Just got this job scam slipping through my spam filters. I'll post the e-mail, then discuss why it's a scam afterward.
From: Ines ROBERTSON <barnesgebyfy86@gmail.com>
Subject: Work opportunity for youGreetings,
You have got this message because we came across your curriculum vatae in one of the jobseeker sites.
At the present moment TransBridge Inc. is seeking for the candidates in the the United States, the UK, Australia and all European countries for the post of financial agent.JOB NATURE: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING TIME: part-time position with flexible time-schedule.
NOTA BENE: No investments or subscriptions from our candidates! No costs have not to buy anything), experince or specific professional skills are required! Dont be deceived with the suggestions about remote job where you are required pay money to the companies which promise to provide you with the job.
This is the 100% guaranteed legal job!COMPENSATION: $2,000 and above per month plus commission + bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
* Excellent oral, written, and communicative skills
* Superb managerial skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
* Professional Attitude
* Strong working ethicREQUIREMENTS
* MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
* You must be willing to work in your location, part time or full time
* You must be over 24 years old
* You must have the nationality of the before-mentioned countries
* You should be able to start working immediatelyIf you got interested in our job offer, please provide us via email with the following information and we'll contact you within two days:
- full name
- address
- regular phone numberTo be removed from our destination list please reply REMOVE to this email.
PLEASE, DON'T REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. WE WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR DATA TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESStranbrdg@yahoo.com
Sincerely yours,
TransBrigde Inc.
HR manager
Andrew Kalush
The first red flag, and this happens in almost every job scam I get, is the address and ID of the person sending the message is different than the address and name of the person you're asked to reply to. This is a typical spammer trick, sending the mails from a bunch of different addresses (sometimes completely fake, sometimes hijacked through hacking or malware) to make them harder to filter and trace. On top of that, the address you're supposed to reply to is a free mail service like gmail, yahoo, live.com, or hotmail.com. This is not a guarantee, by itself, that it's a scam, but it's definitely enough to put you on alert that it could be.
The second red flag is "payment processing." This job title, along with ones like "financial manager" or "financial representative," are HUGE red flags that this is most likely a check fraud scam. They recruit you to process payments from their customers in your country, then have you cash checks or cash out PayPal payments and wire the money to them in another country. The only problem is that the checks are forged or the PayPal payments are coming from hacked accounts. The check/payment seems legitimate and you're able to get cash. But then the person who owns the account the check/payment was drawn against notices and files a fraud complaint. Guess who is expected to pay back the money? You are. And you're probably going to have to do some explaining to the police as well.
Another red flag is to look for little things that are wrong. Sometimes it's really bad grammar. Sometimes it's really obvious typos. For some reason, these crooks are too lazy to proofread, so you find errors like them misspelling their own company name in the signature: "TransBrigde Inc. [sic]".
Last, there's the warning my old pappy gave me when I first started job hunting and had to sort the wheat from the chaff in the Help Wanted classifieds (yeah, I'm old enough to remember when we still used the newspaper for job hunting): "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is."
Sorry to burst your bubble if you were hoping this was a real opportunity. I'm hurting too and know how you feel. But don't let wishful thinking blind you to solid warning signs. Trans Bridge is a scam. You'll end up poorer and in trouble while making some foreign criminals richer. Take my advice and don't even respond to them. You'll be happier in the long run.
Best of luck to you.
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I just responded learn how to spell.
Funny, as my wife and I just recieved this email today, and I was looking into the company itself. The company (when spelled right) is a real company in New Jersey, but thier corespondence with me is that it is a scam as well. As a systems administrator and an owner of a consulting business, I see these requests all the time, esspecially in our spam filter at work. Sometimes they can be really tricky, but you have laid out pretty decent guidelines that I hope others read as well. It is unfortunate though that many people do not notice the from address and the to address difference or even fathom that it is a scam. Thank you for posting this, hopefully it will help others beware as well. FYI... my email was exactly the same as yours... with header information with an origination of not of gmail more of "blackhole."
RECEIVED A SIMILAR EMAIL TODAY; ACTUALLY SAME AS YOURS WITH MINOR VARIATIONS, BUT THE ENGLISH REMAINED BAD (DESPITE THE EDITING/REVISIONS). BELOW IS A COPY. THANKS AND CHEERS.
Dear Jobseeker,
You have got this email by the reason of that we came across your curriculum vatae in one of the jobseeker websites.
Now our team is in search of the candidates in the the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia and all European countries for the job of local financial agent.
JOB NATURE: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING TIME: part-time position with flexible timetable.
NB: No investments or shots from our applicants! No costs mustn't purchase anything), knowledge or special occupational skills are required! Dont be deceived with the suggestions about remote job where you need to pay money to the companies which promise to provide you with the job.
This is the 100% guaranteed legitimate job!
COMPENSATION: $2,000 and above monthly + commission plus bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
* Perfect oral, written, and communication skills
* Perfect managerial skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
* Professional Approach
* Strong working discipline
REQUIREMENTS
* MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
* You must be willing to work from home, part time or full time
* You must be over 20 years old
* You must have the nationality of the afore-mentioned countries
* You must be able to start right now
If you're interested in our job opportunity, please provide us via email with the following info and we'll contact you soon:
- full name
- address
- cellular phone number
To be expunged from our mailing list please reply DELETE to this email.
PLEASE, DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS MAIL. WE WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR APPLICATION FORM TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS transbandrew@aol.com
Truly yours,
TransBrigde Inc.
Job Dept
Andrew Kalush
Yup! I got the same letter today. I gotta improve my SPAM filter!
I just got this email today. And in the past I have receive a few another red flag is when they want your bank account information. Think about it they're asking you to transfer funds and crap from your account to another. They should have a legit FDIC assured account ready and available for their employees. I'm amazed how they get through the SPAM filter. I would also like to thank Greg Bulmash for spelling out all of the red flags in this one. Be safe ya'll!
Greg do you have or know anything about these cash loans online.
Many of them look to good to be true too!!
They're showing pictures of money in hand but in small print one company said they are not a lender or broker then how can they distribute money to your account????
Lending Tree, a well known and reputable service also disclaims it's neither a lender or a broker. It's a "lead generator" or "lead prospector." They do lots of advertising to find people who need loans, gather some qualifying information ("qualifying a lead" is determining if they meet a minimum criteria and then placing them into certain categories if they do), and then sell your information to one or more lenders or brokers who are willing to buy leads in the category you fit. The lenders either pay them a fee for the lead or pay them a commission when you take out a loan.
One thing to look at is the terms of the loan. Gary Coleman was shilling for a loan service where the interest rate was 99.25%. They'll basically give a loan to anyone at that rate because even if 4 out of 10 people defaulted and never paid back a cent, they'd still make a profit. Others don't offer an interest rate at all, they get around interest rate laws in many states by charging a service fee for the loan, and then service fees every 30-45 days if you haven't paid the loan back yet. Generally, the service fee is 6-7% of the loan amount, and since you pay it every month or month and a half, you're paying between 48% and 84% of the loan amount annually in fees.
Hi,
Just received my letter today. It was reported in the news that more of this would happen with the economy and unemployment the way it is. The edit work was not done for my letter. Their name is still misspelled. Notice that my letter came from someone else not named in the body of the letter.
tawanda hardy to me
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Hello,
You have received this message with regards of that we came across your resume in one of the jobseeker sites.
Now our company is recruiting the agents in the the United States of America, the UK, Australia and all European countries for the post of administrative clerk.
JOB NATURE: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING TIME: part-time job with flexible schedul.
NOTA BENE: No investing or subscriptions from our candidates! No expenditure (you dont have to buy anything), experince or special professional skills are required! Dont be deluded with the offers about remote job where you are required pay money to the companies which promise to provide you with the job.
This is the 100% guaranteed legal job position!
WAGE: $2,000 and above per month + commission plus bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
* Superb oral, written, and communication skills
* Perfect managerial skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
* Professional Attitude
* Strict working ethic
REQUIREMENTS
* MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
* You must be willing to work locally, part time or full time
* You must be over 25 years old
* You must have the nationality of the above-mentioned countries
* You must be able to start working immediately
If you're interested in our job offer, please provide us by email with the following info and we'll contact you in the nearest time:
- full name
- address
- regular phone number
If you want to be expunged from our destination list please reply REMOVE to this message.
PLEASE, DON'T RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE. WE ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS transbridge09@aol.com
Truly yours,
TransBrigde Inc.
HR
Andrew Kalush
Just got the same email today. So glad I looked up the company & found your blog info! Gmail says that people are getting around these things by using your name in the by-line (like Me, as in the one attached below). Thanks so much for this great time saving information!!!
alesia cote to me
Greetings,
You have got this message as we found your curriculum vatae(<<WRONG) in one of the jobseeker(<<WRONG) websites.
Presently our company is looking for the candidates in the the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Australia and all European countries for the position of financial agent.
JOB MATTER: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORK TIME: part-time job with flexible time-schedule.
NB: No investments or shots from our applicants! No expenses (you dont(<<WRONG) have to purchase anything), experince(<<WRONG) or particular professional skills are needed! Dont(<<WRONG) be mislead with the suggestions about remote job where you need to pay money to the companies which promise to provide you with the job.
This is the 100% guaranteed legit job!(<<GRAMMAR?)
WAGE: $2,000 and above per month + commission plus bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
* Excellent oral, written, and communicative skills
* Superb organizational skills
* Experience in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
* Professional Approach
* Strict working discipline
REQUIREMENTS
* MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
* You must be willing to work locally, part time or full time
* You must be over 24 years old
* You must have the citizenship of the above-mentioned countries
* You must be able to begin working immediately
If you're interested in our job offer, please provide us via email with the following information and we'll contact you in the nearest time:
- full name
- address
- cell phone number
If you want to be deleted from our destination list please reply UNSUBSCRIBE to this message.
PLEASE, DON'T REPLY TO THIS MAIL. WE WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR APPLICATION FORM TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL transbridge@rocketmail.com(<>)
Respectfully,
TransBrigde Inc.(<<WRONG)
HR
Andrew Kalush
Greate points. While reading the email, I made note of PRECISELY the things you mentioned. In fact that is what prompted my web search on the company (spelled wrong, of course). Thank you for being so thorough. And kudos to those of you who dared to investigate the offer. Hope others catch on.
I just got it again with a slightly different wording and a request to mail them at transabridge@aol.com, but they still spell their own name wrong in the signature.
Thank you very much, Greg! I'm a software engineer and got this message today. In comparison to other job scams this is well written, but has many flaws. In addition to your observations, it is funny to notice that the reply email address is hosted by AOL. Which serious or business care company sends a job request and provides an AOL address?
This scammers definitively should find something to do, I got around 250 spam emails per week.
Got this myself:
You have received this message by the reason of that we noticed your resume in one of the jobseeker sites.
Etc.
It's time consuming enough looking for jobs... damn employers think an interview is a joke because they actually have programmers in Louisiana that arn't trying to get the heck outa here...
Thanks for the heads-up.
Got this email today. Thanks for posting the warning. I always look up the company to see if it's legit (none have been!) and your blog saved me the trouble.
I'm over here in Russia teaching in my retirement and, since I would like to return to the USA, but would want some activity, I was quite curious when the email arrived. Then, I became suspicious, did and Google search and found your scam alert. You certainly wrote a great explanation and have made me more aware of such scams. Thank you very much.
I just got the same e-mail and had a hunch about it so I looked it up and got your post. I knew it was a scam and this was just confirmation! Thanks for putting this info out there!
I have just received the same e-mail. It really sounds too good to be true. So I decided to check the "company" on the web and came across your postings. Thank you all, for sharing your information.
I have gotten this email twice in the last week!! Thanks for the information!
My god I loave these guys I got 3 of them in the same day
Good day,
You have got this email as we found your curriculum vatae in one of the jobseeker sites.
At the present moment our team is employing the agents in the the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and all European countries for the post of administrative clerk.
JOB MATTER: payment process between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING HOURS: part-time position with flexible time-schedule.
NB: No investments or subscriptions from our candidates! No cost mustn't buy anything), experince or specific occupational skills are required! Dont be deceived with the offers about remote job where you have to pay money to the companies which promise to provide you with the job.
This is the 100% guaranteed legitimate job!
SALARY: $2,000 and above per month plus commission + bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
* Superb oral, written, and communication skills
* Superb organizational skills
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
* Professional Attitude
* Strong working discipline
REQUIREMENTS
* MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
* You must be willing to work from home, part time or full time
* You must be over 25 years old
* You must have the citizenship of the aforesaid countries
* You must be able to start working right now
If you got interested in our job opportunity, please provide us via email with the following information and we'll contact you in the nearest time:
- first name and last name
- address
- cellular phone number
To be expunged from our mailing list please reply REMOVE to this message.
PLEASE, DON'T RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL. WE WOULD KINDLY ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR INFORMATION TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS atransbridge@aol.com
Best regards,
TransBrigde Inc.
Job Dept
Andrew Kalush
can you spot the crappy grammer errors? I will give you a hint it is everywhere
Hi all,
I'm getting these emails every few days all the way over here in Australia. You would have to be pretty silly to think a New Jersey based bus company would have legitimate business regarding payment processing over here. I'm sure they still get a lot of gullable people responding though.
Yeah I have gotten at least three of these from the following I am sure bogus companies:
Complet Web Studio INC
Hello,
We received your resume from Careerbuilder . It has been reviewed by
our Human Resource Department and you are qualifying for a position
with our company.
--
We have our terms and conditions along with the job description here:
http://www.completweb-studio.com
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 us
know and we can start right away. We are looking for a self motivated
person eager to provide the best for the company.
Thank You!
David Mendoza
General Manager
Complet Web Studio INC
Prospera Group
Dear David Grim ,
My name is Christine Garreth and I represent Prospera Group Company.
This letter confirms that your resume (found at careerbuilder.com) has been duly processed and your skills completely meet our requirements for the Financial Manager vacancy.
Prospera Group Inc. is a world-famous company founded and based in the USA which deals with such financial services as escrow services for buyers and sellers at online auctions around the world. We offer our services both at closed commercial auctions where the number of buyers is not large and at ebay.com, amazon.com, yahoo.com - popular online auctions.
Financial Agent position is:
- part-time (you can work only 2-3 hours a day (Monday through Friday).
- work from home (all communication is online).
What do you need? Internet access and e-mail.
This position is offered on a trial period (first month) basis. You will receive training and online support while working and being paid.
During the probationary period you are getting $2300/month. Also you will be keeping 8% commission from every payment received from the customer and successfully processed. Total income, with the current volume of clients, will be up to $4.5k per month.
After first 30 days base salary will be increased up to $3k per month, plus 8% commission!
You may ask for additional hours after the trial period or proceed full-time.
If you are interested in our offer and would like to learn more about the Financial Agent position, please send the filled form to prosperajob.garreth@gmail.com
Our representative will contact you within 24 hours.
++++++++FORM++++++++FORM+++++++++++
First name:_____________________
Last name:___________________________
Country of residence:__________________
Contact phone:______________________
Preferred call time:_______________________
++++++++FORM++++++++FORM+++++++++++
We have found your resume at http://www.careerbuilder.com. This letter confirms that your resume has been duly processed and your skills completely meet our requirements for the Financial Manager vacancy.
Best regards.
Christine Garreth
Prospera Group Inc.
Poland Real Estate Company
Hello,
First of all, thank you for choosing our services and also for your trust in Poland Real Estate
Summary of your registration:
Username: dgrim007
Password: skyliz22
You can login here: http://www.estpoland.com.cn/
In order to complete registration you need to do the following:
1. Fill in the contract(it is attached to this letter)
(the contract is to be filled in block letters for all the symbols to be clearly seen)
2. Send us the signed contract under the specified requisites:
E-mail: contract@polandre.net
Fax: +1(718)532-9655
After we receive the contract, we'll get into contact with you for
clarification of further instructions. Our work will be completely
legal and fixed on the basis of contractual relationship that stand good in law.
Petra Tour
Tourist agency "Petra Tour" has vacancy for position as "Tour
Manager". We received your CV from careerbuilder.com so now we offer
you opportunity to work for our company. It's not Spam and it's sent
only to you as you were chosen among so many candidates.
About us. Petra Tour was founded in 2001 and Head office is located in
Sweden. We are part of the best 10 tourist agencies in Europe.We have
been working in USA since 2006.
About Job. You will be official representative of our company in USA
Your duty is supporting our american clients during their tours
around Europe. We don't require any special knowledge from you. Our
manager will train you and will be happy to assist any time. We
encourage our employees who carries out responsibly in their work.
Your monthly salary will be $4000 USD but in the future it will be
increased. It's a part-time job you have to work only 3-4 hours daily.
We provide you career opportunity, after 3 months employment we review
the results if our clients are pleased with your work your salary will
be increased and you will be promoted. So your career will depend on
how you cope with a task.
If you are interested in this job you can email us
letisha.gosser@petra-tour.org after that we will send you particulars
of the job
I received this email as well in my college email account! It had very small variations but it was practically the same thing. I was investigating the company (mostly to report it since I figured it was a fraud) and came across yoru blog post. Thank you for sharing those details that can give away these frauds. Sometimes companies exist but people use their name to trick you; I once got a similar job offering from a British children clothing company. There had been certain mistakes, as misspellings and a different address. I contacted the company and reported the scam.
And how come email spam protection isn't enough? I can't believe how many times I've considered those messages spam and they keep coming from different addresses and such. Again, thanks for opening up a venue of conversation about this topic.
I received an email that was not from TransBridge, but from CompletWeb Studio, Inc...and it went like this:
From: David Mendoza (completwebsolutions@gmail.com)
Sent: Sun 8/23/09 10:18 AM
To: *************
Hello,We received your resume from Careerbuilder . It has been reviewed byour Human Resource Department and you are qualifying for a positionwith our company. -- We have our terms and conditions along with the job description here: http://www.completweb-studio.com Base salary per year will be between $65,000 - $75,000 withpossibility of raising Please read them closely and if you agree and comply with them let usknow and we can start right away. We are looking for a self motivatedperson eager to provide the best for the company. Thank You!David MendozaGeneral ManagerComplet Web Studio INC
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I responded to the email and they sent me this in response:
We are glad to have you in our team.
Please find attached our agreement and contract and also a brief explication of the entire process
Terms and Conditions in brief:
1. Check your email several times a day (two times each day is needed)
2. You need to respond to our emails same day.
3. Be responsible, hard working and communicable.
4. Be able and know how to cash one check or money order.
5. Have at least one free hour every day (in the evening or in the morning, your choice) to cash payments that will come from our customers
All you need is an established bank account, where you will deposit the checks. It really depends where you cash the checks.
We do make background research on all the international customers before providing our ecomerce packages to our customers.
We also verify the checks for funds availability before it arrives to you.(All checks are sent to you have been checked for funds availability) In an outstanding case of any problem, we offer a full
guarantee to cover the fees within 24 hours. That way you can feel absolutely protected and safe.
One explanation of this job, step by step
1. You agree with our contract, send your CONTACT INFORMATION ALONG WITH PAYABLE TO NAME and the completed contract VIA FAX OR AS ATTACHEMENT VIA EMAIL and WE CAN START WORKING..
2. We will provide the address you will give us to our customers so they can start sending payments as we already have customers on hold. First check should come within the next 7 to 10
business days
3. You cash one payment (check or money order) - at your bank
4. You deduct your 12% from total amount of the check or money order that you receive and cash. If
check is cashed same day bonuses applies like in our terms and conditions.
5. After you will have cash in hand you have to email us so we can provide you full instructions of
how to transfer the funds.
5. You have to follow the instructions and transfer us 86% minus transfer costs (the transfer costs
are paid from our 88%) and also if you cash (get checks cleared) same day or next day you have to take your bonus from
the total amount as specified in the contract
6. After transfer has been made you have to provide us full details of the transaction so we can pick up the funds
7. In case of any NSF check as specified in the contract and in our terms and conditions you will be FULLY reimbursed for the check or any other charges that will include within 24 Hours from written notice. Funds will be sent out to you by western union and we will support all fees that will incur.
!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!
PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIVAL OF THIS EMAIL AND ALSO LET US KNOW WHEN YOU WILL FAX BACK/EMAIL AS ATTACHEMENT THE CONTRACT.
WE CANNOT LET OUR CUSTOMERS SEND THE PAYMENTS UNTIL WE WILL HAVE THE WIRTTEN NOTICE FROM YOUR SIDE. BEST IS TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU RECEIVED IT AND AGREE WITH EVERYTHING AND WE CAN LET OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW TO FORWARD PAYMENTS
2.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INTERNATIONAL FAXING CAPABILITY PLEASE FAX THE RECEIPT AT : 1-920-471-4557
SPAIN NUMBER FOR FAXING IS: 34-91-761-62-67
THANK YOU
David Mendoza
Completweb Studio INC
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But now that I have read this blog...I'm thinking it's sounds a little too much like the TransBridge scam. I've filed a complaint with the FBI on their website to see if this is a scam. One of the questions they asked was for the IP address...which I didn't know it at the time, nor how to get it (since I'm not that tech savvy)...but I found a website http://cqcounter.com/whois and entered the website address and the IP address came back as 64.34.175.158 (Herndon, VA 20171)...The email said they were in Spain. I don't know about IP addresses but if the IP address is supposed to match the location of the business, then I believe I've been scammed. They said I should receive checks in the next couple of days so now I'm really worried. Am waiting to hear back from the FBI to find out if it's legit or not.
Thanks for posting this.
Good job on doing your own follow-up research, but you went off in a wrong direction there.
The IP doesn't have to match the company location. That IP from the WhoIs relates to their web server, not them. I'm in Washington state, but if you look up the IP address of this site, it's at a datacenter in Texas. Why? Because providing the data lines, power back-ups, etc. that you need for a reliable web server is expensive. That's why most companies co-locate their servers in large datacenters, because all those expenses can be pooled and split.
The company I chose to lease my server from has a datacenter in Texas. Since I'm never going to need or use physical access to my server, I don't need it to be anywhere close to me.
That said, if you look at the domain registration data for completweb-studio.com, you'll see it has a "creation date" of August 22, 2009. However long this company's been in business, they've owned this domain name for less than a week. Furthermore, you'll see it's registered not to someone in Spain, but in North Carolina, yet the domestic fax number they give you is in the 920 area code... Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There are all sorts of red flags there, but unfortunately, the location of the IP address isn't one of them.
Tourist agency "Petra Tour" has vacancy for position as "Tour
Manager". We received your CV from careerbuilder.com so now we offer
you opportunity to work for our company. It's not Spam and it's sent
only to you as you were chosen among so many candidates.
About us. Petra Tour was founded in 2001 and Head office is located in
Sweden. We are part of the best 10 tourist agencies in Europe.We have
been working in USA since 2006.
About Job. You will be official representative of our company in USA
Your duty is supporting our american clients during their tours
around Europe. We don't require any special knowledge from you. Our
manager will train you and will be happy to assist any time. We
encourage our employees who carries out responsibly in their work.
Your monthly salary will be $4000 USD but in the future it will be
increased. It's a part-time job you have to work only 3-4 hours daily.
We provide you career opportunity, after 3 months employment we review
the results if our clients are pleased with your work your salary will
be increased and you will be promoted. So your career will depend on
how you cope with a task.
If you are interested in this job you can email us
karolina.cross@petra-tour.org after that we will send you particulars
of the job
Here's another variation on the original that I just received. I easily recognized it as a scam, but was curious exactly what the scam was, and found this informative post.
From: tiffanyq9chavarin185@hotmail.com on behalf of Tiffany
Sent: Tue 12/15/2009 9:02 PM
To: west, robert
Cc:
Subject: Re: Response to Resume
Attachments:
Hello Robert west
?
You have received this message by the reason of that
we found your resume in one of the jobseeker
sites.
Now our company is
seeking for the agents in
the United States of America for the position of
administrative clerk.
JOB MATTER: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING HOURS: part-time position with
flexible timetable.
ATTENTION: No investments or payments from our candidates!
No knowledge or
special vocational skills are
required! Don`t be deluded with the suggestions about
remote job where you are required pay money to the companies which promise
to `provide you with the job`.
This is the 100% guaranteed legitimate job!
COMPENSATION: $2,000 and above per month
plus commission + bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
- Perfect oral, written, and communicative skills
- Perfect managerial skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Professional Approach
- Strict working discipline
REQUIREMENTS
- MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
- You must be willing to work in your location, part time or full time
- You must be over 20 years old
- You must have the nationality of the
aforesaid country
- You should be able to start immediately
If you got interested in our job opportunity, please
provide us via email with the following info and we'll contact you soon:
- first name and last name
- address
- cellular phone number
To be expunged from our mailing list
please reply REMOVE to this email.
PLEASE, DON'T REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. WE
ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR DATA TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL Condor_bzns@yahoo.com
Kind regards,
Condor Business Inc.
HR
Alex Tomkus
Here's another variation. I easily recognized it as a scam but I wanted to know just what the scam was and found this informative site.
Hello Robert west
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You have received this message by the reason of that we found your resume in one of the jobseeker sites. Now our company is seeking for the agents in the United States of America for the position of administrative clerk.
JOB MATTER: payment processing between our customers sellers and buyers.
WORKING HOURS: part-time position with flexible timetable.
ATTENTION: No investments or payments from our candidates!
No knowledge or special vocational skills are required! Don`t be deluded with the suggestions about remote job where you are required pay money to the companies which promise to `provide you with the job`. This is the 100% guaranteed legitimate job!
COMPENSATION: $2,000 and above per month plus commission + bonuses.
QUALIFICATION
- Perfect oral, written, and communicative skills
- Perfect managerial skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Professional Approach
- Strict working discipline
REQUIREMENTS
- MUST be money motivated, team player, self-starter
- You must be willing to work in your location, part time or full time
- You must be over 20 years old
- You must have the nationality of the aforesaid country
- You should be able to start immediately
If you got interested in our job opportunity, please provide us via email with the following info and we'll contact you soon:
- first name and last name
- address
- cellular phone number
To be expunged from our mailing list please reply REMOVE to this email.
PLEASE, DON'T REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. WE ASK YOU TO SEND YOUR DATA TO THE FOLLOWING EMAIL Condor_bzns@yahoo.com
Kind regards,
Condor Business Inc.
HR
Alex Tomkus
Hey
I got one today but it is for a different company. The "email" I got was abbreviated from what you guys got. What I find funny is that I live in Australia and not the USA. Here is a copy of what they sent me:
You have received this email because
we came across your resume in one of the jobseeker websites.
Since this week Condor Group Inc. is looking for
the applicants in the USA for the position of
sales agent.
JOB INCLUDES: payment procedure between our customers.
JOB TYPE: part-time with flexible schedule.
NOTE: No investments or fees from our applicants are required!
Don’t believe the business suggestions about
remote job where you need pay money to the companies which offer
job position|vacancy.
SALARY: from $2,000 and more monthly
+ additional bonuses.
We need|are looking for|seek well-organized persons, older than 21 years old, who have PC or notebook and permanent Internet access at home.
For any further details please write Personnel Department at condr_bzns@yahoo.com
deleted from our database please reply NOT INTERESTED to this message.
Best regards,
Condor Business Inc.
Personnel Department
Larry Beasley
Don't let them trick you this is the 3rd time they have tried scamming me and once again it hasn't worked.
Good Luck
AND HERE'S THE COPY THAT I RECEIVED THIS MORNING
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Hello Louisa
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You got this email with the reference of of that
we came across your resume in one of the jobseeker websites.
Since this week Condor Group Inc. is in need of
the applicants in your country for the position of
sales agent.
JOB INCLUDES: payment procedure between our customers.
JOB TYPE: part-time with flexible schedule.
NOTE: No inpayments or fees from our applicants are required!
Don’t believe the job offers about
remote job where you need pay money to the companies which offer
job position|vacancy.
COMPENSATION: from $2,000 and more monthly
plus additional bonuses.
We need|are looking for|seek team player persons, older than 21 years old, who have PC or notebook and permanent Internet access at home.
For any further details please write Personnel Department at condr_bzn@yahoo.com
If you want to be expelled from our email list please reply NOT INTERESTED to this email.
Truly yours,
Condor Business Inc.
HR Department
Larry Beasley
I got the exact same ones as above listed, the Condor Business INC, just with a different name and different email address.
At first I thought "what the...?" because I knew that businesses cannot get your email information unless you have published it on a job seeker website, then I decided to google the business and came up with nothing except this website.
Good on you guys for making them show their true scamming colours!
Another from Condor Business Inc.
What told me that this is a scam, First the initial website they gave me didn't work, Second, they have no website!
This one is really out there!
* “Why do I have to use my personal bank account?”
"The simple answer is that at nowadays there are too many fraudulent transactions via PAYPAL:
PAYPAL is no longer secure. We cannot risk our clients’ monies by asking them to use PAYPAL.
That is why we only use direct bank transfers or cashier checks."
Here is the email:
"Hello,
Thank you for your interest in our job offer.
Let me introduce myself: my name is Alex Tomkus.
I am an HR manager for Condor Business Inc.
Perhaps before you start asking me a lot of questions about the job, for which you are about to applying, let me explain a little what it consists of:
Our Company is recruiting personnel from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and all European countries. And talking truly we are interested in your skills, and wonder would You like to apply.
(If for some reason you are not currently living in either of the above-mentioned countries, or already have found job, then please accept my apologies, and ignore this e-mail.)
We would like to offer you an ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT'S position in our Company.
This post is offered on a part-time basis, with a weekly salary.
Please see below the short FAQ about our Company, and the post we are offering you.
Our employees in the post of ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT earn 2,000-3,000 GBP/ 4,000-6,000 USD monthly (approximately) for 15-25 hours per week.
Our Company, Condor Business, was founded in 2005.
The Company is mainly engaged in providing customers with selling and reselling services, auction support, and administrative support for sellers worldwide.
The main aim, simply, is to increase sales.
I hope this FAQ (see below) will help you to familiarize yourself with the main principles on which our Company operates, and the duties and responsibilities of the ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT within it.
WHO WORKS AS A SELLER WITHIN OUR COMPANY?
We are cooperating with SELLERS that have working experience of at least two years, selling on such major Online Auctions as EBAY, QXL, and AMAZON.
The total number of their feedbacks should reach a minimum of 30, with 98% of all the leads positive.
The SELLER can reside anywhere in the world.
THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF SELLING ITEMS:
1. Means of selling
In order to sell the products, we prefer to work with the major Internet Auctions, i.e. EBAY, AMAZON AUCTIONS, BIG DEALS, QXL, and others.
2. Products to be sold
The most popular goods sold online are:
Electronics, Jewelry, Collection Pieces, Gold and Silver Ware, Household Goods, and the like.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: HIS/HER ROLE IN THE SELLING PROCESS.
Our ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT negotiates between the SELLER and the CUSTOMER,
wherever they all live.
Let’s picture that the SELLER lives in Romania, but intends to sell a PRODUCT throughout the U.S.A./U.K. Online Auction.
The ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT from the corresponding sales area will make this deal real.
THE MAIN DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ARE:
* to control the sales records in their sales area.
* to process incoming and outgoing mail.
* to work with customers, accepting and managing payments.
* to report daily, weekly and monthly, in written form.
DOES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY
IN THE SELLING PROCESS?
HOW DOES HE/SHE GET TO KNOW ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE PURCHASE?
The ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT is a conduit between the SELLER and the BUYER.
* He/she is not responsible for the process of selling itself.
* That is why the ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT need NOT be a brilliant SELLER.
* The ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT is solely responsible for collecting payments
from the BUYER, and, in good time, forwarding payments to the SELLER.
It is Company Policy never to give refunds.
The SELLER and the BUYER deal with the exchange of goods.
When a purchase is made, you, as the ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, will receive an e-mail with all of the necessary information i.e. the BUYER, the PRODUCT and the SELLER along with the instruction how to process it.
ADVANTAGES OF WORKING FOR US:
* All personnel working in our company are offered two weeks leave, with pay, twice a year.
* Your holiday pay is at least 1,000 GBP/1,500 USD for 4 weeks
holidays (approximately).
* The first holiday leave can be taken after 3 months work within the Company.
N.B. Individuals engaged to work for us in the U.S. cannot be classified, or referred to, as ‘employees’, as that term implies that we will be deducting a range of taxes from their pay directly, and paying taxes to the respective U.S. agencies. Therefore, our U.S. representatives will be referred to as ‘ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS’.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:
* Self - Employment Social Security Taxes
* Federal and State Income Taxes
* Self-Employment Insurance
N.B.
It is necessary for an ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT to pay up to approx. 30-35% of his/her income earned through Auction Online Solution. for normal taxation.
However, we will pay these taxes for you.
When you'll need to declare this income for taxation purposes, we will send you an invoice, stating your total income, and then you will find out the taxes that apply.
This amount we will cover for you.
DO YOU NEED ANY INVESTMENT TO START UP?
To start with us, you need Nothing!
You needn’t buy any brochures, or Company products, to get this post of ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
All expenses incurred by you in the service of the Company will be covered by the Company.
THE MONTHLY SALARY AN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT EARNS:
The salary of an Administrative Agent is calculated as a percentage (5% during the trial period) of each payment managed by him.
* It can reach up to 2,000-3,000 GBP (4,000 – 6,000 USD approx.)
* After the TRIAL PERIOD, your wage will include a basic salary
of 1,350 GBP/2,450 USD, plus your commission as in the TRIAL PERIOD.
The list below outlines what you will do for our Company:
Our company connects the SELLER and the BUYER, while they operate with reputable Online Auctions.
The BUYER will send payment for an item to you, the ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
The payment could be by:
* Automatic Clearing House (ACH)(for U.S.A.)
* Wire Transfer directly into your bank account
* Check to your home address
5% from this amount is kept by you, and the rest should be forwarded to the SELLER.
For this purpose you should withdraw the entire transferred amount, deduct your percentage, and forward the rest of the sum via Western Union money transferring system to the SELLER.
Fees paid for Western Union service should be taken from the 95% remainder.
You do not have to pay anything!
Working with us you will have to manage a few transactions weekly, with each transaction varying between 1,000-5,000 GBP/1,000-10,000 USD.
You must mail to me personally the outcome of your transactions, on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
If you have any problems during forwarding procedure, please contact your Manager, and not the BUYER, nor the SELLER.
N.B.
All transfers should be forwarded to the SELLER on the same day as when payment entered and cleared into your bank account, or at least the next business day.
So, here is a summary of the ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S work, in plain English:
* Our Company works as intermediary between BUYERS and SELLERS on almost all major Online Auctions.
* You will be collecting all Payments from the BUYERS in your sales area and forward it to the SELLER, wherever he resides.
The usual questions at this stage are:
* “Why do you need some one to act as a ‘middleman’?”
* “Why don’t you use PAYPAL, as in other auctions, or your own business account in our country?”
* “Why do I have to use my personal bank account?”
The simple answer is that at nowadays there are too many fraudulent transactions via PAYPAL:
PAYPAL is no longer secure. We cannot risk our clients’ monies by asking them to use PAYPAL.
That is why we only use direct bank transfers or cashier checks.
The second reason is that we work worldwide, and sometimes our SELLERS don’t even have a bank account, but they do have a good items to be sold at U.S.A./U.K. auctions. (Usually they are SELLERS from ex-U.S.S.R. countries.) That’s why we are asking you to forward funds to them by Western Union.
For an ordinary citizen it is much easier to send a domestic bank transfer or check inside the country, for an item which has been purchased, rather than using international bank transfer, or even Western Union transfer abroad.
So, here is what you have to do in a post of an Administrative Agent:
* You will be keeping 5% for yourself from each transfer accepted and forwarded to the SELLER.
(To forward the transfer you have to actually go to your branch; withdraw the whole amount of the transfer (or 95%)).
* Then you have to forward it to the SELLER using your local Western Union Office.
* You will extract all Western Union fees from the seller's part of the transfer (from the 95% of the transferred to your amount)
Each transfer will be from 1,000 – 5,000 GBP (1,000 - 10,000 USD), and you will have a number of transfers per week.
* You will be sending daily, weekly and monthly reports directly to me.
* You must not contact any BUYER or SELLER during the TRIAL PERIOD.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
You must forward the funds on the same day as it has been entered and cleared into your bank account, or the next business day after.
WE HAVE ONE MORE OPTION OF WORKING WITH OUR COMPANY
You’ll have to receive the packages to your mail and ship them out abroad to the destination point. All that you will have to do is to receive the packages to your mail, that will be delivered to your address periodically, and take them to the US postal offices. We’ll let you know by phone beforehand when the package is going to be shipped to your address.
PAYMENT:
For each package shipment you’ll get 70 USD. You will have to pay nothing for package shipment. We’ll send you all the necessary labels by email.
HOW TO START
If you are interested in our job position, you should provide us with any bank account that you are ready to use for our cooperation. It may be your current or absolutely new bank account.
If you prefer to use the package shipment option only, please provide with your address to which you are ready to receive the packages.
To do that, please fill in the application form in the attached file and send it back to the following email address CONDOR_BZ@HOTMAIL.COM and we’ll contact you in the nearest time with the further instructions.
If you have any questions, please, don’t hesitate to contact us by phone or via email CONDOR_BZ@HOTMAIL.COM.
To find out more about our company, please, visit our website.
Anyway thank you for your time and interest in our proposal.
Our contacts:
Phone: +1 (917) 720-3684
Email: condor_bz@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.condorbusiness.com
Sincerely yours,
HR manager
Alex Tomkus
Condor Business Inc.
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I just received the contract to sign with the company name of LEOPOLD DESIGNS INC, MADRID, SPAIN, DUBLIN, IRELAND...
Oh what a sweet deal this would be if it were true.. I'd be in Maui, sitting back, collecting money, and sipping on drinks that have little umbrella's... LOL.. Here is a copy of the agreement.. My contact is a DIEGO DOMINGUEZ...
AGREEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
This Acknowledgment (the "Agreement") is made and effective this Day ____ Month _____ Year____
BETWEEN: LEOPOLD DESIGNS INC. (the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Spanish Government, with its head office located at:
Address 1:
STREET: Calle San Bernardo 77
CITY: MADRID,
ZIP: 28014
FAX : 34-91-761-62-67
1-920-471-4557
Address 2: STREET: 19 Wellington Quay.
CITY: Dublin 2
COUNTRY:Ireland
1-920-471-4557
AND: __________________________________________________________
HOME ADDRESS:
STREET: ________________________________________________________
CITY/STATE ________________________________________________________
ZIP: _________________________________________________________
HOME PHONE NUMBER: _____________________________________________
CELL PHONE NUMBER: _______________________________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS _______________________________________________
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants herein contained the employee , hereby acknowledges that it has been retained by the Company, for purposes of:
JOB TASKS
Doing small financial tasks and lets company knows as soon as payments comes and send it immediately after it gets cleared from his bank with Western Union Service. For more information about this service employee must check http://www.westernunion.com and find locations closer to his location in order to provide best service.
- checking email address provided to company is one of the main task employee should do
- answering in a timely manner to all correspondence company will send to future employee
- faxing all Western Union receipts to company when this is necessarily
- providing accurate transfer information from western union immediately after money are sent
PAYMENT/SALARY
12% from all sales - receiving checks and cashing them as soon as possible*
* If checks are cashed within same day an extra 150$ will be paid for each check. (FIRST 150$ WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER CHECKS ARE CASHED AND THE REST OF 150$ WILL BE GIVEN WITHIN 3 DAYS VIA WIRE TRANSFER OR THEY CAN BE TAKEN FROM THE NEXT CHECKS!)
** If checks gets cleared next business day a bonus of 75$ will be paid.
NOTE: Employee will not be liable for any taxes in the United States. Employee will be transferring the money received from Company creditors out of the country and therefore will not be liable for capital gains taxes. Employee will only be liable for your normal income tax on the commission received
Every year the Company will provide forms and papers proving that employee has to pay the income taxes only on the funds he earns (12%) from this and NOT TOTAL AMOUNT he will receive.
*** Estimated salary should be between $65,000 - $75,000/year with possibility of raising it to $120,000/year
***** All western union fees will be supported by Company, payment should be taken every time a check gets cleared
* After 1 month the first check is received a bonus of 1,300$ each month will be given as bill utilities, phone billing, internet, gas/bus tickets
PLEASE NOTE THAT IT SHOULD TAKE WITHIN 10 TO 14 BUSINESS DAYS UNTIL YOU WILL RECEIVE THE FIRST CHECKAFTER THIS PERIOD WE WILL HAVE DAILY TRANSACTIONS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE TO NOTIFY ALL OUR CUSTOMERS WHERE TO SEND THE CHECKS.
In an outstanding case of any problem, (NSF Funds, Bad Checks, or any other fees) the Company will offer a full guarantee to cover ALL the fees THAT INCUR WITHIN 24 HOURS!. That way the employee can feel absolutely protected and safe.
Making checks payable to the employee will not make him liable for paying any taxes to IRS. Every year the Company will provide forms and papers proving that employee have to pay the income taxes only on the funds he earns (12%) from this and NOT TOTAL AMOUNT he will receive.
CONFIDENTIALITY
a. Employee agrees that all knowledge and information that employee may receive from Company relating to inventions, products, processes, machinery, apparatus, prices, discounts, costs, business affairs, future plans, or technical data that belong to Company or to those with whom Company has contracted regarding such information, and;
b. All information provided by employee to Company in reports of work done, together with any other information acquired or gained by employee or by employee-supplied workers, shall for all time and for all purposes be regarded by employee as strictly confidential and held by employee in confidence, and solely for Company’s benefit and use, and shall not be used by employee or directly or indirectly disclosed by employee to any person whatsoever excepting to Company or with Company’s written permission.
DURATION AND TERMINATION
c. This agreement shall become effective as of the date stated above. In addition, this agreement may be terminated pursuant to the following:
i. By either party, with or without cause at any time, upon 15 days’ prior written notice; or
ii. By Company, at any time, upon 15 days’ prior written notice, if employee assigns this agreement, or any right or obligation under this agreement, without Company’s prior written consent; or if there is a change in the control or management of employee that is unacceptable to Company; or if employee ceases to function as a going concern, or to conduct its operations in the normal course of business.
d. Upon termination of this agreement, employee will return to Company all written information, drawings, models, and other materials or files supplied to employee or created by employee at the expense of Company.
LEGAL COMPLIANCE
Employee is encouraged to treat all company employees, customers, clients, business partners and other affiliates with respect and responsibility. Employee is required to comply with all laws, ethical codes and company policies, procedures, rules or regulations, including those forbidding sex harassment, discrimination, and unfair business practices.
MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT
Any modification of this agreement or additional obligation assumed by either party in connection with this agreement shall be binding only if evidenced in writing signed by each party or an authorized representative of each party.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
COMPANY EMPLOYEE
Authorized Signature Authorized Signature
Diego Dominguez
General Manager Print Name and Title
Leopold Designs INC
Cashier Checks/Money Orders/CHECKS ADDRESS
RECEIVER NAME: _____________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________
________________________________________
Bank that will be used to cash checks*
________________________________________________________
*BANK NAME IS OPTIONAL FIELD, no routing numbers, no bank account numbers or any other personal information regarding this account. If it’s not acceptable or if you don’t feel comfortable providing this information please set “N/A “
here is one for you i actualy let him send me a check and i had the bank check it with the bank that the funds were soppost to come out of to see if it was a real check and of course they were fake and the account or the name on the account were not even real and the worst part is the two checks he sent looked almost identical from two different banks and two different states too. here is the email and it looked like a real company
New Careerbuilder Job ID: 2003993712 Available for [myaddr]@yahoo.com: Payments Manager/ Payment Processing Services
From: Diego Dominguez Add to Contacts
To: "[myaddr]@yahoo.com"
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New Position Available for you. Resume has been reviewed by our department and you qualify for a position with our company:
Payments Manager/ Payment Processing Services
Job ID 2003993712
Company Name LEOPOLD DESIGNS INC
Base Salary $65,000-$75,000
Position Type Full-Time/Part Time Employee
Experience 0-4 Years Experience
Applicant Email [myaddr]@yahoo.com
Location Your Area
Job Category Banking/Financial Services
Bonuses Yes
Date Posted August 10, 2010
Job Summary:
Someone who can manage our US business until we will be able to open offices over there. Should be dynamic and open for ideas and suggestions. Exposure and knowledge of working in Internet savvy environment is a prerequisite for the job. Strong communication, are must.
Job Description:
All details about this can be found at: http://www. [website] .com/acc_payable.html
Read them carefully and if you agree we can start right away!. You can apply directly on our page.
Diego Dominguez
General Manager