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.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Tang Xiao Import & Export

This phony job offer doesn't specify what's involved. It looks like a cheque fraud scam, where the scammers send forged cheques and ask the employee to deposit them and forward money via Western Union, but it could be some other variation on the theme.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tang Xiao Import & Export <INFO.ORG@n2-slc1-3.myobnet.com>
Reply-to: mrclapp07@aim.com
Date: 2009/5/1 UTC
Subject: JOB/CONTRACT OFFER
To: ideceive@gmail.com


Tang Xiao Import & Export.
Room 1108, 11/F., Eastwood Centre
No. 5 A Kung Ngam Village Road
Sau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.

Attn:
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FLEXIBLE LUCRATIVE JOB THAT REQUIRES YOU WORKING CONVENIENTLY FROM HOME? IT'S QUITE EASY AND IT PROBABLY TAKES 2-5 HOURS OF YOUR TIME, YOU CAN EARN UP TO $1,500 - $8,000 WITHIN A MONTH.

We own a company in China which is into importation and exportation of Raw materials, such as metallurgical products machineries, metals, electrical machineries etc. to other companies especially in Europe, America and Canada.

We are pleased to inform you that vacancies exist in our foreign
Department as offshore representatives. We would be very glad if you
Accept to be appointed as our representative in your country.
Kindly respond, if interested by stating the details below.

Full Names:
Full Address:
Occupation:
Phone/Fax Number:
Country:

Tang Xia (CEO).
Email:mrclapp07@aim.com

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

He also seems to be from England as well...



Jason Williams & Co Ltd
Registered No.04356143
West Midlands B32 2UQ.
PO Box 5489
Birmingham England.

This is a great opportunity for you to work from home or your present
Place of work and get paid weekly. It?s a job With no emphasize on
qualification, Sex, Age, Marital Status or Location Within the UNITED STATES &
CANADA.
We are glad to offer you a job Position in our company as a representative in
the and United States
of America & Canada.

Jason Williams & Co Ltd is a trading partners based in the United
Kingdom, we need someone to work for the company as a Representative/Book
Keeper/Customer Service in the U.S.A and CANADA.

The customer receives and verifies 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 cheques or wire transfer. We have decided to open this new job
position for solving this Problems.

YOUR TASKS ARE:
1. Receive payment from Customers.
2. Monitoring Products and Information's from Customers.
3. You are entitled to some percentage on every Payment processed.
4. All issued payments to you after deduction of your percentage is to be
Forwarded to the company.

For example you got $60,000. You take your income: $3000.00 Send to us:
$57000.00. First month you will have 4-9 transactions on nothing less than
$30000-$60000. So you may calculate your income. The average monthly income is
about $10000. No form of investments from you. Payment of any kind from you or
upfront Payment will not be required by you from the company.

This job may only take 1-3 hours per day. We understand it is unusual and
Incredible job position. This job takes only 1-7 hours per week. You'll have a
lot of free time doing other job, You don't need to have an Office for now,
with time we may have one open for you base on your request, you'll get good
income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you should
understand it and be Trustworthy.

We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel you are serious and
Earnest worker and if you want to work for Jason Williams & Co Ltd, a
Letter of employment will be sent to you, and you will fill it out and send it
Back via email, and you will receive necessary information in less than 1-48
Hours.

Email us for fast response with this details below.
Full Names:
Full Address:
Occupation:
Phone/Fax Number:
Country:

Best Regard,
Jason Williams
Email:mrclapp07@aim.com

Anonymous said...

Here's one from 11/12/2010
posted on this craigslist:

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/acc/1547025800.html

----------------------------------

baba From the Desk of JWill Comp Ltd :


JWill Comp Ltd
Human Resource Dept

Dear Applicant,

Thanks for responding to the craigslist Ad.

The above named company has established and proved itself over the years as a dependable, well financed, and responsive solution providerto eminent clients across the planet. JW ranks among the top in Computer sales, services & maintenance

Our Human resource team have successfully reviewed and accepted your application for the job and We have your information in our database

The primary goal of the Admin Clerk is to provide local customer support to our clients within North America. This includes providing convenient payment options and informing them of shipping and the terms of sale.

You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service via email.

Your duties will include:
- Collecting Local Payments
When a buyer in the US decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, local certified check or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers and certified checks are the options that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.


- Managing Data
Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.
- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

- Correspondence
You will be submitting brief reports, weekly reports, and monthly reports. Weekly and monthly reports are to be done in Excel format and are to summarize all transactions completed within the week, or month.

Here is an example of a brief report:
Date: Dec 2, '09
Buyer: John R. Smith
Item: 2 Laptops
Price: $ 1,921.27
Commission 5%: $ 96
Fees: $ 75
Total Forwarded: $1750.27
Forwarded to: James Williams, Liverpool ,United Kingdom
Reference Numbers: 23497839

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments through wire service.

Anonymous said...

-Salary
During the trial period, you will be paid 2000USD per month while working on average 3hours per day, Monday-Friday, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,400USD per month, plus 15% commission.

-Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company.

- To Apply
Kindly fill out your information below for immediate consideration of this position and send it to pointcontact001@gmail.com

Personal Information:
First Name:__________________________
Last Name:__________________________
Street Address:__________________________
City:__________________________
State:__________________________
Zip Code:__________________________
Home Number:__________________________
Cell Phone:__________________________

The employee, acknowledged the Trial and Detailed Job Description
and signed _______________
(First Name and Last Name of Employee

Kindly note that your information is not for public use but for our records.

Human Resources Manager
JWill Comp Ltd

Anonymous said...

(Original AD)

*** DATA ENTRY POSITION ***

Date: 2010-01-11, 3:02AM PST
Reply to: job-pxqba-1547025800@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

We currently have an immediate need for Data Entry Operators.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, operating a proof machine to encode and verify bank transactions such as checks, deposits, withdrawals and payments Candidates should have the ability to type 50WPM, have general computer skills, excellent verbal and written communication, and demonstrate fine attention to detail.



Compensation: $15/hr
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Patches said...

To the last Anon that saw the Seattle Craigslist advert: I saw a similar ad on the Boston Craigslist yesterday. I got the same canned response in email you did (Or similar). I emailed them asking for more info about the company. I didn't send my resume.

The ad (for an Admin Assistant):

Here at JWorld . We are Hiring !

We are seeking to recruit talented and dynamic individuals to fill the vacancies that exist within our organization

Minimum Job Requirement:

Minimum of High School Diploma

1 Year Experience in this discipline

Good or Excellent communication skills

Interested applicants to apply

* Compensation: $23-$28.50/hr
* Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
* Please, no phone calls about this job!
* Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Anonymous said...

Very helpful when as soon as I googled the "company" this feed came up. Thank you for helping not only me but others see the truth! Here's the company he posted for Chicago a few days ago:

JWill Comp Ltd

you'd think by now he'd at least change the initials of the company

Anonymous said...

Fakelister from this email : tyo019001@gmail.com


From the Desk of JWill Comp Ltd :

Joseph Clifford
Human Resource Mgr

Dear Applicant,

Thanks for responding to the craigslist Ad.
The above named company has established and proved itself over the years as a dependable, well financed, and responsive solution providerto eminent clients across the planet. JW ranks among the top in Computer sales, services & maintenance.


Our Human resource team have successfully reviewed and accepted your application for the job and We have your information in our database.
The primary goal of the Candidate in this position is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America.The assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.


Your primary task would be receiving payments for our company and Customers. We are about to open authorized sales centers in some local city in the States. Please be advised that we need total dedication for this job.


Your duties will include: Collecting Local Payments & Managing Data

When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item ;they make payment through one of these payment options :pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer.


Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price,
and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.



Here is an example of a Brief report from one of our Representatives:

Date: April 21,2010
Buyer: Adina Maldonado
Item: 3 Dell Laptops
Price: $ 1,921.27
10% Commission : $ 192
Fees: $ 85
Total Forwarded: $1644.27
Forwarded to: James Pecker, Georgia, US.
Reference Numbers: 23483981


- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or warehouse representative,
whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient
manner. You will be given detailed instructions to follow to complete your task.


- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All forwarding fees are covered by the company and as such would not be deducted from your initial 10% on each transaction processed.


Salary :
We Basically have 2 salary plan structure: Bi-weekly and Monthly. You will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, which is an average of $1000 Bi-weekly, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded.
Salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account or western union for pick at your local western union agent
location closest to you.



-Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company.


Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments)
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Deposit 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, you'll have a lot of
free time doing another job, because this job schedule is flexible,you'll get good income .This job is very challenging and you
should understand it. In confirmation of your acceptance of this job offer .Kindly fill your details below and have it emailed to clifford.joseph8@gmail.com so we can have your application processed for your first task.

Full Name :
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip/Postal code:
Home phone :
Cell phone:
Present occupation(If any):
Gender:
Age:
Personal Email Address: Please note that your information is not for public use but for our records.

Yours Sincerely,
Joseph Clifford
Human Resources Mgr