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.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

CreoVision Laboratories

This is just the NeoLenses money mule scam again under a new name.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [redacted (false)]
Subject: Customer Service Representative vacancy. High salary!

     
   


CreoVision Laboratories is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of contact lenses and intraocular implant lenses based in USA.

CreoVision currently have an exciting opportunity for a new Customer Service Representative to join an Australian distributors team on the "work from home" basis.
Working within a service team of eight other personnel, this is a fantastic opportunity to gain permanent employment after a two weeks trial period if you are able to prove your abilities and commitment to the position.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm (EST Australian Time) 1 hour for lunch. Part-time positions are also available: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 1pm (EST Australian Time)

Wages: When benefits and bonuses are added to the base salary, the average total compensation for this position would be AUD$68,000 after tax annually.

Reporting directly to the Customer Service Supervisor, your duties will include the following:

• Handle telephone enquiries (all expenses will be covered by the company)
• Process phone, fax and email orders (all necessary equipment and software will be provided)
• Prioritise and co-ordinate the data entry of customer orders and credits
• Raise invoices
• Assist the Financial Representative as required
• Customer Service Representative may perform work of a similar type and level as that of subordinates.

We are looking for applicants preferably (but not a must) with prior experience in customer service and who display exceptional communication skills. If you consider yourself a genuine team player who is also able to work autonomously, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and a commitment to quality, not to mention a confident, professional and polite phone manner then this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for!

To the successful applicants we offer a position on a 2 weeks trial basis. During this trial period you will be receiving training and online support while working and being paid.
The evaluation of employees on a trial period is usually done at least 3 days prior to the end of their trial period. During the trial period, the supervisor can recommend termination. At the end of the trial period, supervisor makes his final decision.

If you are interested in this vacancy and you feel, that your qualifications correspond to our requirements, please follow this link www.creovisionlab.net to fill in an application form.

Thank you for your interest to this job.
Sincerely,

CreoVision Laboratories

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


 
   

 

 

© Copyright 2002 CreoVision Laboratories Phone +1 (518) 632-1001
Fax +1 (518) 541-1220
Address 6256 Provence Road
91775 CA San Gabriel, USA
 

Marbella Incorporation

This spam gives no details regarding the job itself, but I'll take a bet that it's a money mule scam, probably involving direct funds transfer into the "employee" account, and then Western Union transfer to the scammers.

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Information for Australian Job Seekers!

Job Type: Part Time Manager
Location: Australian
Employee Type: Full/Part Time Employee

International company MARBELLA Incorporation looks for new employees. Vacancy: payment manager.Monday-Friday, 2.00PM-6.00PM. The initial Salary consists 6,000 AUD per month. Age: 21 and older.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements:
*Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
* Basic PC skills
PLEASE WRITE US FOR MORE INFORMATION: marbellaincorp@aol.com

See Yourself At Marbella.
See a company like no other.

We're a company living a clear vision; to be the best. In every area of our business. In everything we do.

Hartford Small Business Limited

Due to some sort of stuff-up on the spammer's part, the text of this scam appears twice in the same email. It's a money mule scam: they don't specify whether the incoming money arrives via forged cheque or fraudulent direct transfer.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Hartford Small Business Limited <micdu190@yahoo.com>
Subject: WORK AT HOMEWORK AT HOME
To: ideceive@gmail.com

WORK AT HOME


Pleasant day,


If you have access to a computer, you can get paid.Would you like to work online from home, temporarily and get paid weekly?

If yes. We are glad to offer you a job position in our company, Hartford Small Business Limited As part of our Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to work for us as our representative.You can easily make 300 pounds- 1,000 pounds a week or more just by collecting payment on behalf of Hartford Small Business Limited.

Sound like your dream job? Well, it certainly is for 10,000+ current members who are making 300 pounds- 1,000 pounds weekly online with this system.


* No form of investments from you.

* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.

Our Company manufactures and sells textile and fabrics, we have seller all over


Your tasks are:
======================================

1. Receive payment from Customers.

2. Deduct 10% which will be your Commission/pay on Payment processed and remit our balance to us either via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram



Note: This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the Honest and Open - Hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and glad to offer this job position to you.To get Started, please provide with the following details to my personal E-mail Box: - ( micdu190@yahoo.co.uk) in order for us to reach you:-

Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Age:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:WORK AT HOME


Pleasant day,


If you have access to a computer, you can get paid.Would you like to work online from home, temporarily and get paid weekly?

If yes. We are glad to offer you a job position in our company, Hartford Small Business Limited As part of our Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to work for us as our representative.You can easily make 300 pounds- 1,000 pounds a week or more just by collecting payment on behalf of Hartford Small Business Limited.

Sound like your dream job? Well, it certainly is for 10,000+ current members who are making 300 pounds- 1,000 pounds weekly online with this system.


* No form of investments from you.

* This job takes only 1-3 hours per day.

Our Company manufactures and sells textile and fabrics, we have seller all over


Your tasks are:
======================================

1. Receive payment from Customers.

2. Deduct 10% which will be your Commission/pay on Payment processed and remit our balance to us either via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram



Note: This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the Honest and Open - Hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and glad to offer this job position to you.To get Started, please provide with the following details to my personal E-mail Box: - ( micdu190@yahoo.co.uk) in order for us to reach you:-

Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Age:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:
Marital Status:

Thank for your Co-operation
Anthony Simpson
Hartford Small Business Limited
Marital Status:

Thank for your Co-operation
Anthony Simpson
Hartford Small Business Limited



Thursday, November 08, 2007

Indigo Global Consulting Services

"Financial Manager" = "Money Mule". Apparently this identity has been around since 20-Sep-2007 13:00:13 UTC (time at which "indigo-consulting.org" was registered), but this is the first I've seen of it. The job can be summarised as "aiding fraud and theft", or "money laundering".

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 8 Nov 2007
Subject: Indigo GCS  - New opportunities

 

[image redacted]

Indigo Global Consulting Servińes is one of leading suppliers of consulting services in the world. Our success depends not only on high quality of our services, but also on expertly managed and reliable business processes.

It explains the reason why we attach tremendous value to quality. However, the only way to achieve high quality in our business is continuous struggle for it and building up of reliable procedures for quality assurance.

In order to achieve high quality, we need employees who are interested in provision of qualitative processes and projects in their routine work. At the moment vacancy of Financial manager is open for unlimited time period.

Job responsibilities of Financial Manager include processing of remittances entering his account from clients of the company. After appropriate procedures of transaction documents execution he is to transfer money to accounts advised by our dispatchers. All you need is spare time (about 3-4 hours a day), wish and will for teamwork, responsibility. At the initial stage your wage will amount to 5% of total turnover per a month.

Requirements to candidates:
  • Higher education
  • Age: from 18 years
  • Confident PC user (SW package Office), mail programs, Internet
We offer:
  • Worthy salary
  • Social security and medical insurance
  • Free training
If you are interested in this vacancy you may e-mail your resume to the address job@indigo-consulting.org .

Indigo Global Consulting Services. 2007 Š All right reserved.



 

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Logistic Solutions Co. (logistic-solutions.us)

This spam was posted as a comment under my entry on Preston Logistics, It appears to be a money mule scam, but I'm not sure if the same party is responsible for it. The domain " logistic-solutions.us" was registered Tue Aug 28 11:25:40 GMT 2007, but their website claims they have been around for several years.

---------- Forwarded message ----------

"My name is Carol Belmonte. I am the manager of the Logistic Solutions Co, which can be found at www.logistic-solutions.us . Recently I've examined your resume on careerbuilder.com. At the moment we need an agent in your state and your resume looks attractive. You have several qualifications and based on your job history you look trustworthy enough for this position. I'd like to proceed to an online interview, and send you a contract to read over and sign. Once returned to me, we can proceed to the interview process.



To provide some information about the position, I'd like to start off with the logistics of the way our business works. Our company participates in transactions with Ebay, Online stores ( Buy.com,Amazon.com etc) and it is a common matter that a buyer and a seller are in different parts of the world and it does not meet with our clients requirements to use international wires, paypal, or other such methods of payment, as they are in process from one week up to one month. That is why we would like to hire some employees that can deal with the money transfers between the buyer and the seller.



The job description is as follows:

Your responsibilities will be:

- Check your e-mail two times a day to verify incoming transactions. This must be done, and you must send us a confirmation e-mail at least twice a day to verify when you checked your mail.
- Once a week, visit your bank to receive money transfers, and resend it to our clients via another transfer system. We prefer you use Western Union.



Your compensation will be:
1. You will receive 5% from each transaction, up to a limit of $1700 per your probationary month.
After your probationary month your salary will be $2500-$3000 depending on the jobs you receive.



2. You can receive 7% from each transaction but it is necessary for you to register an independent company(Limited Liability Company) and to open a corporate account. You can make up to 5000 but the introductory fees are 300 in your state to form a LLC.

Your commissions, which are 5-7% of every transaction and depend on the quantity of completed transactions and the speed of your work. Normally the amounts that we process vary from $5,000 to $35,000, but can go higher on special occasions. For your convenience, there will be no paycheck. Just leave the commission in your bank account directly after each transfer.



Taxation:
According to US laws you are not required to pay taxes on bank transactions. If you wish to file a 1099 for any work given to your LLC, it will be your responsibility.



To apply for the job, visit https://logistic-solutions.us/tmanager/index.php?_m=core&_a=registercarol

If you have any questions , please do not hesitate to email me at CarolB@logistic-solutions.us



Human Resources

1220 Chadsworth Ct

McLean,

VA 22102

(703) 972-9139



Best Regards,
Carol Belmonte