[Tags: scam, business, craigslist]
This is an email scam sent in reply to ads placed on Craigslist. Thanks goes to M Mize for sending this one in.
Avoid any association with this scam and do not respond to any emails from Green Group Plastics LTD
Do not deposit any checks received from the this offer. They are fake or fraudulent and if deposited will be subtracted from your bank balance once the fraud is discovered.
If you received another job scam featuring another company please forward the email to
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: @aol.com, @yahoo.com, @gmail.com, @rocketmail.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 list few or no qualifications
7.) The message is written with poor English
8.) A Google search for the company finds little or no history for the company
9.) The email fails to mention you by name. Starts off with generic opening (ie: Dear job seeker, Dear applicant).
10.) The work at home position involves money transfers or check cashing.
*** This list is not all inclusive. Remember if you have to ask yourself "Is this a scam?" it probably is!
What should I do if I provided my information to scammers?
- Do not respond to further communications.
- Do not cash any checks you received from fraudulent offer.
- Do not direct wire any money to addresses provided.
- 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.
From: linda barr
Subject: Re: Office Administrator
To: [[Removed]]
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 10:44 AM
Detailed Job Description Account Assistant
Please Read Carefully For better understanding
The Company Green Group Plastics LTD. Formed in 1992, Green Group Plastics LTD 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 plastic products including:
- Domestic fencing and decking
- Caravan verandahs and sundecks
- Roof walkways and safety decking
- Plastic Piling
We have accepted your application for the job and We have your information in our database. The primary goal of the Account Receivable Clerk 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 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.
- 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:
Date: 15 07, '09
Buyer: Bluestone Medicals
Item: Plastic Wares / Hospital Plastic Eqiupments
Price: £ 2,921.27
10% Commission :£292
Fees: £ 115
Total Forwarded: £2514
Forwarded to: Donna Moore, England, United Kingdom
Money Gram Reference Number: 97343981
Sender : Emmanuel Elijah
- 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 1,250USD 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 1,650USD per month, plus 10% commission.
-Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company at the end of the year.
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 to apply :
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Full Name : ___________
Full Address: _________
City: _________________
State: _______________
Zip/Postal code:________
Home phone :__________
Cell phone: ___________
Recent occupation: ______
Gender: _______________
Personal Email Address:___
Human Resources Manager
Green Group Plastics LTD
If you receive this scam and found this post helpful please post a comment so I know these warnings are being read! Thanks!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Friday September 4, 2009 @ 05:36 PM
Green Group Plastics was just reported to the police! Hopefully these scam artists get what they deserve very soon!!!!
Friday September 18, 2009 @ 03:12 PM
I GOT THE SAME EMAIL, BUT LUCKLY I DID NOT PROCED WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
Saturday September 26, 2009 @ 12:03 AM
I applied for a position on craigslist & got this same email. I will be reporting it to everyone I can. Luckily I have not sent them any information other than what they read in my resume.
Saturday September 26, 2009 @ 09:39 AM
I have received 5 E-mails with the same format mentioned above,and all are related to the United Kingdom. They are: 1. Green Group Plastics, Ltd. -From: Dale Forjone -Position Clerical Assistant. 2. iZZi Computers -Angela Hynes -Administrative Assistant. 3. McKechnie Automotive & Engineered Plastics -Carlson Black -Office Administrator. 4.McKechnie Automotive & Engineered Plastics -Stuart Sonley -Office Administrator. 5. No Company Name -Linda Edgar -Receptionist. I did not send them any information.
Note: "In the United Kingdom alone the turnover of the most serious forms of organized crime is perhaps 15 billion pounds a year, two thirds of which is laundered through banks and other bodies. Much of this constitutes the proceeds of drug trafficking. In the United Kingdom, in the last full year 2008-2009, the banks alone submitted 145,000 suspicious activity reports to the serious Organized Crime Agency." by House of Lords, European Union Committee, 19th Report of Session 2008-2009
Sunday September 27, 2009 @ 12:01 AM
RE: Chris
Thanks for listing those companies and your emails. That should be very helpful for people who search for those companies. I plan on making a post in the near future that list every company that comes up with a scam and will use this information to compile it.
Tim
Thursday October 8, 2009 @ 04:22 AM
I got this one "McKechnie Automotive & Engineered Plastics -Stuart Sonley -Office Administrator", so wired~~so I decided to make a research online first. And now I found this, thx a lot!
Wednesday December 2, 2009 @ 03:20 PM
I got the email from Green plastics ltd. in the same format mentioned earlier. But this time they had also mentioned the contact persons name and phone number. I met this chinese person and he gave me a software link to download but luckily I did not provide any personal details. I dont know if it was fake or not but I came through this post and dont want to take risk. Thanks.
Monday January 4, 2010 @ 02:35 PM
I applied to a compnay out of the local newspaper for a job that seems very similar. I was about to be employed to take payments, Keep 10% and send 90% to a StoreWay Trading Company...Since this was in the newspaper..It appeared to be real...Do you have any info on this company at all?
Thursday January 28, 2010 @ 11:11 AM
Thanks for posting news about this being a scam. I got the same email as a response for a receptionist and it seemed fishy, so I'm glad I googled it. Thanks again!
Monday August 31, 2009 @ 05:28 PM
I received the same email, and got sent two money orders for $500 each. So weird. No normal person or company would just send money like that.