Comments on: Job Scam: Cargo NOW!

By: Greg Bulmash

Greg Bulmash — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:41:08 +0000

Wanda,

When they offer to start you, don't start. Just ignore them from now on. Or if you're really worried, go to your local police and ask their advice.

By: Wanda Farmer

Wanda Farmer — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:36:20 +0000

I did sign up. I have loosy credit but I'm afraid of what else they can do. They have my information and I am waiting for them to start the work. What can I do? They do contact me when I e-mail them and they say that the economy is not working with them but they hope to start with me soon.

By: Dubya

Dubya — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:21:27 +0000

I'm afraid they got to second base with me. I sent in my resume and received this response from them:
Now we have another vacant position, the transaction Operator. Transaction Operator position involves the same duties and responsibilities as Shipping/receiving manager and I'm sure you are experienced enough to accept both positions.
Would you be able to receive western union transfers/money orders/cashiers checks from our eBay customers, cash them and transfer money to the provided addresses? We send 3-5 transfers per week, so you should check your mail as many times as you can and reply promptly. We pay $70 per each received transfer. We usually do western union transfers, Money Orders, personal and cashiers checks, bank wire and Pay Pal transfers. All you need to do is:
a) In case of Money Order/check you should cash it first. You can do it at nearest cashing store. No need to use your own funds, just deduct the cashing fees from received amount. Then you should find nearest western union location and transfer the money to the provided address.
b) In case of Western Union transfer you should pick up the transfer in the nearest western union location and then send received money to the provided address.
c) In case of wire transfer - withdraw the received funds from the bank account and then forward to the provided address.
Just deduct ALL western union and cashing commissions from received transfers. No need to use your own funds!!! We cover all your expenses that you might have: gas, bus ticket, cashing fees, etc.
We do not require your personal banking information. You can open a separate bank account for the business purposes only, we reimburse all expensive you might have with opening the separate account.
If you would be able to accept both positions, please let me know. I'll provide you with more information concerning Transaction Operator position, as well as TR/TS forms Look forward to hearing from you soon. Please contact me with any questions that you may have.

By: Rafa

Rafa — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:20:38 +0000

What a load of shxx.. I was almost ready to sign up for this amazing job offer that seemed to good to be true. I almost quit my current job to take a vacation, what the heck at 70$ per package recieved I would be rolling fatt. It sounds and looks so reputable, even the forms they want you to fax back to them, so professional.. Stay clear of cargo now!

Thanks for the brain duster...

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:31:20 +0000

I replied to but just to the first e-mail....they sent me a bunch of documents that would seem like normal application style but they are asking for way to much infor without even a phone call, sorry but no way in hell are you getting my mailing addy and SSN....b*stards

By: Antonio

Antonio — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:52:06 +0000

WHAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man this really sucks, my mom forwarded me the e-mail a couple of days ago and I replied. CRAP, hope that doesn't bite me in the butt later...=((. Thank for the heads up.

By: frances

frances — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:06:06 +0000

Thanks for the info as i was thinking of passing the job info along to someone who needed work. these scammers are very prolific.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:22:51 +0000

I received this email through my work spam filter. It said to send your resume to a carolebigginsmg@gmail.com but was from an HR person named Jenny? The first thing that came to my mind when I read it was a 20/20 or Dateline special I saw w/ Chris Hanson, the reporter that did the "To Catch a Predator" series for Dateline. He also did a credit card scam series as well. Chris teamed up w/ the US Banks and the FBI to create some fradulent credit cards and info such as; pins, security questions, etc. and sell them on underground websites that scammers now about. Within 2 minutes of Chris advertizing the "cardable" information, scammers buy and sell the info to each other for cheep...usually about $5.00 USD a pop. Chris also created a "cardable" webstore that a scammers could buy stuff and have it shipped to unsuspecting US people that thought they were receiving the goods for their online "pal" that they have never met, but talk to them on the internet. These US people supposedly found "romance" on the internet and crooks from Nigeria, Brazil and Europe were getting these people to receive the goods at their home in the US and thats right, PAY FOR THE SHIPPING TO SHIP THE GOODS TO THEIR ONLINE "PAL" IN ANOTHER COUNTRY! One guy spent over $25,000 to send stuff to Brazil thinking he was sending the stuff to his online "girlfriend" in Brazil. Well Chris Hanson w/ Dateline tried to follow the packages to see who was behind this. It took him to 3 different countries. As it turned out it was a man from Nigiera who was a scammer. In the mean time there are US citizens who's info is stolen and sold for $5.00 on underground websites for scammers, thousands of dollars charged on their credit cards and are left holding the bills from purchases made from all over the world in a matter of minutes. The credit card companies hold the card holder responsible! It really makes me wonder if the credit card companies are partly to blame and want this to happen? Looks good on their balance sheet for awhile...then just right it off as bad debt and that's right the US GOVERNMENT WILL BAIL THEM OUT AT THE TAX PAYERS EXPENSE! ONLY IN AMERICA!

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:04:15 +0000

P. S. The one he got was also from Jenny Carnival (laurenvaccafu@gmail.com)

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:03:05 +0000

thank you so much for posting this. My husband works for the county in Washington state and he got this at work. He was interested, as he is thinking of retiring, so I googled to check these people out and came up with all of your responses!

By: David

David — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:13:37 +0000

Thanks!
I received mine from Preston Lewis [wbuwchq@bradlo.com.au with a respond to Jenny Carnival [aileenbrackneyf@gmail.com. It truly did sound too good to be true. Thank you for confirming my suspicions.!

By: KDNJ

KDNJ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:51:08 +0000

Thank you! It sounded legit (no obvious typos or mention of Nigeria, etc.) Mine came from "Dee Mcgowan" , but reply to Jenny Carnival carolebigginsmg@gmail.com
Human resources. Thanks for saving me time and frustration!

By: SAS

SAS — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:52:29 +0000

One more for the list... This one was from: Adrian Doss [tek@qcorps.com] saying to reply to: Jenny Carnival, madelinekirkbridehh@gmail.com,

By: JAS

JAS — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:07:29 +0000

yup it came on my computer also, I thought it was really strange the way it came and the wording and such. Glad you took the time to put this up on the internet. Don't fall for these scams always check it out to the fullest.

Thanks

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:18:23 +0000

I got this same email this past weekend and was able to find their website cargonow.org. It looks ligit but if it sounds to good to be true WATCH OUT. Thanks for the insite on how the scamming works from these crooks!