Http://www.myspace.com/236426898

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058914668&ref=search&sid=182700225.3573457868..1

http://www.wayn.com/waynphotos.html?wci=photo&photo_key=10666884

Oh oh 1 more http://www.ripoffreport.com/Billy-Bourland-HL-Plastics/Employees/Billy-Bourland-HL-Plastics-pa-M8C45.htm

they went from this I work at a Oil Rig Company and we import and export crude oil to the neighborhood countries, so i personally need a Personal Assistant in the country that can take good care of my contacts and e-mails in case if I'm out of the country
to this The Company name is HL Plastics. Formed in 1974, HL Plastics has established a strong reputation as a manufacturer and designer of technical trade extrusions for a number of industries. Using these base skills, we have expanded our offering over the years to include a range of specialist products including:
makes no sense.. from oil to plastic

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/criaglist-jobs-c213046.html

Please read that i recently got approved as a Personal Assistant (P.A) and the charity just sounded soo fishey so i google and research everything online, even my boss screen name "sean11101[at]yahoo.com" found his myspace facebook, and wayn.com its alll soo fishy. The link i sent you above if the exact same email Sean Knowles one think is that the letter was the EXACT same letter i received. but with different names!
the scam supposedly goes like this that get in as there "PA", they send u a 500 check/ and its pt job, that draws u in. It is said for you to go deposit the checks and start buying toys for this "Orphanage Motherless Charity Home" it doesnt exist!!

Below is the link where i found the job listing.


http://houston.craigslist.org/ofc/1328994659.html

http://www.myspace.com/236426898

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1058914668&ref=search&sid=182700225.3573457868..1

http://www.wayn.com/waynphotos.html?wci=photo&photo_key=10666884

I also got this scam this morning. I checked the company name on Google first, and found your blog. Will see if their willing to give out their information to contact them by 7 see how much moringormation i can get from them. Maybe I'll have info to give to the police. Here's my e-mail they sent me:

Detailed Job Description – Receptionist Position
The Company name is HL Plastics. We have established a strong reputation as a manufacturer and designer of technical trade extrusions for a number of industries. Using these base skills, we have expanded our offering over the years to include a range of specialist products including:
- Domestic fencing and decking
- Caravan verandahs and sundecks
- Roof walkways and safety decking
- Plastic Piling
- Tambour doors and shutter systems
- Wall protection systems
- Window & door systems

We have accepted your application for the job and We have your information in our database. The primary goal of the Administrative Assistant is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.The HR Managers checked your resume and you have been picked as one of our possible candidates for Accounts Receivable Manager due to some factors of the Company, Your primary task would be receiving payments for our company and Customers. We are about to open a representative offices or authorized sales centers in some local city in the States. Your Accounts Receivable Clerk duty would be that you become our Account Receivable Manager (ARM) and its a contract -to-hire position which is a 1 month trial after which the position is made full time .Please be advised that we need total dedication for the job.

Your duties will include: Collecting Local Payments

When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options:pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.

- Managing Data

Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.

- Forwarding of the Payments

Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

Here is an example of a brief report:
Here is an example of a brief report:

Date: August 8, '06
Buyer: Laura N. Smith
Item: Plastic Wares
Price: $ 1,921.27
10% Commission : $ 192
Fees: $ 85
Total Forwarded: $1644.27
Forwarded to: Margo Narenzo, Barcelona, Spain
Reference Numbers: 2349783981

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures

All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.

Additional Information

Salary:

During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.
-Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments)

1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job schedule is flexible, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.

Please kindly fill your details below, so that you can get started.

Full Name :
Full Address (No PO Boxes pls):
City:
State:
Zip/Postal code:
Home phone :
Cell phone:
Recent occupation:
Gender:
Personal Email Address:
Do you have a bank account:
If yes, what is the name of your bank.


Human Resources Manager
HL Plastics LTD

Hi everybody !!

More & more scam coming from Craigslist unfortunately.
These three e-mails I got today August 22nd and, of course want to share it with all of you:

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Scam # 1
----- Original Message -----
From: jobapplicate160[at]aol.com
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[at]xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, xxxxxxxxx, 2009 x:xx AM
Subject: Re: Receptionist/Administrative Assistant======$20.05/hour


Dear Applicant,
We received your resume and your application for the post of a Receptionist/Administrative Assistant that we advertised on Craigslist on the 20th of August but we are sincerely sorry to inform you that this position is no more available.Our HR Managers have gone through your resume and due to some certain factors you have been picked as one of our possible candidate to be one of our Accounts Receivable Clerk which is the post that is available right now that is if you are interested.

ABOUT US:
We strive to ensure quality from crop to counter. To that end,Fountain Group of Companies
requires the highest standards and specifications, not just for product ingredients; every
detail of production, transport,delivery, preparation and service is also exhaustively monitored.
A focus on quality permeates every aspect of the business. Fountain Group of Companies standards lead the food industry, and we continue to wok with government and health officials to investigate improvements. Fountain Group of Companies also recognises the importance of a balanced diet and life-style and continues to seek quality new products which satisfy customers expectations for taste and value. We are independent and privately owned. We serve the entire United States , Your primary task for now, as an Accounts Receivable Clerk of the company is to coordinate payments from clients and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any marketing. You would be responsible for receiving payments after we have offered our professional services to our numerous clients. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the service but in most cases we make our clients prepay for services. About 90 percent of our clients prefer to pay through Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United States based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving this problem pending the time that we will open a branch office in this area.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank .
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are considering your application because you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in your state.

ADVANTAGES
-You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent
contractor right from your home office.
-Your job is absolutely legal.
-You can earn up to 3000-4000 dollars monthly depending on time you
will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start.
-You can do the Work easily without leaving or affecting your present Job. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.But the problem we have is trust but we hope we can trust you.
Get back to us with the requirements below if you are interested so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers for them to send payments after conducting background checks.


All filled requirements should be forwarded to the company's email address which is (fountaingrp005[at]aol.com)




REQUIREMENTS:

Full Names_______________
Mailing Address(P.O.Box Not Accepted)_________________
Apt Number if available_____________________ ____________
City__ ___________________
State____________________
Postal Code______________
Phone Number____________________
Email Address____________________
Present Occupation (If any)_______________



Once again,all filled requirements should be forwarded to the company's email address which is (fountaingrp005[at]aol.com)


Your response to this email is needed, so that we can reconfirm your mailing address details we have in our database. We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you.
A swift acknowledgement of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.
Thanks For Your total understanding and moral cooperation.

Fountain Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer!

Regards,

Peter Anderson
Personnel Manager
Fountain Group of Companies

***********************************************************

Scam # 2

----- Original Message -----
From: Apple Limited
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx[at]xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, xxxxxxxxxx, 2009 x:xx AM
Subject: Re: RECEPTIONIST NEEDED (BROOKLYN)


Good Morning,
We did get your resume on Craigslist.Our company conducts survey and
evaluate other
companies. You get hired to go to other peoples companies and act like
customers in order to know how the staffs are handling their services
in relation to their customers. Once we have a contract to do, you
would be directed to the company or outlet which you are to surveys
and evaluate. You will be given the funds you need to do the job
(either purchase things or require services), after which you would
write a comment on the staffs activities and give a detailed record of
your experience.

Example of details you would forward to us are

1) How long it took you to get services.
2) Smartness of the attendant
3)Customer service professionalism
4)Sometimes you might be required to upset the attendant, to see how
they react to client or customers.

You will be paid $350.00 for each company you surveys and evaluate
and will be paid the bonus of $2,500.00 monthly. Kindly fill the
necessary information's below and email us back as soon as possible.

FULL NAME..........................
ADDRESS..... ...................................
CITY..........................................
STATE.............................................
ZIP CODE.......................................
COUNTRY.........................................
HOME PHONE NUMBER....................
CELL PHONE NUMBER.............
AGE.............................................
CURRENT OCCUPATION.............
MARITAL STATUS........................
SEX...............................................
EMAIL ADDRESS..............................

The 1st evaluation you will be conducting will be on Western
Union.The management and staff of "DTMT International Construction
Company" has reported a laps in the services of Western Union around
the United States and International countries. Their complains were
based on reports which their customers forwarded anonymously and phone
calls which were also made to the head office.

The Western Union locations were reported for evaluation for the
following reasons

1) Slow services
2) Unbalanced exchange rate
3) Poor services
4) Rudeness to customers
5) Excess charge

Your Secret Evaluation would be

1) You will make a wire transfer of fund from a Western Union location
in your area to our Mystery surveyor in United state or our Mystery
surveyor in International countries and the funds would be picked up
by our mystery surveyor at the exact location which a customer
reported her funds stolen from.

2) You would have to record the time at which you go to the location
and how many minutes it took you to get service. You will be sent a
cashier's check or a money order from our headquarter in United state
which will cover your payment of $350.00 for the duty and the fund you
will be sending through Western Union wire transfer. As soon as you
receive the payment from our headquarter, you would cash in at your
bank, deduct your $350.00 (commission) and use the remaining fund for
the Western Union wire transfer.

3) After cashing the payment at your bank, you will look for a Western
Union location around you and make the wire transfer to the name and
address we will be sending you soon. You would also email us the name
of the cashier that attended to you along with the name of the Western
Union location and address. Your report should be drafted and sent to
us via email immediately the transfer is made.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this email by emailing immediately
to us with the subject " I ACCEPT" so the funds will be sent out to
you and we will inform you with information on where you will send it
to.Get back to us as soon as possible
***********************************************************

Scam # 3

----- Original Message -----
From: "tom dean" <dtom7233[at]gmail.com>
To: <xxxxxxxxxxxxx[at]xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, xxxxxxxxxxx xx, 2009 x:xx AM
Subject: DETAILS


GALAXY Group
Detailed Job Description – Clerical Assistant
The primary goal of the Clerical Assistant is to provide local
customer support to our clients within North America. This includes
providing convenient payment options and informing them of shipping
and the terms of sale.
You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance
to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service
via email.
Your duties will include:
- Collecting Local Payments
When a buyer in the US decides to purchase an item through an online
auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: pay
pal, international wire transfer, international check, local certified
check or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local
wire transferring. Local wire transfers and certified checks are the
options that the sales support representative will provide to the
clients.
- Managing Data
Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving
details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price,
and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing
records and transactions.
- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 5% as commission and
forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information
will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete
forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.
- Correspondence
You will be submitting brief reports, weekly reports, and monthly
reports. Weekly and monthly reports are to be done in Excel format and
are to summarize all transactions completed within the week, or month.

Here is an example of a brief report:
Date: August 8, '06
Buyer: Laura N. Smith
Item: Movado Watch
Price: $ 1,921.27
Commission 5%: $ 96
Fees: $ 75
Total Forwarded: $1750.27
Forwarded to: Elisa Narenzo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reference Numbers: 23497839

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are
simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you
during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the
trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email
in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks
you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments,
along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be
forwarding the received payments through western union, money gram
transferring agents, or by wire transferring.

Additional Information
Salary
During the trial period, you will be paid 1,800USD per month while
working on average 3hours per day, Monday-Friday, plus 5% commission
from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in
the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial
period your base pay salary will go up to 2,400USD per month, plus 10%
commission.
Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All
applicable taxes are covered by the company.

- Getting Started
Kindly fill out your personal information below for immediate
consideration of this position so you can get started as soon as
possible
Personal Information
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Residential Phone Number:
Mobile:
Valid email;
The employee,acknowledged the Trial and Detailed Job Description
***********************************************************

JUST UNBELIEVABLE !!!

I applied for a receptionist position at craigslist and HL Plastics responded, they sent me the exact email and it seemed funny, i decided to look up the company and thankfully i found the truth. It sucks not being able to trust most of the adds...

Thanks so much for this. i also updated my blog on this, after i received a similar letter from the same group. i've also received some other dubious job offers from job postings i saw online. for those interested, here's the link: http://dyer-movingon.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-email-addresses-have-been.html

I applied to them as well and gave them my mailing address before I realised it was a scam. I've been ignoring them but this recent e-mail has me a little concerned about what I should do:

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Hello Tyler,
It sound so funny and seems to be a suprise to us that you didn't email us or write to us after getting out check.We writing to let you know we will be filling a case on you in 48 hours time if you dont write back to us and send out our money..we want you to know we do have all your informations and also your resume in which we will be using
in filling the case of you.To avoid any embarrassment kindly right us back asap.

Full Name :
Full Address:
City:
State:
Zip/Postal code:
Home phone:
Cell phone:
Recent occupation:
Gender:
Personal Email Address:


We do have all this information's and also your resume in which we can make use of in getting you..

BEST ADVICE IS FOR YOU TO EMAIL US BACK NOW AND SEND THE COMPANY;S MONEY
--------------------------------------------

I edited out my information in the middle section that I provided to them. I've never received a check as of yet and I've planning to do so when I do. However, what should I do about this? This should I report them with this recent e-mail? Who do I report to? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

"I've never received a check as of yet and I've planning to do so when I do"

I meant to type that I plan to rip up the check when I do receive it.

Thanks for posting those information here it was helpful. I also received same email. Thanks a lot once more

Thanks for saving my bum!

I got the email as well because I sent my resume through Craigslist, oddly enough the posting was one of the better looking ones. The poor English was what really got me wondering if it was real or not. Plus the insane payroll for only 3-4hrs of work.

Dear all !!

More scam - find below:

----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Merry
To: xxxxxxxxxx[at]xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Sent: xxxxxxxxx,xxxxxxxx 2009, x:xx AM
Subject: Re: Office Assistant (Manhattan)


Dear Applicant,

My name is Shawn Merry, I'm an Accountant and a Credit/Collection Agent for lots of clients and I've got more than 25yrs of working experience. I received your application in regards to the job ad on craigslist and I'm considering you for the position of a Personal Assistant.
I'm impressed with your resume and I think you will be a good personal assistant because I need someone to take care of my duty while I am away in Australia.
This is a part-time job you can do without it affecting your present job. For a start, You'll be paid $800 every two weeks and below are the duties you will take care of pending my return from Australia;

*Receive funds from Debtors Via Western Union.
*Receive funds from Debtors Via Money Gram
*Receive funds from Debtors via certified checks/money orders

REQUIREMENT: Computer with Internet Access, Valid email address, Good typing skills and Basic internet knowledge.

If you accept this job, Kindly reply back with "I ACCEPT" to sheun4reel[at]yahoo.com and complete the details as requested below again so that I can put you on the job;

* Full Names:
* Address(PO BOX Not Applicable):
* City:
* State:
* Zip Code:
* Home Phone:
* Cell Phone:
* Email:
* Present Occupation if any:

Please, This job is a work from home position, the Starting salary will be $800 every 2weeks and you will be paid every two weeks.

Thanks for your anticipated action and I hope to read from you soon along with your details at sheun4reel[at]yahoo.com

Regards,

Shawn Merry

**********************************************************

One more disapointment from Craigslist !!

WOW ! I receive this email right after i sent an email with my resume. I saw this listing on Craiglist as well ! I need a job so bad, I used Craiglist and now all I get is scams !!!! UGHHHHHH I wonder if Criaglist knows about this

I got this E-mail today.
I have also recieved checks in the mail and paper work about the same thing but diferent companies

I received the same email from HL Plastics. I was excited I was being considered for the Accounts Receivable Manager position. It's truly sad there are these scams out there, when people are despirately searching for jobs.

I've been searching craigslist for jobs, and this isn't the first scam email I've received. Maybe craigslist isn't the place to search.

Good Luck to all you job seekers!!!!!!!

I got this today, i can't see anyone really falling for it. But they keep sending them so the emails must work sometimes.

It was on Craigslist today, 9/07/09...if it sounds like a scam...it is. Thanks for warning potential victims.

Tuesday September 8,2009
Yep, I received one also it is very frustrating..especially as hard as times are now !!!!

I received this message in my email today. And I know it's a scam because it asks me to "CASH CHECKS". Anybody asking a person to do this type of thing is being scammed. And to think these companies are spending $25.00 to place these ads on CL . . . stupid people, and the ones who respond with their personal information are even moreso. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYONE, ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME TO GET A JOB!! Good luck job seekers; we are all in the same boat.