australia.

If you are interested in transacting business with us.
we will be very glad,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
Europe,America and Australia.

Please if you are interested forward

1.YOUR NAME
2.CONTACT ADDRESS
3.YOUR COMPANY ADDRESS
4.OCCUPATION
5.COUNTRY
6.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS
7.SEX


Regards.
Mr.Lee Yang
LEE YANG INDUSTRIES .CO.LTD
NO 1,Maanshan Road
Zhejiang,
China.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Biglobe Arts & Crafts inc (not)

Random scammer with Hotmail contact address, pretending to be a random Japanese company, seeks gullible person to act as money mule.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: mrs kelly <leonadoart@hotmail.com>
Date: 12-Mar-2007 09:49
Subject: business
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Biglobe Art and Crafts Inc.
<http://www.biglobe.ne.jp/~maida/j-art/>.
The it Regional Office,
108 via pinarolo
10052 torino
italy

Dear prospective agents,
I am mrs.kelly leonado, personnel manager of Biglobe Arts & Crafts inc., a
Japanese company based in the italy. Biglobe Art And Crafts Inc. deals on Arts and Crafts and also exports these product into the America/Canada.Biglobe Inc.deals in the sales of japanese artware to countries which appreciate the ancient Japanese art.We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our custumers in the America/Canada regions. The aim is to accept payments from our customers in these regions.
Your role in this project, is serving as our agent to get to our customers who buy our products and helping in collecting their outstanding monetary sums which they owe to our company. You will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made to you and also be given instruction on how to remit the balance funds to us.Thus your position in the company would be that of a FUND RECEIVING OFFICER. I as the personnel manager would be your immediate boss. Hence you would be working according to my directives.
Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to
negotiate your mode of contract and the % we will pay for your
services as our representative in Canada/America.
Please if you are interested forward to us the below informations via
my private email contact;
FULL NAME:
MAILING ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
COMPANY NAME:
SEX:
AGE:
PHONE/FAX NUMB.:
COUNTRY:
ANNUAL INCOME:
Thank you very much for having the patient and time to read this
email.Anticipating your earliest and positive response.

Have a blessed day!
Mrs.kelly leonado
(Personnel Manager).
The it Regional Office
Japan Arts&crafts Biglobe inc.


Sunday, March 11, 2007

United Nations (not)

This is the most outrageously incredible story I've ever seen used in a money mule scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ambassador Briget Cox. <internship@australiamail.com>
Date: 11-Mar-2007 03:37
Subject: BE A UN AMBASSADOR ,HELP THE NEEDY AND EARN A LIVING
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Reply-To: internship@australiamail.com

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20070310145204.658EF375D1@rcmdxwebc01.cavtel.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:41:28 -0500 (EST)



Dear Ambassador,

BE A UN AMBASSADOR ,HELP THE NEEDY AND EARN A LIVING



We are searching for representatives world wide who can help us establish a medium of getting to some voluntary organizations donors to the UNITED NATIONS AID CAMPAIGN for the help of the needy and sick all over the world in the Europe and America , so that through you their payments can get to us and you have the honor to become a UN AMBASSADOR for doing this good-will and still earn about $500.00 to $1, 000.00 every week with out going out or being disturbed . Please if you are interested in working with us we will be glad to accept you.



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 your area.

Click on the reply of this mail, or write directly to us on: internship@australiamail.com

Thanks in advance.





Regards,

Ambassador Briget Cox.

Friday, March 09, 2007

John Cole Research and Consultancy Ltd

Summary: lying West African forger of money orders seeks unwary middle-man to fleece.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: john_cole004@terra.es <john_cole004@terra.es>
Reply-to:
john_cole004@terra.es  <john_cole004@terra.es>
Date: 08-Mar-2007 21:24
Subject: Employment(part-time)
To:

IF INTERESTED YOU ARE ONLY ADVISE TO SEND RESPONSE THIS EMAIL ONLY john_cole71@excite.com. Thats only when the company will be able to get back to you in a short period.
Goodday
       My name is John  Cole, 35 years of age, 3 kids, a lovely girl and 2 troublesome kids, and the love of my life, my wife. I am a somewhat multitalented man and I do quite alot of travelling and get to meet quite alot of people who need my services.
   I own a research/consultancy firm which offers knowledge on developmental biology, embryology, paleontology and pretty much anything from zoology to plant life, Ireside in Dublin, Ireland  and even though I have lived most of my life in other parts of the world, I am fully residing in Ireland even though I get to do alot of travelling though.
   Presently, I have just been granted a funding to head a research project in the tropical regions of West Africa regarding rare and vulnerable plant species and this would be commencing very soon, However my fundings were by my american counterparts which sent me the bunch of payments mostly in US based money orders. Getting an accountant in the states or opening an account would have been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of those choices would cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements I am not ready to deal with as I would be travelling alot in the meantime.
   So presently,  you would be able to deal with cash, I would be willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment representative back in the states, thisway I could issue and make these money orders out to you, you could then cash them easily, withdraw 10% of the total amount on these money orders as your commission and then send the rest back to me through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANFER. Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a handful of cash and you could be making up to $4000 just working with me in a short period of time.
   I would be glad if you accept my proposal and I intend to commence on starting as soon as you are ready. If you are interested, please email me back on john_cole71@excite.com so as we could  conclude all arrangements.United State Of  America are reguiered only.All this are required for the sending of the payment
NAME.................................
ADDRESS...........................
CITY...................................
STATE................................
ZIPCODE.............................
PHONENUMBER...................................
PRESENT OCCUPATION.............................
AGE.........................................................
Thank You
JOHN  COLE
JOHNCOLE Research and Consultancy Ltd
NOTE........ALL RESPONSE MUST BE SEND TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ONLY john_cole71@excite.com


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Thursday, March 08, 2007

S&A International Ltd

This scammer is a little confused about which identity he's impersonating: he points to the website of a UK fabrics company, but signs off as "S&A International". The Yahoo! email address seems to be the only real point of contact. Other than that, this is a money mule job which makes it fairly clear that the job involves cashing fraudulent cheques or money orders.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: TiTi Salaw <titisalaton@yahoo.com>
Date: 08-Mar-2007 21:22
Subject: Job offer
To: [address redacted]
Cc: [14 addresses redacted]

Hi,
   
 Please can I have ur attention for a moment?Would you like to work  online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly?well as i just come across your name and address posted online and I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn alot. This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a part-time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust and honesty. If you would be interested in including a good-paying,part time job to your daily list of activities,I would be glad to brief you more.before I go further I thought I'dinform you of both who you would be working for and what you would be doing.As I have previously informed you,well we are into Manufactures
of   Fabrics and Textiles with numerous customers home and abroad and here is our site
http://www.fabricuk.com. We produce various clothing materials,batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costume. We need a representative in the UK who will be incharge of all our payment from the United Kingdom clients/customers  because most of our customer from any part of the country pay us throug hUnited kingdom cheques which are not negotiable here in UK. This brings  our quest to employ a credible and trusthworthy fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not affect your  present job but serve as another stream of income to your goodself. 
 
 Being our representative and assisting us in processing the payments  from our clients, we will pay you weekly salary and shall earn about 10% of every payment .Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and   help us with the payment process.You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager sells products. Once he makes a sale we deliver the  product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).The customer receives and  cheques
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  UK  cheques  based on the amount involved.We have decided to open this new  job position for solving this problem.Your tasks are;

1. Recieve payment from Customers
 
2. Cash it at any cashing point or at your banks and  you will deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processe
3. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of   thoffices you will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer. Local Money transfers takes barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately.  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. But this job is very hallenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are serious about this and earnest worker,All we will need is your
 
FULL NAME;
  ADDRESS;
  COUNTRY:
  PHONE/CELL PHONE NUMBER;
  NATIONALITY;
  Zip Code:
  GENDER;Male
  AGE so we can forward it to our clients and they willstart making payments to you as the company's representative in the states and i would be glad if i can hear from you with all the information i ask for. 
 
 Regards,
S&A International Ltd


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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

DPA Group

Theis pretends to come from monster.com, but has a reply address at careerbuilder.com. It comes from neither: the source IP is 72.22.92.37, which is just a web-hosting address. Other than that, it's a typical money mule scam.

   Domain Name: DPA-GROUP.COM <-- scam
   Registrar: REGISTER.COM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.register.com
   Referral URL: http://www.register.com
   Name Server: NS1.KOTINT.COM
   Name Server: NS2.KOTINT.COM
   Updated Date: 05-mar-2007
   Creation Date: 05-mar-2007 <-- new
   Expiration Date: 05-mar-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: no_reply[@]monster.com <no_reply[@]monster.com>
Reply-to:
no_reply[@]careerbuilder.com
Date: 07-Mar-2007 01:17
Subject: monster.com : You have been invited to a Job!
To: ideceive@gmail.com

DPA-Group. invite residents of the various countries to cooperation.

Our clients need to accept payments from the various countries. Therefore we creating a network of regional agents which functions are reception of money and further transferring money to accounts of our company. We give you 8 % from the sum of translation. We guarantee worthy payment of your work.

If you want to earn from $200 to $800 per week and work Only 2-3 hours then this job for you !

This job requires punctuality, good organizational skills and proficiency with Microsoft windows and office programs to maintain inventory and fill nessesary forms:   http://www.dpa-group.com/job/



This job is ideal for: housewives , students, older persons, people with restrictions. No money needed to start. This is a business requiring only limited amount of your time.

Requirements:

1. A computer with access to the Internet, e-mail

2. We don't work with persons under 18

3. 1-3 hours free during the week

4. Check your e-mail several times a day (each hour is perfect )

5. Reply to e-mails immediately

6. Bank or PayPal account to receive payments

7. Be responsible, hard working and communicable

We offer competitive compensation, including commission and expense reimbursement.

If you would like to get more information about this position and join our team please fill in the online application form:  http://www.dpa-group.com/job/jobs.htm



Thank You

http://www.dpa-group.com/job/

Hubei Machinery & equipment Import & Corporation

Badly named fake company with Yahoo! contact address seeks sucker to act as money mule. Probably involves forged cheques.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: notification1[@]universia.net.mx <notification1[@]universia.net.mx>
Date: 06-Mar-2007 14:39
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED IN YOUR COUNTRY
To: undisclosed-recipients



Dear Sir/Madam,
I am  Mr.pn lee fouh, managing Hubei Machinery & equipment Import &
Corporation (CMEC HUBEI CO.) we are a company who deal on mechanical
equipment,hardware and minerals, electrical products, Medical &
Chemicals,light industrial products and office equipment, and export
into the Canada/America and Europe.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium
of getting to our costumers in the Canada/America and Europe as well as
making payments through you to us.Please if you are interested in
transacting
business with us we will be 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.

Note that at no point or time will we ask you to spend any of your
personal money. Please if you are interested forward to us your phone
number/fax,occupation, your full contact addresses and age to
leefouh2007@yahoo.com

Thank in advance.

Mr.PON LEE FOUH

Managing Director

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

GINA FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD

This message was sent via bellsouth.net, so the "from" address isn't considered forged in this case. The scammer wants replies sent elsewhere, however. The domain name " ginatextile.com" has not been registered at this time, so I assume the name is completely made up. So is the location, actually: there's an awful lot of scamming going on in the "Scoffford Area", and not much else.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: GINA RAYE <admin_notice107@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to:
ginaltd0108@yahoo.com.sg
Date: 03-Mar-2007 01:58
Subject: COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED
To: info[@]ginatextile.com

GINA FABRICS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD
10 Newport ave, Scoffford Area, Oxford, L349HA, +44 701 114 0249
Private email  _  gina_textilebiz@yahoo.com.sg


REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT

The above named company based in the United Kingdom
need Representatives world wide. As our Representative
in your country, you will receive payments from our
customers and also establish a medium of contacting our
customers in your country. Please if you are interested,
forward all required information below to our Enlisting officer.

1. Your Name:  2. Mailing Address:  3. Zip Code:  4. Phone Number:
5. Country:  6. Age:  7. E-mail address:
The above information should be forwarded to our Enlisting officer

Mr Michael Brown
Tel: +44 703 590 0049
Email:  gina_textilebiz@yahoo.com.sg

Regards
GINA RAYE,ceo
For:Gina Fabrics And Textile company.

Omni Royal Hotel Canada

Yet another "Canada Hotel" scam. The sender is not associated with Canada at all, let alone a Canadian hotel. He's actually in Africa: the originating IP address is 212.60.73.25 (Gambia Telecommunications company). When I've responded to such scams, the first thing they've wanted out of me is a scan of my passport. If you're silly enough to give them that, then they'll probably start asking you for various fees. I've never bothered faking a passport in order to see what they do next, but if you're the kind of person who likes to bait Nigerian scammers, then please do tell.

Images have been removed from this spam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: canada hotel <royalomni@walla.com >
Date: 03-Mar-2007 23:03
Subject: WORK AND LIVE IN CANADA
To: [redacted]


         OMNI ROYAL HOTEL CANADA.
The management of Ominicity Hotel In Montreal, Canada wish to use this medium to adverise that we have Job Vacany in our Hotel . Due Ato the expansion in our services and the opening of new outlets the hotel needs both men and females workers to fill in different categories of job openings.Currently , Canada is Exprience a decline in Labour force as such we seek Serious minded and honest prospective applicants should apply .Hotel shall be responsible for Air Ticket and also excercise in your visa processing.


 
   
Regards,
Mrs Rose
Hotel Manager.