Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.
  • they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.
  • they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.
  • they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".
  • it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

AMAX OIL & GAS INC

The "from" address used in this scam contains a domain name that does not exist. I've received several copies using various reply addresses. It's probably an Advance Fee Fraud scam, meaning that the job offer is bait, and the hook is that they are going to ask you to pay some kind of fee. There is no job, and these people do not represent this company (if it exists at all): it's just a lie they use to con people into sending them money.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: AMAX OIL & GAS INC <info@amaxoil.org>
Date: 2008/9/24 UTC
Subject: AMAX OIL JOB OFFER
To:





FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
AMAX OIL & GAS INC
Level 36, Tower 2
PETRONAS Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MALAYSIA
Tel: +60 14645 8330



ATTN: APPLICANT

INTERNATIONAL EXPATRIATE OFFICIAL JOB ONLINE INTERVIEW

Your name has been shortlisted/Choosen among the Lucky expatriates who
submitted the CV to the MALAYSIA ONLINE JOB ,before we will issue you the
Success Letter and the Contract Document You have to fill the following
informations and send it back to us
Via-Email:amaxoil.gasjob_inc@live.com

Full Names

City:

State:

Country:

Zipcode:

Sex:

Phone:

AGE:

MARITAL STATUS:

Get back to me as soon as possible.


Bar.Abdul Mohammed,
Head of Recruitment Service.
AMAX OIL & GAS INC(Sarawak)


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello.

I am from Romania.
Today in the morning I've received an e-mail, exactly like the one with "AMAX OIL GAS INC."
For the first time I've read it, it looks suspicious.
I've answer to it with some general information...and they've answered to me with a LETTER OF AGREEMENT.
:-(
Such a big words...

:-))

Thank U for remind us about SCAM.

Anonymous said...

dear all
my name is talal and am from libya i have received this message as well and i was surprised with this offer and am wandering how is gonna to be i hope to get this job and be in the right position

Spotter said...

It's a scam, folks. Don't get involved.

Unknown said...

Dear All
I am syed amjed ali i have got this scam mail also joining letter , offer letter, agriment letter. dont beleave on it

Anonymous said...

Hi All,
This is definately a scam, I also received this morning the very same e-mail. I won't even reply to this, I almost got caught for a sucker last week with a Yahoo Lottery. Can you believe it, luckily my eyes opened quickly and I stopped it before it went too far. Be carefull guys & gals, they are out to get the innocent.
Kind regards
NOT THAT EASY, SOUTH AFRICA

grakar said...

Hi guys

These scamsters buy / acquire mailing lists which they work through to find unsuspecting suckers. Beware anything that looks to easy. My rule of thumb is if I don't know the sender I delete without question.