I forgot to include a copy of the message I received, so here it is. JUST BEWARE OF THESE EMAILS AND DO NOT RESPOND. Thanks for having this website to post these scams. They are fake and fraudulent and very deceiving!! HERE IS THE MESSAGE . . .

Your resume has been viewed and we believe you have the capability and efficiency to take up this job position.
We are a fast growing plastic company from U.K, that is why we have created this job opportunity so you can always help us attend to
our customers and receiving all our payments from our customers over there on our company behalf. We going to pay $1750 as your monthly salary and an extra 10% on each payments you receive from our customers.

COMPANY INTRODUCTION

HL Plastics LTD is one of United Kingdom's foremost, Diversified Supply companies with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. From our inception in 1992, HL Plastics LTD has been providing solutions to the world best companies and our customers. Today, we use an array of advanced technologies in research and development in the production of ceramics, plastics and other products. We supply these products to our customers around the World. Due to increase demands of our products around the world, we decided to move our products often into other continents. By so doing, we are looking for someone who can serve as an in-country online payment manager who will be serving as a link between us and our customers within the U.S.

Your tasks are:
1. Receive payment from Customers and co-ordinate payments.
2. Cashing or process 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 our offices you will be contacted to send funds to through Money transfers.


If you are still interested, pls email back the below
Application for employment as :
Full name:
Street Address (No P.O Box):
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Tel (home):
Tel (work):
Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?
YES / NO
(declaration subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)

NOTE: Daily checking of emails is very important when taking up this job, also you shall be starting the job as soon as possible once your information has been sent.

References
Please give the names and addresses of one or two persons as referees, other than your present employer or relatives who we can approach now for references. No approach will be made to your present or previous employers before an offer of employment is made.

I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the above information is correct.

Regards,
Joseph Louis
C.E.O/HR Manager
HL Plastics Ltd

Thanx a lot for posting these msgs and I am glad I read this. I just got a check from HL plastics that I was about to deposit tomorrow. It was too good to be true too easy of a task to get paid a hell lot for. I decided look up more info on HL plastics cuz they said I was supposed to keep 10% as commission. I mean they wanted to pay me me 10% for doing pretty much nothing? I truly hope people don't fall for this.

Thanx a lot for posting these msgs and I am glad I read this. I just got a check from HL plastics that I was about to deposit tomorrow. It was too good to be true too easy of a task to get paid a hell lot for. I decided look up more info on HL plastics cuz they said I was supposed to keep 10% as commission. I mean they wanted to pay me me 10% for doing pretty much nothing? I truly hope people don't fall for this.

Can somebody please advice me on what should I do with the check that I received? Should I trash it? Should I report it?

To Wish:
DEFINITELY TRASH THIS GARBAGE & REPORT TOPPROPER INSTITUTIONS. BUTTHEY'RE LOADED WITH THE SCAM COMPLAINTS & I DOUBT THEY GONNA ANSWER TO YOU ....
So, be careful and good luck with the job search everybody ! :)

Ditto, Mine is from a "Paul Thomas" but the story is the same.

This scam seems to pop up on Craigslist fairly often. I searched for jobs on the Phoenix craigslist. The posting is from about Sept. 9, 2009, listed as a front desk position. They don't give very many details, so you email them for more. Then they send you an email almost identical to what is described above. AVOID IT COMPLETELY.

I just receive that email too. I have to admit I was a bit suspicious bc I have never worked from home b4. The way they ask for all the personal information was very odd.
Thanks again for this post. I hope everyone research first about the email responses b4 they send their information.

I received today:
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 $875.00 every two weeks and below are the duties you will take care of pending my return from Australia;

*You will be receiving funds from Debtors Via Western Union.
*You will be receiving funds from Debtors Via Money Gram
*You will be receiving funds from Debtors Via certified checks/money orders
*You will be receiving my postal mails as well.

***ABOVE are the duties you will be doing pending my return from Australia.

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 is a work from home position, the starting salary will be $875.00 every 2weeks and you will be paid every two weeks.

Thanks for your anticipated action & I look forward to read from you along with your details at sheun4reel[at]yahoo.com

Regards,

Shawn Merry

I was asked to do a yahoo interview with some one named Patrick King from the company today. DESPERATE for a job I proceeded to do the interview and it was not professional at all! I asked a lot of questions to confirm my suspision and then I did a quick search for a website for the company. Man, out of luck again! No job! but atleast I trusted my instincts and didn't give him all of my information.

Hello all again:

Some scam updates pls read below & be very careful:

Dear Applicant,
Thanks for your email and enquiry about this Job. I have gone through and I must say I am impressed. However, the position has been filled up by an earlier applicant because the position was needed urgently.Nonetheless,the position of Representative is still vacant and from what I observed,i think you can handle this job.I felt i should let you know this instead of posting it on craigslist for someone else.
I am also a marketing and sales representative,I want to employ you urgently as my representative to handle certain aspects of my job till I return from a business trip to United Kingdom. You do not need any fund collection or accounting experience to execute this job.
BELOW ARE THE DUTIES YOU HAVE TO TAKE UP UNTIL MY RETURN:
1. Make some minor calls and sometime attend some short meetings.
2. Receive funds from my clients
3. Disburse fund to my numerous clients either by Bank Transfer,Cashier Check, Business Check.
REMENURATION
You will be entitled to a 10% on every fund collected and disbursed.Get back to me with the following information if you are interested in this position and please send the information to gavin.brown600[at]gmail.com.

1. Full name
2. Full mailing address
3. Contact phone number
4. Name and address of referees
Important:
This is a part time Job offer,this means that it does not affect your present Job.All you need to do is to check your mail regularly.
Otherwise, I must thank you for your time and my sincere apology if I wasted it in anyway.
With Regards.

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

Good Luck with the gob search everybody !! Cheer up !! :)

Wow! i had a feeling it was a scam which is why i replied but not with most of my information to see what they would say. thnks!

I got an email from Henry Williams with that same email. I responded to the email. Do you know if he can get any of my personal info?

Stupid me, I just realized it was a scam... I just got a check in the mail. Should I just throw it away and stop replying? I didn't give any of my account information but they do have my address What should I do?

It is amazing to me that this SCAM is still going on. Can't these guys even change the name or something to make it look different. These SCAMs all start to look alike after a while so it gets easy to spot them. Right now "Dave Scofied" is trying to talk me into this thing via an IM conversation, but he can't get his story strait. Every time I ask him a question like "how does this job work?" he seems to get confused and evasive. He must be new to the boiler-room in Nigeria. I think I will try to insult him so he goes away.

The same thing happen to me! UGH!!! Where is a good place to look for a job these days? Anyone know?

The same thing happen to me! UGH!!! Where is a good place to look for a job these days? Anyone know?
Oh by the way have any of you herd of a Justin Bentley?

I also had this email. had another from a "Brown Woody" claiming to work for a charity in africa and was going to send a cheque along with a wage to send goods over from england. Recieved the cheque and it bounced.

Yap , I received the same message for a position As Adimistrative Assistant. It sounds so good specially now a days that MONEY is hard and companies like us started to offer early retirement packages to people and on top of the furlough days . People like this should be punished one way or another for taking advantage of people like us. Hope this kind of SCAM can be stopped. CRAIGLIST needs to do something about.

Ok so I applied on craglist and i got reply: We the human resources dept of the company have reviewed your resume and we feel you are qualified for the job, a note of confirmation has been forwarded to the hiring team and we will need to test you online via yahoo IM (online interview ASAP). N the the guy online told me wht i'm suppose to do: ": You would be given Logs and records of company transactions that are back dated and back logged to sort out and help to ascertain balance sheets and computer records of several invoicing and payments made in past transactions" and he told me i'll get paid hourly and will be working 40 hrs online..and all he asked me was my name n my home address ..ssooo it's BAD???plz reply b/c i'm really freaked out