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.

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics

"Ceramics" is not a common cover story, but I do have a very similar scam on record from late last year. This is a money mule scam, probably involving fake checks.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: United Arab Emirate Online Job Opportunities < rasalkhaimahceramics@rasalkhaimahceramics.cjb.net>
Date: 03-Jun-2007 09:14
Subject: RE: Profitable Work From Home Jobs
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics,
P.O.Box 11232 Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirate.
RKCE.AD
rasalkhaimahceramics@rasalkhaimahceramics.cjb.net

RE: Offer to act as our Financial Representative in your country.

Good day and we hope this Job Offer reaches you in good faith. We are a group of Registered Company based in Ras Al Khaimah Ceramics, UAE. We are in the field of Exportation marketing. We deal on Manufacturing - Pipes ceramics, Tiles & constructions. We seek representatives from the United States of America , Canada and Mexico who will represent the interest of this company. The representatives we seek are Individuals, corporate body, and companies.

The Representatives will act as receiving payment agents, and also act as a medium for our customers to place order for goods and products from our company. As our Representative, you are guaranteed a minimum of US$ 2,000 monthly and also 15% commission from any payment you receive from our customers. This is a part time job and will not interfere with your personal life or present job as this will not take 1hour of your time weekly.

If you are interested, kindly provide the information below to the enlistment officer of this Company Mr. Mohammed Mustapha via e-mail: mustarefarmohd@yahoo.com.cn

Full Names:
House Address:
Zip Code:
City:
State:
Country:
Age:
Phone Number:
Fax:

We look forward to working with you and receiving the very best of your qualitative services.

Thank you,

Mrs. El Fatima Hameed
Secretary.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

NuSurgery Group

Ho hum, this is the scam formerly known as NuCardio Pharmaceuticals, among other names. They are into fake medical-related company names starting with "Nu" and "Pro". Images have been deleted from the spam. They probably have a swag of similar domain names registered.

   Domain Name: NUSURGERY-GROUP.NET <-- scam
   Registrar: THE REGISTRY AT INFO AVENUE D/B/A IA REGISTRY
   Whois Server: whois.iaregistry.com
   Referral URL: http://www.iaregistry.com
   Name Server: NS1.PG-ON.COM
   Name Server: NS2.PG-ON.COM
   Updated Date: 28-may-2007
   Creation Date: 28-may-2007 <-- new
   Expiration Date: 28-may-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: human resources <hr@[redacted]>
Date: 30-May-2007 07:29
Subject: REAL JOB offer - [redacted]
To: [redacted]



NuSurgery Group Ltd. emerged inpharmacy and cardiology market in late 2002. Their inexpensive but advancedcoronary stents made a revolution in cardiology, now these stents are mainproduction and export product throughout the world. While operating more thanthree facilities inUSA easily gained leadership in this field.

NuSurgery have more than 200 Administrative Coordinators allover the world and more than 2,000 workers at four main factories.

NuSurgery has now opened Regional Administrative Coordinatorvacancies in Australia

Mainduties are:
Coordinatinginternet sales projects.
Contactswith company's clients
Operatingwithin prescribed budgets
Managingcash and balancing receipts

WageDetails: 52k AUD +benefits

Mainrequirements for the candidates are :

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

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

If you areinterested in this vacancy and you feel, that your qualifications correspond toour requirements, please visit www.NuSurgery-group.net to fill in an applicationform.

Thank youfor your interest to this job.
Sincerely,
NuSurgery Group Ltd.

 

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

Almada company

Money mule scam, obviously enough. A quick search reveals no obvious actual furniture company called "Almada" that these people might be impersonating. Beyond the fabricated name, all they provide is a freemail contact address.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted]
Date: 29-May-2007 20:31
Subject: job offer from Almada company
To: [redacted]

Hello We are Almada Company. We sell furniture wholesale in Great Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. We are planning to start looking for new clientele in the Australia, that s why we are trying to find new representatives who would be cooperating with our company in the Australia. So now, we need:

Wholesale Delivery Manager, you requriments, conditions and tasks are :
Requirements: Australia citizenship. Responsibility, diligence and honesty.

Duties: financial operations with the company s wholesale lots. You will have to collect the money that the client transfers onto your bank account (the bank is chosen according to the clients  regulations), cash them and transfer to us in our branches.

Conditions: Monthly salary $2000, after a 1-month probation period you will be given a 15% salary rise and will receive your paychecks bi-weekly. Possibility of career growth.

As you have already understood, all you have to do is collect the money from our clients for wholesale delivery and then send them to us in our offices.

Need more information or want to work with us? Send your resume to our e-mail: almada@hotpop.com

Successful work!

Shandong Arts

More money mule vacancies. Fake cheques and money orders. There have been several similar past scams claiming to be art vendors of some type. "mail2recruiter.com " is part of the Mail2World.com free/paid email service.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Chao Long < Shandongart@mail2recruiter.com>
Date: 30-May-2007 06:05
Subject: JOB OPPORTUNITY!!!!
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20070529192522.1829025EA@t465.ims-firmen.de>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 21:25:22 +0200 (CEST)



Dear Candidate,

We have a job offer available for you in response to your initial

request in the Job search directory.

We are a company based in ASIA; we deal in art works, we have been

receiving orders from NORTHERN AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, and EUROPE which we

have

not been able to process competently since we do not have a payment

receiving personnel in these Areas.

We have decided to recruit payment officers online hence we will need

a

representative to process our payments in these areas, this is due to

delays in processing payments from these areas in ASIA.

WHAT WE DO OFFER;

Flexible program:

Two hours / day at your choice, daytime and evening time

Work at home:

Checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time

Professional contact team with very good support and communication

skills.

Other highlights:

No selling involved, no kit to buy, we won't charge you anything.

Monthly salary:

You would be paid $450 every two weeks to a total of $900 per month.

Commission:

10% of every money order/check that is cashed instantly "cash in hand"

or "cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount.

EXAMPLE;

If you receive a check of$1,000.00 your net income is $100.00, our

company supports any fees. You will process at least 2-3 orders per

day and

you will earn more than $200.00 cash in hand each day.

REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER RATE THE HIGHER YOU

STAND TO EARN DAILY.

What we ask:

Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internet access for

sending and receiving e-mails, available means of cashing money

orders/checks

at the nearest cashing point.

IMPORTANT:

1) You must be over 21 years of age.

2) U.S, UK, OR AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP.

If you meet these conditions and wish to apply send this reference

position number #647109 and please contact our recruiting manager

through

this e-mail addresses

( Shandongart@mail2recruiter.com ) to receive a Representative Contract

agreement.

Please ensure you add your Correct Full Details.....

Surname,

First Name,

Middle Name,

Contact Address,

Or

Mailing Address ( Please not P.O.BOX )

Present Occupation,

Age,

We will never ask you for anything more then that, credit card,

passwords, ssn # etc.

If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this

info.

This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of

Identity Theft.

Thank You for taking your time to read our offer.

My Regards,

Chao Long

Shandong Arts Asian Art Co. Ltd.

Grand Consult

This scammer can't figure out his own name. This is a relatively amateurish scam: nothing more than an aim.com address and a tall story is used. No details are offered as to the job duties. My wild guess is they want you to bank phony cheques and wire them the money.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted] <[redacted]>
Date: 29-May-2007 21:31
Subject: FW:  This is Rare Job Don't MIss uOt
To: [redacted]

Hey [redacted]!!


I'm Mr. Alexandr Czajkowsky, Director of Consulting company "Grand Consult" is specialized in rendering complex professional consulting services in the
field of business and management: business plans development, marketingr esearch, budgeting, law consulting, personnel recruiting and personnel-technologies.
We located in Poland and have offices in Germany, Latvia and Ukraine.

We are hiring serious people from all over the USA/Europe  who would like to work and earn an additional income from their home. We seek a Representative
Agent in your city or state. So to this end we seek the assistance of individual or a gorup to work with us and earn additional money WITHOUT DISTURBING
YOUR PRESENT JOB IF ANY!!!


If you are interested in transacting business with us we will be glad. Plesae contact us for more information with you data  - !!! grandconsultpol@aim.com
!!! ONLY THIS MAIL

1. Your name
2. Your country
3. Your age
4. Your phone#



SINCERELY,
MR. Anton Brooks

PS
On a question " Where you have my email? " - we have paid services of advertising fo rdelivery of this letter to many emails.