ScamSafe: FRAUD ALERT: Work-at-home check cashing scam

FRAUD ALERT: Work-at-home check cashing scam

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“This is a major stolen and forged check ring! Beware...they send you bad checks and ask you to wire transfer money to a foreign location. I lost $4,500. Many people have been hurt by them...” --R Hambrice, Columbus, GA

Work-at-home business "opportunities" should always be looked at skeptically, however, we've learned about one recently that is truly insidious—and criminal.

This work-at-home scam purports to be in the international wire transfer business. They convince you that they need people to help them wire money quickly throughout the world. This fraudulent company is currently operating under the name Xian Energy and using the web site www.purexian.biz. They have also operated under the names CheckBank.biz and Filenio Finance and they place thousands of ads on popular job web sites including Monster, Careerbuilder, Careers.com, and Hotjobs/Yahoo!. Many of the ads have been taken down by these job boards (for now), thanks to Dick Hambrice, an intrepid man in Columbus, GA who was scammed by these criminals and is determined to shut them down.

The way it works is that they have people deposit checks, ranging in amounts from a few thousand to as much as $100,000, into their personal or business bank accounts. The check typically arrives overnight via FedEx. Unbeknownst to the victim, the checks are fraudulent—stolen, altered and forged to appear real. The thieves tell the victim to quickly wire transfer the amount of the check to the payee, minus a 5% commission. (The payee is said to be a US Citizen abroad or a foreign national with US bank accounts). The victim wires the 95% amount expecting to see a 5% commission soon—when the check clears. The check will never clear however (as its fraudulent) and the victim is left holding the bag since they wired their own funds. In addition, once the scammers have the victim’s bank account information from the wire transfer, they can also use those numbers to create a “demand draft” and withdraw funds without confirmation—draining the account.

In addition, on their website, Xian Energy goes out of its way to tell victims that they are a valid business and provide documentation to back it up—all fraudulent. This includes fake business licenses, California secretary of state documents, and statements from Dun and Bradstreet and the Better Business Bureau. This crime ring may be operating in Russia, since the wire transfer ultimately hits a bank in that country.

This crime ring could not operate without the help of some legitimate business to "enable" their scam. The conduit bank through which wire transfers are send to Russia is Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Xian’s web site is hosted by a company in the UAE (hostmatix.com) and their email service is from HKNet, a provider in Hong Kong. Both of these companies have refused repeated requests by Mr. Hambrice to shut down Xian’s services, even after being confronted with copious documentation of their crimes.

If you or someone you know has been hit by these thieves, you should immediately report it to the FBI, the United States Secret Service, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. See our links page for information on how to contact these agencies.

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Here is one that I received from Poland Real Estate Company. It's the same stuff-receive check from U.S. client, cash it at check cashing store or bank, keep out my 4-10% commission (depending on how fast I processed the payment to them), then would also receive a $2500 salary at end of the month. I spent hours researching them. They even sent me copies of Licenses and Trade agreements. I looked them up on the Zivnostensky list of the Czech Republic and they were really on it but on The Ministry of Justice website the company ID was registered as ABRUPT INVEST CO. They say that they have a branch there as well as in Slovackia. I haven't tried to cash the check yet since it was all a little fishy to me. I haven't seen this company mentioned on any sites yet just the same job descriptions and such. Oh yeah, I even called Poland to speak with my "Personal Manager" Tom Shepard and actually talked to someone who said that the legal documents are real and if I couldn't get the check cashed that I should email the company and they would send me a different one. The check I got was from Austin E R Sloat, 20 Touchstone, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-1910. The checking account is at the University of Hawaii FCU in Honolulu, HI. If anyone knows that this is a scam please let me know. Like I said I am very suspicious and if it is a scam then these people went through a lot of work putting together all the information and documents to make it look "REALl". If anyone has any information please let me know. I am a single mother going to college full-time to make a better life for my kids. All I did was put my resume on a couple job search sites (CareerBuilders and Monster.com) to get a job to maybe not be so broke anymore. If these people are scammers they need to be punished severely. If nobody helps out now then maybe I can in a few years. I am pre-law currently and it won't be long till I have the resources needed to put these people where they belong. I can't understand how people can take advantage of others especially low-income single mothers who don't have their husband there to help support the family. Thanks for all the posts. They were very imformativie. Angela

Posted by: Angela at Jul 10, 2009 2:23:35 PM

Here's a scam e-mailed to me. It looks like nobody has posted about it yet, so I'll post it. Look out for this one if you haven't seen it yet. The fake name is from "Ipro staffing" under a company named "Spir Communication" based in Europe. I researched and it was just too good to be true. They sent me a check and I got opinions from my bank, check cashing places and fraud expert to make sure it is really a scam. This my first time coming across a scam like this. I've got dozen of lottery scams, free money which requires wire transfer for shipping fee to get a fake lump sum and people wanting you to be a beneficiary to a scam. Those incidents rung a bell and made me want to research. Foreign jobs all getting deleted from now on. The e-mail comes from an ad on careerbuilder.com:

Complete Job Description: You will post advertising ads in US newspapers and magazines, such as sales ads, employment ads or real estate ads. You will spend max. 2-4 hours weekly, in your spare time. You do NOT need special skills or degrees. The position is very easy and can be done by anyone without the necessity to leave your current job! If you ever placed an ad in one newspaper, is that easy.

We are an Advertising company with headquarter in Europe, France. We need your services in US for the specified position, Classified Ads Poster.

All you have to do is place the ads from home calling newspapers at toll free numbers or online, of course after you receive the content that must be posted from us and the money needed to post in newspapers. Almost all our ads are employment ads from various Europe companies that want to have ads in USA but we may also have ads from US companies that must place ads in Europe Newspapers. Yes, we'll provide the money to post in newspapers. You will not use your money. Once you have our money for the ads in hand you will receive detailed info how to complete all tasks. You just have to call the newspaper and place the ad or to contact US or Canada advertising companies and place orders with them. Everything will be explained in detail every time. There will be 4-10 ads placed weekly, for each ad you post you are paid with $100, you will deduct your share from money we send you to post the ads.

Requirements:

- US Citizen

- Computer with e-mail; Or Access to a computer to check your email few times daily

- Important: Minimum age of 20

- 2-3 hours free during the week (mainly in the evening / non-business hours) for communication;

You will enjoy working from your computer, without needing employees or investments. You can earn a full-time income in as little as 2-3 hours/week, in your spare time. You will need no money to invest or memberships to pay, just fill the form below with your personal information and send it back to us by e-mail. Below Completed form will be reviewed and our manager will contact you same day:

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

First name, Last name:

Full Address - NOT PO Box please:

City, State, Postal Zip Code:

Two E-mail addresses:

Phone# :

We will select newspapers from your US where the classified ads will be placed and will send you the funds to post. You must place the ads in max. 48 hours after you receive the money from us! This is the only condition we ask.

How you are paid for your services: Like we specified, there will be 4-10 employment ads placed weekly, for each ad you post you are paid with $100, you will deduct your share from money we send you to post the ads.

After 30 days of testing period we will sign by mail contract for long-term. We provide 1099 form at the end of each year. Job is very simple and all terms are clear, however, do not apply for this job if you are not responsible. Your agreement will be considered an USA binding contract, you cannot apply now and refuse to do your tasks later. You will be recorded as our Employee and we'll pay taxes every time you will place an ad.
Thank you

So, Hopefully you all don't fall for it. I'm posting to stop others from being a victim.

Posted by: Candance at Jun 2, 2009 1:52:52 PM

We are an Advertising company with headquarter in Europe, France. We need your services in US for the specified position, Classified Ads Poster.

Requirements:

- US Citizen

- Computer with e-mail; Or Access to a computer to check your email few times daily

- Important: Minimum age of 20

- 2-3 hours free during the week (mainly in the evening / non-business hours) for communication;

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

First name, Last name:

Full Address - NOT PO Box please:

City, State, Postal Zip Code:

Two E-mail addresses:

Phone# :

So, Hopefully you all don't fall for it. I'm posting to stop others from being a victim.

Posted by: Candance at Jun 2, 2009 1:40:13 PM

So i recieved a email from these people saying
Hello Derek,

Good Evening,In response to our reputable organization.Forex Trading
in England United Kingdom are joining the ranks of a growing and
enhancing unemployment people out there seeking for jobs,we hate
telling something is going up and then not have a way to trade it and
take advantage of it.
This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a
part-time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust and
honesty. If you would be interested in including a
good-paying, part
time job to your daily list of activities and earning up to
$400-$800 monthly tax free, Please bear it in mind that this job has
nothing to do with sales or marketing, I just have an offer that you
may find very good

The great opportunity for those
that wants to indulge in part-time job or full-time.We thereby implore
you to set up yahoo account and add us on yahoo
messenger list so we could be able tell you more about the openings

Mgt

Posted by: Derek T at May 14, 2009 9:34:51 PM

This is the contract that Oakdale Group Trading LTD sent me!!

Here in you have the contract. Please fill the contract/type all information and sign electronic (type your name) under REPRESENTATIVES and send the contract back in .doc or .txt.

Oakdale Group Trading LTD
Sonia Jackson
Southwark Street
London, SE1
UNITED KINGDOM
FAX 011-44-800-516-0321
FAX 011-44-444-132-2019

REPRESENTATIVE CONTRACT
Written today, May 11, 2009

I. CONTRACT PARTIES
1.1. “OAKDALE GROUP TRADING LTD ” with headquarters located in Southwark Street, London, SE1, United Kingdom, represented by Administrative Director, Sonia Jackson in quality of beneficiary (here after referred to as “Beneficiary”), and
Email address:
Full name:
Address:
City, State:
Zip code:
Phone number:
Are you interested on a Full time or Part time job?
Do you have a clean background (criminal records)?

in quality of representative (here after referred to as “Representative”) have agreed to sign this representative contract.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the execution of the Contract, and the undertakings of the Parties as here in after set forth, it is agreed as follows:

II. CONTRACT OBJECTIVES
2.1. The purpose of this contract is carrying out the financial operations for and in the name of the Beneficiary according to it’s instructions by the Representative:
a) The Representative will present itself at the location indicated by the Beneficiary, namely a bank where the Representative has an existing bank account and use this account to cash the checks;
b) Cashing the funds on the checks for the Beneficiary;
c) Sending the funds to the Beneficiary upon receiving instructions.

III. DURATION OF CONTRACT
3.1. This contract is made for a period of 1 (one) year, starting from May 11, 2009 to May 11, 2010.
3.2. The duration of the contract stated in paragraph 3.1. from the present contract can be extended if both parties wish it and it will be stipulated in an additional annex.
3.3. The Representative can terminate the contract and for that purpose the Representative will give a two-week notice to the Beneficiary. During these two weeks the Representative will still have to finish its duties until there are no more checks to clear or funds to send to the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary will stop sending checks to the Representative when the termination of contract notification is received.

IV. FINANCIAL STIPULATIONS
4.1. After one month has passed since the Contract was signed the Representative will receive from the Beneficiary the amount of $1,000.00 USD per month as salary.
4.2. The Representative will receive a fixed 10% net from each cashed check which will be deducted from the total amount before sending the balance to the Beneficiary.
4.3. The salary will be paid to the Representative by cashier check.
4.4. The Beneficiary will cover financially any and all losses that the Representative might suffer due to any problems regarding the checks and money orders. These losses include all the fees and up to the full amounts on the checks/money orders that the bank might impose the Representative to pay.

V. PARTIES OBLIGATIONS
5.1. The Representative agrees:
a) To follow and execute exactly the obligations towards the Beneficiary which he/she assumed in the virtue of the present representative contract;
b) To promptly send the payment to our supplier indicated by the Company;
c) To keep the relationship and transactions with the Company private from any third party;

5.2. The Beneficiary of these services agrees:
a) Not to force the Representative to make transactions or transfers that are illegal or in contradiction with the present contract;
b) To assume all responsibility financially that will result from executing the present contract;
c) To carry out all its obligations towards the Representative following the terms and conditions stipulated in the present representative contract.
d) To issue a 1099 form for tax purposes and send it to the Representative after first transaction.

VI. WARRANTIES
6.1. The Representative guarantees for the execution of its duties in the present representative contract.
6.2. The Beneficiary guarantees for the Representative its full support and financial aid in executing the objectives of the present representative contract.

VII. LEGAL CLAUSE
7.1. The Employee will be subject to penalties due to delays or waiting time beyond the two business days passed since receiving the check from our customer.

VIII. CONTRACT TERMINATION
8.1. The present representative contract will be terminated, without the need for a Court of Law to intervene in case one of the parties:
8.1.1. Does not execute one of the essential obligations as stated in the present contract;
8.1.2. Cessions its rights and obligations stated in the present contract without the approval of the other party;
8.1.3. Breaks one of its obligations, after it has been warned, through a written notification by the other party that a new violation will result in the termination of the present contract.
8.2. The party that will invoke termination of the obligations stated in the present contract will notify the other party with at least 14 days in advance before the date that the interruption will take effect.
8.3. Cancellation of the present contract will not have any effect on the obligations falling due between the contract parties.
8.4. The stipulations of the present contract do not eliminate the responsibility from the guilty party that caused for the contract to be void.

IX. EXTREME SITUATIONS
9.1. Neither of the parties will be held responsible for not being able to carry out accordingly totally or partially any of its own obligations if an extreme force or situation (as defined by law) has caused it.
9.2. The party that invokes an extreme situation is obligated to notify the other party as soon as possible of its happening and to take all the necessary measures to limit its consequences.
9.3. If 15 days pass from the beginning of the event and the event does not end, the parties have the right to notify each other about the full termination of the present contract without any of them to ask for damages.
9.4. The Representative will give a two-week notice to the Beneficiary if he/she has to go away from its location or cannot perform its duties due to illness. In either case the Representative will not suffer any penalties from the Beneficiary.

X. FINAL STIPULATIONS
10.1. The modification of the present contract is possible only through additional annexes agreed and signed by both parties.
10.2. The present contract along with its annexes which are constitutive part of its contents represents the will of both parties and eliminates any other verbal agreement between them, before or after its signing.
10.3. The present contract was in two copies, one for each party today May 11, 2009.

BENEFICIARY REPRESENTATIVE

OAKDALE GROUP TRADING LTD PLEASE PUT YOUR
Administrative Director SIGNATURE HERE
Sonia Jackson

Please read the contract thoroughly and if the conditions are agreeable, fill in the empty fields, sign it electronically and send it trough our email. To begin this job we need your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (your postal address) via email for payments that will be mailed (shipped) to you. Please follow these instructions exactly. Please reply here if you have any questions.

From the desk of: Sonia Jackson

Posted by: cody at May 10, 2009 9:42:42 PM

I received the exact same email, as in word for word, except that the company was calling itself Oakdale Group Trading LTD. Looked it up online; nada. I did what someone else here did and googled the fax number from the email, which led me to this site. Thank GOD. It sounded too easy and I just lost my job recently... I ALMOST did it, but something was nagging at me, saying it was too good to be true... At any rate, DONT DO IT!!! If your reading this, spread the word! Dont get suckered!!!

Posted by: Edmond at May 5, 2009 12:04:16 PM

I recieved the same mail from Pharma Health Care Group three days ago. As a struggling college student I felt it was a blessing. When I spoke with a close friend of mine that works for the Federal Government she told me to be aware. So, I looked up Pharma health care group, and I found nothing in my search! How sad!! So, what I decided to do was copy and past the fax number as this was the only contact information I had for the so called company, and this website came up....THANK GOD!!!! This is sad as it allow innocent people to get into trouble for no reason while they are off somewhere scott free scamming more individuals like you and me! I hope these people are caught and put under the jail! I need a job, not jail time

Posted by: T.L.S at Apr 8, 2009 8:58:21 PM

----- Original Message -----
From: pharma.group.payment@gmail.com
To: **************
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 4:11 AM
Subject: RE: you are con men praying on a bad economy

Dear Candidate,

Thanks for your response. We are glad to offer you a job position at our company, Pharma Healthcare Group. Our company founded in 1991 in London UK, Pharma Healthcare Group is one of the largest electronics and gadget selling companies to millions of our customers -- businesses, groups and individuals. The Pharma Healthcare Group logo is a trusted symbol of dependability. Pharma Healthcare Group is a leading provider of products ranging from computer hardware and accessories, game consoles, video games, mobile phones and medicine accessories. Naturally, you have big ideas for your career and that means you will need plenty of room - to grow, to explore your potential and to realize your goals. At the Pharma Healthcare Group, you will find a challenging, fast-paced environment where your creativity, drive and commitment will propel you to the top of your career. HR Manager of Pharma Healthcare Group needs a responsible, honest, self motivated and reliable individual to work for the company as our Legal Representative in USA. This is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.

About the job:

The average monthly income is about 5.500.00 USD
This job takes only 1-2 hours per day

Because of the Today’s situation on the financial market, there is a vacancy to be filled in our company, the vacancy of Legal Representative within the US. This opening will help our company to reduce taxes that we are obliged to pay to the government monthly. And we offer you one of the highest salaries on the market today and the minimal expenditures of time!

Presently with the amount 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 for cash to be made available here in London UK. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer delays. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.

We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).The customer receives and check the products, After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. We accept all forms of payment but most of our customers pay using Bank Checks and so in order 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.

Your tasks are:

1. Receive payment from our customers.
2. Cashing the checks at your existing bank account.
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.(Payment is to be forwarded by Western Union Money Transfer).

Local Money transfers take barely hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've got 3000.00USD, you take your income: 300.00 USD Send to us: 2700.00 USD. In the first month you will have 15-20 transactions after checking your background records, 3000.00-4000.00 USD so you may calculate your income. For example 18 transactions on 3500.00 USD gives you 4410.00 USD Plus your basis monthly salary is 1000.00 USD Total: 5410.00 USD per month 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). The checks 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 western union money transfer, the name will be giving to you in later. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job, you'll get good income and regular job. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.

You will receive next instructions step by step for every payment. If you need to go on vacation or relocate you have to notify us with at least two weeks in advance and everything will be all right. The same goes if you want to quit this job. You have to give us a two weeks’ notice but during that time you still have to perform your duties. After two weeks have passed from the notification we can end the contract.

We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for Pharma Healthcare Group, kindly fill the contract below so we can begin working with you right away.

Here in attachment you have the contract. Please send the contract back in .doc or .txt or please use copy/paste, fill the contract/type all information and sign electronic (type your name) under REPRESENTATIVES.

Pharma Healthcare Group

Mrs. Stephanie Roberts

Bakers Road

Uxbridge

London, UB8

United Kingdom

FAX 011-44-800-516-0321

FAX 011-44-444-132-2019

REPRESENTATIVE CONTRACT

Written today, March 30, 2009

I. CONTRACT PARTIES

1.1. “PHARMA HEALTHCARE GROUP ” with headquarters located in Bakers Road, Uxbridge, London, UB8, United Kingdom, represented by Administrative Director, Mrs. Stephanie Roberts in quality of beneficiary (here after referred to as “Beneficiary”), and

Email address:

Full name (do not use initials):

Address:

City, State:

Zip code:

Phone number:

Are you interested on a Full time or Part time job?

Do you have a clean background (criminal records)? *****Isnt it ironic them ASKING ME if I have one... ****************************************************** WHEN from all the information I found just searching their phone number it is clear that they DO have a criminal background

Important: If you want the checks to be issued to your Company's name, send us your Company's name and address.

in quality of representative (here after referred to as “Representative”) have agreed to sign this representative contract.

Check the information to be sure because this is the address that will be used to send the checks to. Also the name on your bank account must be the same with the one you give us and will be written on the checks.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the execution of the Contract, and the undertakings of the Parties as here in after set forth, it is agreed as follows:

II. CONTRACT OBJECTIVES

2.1. The purpose of this contract is carrying out the financial operations for and in the name of the Beneficiary according to it’s instructions by the Representative:

a) The Representative will present itself at the location indicated by the Beneficiary, namely a bank where the Representative has an existing bank account and use this account to cash the checks;

b) Cashing the funds on the checks for the Beneficiary;

c) Sending the funds to the Beneficiary upon receiving instructions.

III. DURATION OF CONTRACT

3.1. This contract is made for a period of 1 (one) year, starting from March 30, 2009 to March 30, 2010.

3.2. The duration of the contract stated in paragraph 3.1. from the present contract can be extended if both parties wish it and it will be stipulated in an additional annex.

3.3. The Representative can terminate the contract and for that purpose the Representative will give a two-week notice to the Beneficiary. During these two weeks the Representative will still have to finish its duties until there are no more checks to clear or funds to send to the Beneficiary. The Beneficiary will stop sending checks to the Representative when the termination of contract notification is received.

IV. FINANCIAL STIPULATIONS

4.1. After one month has passed since the Contract was signed the Representative will receive from the Beneficiary the amount of $1,000.00 USD per month as salary.

4.2. The Representative will receive a fixed 10% net from each cashed check which will be deducted from the total amount before sending the balance to the Beneficiary.

4.3. The salary will be paid to the Representative by cashier check.

4.4. The Beneficiary will cover financially any and all losses that the Representative might suffer due to any problems regarding the checks and money orders. These losses include all the fees and up to the full amounts on the checks/money orders that the bank might impose the Representative to pay.

V. PARTIES OBLIGATIONS

5.1. The Representative agrees:

a) To follow and execute exactly the obligations towards the Beneficiary which he/she assumed in the virtue of the present representative contract;

b) To promptly send the payment to our supplier indicated by the Company;

c) To keep the relationship and transactions with the Company private from any third party;

5.2. The Beneficiary of these services agrees:

a) Not to force the Representative to make transactions or transfers that are illegal or in contradiction with the present contract;

b) To assume all responsibility financially that will result from executing the present contract;

c) To carry out all its obligations towards the Representative following the terms and conditions stipulated in the present representative contract.

d) To issue a 1099 form for tax purposes and send it to the Representative after first transaction.

VI. WARRANTIES

6.1. The Representative guarantees for the execution of its duties in the present representative contract.

6.2. The Beneficiary guarantees for the Representative its full support and financial aid in executing the objectives of the present representative contract.

VII. LEGAL CLAUSE

7.1. The Employee will be subject to penalties due to delays or waiting time beyond the two business days passed since receiving the check from our customer.

VIII. CONTRACT TERMINATION

8.1. The present representative contract will be terminated, without the need for a Court of Law to intervene in case one of the parties:

8.1.1. Does not execute one of the essential obligations as stated in the present contract;

8.1.2. Cessions its rights and obligations stated in the present contract without the approval of the other party;

8.1.3. Breaks one of its obligations, after it has been warned, through a written notification by the other party that a new violation will result in the termination of the present contract.

8.2. The party that will invoke termination of the obligations stated in the present contract will notify the other party with at least 14 days in advance before the date that the interruption will take effect.

8.3. Cancellation of the present contract will not have any effect on the obligations falling due between the contract parties.

8.4. The stipulations of the present contract do not eliminate the responsibility from the guilty party that caused for the contract to be void.

IX. EXTREME SITUATIONS

9.1. Neither of the parties will be held responsible for not being able to carry out accordingly totally or partially any of its own obligations if an extreme force or situation (as defined by law) has caused it.

9.2. The party that invokes an extreme situation is obligated to notify the other party as soon as possible of its happening and to take all the necessary measures to limit its consequences.

9.3. If 15 days pass from the beginning of the event and the event does not end, the parties have the right to notify each other about the full termination of the present contract without any of them to ask for damages.

9.4. The Representative will give a two-week notice to the Beneficiary if he/she has to go away from its location or cannot perform its duties due to illness. In either case the Representative will not suffer any penalties from the Beneficiary.

X. FINAL STIPULATIONS

10.1. The modification of the present contract is possible only through additional annexes agreed and signed by both parties.

10.2. The present contract along with its annexes which are constitutive part of its contents represents the will of both parties and eliminates any other verbal agreement between them, before or after its signing.

10.3. The present contract was in two copies, one for each party today March 30, 2009.

BENEFICIARY REPRESENTATIVE

PHARMA HEALTHCARE GROUP PLEASE PUT YOUR Administrative Director SIGNATURE HERE

Stephanie Roberts

Please read the contract thoroughly and if the conditions are agreeable, fill in the empty fields, sign it electronically and send it trough our email. To begin this job we need your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (your postal address) via email for payments that will be mailed (shipped) to you. Please follow these instructions exactly. Please reply here if you have any questions.

From the desk of: Mrs. Stephanie Roberts

Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:38 PM
To: pharma.group.payment@gmail.com
Subject: you are con men praying on a bad economy

----- Original Message -----

From: Mrs. Stephanie Roberts

To: Mrs. Stephanie Roberts

Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:23 PM

Subject: Message from Careerbuilder: Are you looking for Legal Job in US?

Your Career Builder Resume

Dear Candidate,

After viewing your resume on Careerbuilder.com, we have decided to contact you with a high paying job offer. We are looking for a Legal Representative in US.

The Legal Representative will work with the Application Development team to define and manage requirements, and serve as the key conduit to business users for those requirements.

You will perform impact fund receiving on incoming payment and support from the company's client, assist with good communication skills and Good booking keeping knowledge and receive for high level technical design specifications.

· Duties will include light bookkeeping, invoicing, filing, data entry
and document control.

· Will be in charge of receiving payments via Bank Checks, processing these transactions and keep recordings as well as make necessary money transfers.

· Able to work from home

Requirement

Basic to Intermediate skills in MS Word
Basic experience preparing invoices
Prior administrative or office clerk experience
Attention to detail and organized, with good verbal and written
communication skills
US citizen or permanent residence/green card holder
You will need to have an existing US bank account for processing the payments
Clean criminal record

Benefits

Salary and commissions

Salary: GUARANTEED commission up to $5,500.00 every month + $1,000.00 basis monthly salary.
Commission: 10% from every fund received on incoming payment and support from the company's client (cashing checks).

If you would like to work for us, reply to this email with the subject “I am interested”

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Posted by: FedUp2Here at Mar 31, 2009 11:44:39 AM

Amanda, I got the same exact letter from "Mrs. Marcy Stone". But the address she gave me was as follows:

Intrec Healthcare Limited

Mrs. Marcy Stone

Chandos Place

Covent Garden

London WC2N

United Kingdom

FAX 011-44-800-516-0321

FAX 011-44-444-132-2019

If I receive a check, I'm forwarding it on to the FBI. Maybe something will get done...

Posted by: Banesha at Mar 7, 2009 12:24:45 PM

Oh yeah, the name was Marcy Stone and the address was 53 Davies Street, London W1 United Kingdom.

Posted by: Amanda at Mar 2, 2009 9:17:01 AM

So this is a new one I received a few days ago and I figured it was a scam LOL! BEWARE! The company is called Intrec Healthcare Limited and they are located in the UK on Davies etc. Anyway here it is:

Dear Candidate,

After viewing your resume on Careerbuilder.com, we have decided to contact you with a high paying job offer. We are looking for a Legal Representative in US.

The Legal Representative will work with the Application Development team to define and manage requirements, and serve as the key conduit to business users for those requirements.

· Duties will include light bookkeeping, invoicing, filing, data entry
and document control.

· Will be in charge of receiving payments via Bank Checks, processing these transactions and keep recordings as well as make necessary money transfers.

· Able to work from home

Requirement

Benefits

Salary and commissions

If you would like to work for us, reply to this email with the subject “I am interested”

You are receiving this employment opportunity email because you uploaded your resume on CareerBuilder.

Posted by: Amanda at Mar 2, 2009 9:06:24 AM

Dear Candidate,

Thanks for your response. We are glad to offer you a job position at our company, Absolutely Payment Career LTD. Our company founded in 1991 in London UK, Absolutely Payment Career LTD is one of the largest electronics and gadget selling companies to millions of our customers -- businesses, groups and individuals. The Absolutely Payment Career LTD logo is a trusted symbol of dependability. Absolutely Payment Career LTD is a leading provider of products ranging from computer hardware and accessories, game consoles, video games and mobile phones to highly sophisticated audio equipment and TV’s. Naturally, you have big ideas for your career and that means you will need plenty of room - to grow, to explore your potential and to realize your goals. At the Absolutely Payment Career LTD, you will find a challenging, fast-paced environment where your creativity, drive and commitment will propel you to the top of your career. HR Manager of Absolutely Payment Career LTD needs a responsible, honest, self motivated and reliable individual to work for the company as our Legal Representative in USA. This is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an Office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.

About the job:

The average monthly income is about 5.500.00 USD
This job takes only 1-2 hours per day

Your tasks are:

You will receive next instructions step by step for every payment. If you need to go on vacation or relocate you have to notify us with at least two weeks in advance and everything will be all right. The same goes if you want to quit this job. You have to give us a two weeksâa™ notice but during that time you still have to perform your duties. After two weeks have passed from the notification we can end the contract.

We are glad to offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for Absolutely Payment Career LTD, kindly fill the contract below so we can begin working with you right away.

Here you have the contract. Please send the contract back in .doc or .txt or please use copy/paste, fill the contract/type all information and sign electronic (type your name) under REPRESENTATIVES.

Absolutely Payment Career LTD

Mrs. Mary Avila

53 Davies Street

London W1

United Kingdom

FAX 011-44-700-606-0587

FAX 011-44-203-031-1089

REPRESENTATIVE CONTRACT

Written today, January 22, 2009

I. CONTRACT PARTIES

1.1. “ABSOLUTELY PAYMENT CAREER LTD ” with headquarters located in 53 Davies Street, London W1, United Kingdom, represented by Administrative Director, Mrs. Mary Avila in quality of beneficiary (here after referred to as “Beneficiary”), and

Email address:

Full name (do not use initials):

Address:

City, State:

Zip code:

Phone number:

Are you interested on a Full time or Part time job?

Do you have a clean background (criminal records)?

in quality of representative (here after referred to as “Representative”) have agreed to sign this representative contract.

Now, therefore, in consideration of the execution of the Contract, and the undertakings of the Parties as here in after set forth, it is agreed as follows:

II. CONTRACT OBJECTIVES

2.1. The purpose of this contract is carrying out the financial operations for and in the name of the Beneficiary according to it’s instructions by the Representative:

a) The Representative will present itself at the location indicated by the Beneficiary, namely a bank where the Representative has an existing bank account and use this account to cash the checks;

b) Cashing the funds on the checks for the Beneficiary;

c) Sending the funds to the Beneficiary upon receiving instructions.

III. DURATION OF CONTRACT

3.1. This contract is made for a period of 1 (one) year, starting from January 22, 2009 to January 22, 2010.

3.2. The duration of the contract stated in paragraph 3.1. from the present contract can be extended if both parties wish it and it will be stipulated in an additional annex.

IV. FINANCIAL STIPULATIONS

4.1. After one month has passed since the Contract was signed the Representative will receive from the Beneficiary the amount of $1,000.00 USD per month as salary.

4.2. The Representative will receive a fixed 10% net from each cashed check which will be deducted from the total amount before sending the balance to the Beneficiary.

4.3. The salary will be paid to the Representative by cashier check.

V. PARTIES OBLIGATIONS

5.1. The Representative agrees:

a) To follow and execute exactly the obligations towards the Beneficiary which he/she assumed in the virtue of the present representative contract;

b) To promptly send the payment to our supplier indicated by the Company;

c) To keep the relationship and transactions with the Company private from any third party;

5.2. The Beneficiary of these services agrees:

a) Not to force the Representative to make transactions or transfers that are illegal or in contradiction with the present contract;

b) To assume all responsibility financially that will result from executing the present contract;

c) To carry out all its obligations towards the Representative following the terms and conditions stipulated in the present representative contract.

d) To issue a 1099 form for tax purposes and send it to the Representative after first transaction.

VI. WARRANTIES

6.1. The Representative guarantees for the execution of its duties in the present representative contract.

6.2. The Beneficiary guarantees for the Representative its full support and financial aid in executing the objectives of the present representative contract.

VII. LEGAL CLAUSE

7.1. The Employee will be subject to penalties due to delays or waiting time beyond the two business days passed since receiving the check from our customer.

VIII. CONTRACT TERMINATION

8.1. The present representative contract will be terminated, without the need for a Court of Law to intervene in case one of the parties:

8.1.1. Does not execute one of the essential obligations as stated in the present contract;

8.1.2. Cessions its rights and obligations stated in the present contract without the approval of the other party;

8.1.3. Breaks one of its obligations, after it has been warned, through a written notification by the other party that a new violation will result in the termination of the present contract.

8.3. Cancellation of the present contract will not have any effect on the obligations falling due between the contract parties.

8.4. The stipulations of the present contract do not eliminate the responsibility from the guilty party that caused for the contract to be void.

IX. EXTREME SITUATIONS

9.2. The party that invokes an extreme situation is obligated to notify the other party as soon as possible of its happening and to take all the necessary measures to limit its consequences.

X. FINAL STIPULATIONS

10.1. The modification of the present contract is possible only through additional annexes agreed and signed by both parties.

10.3. The present contract was in two copies, one for each party today January 22, 2009.

BENEFICIARY REPRESENTATIVE

ABSOLUTELY PAYMENT CAREER LTD PLEASE PUT YOUR

Administrative Director SIGNATURE HERE

Mary Avila

From the desk of: Mrs. Mary Avila

Posted by: Candidate at Jan 21, 2009 6:50:44 PM

I want you to be rest assured that this is a legitimate job offer and if you can't get the materials and you are willing to do this job, I will send you some money for you to buy the materials, your salary will be paid through western union money transfer or bank wire transfer when your salary is ready at the end of a working month, I will arrange a computer if you don't have a computer, so please if you are really ready for the job, you can just let me have your details needed to send you a check to buy the materials:

Full Names: ?
Address: ? ( HOME ADDRESS NOT PO.BOX )
City: ?
State: ?
Zip Code: ?
Tel: ?
Email: ?
Age: ?
Gender: ?
Your current or recent job: ?

Please respond as soon as possible and let me know how I should proceed with sending the check to you, I will be going to see my aunty who is taking a breast cancer treatment here in the state and from there I will fly to London UK tomorrow to visit my relatives but that does not affect my job and your job position I have available for you so please do have a nice day.

Kate

Posted by: Tamakio at Jan 18, 2009 6:51:25 PM

I have recieved a couple of scams from people who want me to cash checks and transfer the funds to them.Here is a few of them I recieved.

From: zenith love
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 9:18:07 PM
Subject: Zenith Bank ATM Section

Zenith Bank ATM Section

From Zenith Bank ATM Section
RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From:Mr. Amadi Tony
Remittance Manager
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria.
Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract inheritance payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to
your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is then instruction given by our president, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($15,000.00) Five Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to receive your fund this way, $15,000 usd for you to withdraw for a day and each transaction is $ 5,000usd minimum which you have to withdraw $15,000 usd for one working day also be informed that the total amount in the SWIFT ATM CARD is $14.6 million usd.

(1) Your Full Name :
(2) Your Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.:
(3) Phone And Fax Number :
(4) Age and Occupation :
(5) Your Nearest International Air Port in your City of residence:

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with any new development.
Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,
Mr. Amadi Tony
Remittance Manager
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria
+234-7086-647-588

Posted by: Tamakio at Jan 18, 2009 6:48:35 PM

Regarding Jennifer at Aug 7, 2008 7:16:53 AM, "Shopping Club".

1. You get the check and deposit it.

2. You buy what they tell you to buy.

3. You send them the receipts.

4. You get screwed.

5. They use the receipts to "return" stolen merchandise.

Posted by: AkumaiOtter at Jan 7, 2009 5:43:27 PM

This is a scam we ran into while trying to sell a couch on Craig's List. The guy says he'll buy it outright (in broken English) and his secretary will deliver a Cashier's check. He drags it on, secretary doesn't arrive, but he says that check is coming, however the bad secretary has made the check out for too much, so I will need to reimburse him for the shipping amount. He is using the same JOHN TERRY name as others have used, and when I called him on the scam, he went ballistic via email, calling me all kinds of names. Wow, it was better than an old-fashioned exorcism! ;o)

Here's his first email:

From: john terry
Subject: Re: Leather Sofa & TV entertainment cente
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 5:13 AM
I like the condition you stated about it and I would like to make an outright purchase immediately so i would want you withdraw the advert from the web.
Regarding the payment term,I will pay you with cashier check with bank draft in u.s dollars.Do mail me your name and adress to be on the payment so that the payment can be issue immditelly. concerning the shiping i do have my personal shipper that will come for pick up when you got through with the clearance.

Posted by: Shawn at Nov 3, 2008 10:05:47 AM

A company called 'Leadaway Evaluations' is now pulling this scam.

Posted by: mntx at Oct 20, 2008 1:45:12 PM

A company called 'Leadaway Evaluations' is now pulling this scam.

Posted by: mntx at Oct 20, 2008 1:44:57 PM

i came across this list and had to leave a post
my name is mike,i'm a single father from ohio.
i've known many of the individuals running this scam mostly from nigeria.
I know that many of you on this site are expecting the fbi or some other group from our government to step in here an help bring these jerks to justice, the unfortunate truth is that they have no interest in helping any of us.
thought i did not loose any money from this scam i did however feel the need to help bring this ring down,
i made contact with my local fbi office and informed them that i had the names, addresses and phone numbers of many fo the people running the scam as well as their bank info the bank names account numbers and routing numbers, as well as a detailed list of the people they were having these checks mailed to and a list of real companies and real banks they had stolen account info for and that account info.
I thought surely with this much info they should be able to act and do something.
but unfortunately their responce was that they did not even want the info.
so any of you who are expecting help you're probably waisting your time,
the people you're trying to catch are not even hard to find or smart at all. i was able to gather all this info in just a few weeks.
that's just me messing around on my computer in my spare time, how long could it possibly take for an fbi agent to find them if they wanted to.
fyi the e-mail address i used is fake please don't send this poor guy e-mails he won't know what you're talking about

Posted by: mike at Sep 22, 2008 9:15:09 AM

Good News,

Payment has been sent out to you,you might have received it or it is still in transit to you and it is coming through UPS or Fedex, please check around your house for the package because UPS or Fedex might have drop it off at your door step,

I will Appreciate, If you do proof your honesty by emailing me once the check gets to your hand, as soon as you receive the check go ahead and get it cashed and have the rest of the money sent Via western union Money Transfer kindly deduct 12% as earlier agreed,The Companies remainder balance is to be sent via Western Union to the following delegates responsible for our Raw Material Procurement and Shipments.The balance is to be sent to them,after deducting your 12% deduct western union charges from the 88%.

So therefore,

KINDLY MAKE PAYMENTS OF $2,500 TO THE NAME OF :

Carol Stoddard
24 Mile End Road,
London, E1 4UJ
United Kingdom
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KINDLY SEND REST OF THE MONEY PAYABLE TO THE NAME OF :

Brian Fernandez
24 Gresham Way
London, SW19 8ED
Country: United Kingdom
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Once payment is sent out, kindly get in touch with me with the following information to aid in picking up the money:

1. Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN)
2. Total Amount Sent And any other useful information that might aid in picking up the money.

N:B - Western Union Transfer Charges are to be deducted from the companies balance and not from your own percentage pay.

Please reply this email immediately to confirm you got the message right so i can send you the tracking Number.

Thank You And God Bless
Gary Bruce.
Congratulations !

Dear Candidate,

I wish to congratulate you on the new job.i hope we will have your 100 % loyalty and co -operation in all transactions.Your quick response to mails and effectiveness will be required.for more explanation.

JOB DESCRIPTION?

1. Receive payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Banks or Check Cashing Store
3. Deduct 12% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the representatives provided (Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer).

ADVANTAGES

You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home or office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $190-$230 Hourly 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. Anyways our employees never leave us.

Kindly confirm your name and address
BLUE DESIGN.
ConnorGoddard Limited
26 York Street
London, W1U 6PZ
+447024042854
www.bluedesign.ltd.uk

Dear Sir/Madam,

Job offer for resume sent to our career section in regards to our advert posted on www.craigslist.org;We are pleased to give you an employment offer as one of our United States representatives.NO PROFESSIONAL SKILLS IS NEEDED TO START OR APPLY FOR THIS POSITION.PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WERE EMAILED PRIVATELY,WE ONLY NEED A MAXIMUM OF 55 REPRESENTATIVES.

Introduction:

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly.
We remain 100% independent and privately owned.
We design,name,brand,advertise and position it – across any and every media. We can tell your story and market your product or service above,below or through the line.We create everything from brands to poster campaigns,websites to brochures,viral adverts,brand strategies and retail environments,to packaging and recruitment advertisements.We have the people,expertise,experience,resources and network to address any brief anywhere.

Areas of Expertise include: brand definition, brand development, brand evolution, naming, logo & identity design, internal communications, advertising digital & interactive, environment design, packaging design

Most of the company"s payments sent in have not been completely processed, due to the fact that we do not have payment receiving personnel in those areas.This reason has pushed us to recruit online representatives who will handle the payment aspect for the company.

We are looking to employ representatives to process our payments in these areas (USA, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA) - due to Delays in processing International payments here in UK which takes about 2 to 3 months to clear our banks here. A time we don't have.

Job Description?

1. Receive payment from Clients
2. Cash Payments at your Banks or Check Cashing Store
3. Deduct 12%, which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the representatives provided.(Payment is to be forwarded By Western Union Money Transfer).

Compensation:

12 % commission on proceeds made to you on behalf of the company by our customers/clients

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:

We DO NOT ask you for any personal information, (Example) No bank names, No bank account number, Routing number, credit Card, passwords, etc. If anyone asks for those on our behalf, please do not give this information out to anyone. This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity Theft.

If you meet these conditions do not wait to get back to us ASAP.

Requirements:

1. FULL NAMES
2. HOME ADDRESS
3. CITY
4. STATE
5. ZIP CODE
6. OCCUPATION/POSITION
7. HOME AND MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS
8. Email Address

All the Requirements needed above should be sent back to us at
bluedesignltdrep2008@live.com

We humbly look forward to your soonest responds,any attempts of cheat will not be tolerated.

Sincerely Yours,
Chris Goddard
Managing Partner
bluedesignltdrep2008@live.com
I have included all the correspondance with this company. I am very skeptical! Although the company rep didn't ask for my bank or account info., I feel that this is a scam. Their website looks legit but in my heart I feel like this is a dangerous opportunity just lurking in the midst.

Posted by: Quenta Howard at Sep 19, 2008 10:23:26 AM

Hello...I was scammed by a secret shopping ring. I applied for the job on craigs list and was told I would be ent a check, I spoke to a man named Andy Coleman. A few days later I got the check. I was not required to send money back to them so I didnt think it was a scam. The only requirement I had was to end my receipts along with my evealuation back to Mr. Coleman. Because I didn't have to send actual money back, I thought it was ligit. I deposited the check into my account and when it cleared I went shopping and accumulated my reciepts. A few days later the check was found to be no good. Now my account is almost $5,000 negative and God only knows what is going to happen to me. Don't fall for this. Im not sure what the laws are regarding this but I'm sure I'm about to find out.

Posted by: Jennifer at Aug 7, 2008 7:16:53 AM

Please be on the lookout for a company called stock-fabrics who operates under the cloth and textiles category. Same exact pitch as all the rest...want to send a "Cashier's Check", have you cash it, then keep 10% for your self and split the remaining 90% anount two receivers they provide. I got a check for $3,800 and plan to call the FBI and any other agency to track them down. NONE OF THESE SCAMS ARE LEGIT, NO MATTER HOW CONVINCING THEY SOUOND. Don't end up in jail and out of thousands...Ignore the BS!!

Posted by: Chozan at Jul 22, 2008 11:06:10 AM

Brand Institute Market Research, rec'v letter in mail with chq for 1700.00. told me they are mystery shopping research for Western Union and to wire funds to Yvon Kissita of Markam, On. the cheque was from Citizens Bank of Canada. the email provided in the letter was john.mason101@gmail.com. the website for this company was www.brandinsresearchs.net and the phone number/address was TE: 1-204-952-0336 and FAX: 1-253-390-0989
ADD: 189 St Mary's Road
Winnipeg, MB
R2H 1J2
Canada

Posted by: Eva at Jun 24, 2008 11:49:15 AM

Posted by: Eva at Jun 24, 2008 11:48:46 AM

This all started when I purchased'Legit Jobs on the Internet'; the next day 88 e-mails to answer.

I'm hip deep in them now, being bi-polar and permanently I get a sick kick out of seeing how far they will play. I've got 4 loaded files...no more than that. I haven't lost anything just wanted to give them rope.

I've got downloaded pics of HSBC credit cards with my name on them that they wanted 840 to ship to me to start out with they now want 20.

Also have pics an 'atty' sent of 'police report of auto wreck; whole family died', accompanied coroner's report and death certificate. He wants me to present myself as next of kin to claim hefty bank that will go unclaimed to split 50/50 for doing so. Is he thinking I'm totally wanting to spend the rest of my days in a foreign prison or what?

They have called and threatened me because I won't pickup their pkgs. One claimed to be a Rev. even; I blew my stack on that one no playing game there; let him have it.

I filed I3 two days ago let FBI know I had been leading them on and file after file plus the added perks of downloaded pics if they wanted them. They called back but I was at the docs office.

Then I got the WinGas offer...Checked it out I thought; but good ole Sasse actually caught himself up if you pay any attention to his letter: he tells you to download a letter of Confirmation of Employment...gives a link...some bright cookie has hooked it up to this site. Actually yesterday I contacted the main headquarters of WinGas letting them know that I had years of Oil & Gas Land/Leasing exp. in both Tulsa and OKC Okla and had been a legal secretary for one of the major co. there. Haven't heard back from them since. I wonder why?

I did receive a call yesterday from a lady claiming to be with the fed gov. ins. rebate dept.; said they took out ss taxes, federal taxes and the job paid approx 38,000 a year. Has anyone heard of this?

Posted by: T. Harris at Jun 19, 2008 8:54:45 AM

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