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, October 30, 2008

EQUITY CONSULTANT RECRUITMENT LIMITED

A correspondent asked me to confirm that this is a scam. It is. In fact, the whole recruitment company is fake!

Domain ID:D154462574-LROR
Domain Name:EQUITYRECRUITMENT.ORG <-- scam domain
Created On:14-Oct-2008 06:42:48 UTC <-- recently created
Last Updated On:14-Oct-2008 06:42:52 UTC
Expiration Date:14-Oct-2009 06:42:48 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Melbourne IT, Ltd. dba Internet Names Worldwide (R52-LROR)
Registrant ID:C122396479650310
Registrant Organization:Private Registration US
Registrant Email:contact@myprivateregistration.com
Name Server:YNS1.YAHOO.COM
Name Server:YNS2.YAHOO.COM

> From: johntibbo@earthlink.net
> Subject: SPDC Recruitment.
> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:59:33 +0000
>
> EQUITY CONSULTANT RECRUITMENT LIMITED
> 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf,
> London, ENG, E14 5LE, United Kingdom
> Email: recruitunit@equityrecruitment.org
> Tel/fax: +442071797777
>
> Reply only to recruitunit@equityrecruitment.org
>
> Client code/SPDC/PHC/vol. 7878
>
> Attn: Sir.
>
> Subject: SPDC Recruitment.
>
> You are hereby notified that your qualifications and experiences were found suitable for the
> requirements of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.
>
> For verification and screening you are to submit your most recent resumes and certificates
> through our e-mail above.
>
> Faithfully,
>
> Mr. John Tibbo Jim
> (CONSULTANT COORDINATOR)

Posted by Spotter at 01:00

1 comment:

Kenneth Fritz said...

I was about to resign from Ruwais UAE, in order to follow up on an offer from this company for the Shell Development Company, Nigeria

Equity Consultant Recruitment Limited
25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf,
London, ENG, E14 5LE, United Kingdom
Email:info@equity-consultant.com
Tel/fax:+442071797777

Reply only to recruitmentunit@equity-consultant.com

Client code/SPDC/PHC/vol. 7878

Attn: Sir.

Subject: SPDC Recruitment.

You are hereby notified that your qualifications and experiences were found suitable for the requirements
of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria. For verification and screening you are to submit
your most recent resumes and certificates through our e-mail above.

Faithfully,

Mr. John Tibbo
(Consultant Coordinator)

9:30 am, January 02, 2009

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