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.

Friday, November 30, 2007

Ecomweb Solutions


Summary: fake company seeks suckers to bank fake checks and forward real money.

   Domain Name: ECOMWEB-SOLUTIONS.COM
   Registrar: ENOM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.enom.com
   Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
   Name Server: NS3.TECHGETHER.NET
   Name Server: NS4.TECHGETHER.NET
   Updated Date: 21-nov-2007
   Creation Date: 20-nov-2007
   Expiration Date: 20-nov-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Subject: CAREERBUILDER: Payments Manager/ Payment Processing Services Position Available
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Hello,
Your resume has been reviewed by our Human Resource Department and we think that you are qualifying for a position with our company as an  Payments Account Manager/  Payments Processing . In order to read our terms and conditions and see the job description  go to

http://www.ecomweb-solutions.com/careers.htm    

and click on Payments Account Manager/  Payments Processing  Terms and Conditions

Base salary per year will be between $65,000 - $75,000 with possibility of raising

Please read them closely and if  you agree and comply with them let me know and we can start right away. We are looking for a self motivated person eager to provide the best for the company.
Even if you don't accept this job we will appreciate if we will get an answer from you so we can continue our seeking for the right person to do this job

 

 

Ramon Garcia

GENERAL MANAGER

www.ecomweb-solutions.com

Thursday, November 29, 2007

David Green Art Gallery

Ho hum. Another money mule job. Receive fraudulent payments via "money orders, check or bank wire transfers", and launder it for the scammer via Western Union. Any bounced checks or reversed wire transfers are then your problem, not his.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Green <davidgreenartgallery_benin@yahoo.it >
Subject: LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT.
David Green Art Gallery is one of the world leading art Gallery. It operates in every aspect of art Work.My company deals in the sale of Art and Craft works,sculptures and carvings,antique artifacts and produces various clothing materials,batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the States.We have reached big sales volume of textile (manufacturer) materials in the Europe and now are trying to penetrate the US market.

Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in the US and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there.

The fact is that despite the US market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US?
The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in UK is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%.There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is 7% .That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our art and textiles( in money orders,check or bank wire transfers) and to resend the money to us via Money Gram or
Western Union Money Transfer.This way we will save money because of tax decreasing.

JOB DESCRIPTION?
1. Recieve payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Bank
3. Do you have a bank account
4. Deduct 15% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
5. Forward balance afer deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to(Payment is to forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).

HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?
15% from each operation! For instance: you receive 7,000 USD via checks or money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep $1,050 (15% of $7,000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 15%, though later it will increase up to 23%!

ADVANTAGES
You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $3000-4000 monthly depending on time you will spend for this job.You do not need any capital to start.

You can do the Work easily without leaving or affecting your present Job.The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us due to our excellent work condition.

MAIN REQUIREMENTS
18 years or older legally capable responsible ready to work 3-4 hours per week.with IT knowledge e-mail and internet experience (minimal) And please know that Everything is absolutely legal, that's why You have to fill a contract!

If you are interested in our offer, please respond with the following details in order for us to reach you:

NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBERS(Cell):
PHONE NUMBERS(Home):
FAX NUMBERS:
AGE:
SEX:
IDENTIFICATION(Driver's License/International Passport):

Thanks for your anticipated action.And we hope to hear back from you.
YOU ARE TO SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATE/PRIVATE
EMAIL:davidgreenartgallery_benin@yahoo.it
Very Respectfully,
David Green

Shell Nigeria

This has the general outline of an Advance Fee Fraud scam. Anyone who applies for any of the available positions will be accepted, but expected to pay certain "processing fees" of one kind or another. If you're really lucky, you'll be invited to go to Nigeria, then kidnapped and held for ransom! I'm not making this up -- Nigeria is a hotbed of damnable cutthroat scammers.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: AQUARECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT <aquarecruitmentfagency@yahoo.com.ph >
Subject: VACANCY@SHELL......... WWW.TIMESJOB.COM_CENTRE

 
 
                                                   
 
JOB REF: AQUA67/21563                                                                      28/11/07
 
CLIENT/EMPLOYER: SHELL NIGERIA
 
 
LABOUR CONSULTANT:   
WWW.TIMESJOB.COM_CENTRE
 
 
RECRUITMENT AGENCY: AQUA  RECRUITMENT/ CONSULTANT INC
 
  

Attn: Engineers,
 
 
INTRODUCTION:
 
 At AQUA  RECRUITMENT INC we specialise in engineering career moves for professionals engaged in the E&P sector. Interestingly, most of our clients are not actively looking for a new job, but are keen to consider the right opportunity.
 
We listen carefully to what is important to you with regard to career, family and lifestyle. We then use our connections and investigative skills to identify interesting opportunities that meet your criteria. Some of the moves we engineer are 'in-country', but the vast majority are international placements (world wide) with some of the best companies in the industry.
 
DETAILS:
 
AQUA RECRUITMENT INC
; with the mandate to recruit expatriate services employees' for the fulfillment of the requirements of SHELL NIGERIA ; "OIL AND GAS FLARING PROJECT in Nigeria, seek to write your consent after recommendation from our labour consultants ( WWW.TIMESJOB.COM_CENTRE) based on recent expatriate vacancies with our client.
 
SHELL NIGERIA
intends to invite prime experienced individuals/expatriates capable of rendering expertise services in fields below:
 
  {1}. Petroleum Engineering
 
  {2}. Civil Engineering
 
  {3}. Computer Engineering
 
  {4}. Architect Engineering
 
  {5}. Marine Engineering
 
  {6}. Mechanical Engineering
 
 {7}. Electrical Engineering
 
  {8}. Electronics-Telecommunication Engineering
 
  {9}. Accounting, Executive, Administrator Engineer
 
  {10}. Aerospace Engineer! Ring
 
  {11}. Surveyors Engineer
 
  {12}. Senior Faculty of Industrial safety management.
 
  {13}. Business Strategy Economics
 
  {14}. Drilling / Well Operations
 
  {15}. Finance
 
  {16}. General Services
 
  {17}. Human Resources
 
  {18}. Industrial Projects
 
  {19}. Inspection Maintenance
 
  {20}. Legal Affairs
 
  {21}. Medical Services
 
  {22}. Operations Production
 
  {23}. Quality Health Safety Environment
 
  {24}. Research and Development
 
  {25}. Retail
 
  {26}. Sales Purchasing Trading Marketing
 
  {27}. Secretarial support
 
  {28}. Supply and Transportation
 
  {29} Offshore and Onshore Engineers
 
{30} Project Manger
 
 PROJECT SHALL REQUIRE:
 
 A cooperate project management team, engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation, safety, drawing, Designs, Geological services, maintenance and commissioning.
 
Entitlement, Compensation and Benefits packages include;
 
 A very attractive net salary paid in US$, Sterling or Euros equivalent depending on employee home country and currency preference.
 
. Quality single or family housing accommodation in company community.
 
. Free medical care in Nigeria for employee and family.
 
. Excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment.
 
. Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel.
 
. Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances.
 
. Full access to some to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in Nigeria.
 
CONTRACT DURATION:
 
 
Level 1: 12 Months, (One Year) and renewably only on satisfactory performance by employee.
 
Level 2: Full time
 
Interested candidates must have not less than 4 years experience in any of the above listed fields.
 
Interested candidates should forward their resumes/CV with verifiable reference(s) as word attached document to: E-Mail:   aquarecruitmentzagency@yahoo.co.uk
  
Note
: Interested candidates are also required to contact our Nigerian Local Office strictly for the purpose of this project.
 
CONTACT:
  Alhaji Dr. Abdullah Rashid
 
Head Of Recruitment Services.
 
Aqua   Recruitment Inc, Nigeria.
 
TEL:             (+234)- 805 34 23 560
 
FAX:            (+234)-0828 2536 57


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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Decapolis Financial

Yet another fictional company looking for money mules to forward money obtained through fraud. I would have deleted this one without reading it on the basis of the subject, but I caught it thanks to a filter set up to trigger on certain keywords.

   Domain Name: DECAPOLIS-TRADING.COM
   Registrar: ENOM, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.enom.com
   Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
   Name Server: NS1.KRDNS.BIZ
   Name Server: NS2.KRDNS.BIZ
   Updated Date: 26-nov-2007
   Creation Date: 26-nov-2007
   Expiration Date: 26-nov-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Subject: Absolute material independence!
[other headers redacted]

Good day.

Our company has an opening for a Company Representative position. This will be a part-time/home based position and the applicant must have the following qualifications:

- E-mail access and ability to work 3-4 hours a day
- MS Word, MS Excel, PDF qualification
- Cell phone for urgent duties
- Adult age
- Higher education

Starting salary is 1,000.00 USD per month + 8% commission from every processed customer (over 3, 500.00 USD monthly).

Send your resume to our web form:
http://decapolis-trading.com/careers.php

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer!

Sincerely Yours,
Michael Bonneville,
Decapolis Financial
www.decapolis-trading.com

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

John Lee Textiles and Fabrics

This one was forwarded by a correspondent. It's just another check forger acting under an assumed identity, looking for suckers to deposit his dodgy checks and send back cash, but a quick search on the associated phone number shows that I haven't listed it yet, so here it is.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "PARK LEE" <parklee_16@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:44:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Employment Offer !!!!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
    My name is JOHN LEE .  I am the owner of JOHN  LEE
TEXTILES AND FABRICS COMPANY IN THE UK
Presently, my company is looking for a trustworthy bookkeeper,
representative in Canada/USA.
An excellent opportunity to work at home part time and still keep your
full time job.
JOHN LEE Textile is a company that produces and sells Chinese and
African textile and fabric material in London.  Our company produces
various clothing materials, batisks, assorted fabrics and traditional
costumes.  We have clients we supply weekly in the states. My clients
 make
payments for our supplies every week by check which are not readily
cashable outside of the US or Canada; so we need a representative to
assist us in processing the payments.  This will enable our cash to
 flow
more quickly and therefore would not tie down our capital. I would be
willing to employ you on contract basis to be my payment representative
back in the states.  I am involved in alot of travel and this way I
 could
give my clients the authority to make the checks, money orders, etc out
to you.  You could then easily cash at your bank,  then  withdraw 10%
of the total amount as your commission and  send the rest back to me
through Western Union wire transfer.

IF YOU AT ALL INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYMENT  PLEASE
COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION AND
LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT.  I NEED TO FILL THIS POSITION AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON.
JOHN LEE

JOB DESCRIPTION?
1.  RECIEVE PAYMENT FROM CLIENTS (delivered by FedEx or UPS you would
need to be at your address to sign)
2.  CASH PAYMENTS AT YOUR BANK (PAYMENT WILL BE MAKE IN YOUR NAME TO BE
CASHED AT YOUR
    BANK) CLIENTS WILL CONTACT YOU FIRST AND SEND PAYMENT VIA COURIER
OR MAIL.
3.  DEDUCT 10% WHICH WILL BE YOUR PERCENTAGE/PAY ON PAYMENT PROCESSED
(Examle $5000.00 you
    would deduct $500.00 pay the Western Union fee out of the $4500.00
left and send remainder to my company.
4.  FORWARD BALANCE AFTER DEDUCTION OF PERCENTAGE/PAY TO MY COMPANY
(WESTERN UNION
    MONEY TRANSFER).

JOHN LEE TEXTILE LIMITED
APPLICATION FORM
Name:____________________________________
Lastname:________________________________
Address___________________________________
City:______________________________________
State:
Zipcode:_________________________________

Country_________________________________
Phone Number:_________________________
Age:___________________________________
Nationality________________________

Marital Status:_______________________________

Sex:______________________________________

*Please make sure you telepone # is correct -- I will need to call you
when everything is in place.
ATTESTATION
You will adhear to the rules as advised earlier in this e-mail and by
Job Description.
You will notify the company one week ahead if eventually you want to
discontinue these funds from coming to your
address in order to avoid conflict.
If in agreement to this kindly append signature below.
Warmest Regards,
park Lee
+447045742866
Human Resources