Feb
18
2009

Job scams, check fraud scams

This type of scam is pretty spread in the internet. The most targeted users are the users from Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com and Craigslist.org. Fraudsters use phishing methods to get access to a big number of emails address and they start to spam. With latest methods of sending e-mails hackers sent their messages straight to your inbox in 80% of the cases.

Yesterday, after a post on craigslist I have received 2 job offers from two fake companies. As you must know, this method of stealing your money involves check fraud. Here are the two examples of the scams. What you must learn from this examples is the fact that the scams are all the same but with different texts.

Example 1:

from© MORETT DESIGN COMPANY <fusiahag1@optusnet.com.au>
reply-toMrdsco@gmail.com

to
dateWed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM
subjectYOUR ADVERTISEMENT ON CRAIGSLIST / Employment Offer (Part Time)
mailed-byoptusnet.com.au

hide details 12:34 PM (3 hours ago) Reply

Hello,

We are experts in the design and manufacturing of wood materials for world trade as well as import/export of various commodities into America/Africa/Europe, as part of our ongoing expansion project, we are in search of competent and efficient proxies, who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in America, Africa and Europe with primary duties to include receipt of funds from our clients.

Sequel to your acceptance of this offer you will be entitle to 10% of every payments made through you to our company and 90% will be remitted to the company.You will stand in good stead, when the opportunity for securing a top management position arises, as we intend to put in place structures, in terms of human resources and physical facilities in your location depending on our rate of turnover.

YOUR TASK:

Your task is to only co-ordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You will not be invloved in any sales as our sales managers are in charge of that aspect for the company. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You’ll have a lot of free time doing your permanent job,you’ll also secure good income in the process.

EXAMPLE:

If you receive a check of $2,000.00 ,from our customers,you are to cash it at your bank,deduct 10% ($200) from it and then send the rest of the funds anywhere our delegate would be in the world.

HOW TO APPLY AND ATTESTATION.

NOTE THAT ONCE YOU APPLY AND ATTEST YOU AGREE TO ALL THE TERMS STATED ON THE ATTESTATION FORM AND PAYMENT SHALL REACH YOU UPON APPROVAL BY US.

1.) First Name:
2.) Last Name:
3.) Home Address:
4,) City:
5.) State:
6.) Zip code:
7.) Mobile Phone Number:
8.) Home Phone Number:
9.) Gender:
10.) Status:
11.) Age:
12.) Present Job:

ATTESTATION
I …………………………………. hereby accept the job as a representative of the above mentioned company here in the United States, to receive payments on behalf of the company. Payment received by me shall be processed at my bank with my bank account, make deduction of 10% as agreed and forward the balance payment via to any of the company’s regional warehouses that will be given to me later. I shall also inform the company a week ahead if eventually l want to discontinue this job, So as to terminate all payments coming my way to avoid conflict.
Signed by me. …………………….
Looking forward to your response.

Your Reply should be sent to :: Mrdsco@gmail.com

Mr.DOMI MORETT
Morret  Design Company LTD
London
Email: Mrdsco@gmail.com

Example 2:

BKL Sec Inc <bklsecurity@gmail.com> wrote: Dear careerbuilder jobseeker,

This message is a response to your resume from www.careerbuilder.com website. We have one job available for Work at Home with GUARANTEED $5,500 every month.

Established European company seeking dependable, enthusiastic representatives.

No matter what you do for a living – whether you are a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, a secretary, nurse, housewife or construction worker.
We don’t ask fees for this job. We don’t ask experience, just few hours are needed in one week.

IMPORTANT – You must be over 21 years old.
IMPORTANT – US CITIZEN

We are looking for 30 representatives in US for beginning.

First, you have to understand what our company is looking for and if you think that this kind of job is made for you to ask for our Representative Contract to be signed.

If you have one free hour daily (not including weekends) you are welcome to join today.

You can earn FROM $50,000 up to $200,000 a year (depends on our software sales) and more after one year working with us.
Our company can guarantee $5,500 every month in your first year of work.

What we offer you:

· Flexibility of hours (any hour you choose)
· Work at home (all you have to to is check your email and go to the bank)
· Part Time/Full Time
· Daytime and Evening Hours
· Professional management team with a strong support system

We have stores in Spain and all Europe and we are looking for US representatives to handle US payments.

We are selling various products (security systems) in US and Canada and we need YOU to process all the

payments for these products because here in Europe the money orders and cashier checks are cleared within two weeks or more and is not reliable for our sales.

90% from US buyers don’t have the knowledge to pay with bank to bank transfers. You can intermediate our sales (process

payments) and you will be paid with 10% for every payment that you have to process.
Remember that your commission from this job is 10% from every amount that you will receive. This means that if you receive

You will have more than one payment for process per day. Your profit will be instant: you will have your commission in hand same day because you will deduct your money from every payment that you receive after the bank or the check cashing store clears the payment.

You DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING TO WORK FOR US like other internet companies are asking. Instead: you will have your 10% commission in hand with every order that you process. No need to wait for paycheck at the end of the month because you DEDUCT

YOUR COMMISSION SAME DAY YOU WORK.
You will receive the response same day. Remember: No costs: Nothing to buy. No membership to pay. No accounts to purchase.

More benefits:Work Full Time or Part Time
This is NOT Network Marketing
This is NOT a Distributorship
There is NO ‘Kit’ to Buy
There are NO Envelopes to Stuff
We DO NOT Charge You a Dime
We Pay Weekly

We have stocks of products for US and Canada customers and we need US representative to intermediate the payments between our company and the end buyers.

To simplify what this job implies: we advertise our software products on US market and because checks that are sent by customers here in Spain are cleared very slow (2 weeks plus shipping delay – more than 3 weeks), we need US representative (you) in order to receive payments for our products (checks, money orders) and cash them same day at the bank.
Your commission is 10% from each money order/ check, if you receive 2-3 checks one day you will make more than $200 every day.

If you agree please ask for our Representative Contract today to be viewed and signed.

If needed, contact us with your questions – REMEMBER: NO FEES TO WORK, NOTHING TO PAY, NOTHING TO MANUFACTURE HOME.

If you are interested working with our company reply today. You can start within 2-3 days if you agree with our contract.

Thank you for your patience

4 Comments »

  • mike says:

    Good content, good information, keep the good work guys.

    Regards,
    Mike

  • sarah says:

    hi i had an email stating they wanted pics, for a coca-cola billboard campaign, second email asking for address, postcode and telephone number, all of which stupidly i gave, was delighted to receive a cheque for £2500!!!, which again stupidly took to the bank, however a second email sent in small print stated i should take out £350 and send the rest to the company!!, i have just wrote to the person saying that i will release there funds only on the cheque clearing and proof of the magazines they reckon im featured in!, chances are the cheque will bounce, and i probebly will hear nothing again!!, has anyone else had the same thing, the email came from(bench.group@rocketmail.com, apparently mr mark gate) thank you.

  • Tessa says:

    I got the following e-mail and imediately searched for any scams on the net. I do not answer any job opertunities which I did not apply for.

    Hello.

    We are glad to confirm that you have been retained for the advertised post of Account Manager. According to your listed skills and experience we believe that you will fit the required criteria and will greatly contribute to the growth and development of our company.

    Our company specializes in marketing and selling of the various products on the Internet which range from prebuilt wooden home kits to exquisite jewelry and collection items.
    META Import typically spotlights customers in Central Europe, USA and Canada; however our company’s head office is located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The company connects sellers and buyers for various products online thus assuring the best possible outcome for the both parties involved.

    Main duties:

    - Process payments from our customers (wire transfers)
    - Ensure the efficiency and completion of financial transactions
    - Keep accurate record for the performed transactions.

    Benefits:

    - You will be paid 5 percent from the completed transaction (~ $9,000 – $25,000 USD a week in the first month) and amounts will increase based on the exhibited performance and your efforts
    Please note that banking expenses, Money Gram and Western Union costs will be covered by META Import as our main objective for hiring you is to augment the quality of provided services to our customers and not to increase profit margins in the short term.

    Should you be interested in working for our company you need to respond to valeriemeta.hr@gmail.com within next two business days. Please describe the way we can contact you (cell number, best time to reach you …). We will send you a form that has to be filled in and forwarded back to our office. Once we receive the form we will inform you regarding the further course of your employment in more details.

    Regards,
    Valerie Dinar
    META Import.

  • ann says:

    I received this email last week, with a couple of other ones from “Bankers Insurance” and “AIL Insurance”. The last two was easy to look-up and verify fraud, but this one is alittle more slick. BEWARE-JOB SCAM! The red flags are the gmail response address, then the eucontroll.org job dept address, asking for contact info that was clearly stated on cover letter/resume, and then finally the statement of “baby company”-the real BMC Software has been around since the 1980’s.

    From: Job Department [Add to Address Book]
    To:
    Subject: Re: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WITH FLEXIBLE HOURS @ $22.10 P/HR
    Date: Apr 22, 2010 11:41 PM
    Hello Applicant,

    We have reviewed your resume and we are satisfied with your credentials. Let me start by introducing myself and the Company to you, I am James Moore the Personnel’s Manager of the firm BMC Software.

    BMC Software is a baby firm which is just getting to a year old, seeking assistance with initiative to assist ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT duties online pending the establishment of our New Outlets in Ontario,Canada, New York,Iowa and Texas, United States.

    We are into Computer Peripherals Supplies. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of independent dialysis providers around the world by leveraging today’s most innovative technologies to deliver a full spectrum of high-quality services to the business community.

    We Specialize in all kinds of Computer peripherals Supplies such as ATX case, Networking Routers,HDDX Compacts, satellite HDD Communicator, Computer Peripherals, CD-R Hard Drives, Memory Sticks and many more.

    CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES:
    Your duty when work commences are to be provided by your supervisor which would be made known to you .You would be giving Logs and records of company transactions that are back dated and back logged to sort out and help to ascertain balance sheets and computer records of several invoicing and payments made in past transactions. This are the enormous logs that the company needs an extra hand for, which made it necessary for the company to employ Online staffs to record company transactions the ever growing needs of our clients. Now the software you would be having would entail the proper data entry and arrangements of records being sorted out along side with Microsoft office Soft.( Spread sheet and Excel ). This would help make it easier. After Logs have been processed by you,the end data would be passed on to your supervisor by through the Accounting Software. (Tuition and Training on how to use the softwares would be made available to you before the equipments arrive ).

    ************************************************************ *************
    CONTACT ( Kindly Fill in the Data Below so we can contact you )
    ************************************************************ *************
    NAME………….
    TELEPHONE NUMBER………..
    EMAIL ADDRESS…………..
    RECENT/PREVIOUS EMPLOYER…………
    YEARS OF EXPERIENCE………

    We have a very fast and responsive Human Resource Team that would quickly review your answers. The Board of Directors would review details for each applicant that has been approved for this job if found suitable for the position.

    NB: Please also Download a Yahoo! Messenger for Temporary Communication with the Personnel Manager.

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