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.

Monday, February 09, 2009

Dow Chemicals and Gas Company

This is not an offer from a real company: it's a scammer who wants to send forged checks or money orders and get back real cash via Western Union in return.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: DOW CHEMICALS/GAS COMPANY <[redacted (unverified)]>
Date: 2009/2/7
Subject: VACANCY!!! VACANCY!!! VACANCY!!!
To: [redacted (false)]


3 Kitago 2-chome,
Echizen-shi, Fukui 915-8515,Japan,
TEL/faX: +81-778-21-8140

Dear Sir/Madam,
I Mr.Sung Tai  The Public Relation Director of DOW CHEMICALS AND  GAS COMPANY IN JAPAN.with specialization in the sales and distrubutions of  chemicals and gas products.
VACANCY!!!   VACANCY!!!  VACANCY!!!
Vacancy exists for the possition of a payment collectors in  U.S.A, CANADA, EUROPE AND WORLD WIDE.
If you are interested for this position please contact   DR.BARRY  SMITH.
with the email address bellow:
DR.BARRY SMITH
Email:dr_barrysmith1236@yahoo.com.hk
DOW CHEMICALS/GAS COMPANY
REGARDS
MR.SUNG TAI
P.R.O DOW CHEMICALS/GAS  COMPANY


Posted by Spotter at 15:13

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