[Tags: scam, internet, business]
This is the most complex job scam email I received so far. The email does not contain a reply to address and they ask you to complete your application through a form on the website. The whois data shows the website is registered to a NY marketing company however is probably not a legit company.
Other than this being a work-at-home position I noticed the email came from the @googlemail.com domian and that the website was only register 9-23-08 which are some of the give aways that this is a scam.
It seems as though this may be an attempt to harvest data to send marketing to you based on the information you provide but it could also be used for indenty theft.
How do I spot a job scam?
1.) The message is for a position that you did not apply for
2.) The message is from or asking for a reply to an email address from a free email provider (ie: @yahoo.com, @gmail.com)
3.)The position is for a work at home job. Let's get real here most of these positions are hard to come by.
4.) The message provides no phone and/or no mailing address
5.) The company does not have a website or the website was created in the last year. Do a whois lookup to see when a domain was created.
6.) The job has few qualifications
7.) The message is written with poor english
8.) A google search for the company finds little or no history for the company
*** This list is not all inclusive. Remember if you have to ask yourself if it's a scam it probably is!
What should I do if I provided my information to scammers?
- Do not respond to further communications.
- If you sent bank Information: Call your bank immediately and tell them what happened. They should be able to change your account number or cancel your account.
- If you are still concerned you might want to enroll in credit monitoring such as LifeLock Identity Theft Prevention
- You can also file a claim with The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). They are probably overloaded with these types of claim though, so I would not expect an individual response. You can also contact the Better Business Bureau or your states attorney general's office
- Post a comment below with any information you have on this scam to inform other people to try and avoid any future victims. Post the email you received with exact wording if different from original posted so when people search for terms they find this warning.
CareerBuilder Home Based Job Position ($2K/mo)
Applicants applying should be based in the United States.
Prospective Hire,
Our Human Resource Staff has reviewed your contact details for employment consideration. The vacancy available with our Company is an admin position which allows the assistant to work from home. This is primarily an online job paying a guaranteed $2,000 each month. After a 6 month probationary period benefits will be available to each assistant. These benefits include life insurance, dental, and health. Select assistants will be eligible for advancement to a staff position after 6 months.
This employment offer is serious and only serious individuals need apply. If this position is a great way to complement your income needs then you should apply NOW. This is a part-time position offering full time benefits and pay. Only a few hours of your time each week is required. Work schedules can be flexible. Or management and staff are willing to work around nearly any schedule. Thank you for your time and we hope to be welcoming you to our Company.
Important Note:
All interested applicants should complete the employment application located on the website at www.Position349.Com
under the Employment Section.
If you feel you received this email in error please accept our sincere apology. No further action is needed on your part and you will be removed from our system automatically if you do not respond to this offer for employment. Thank you for understanding and sorry for any inconvenience.
Applicants applying should be based in the United States.
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Best Regards,
Hiring Management
www.Position349.Com
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Friday October 7, 2011 @ 08:41 AM
Hello Mike,
Having seen your resume I would like to offer you a position with our
company. My name is Laura Warner and I am the International Human Resource
Manager of Alzheimer International Healthcare Solution PLC. I am pleased to
inform you that we have an open position for you within our company.
Before we start I want to point out that you can work for us part time also
even if you had a prior job before talking to us. All you have to do is
check your e-mail a couple of times per day, a trip to your bank and a trip
to a Western Union office or agent. You can use the "Find Agent Location"
search function on the Western Union website to find an office close to you.
With every check that you process you instantly earn 10% from its total
value cash in hand and also a consistent bonus. How does it work: you will
receive the first check as soon as you send back the filled contract with
your actual name and address which we need to be able to send the check to
you. Depending on how fast you will send the funds from the check back to us
you will receive the next two checks and so on, each fast processed check
yields two new checks to process. This is the dream job for many people that
have joined us. There is no trick to it. You help us clear our funds from
orders we receive from our customers in the US and we will repay you
handsomely. You have our monies with you all the time while processing a
check so you will keep your commission plus bonus instantly and at the end
of the month you will receive the $1,000 salary as a fixed income at the
address you specified in the contract (which can be changed afterwards if
you relocate). Ask for the contract today and we can start in a few days as
soon as we finish processing your information and a few verifications for
safety. If you sign today you will receive your first check within one week.
Don't miss out on this great chance to increase your income, ask for the
contract and further details right now!
Our company was founded in 1972 and it has quickly grown to be one of the
largest resellers in United Kingdom of medical equipment and apparatus as we
as in the rest of Europe. We have contracts exclusively with hospitals and
other medical companies and groups supplying several hundred types of
products ranging from surgical needles and syringes to MRI and EKG machines
and everything in between. Our partners include top manufacturers around the
world such as GE Healthcare, Medtronic, Baxter International, Tyco
Healthcare, Philips Medical Systems, Cardinal Health, Siemens Medical
Solutions, Zimmer Holdings, et cetera. Our company has grown very fast
during the last few years and now we have expanded our market and business
to the United States. As such we have a high demand in terms of job openings
in almost every state and we are looking for dedicated and hardworking
individuals to work for us and help us expand.
Our success is due to the fact that we are able to meet our customer's
demands in every shape or form and at any time. We are very flexible and we
can honor our orders when others cannot. Very fast delivery system combined
with the fact that we accept almost any type of payment and great customer
support are the reasons why we have been able to grow so fast and took us to
where we are today. We take great pride in what we do because it is not
always easy to satisfy all customer demands while still processing the
orders very fast and receiving payments for the products in a timely manner.
We need you to work for us and bellow you will find the job description and
what will be asked of you should you decide to accept our proposal.
Job description:
- NO SALES INVOLVED! Very limited contact: you will not be involved in
any kind of sales or contact with our customers;
- Zero fees policy: while performing this job you will encounter no
fees to be paid in advance whatsoever;
- Respect privacy: no employee from our company will ever ask you for
any sensitive information;
- Total transparency: everything you will do is legal under the
European Union/United States and International laws as they are currently
applied.
Your duties are:
- To receive payments from our customers which are mainly in form of
checks (only U.S. emitted checks, no international checks will be sent to
you; All check will be written in your name);
- Cashing the checks using your existing bank account; do not use
checks-cashing stores, they charge too much, sometimes even 10% of the total
value of the checks
- Forwarding as'' money in minutes'' by Western Union, we will pay all
money transfer fees after you will deduct your 10% commission from each
order you process.
Your benefits are:
- Commissions: 10% from each check your will process in the first
month.
- Salary: within one month after receiving the first check you will
receive $1,000 as fixed salary.
This is a commission based job, the faster you process orders the more your
income will increase. This bonus is given to also cover internet, phone or
gas bills. Please note that this salary will be sent after 30 days have
passed since you received your first payment to process.
- Rewards for good performance: after two months of working for us an
increase to 15% commission from all payments might be applied to your
contract if you process and send all the transfers to us in a timely manner.
In this case you will be earning around $1,200-1,300 per week as well as the
$1,000 salary at the end of the month.
- Education reimburse
- Vacation (2 weeks for Exempt employees)
- 4 paid Company Holidays / 2 paid floating holidays
- Large and stable corporation
There are also bonuses for cashing the checks and sending the payment to us
very fast:
- Cash the check same day: $150 for each check;
- Cash the check within 24 hours: $100 for each check;
- Cash the check within 48 hours: $ 50 for each check.
The $1,000 salary will be sent to you in form of a cashier check.
The job opening is that of a Representative within the US. The today's
situation on the financial market requires us to open and fill several of
these job positions within our company. This opening will help our company
to reduce the time it takes to receive funding from orders that we receive
each month and we offer you one of the highest incomes on the market today
and the minimal expenditures of time.
With the number of orders we have we cannot put them on hold for fear of
losing our customers, secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US
soon enough, as international checks take about 28 working days to cash
anywhere in Europe. We lose a lot of time and money each month because we
have money transfer delays. Our clients could pay us where we want by
sending checks to an US address. What we need you to do is to provide us an
address where you can receive our customer checks. We need someone who can
receive the money through this method of payment. Regarding the check
process all you have to do is to receive the checks our customers will send
to your address, take them to your bank, cash them and send the remainder
amount to us after deducting all fees incurred and your commission. You will
always take your commission upfront. All fees for transferring the funds
will be supported from our share. Bonuses will apply for cashing checks
within 24 hours upon receiving a check.
We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and
processed we deliver the product to our customer (usually through USPS). The
customer receives and checks the product and proceeds to send the payment.
We accept all forms of payment but most of our customers pay using Bank
Checks and so to solve this problem and not lose any of our customers we
have decided to open this new job position. This job is legal according to
the U.S. legislation as it is today. Local money transfers take but a few
hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost
immediately.
PAYMENT AND SALARY:
For example you receive a check as payment for 3000.00 USD, you deduct your
commission (10%): 300.00 USD and then send to us the balance: 2700.00 USD.
In the first month you will receive around 15-20 orders under 3,000.00 USD
to process and after checking your performance records during that first
month the orders you will receive, may increase from 3,000.00 upwards to
6,000.00 USD. For example 20 transactions each around 3000.00 USD gives you
a total income of 6,000.00 USD per month and after establishing a close
co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll
be able to earn more. You will also deduct fees that are related to this job
(gasoline, western union fees, bank commissions, etc.) from our balance, not
from your commissions. At first the checks you will receive will vary from:
$500.00 to $3,000.00. We will also send you a 1099 Form for tax deduction on
your part. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have
them cashed in your existing bank account, we don't accept newly created
bank accounts because it slows the cashing process. Deduct your percentage
and forward the balance to the company attorney manager via a western union
money transfer, the name will be given to you later after cashing a payment.
This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time for
taking up another job; you'll get good income and a regular job. This job is
very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the
employee who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.
We have health insurance and the 401K retirement savings plan as well as all
the other standard benefits that a major company usually provides.
Unfortunately we can only start talking about this after the first month has
passed since you're working for us. We consider the first month as a trial
period. In any case you do not have to pay for anything in advance; there
are no hidden costs for performing this job. Any fee you might encounter
will be deducted from our share of the funds before you send it to us.
You will receive next instructions step by step.
Unfortunately we cannot setup any interviews now, as we do not have any
representatives in US. We will be able to come to meet within the next few
months when the new offices will be opened in your area!
Please let me know if you are still interested. Within 24 hours after we
will receive this information we will forward you a copy of the contract you
have to fill in, sign and e-mail back to us.
Laura Warner
Alzheimer International Healthcare Solution PLC
South Molton Street
Mayfair, W1K
United Kingdom
FAX 011-44-022-859-2154
Friday June 19, 2009 @ 12:40 PM
Here is one I just got!
Brief Duties: The employee will assist in purchasing investment items for the Organization.
The employee will be provided with funds to purchase the required investment items.
Funds will be forwarded to the employee s credit card or credit cards.
Requirements: The employee must have a credit card(s), be 18 years or older, have a computer with internet, local transportation to purchase items, reside in the United States, credit score of 600+, and be able to follow directions.
Apply Now: Vacancy is limited. Interested applicants should ACT NOW. Respond to this email with your full name, address, and contact number. A member of management will then contact you with more details.