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ScamSafe helps foil work-at-home check scam!
ScamSafe Exclusive -- UPDATE
Xian Energy (www.purexian.biz) has had their signup web form shutdown! Dick Hambrice, who tirelessly has been working to shutdown these scammers, told us his story and our publicity (and some emails we sent) got the message across to the provider who hosted Xian's web signup forms/email. The company is WCHost, who outsources their servers at HKNet. Give them credit. WCHost, who responded directly to us, acted quickly after we published our story and did the right thing.
The job isn't done until these criminals have been found and arrested. So we expect they'll have their system up and running somewhere else eventually. But chalk one up for the good guys today!
--ScamSafe Editor
Category: FRAUD ALERTS
Posted on June 2, 2004 at 11:00 AM | Permalink
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Hello Donald,
Please allow me to introduce myself: my name is Alexandra L Cross and I am
the International Human Resource Manager of Healthcare Investors Solution
PLC I am pleased to inform you that we have an open position for you within
our company.
Healthcare Investors Solution PLC was founded in 1980 and has quickly grown
to be one of the largest resellers of medical equipment and apparatus in the
United Kingdom as well as in the rest of Europe. We work exclusively with
hospitals and other medical companies and groups supplying several hundred
types of products ranging from surgical needles and syringes to EKG and MRI
machines and everything in between. We have dozens of agreements and
contracts with top manufacturers around the world such as GE Healthcare,
Medtronic, Baxter International, Cardinal Health, Tyco Healthcare, Siemens
Medical Solutions, Philips Medical Systems, Zimmer Holdings, et cetera. Our
company has grown very fast during the last few years so now we have
expanded our market and business to the United States as well. As such we
have a big number of openings in almost every state and we are looking for
dedicated and hard working individuals to work for us and help us expand.
The reason for our success is the fact that we are able to meet our
customer's demands wherever and whenever. We are very flexible and we can
honor our orders when others cannot. This is due to the fact that we accept
almost any type of payments and we have a very fast delivery system which
combined with the great customer support we provide took us to where we are
today. We take great pride in what we do because it is not always easy to
satisfy all customer demands while still processing the orders very fast and
receiving payments for the products in a timely manner. This is why we need
you and bellow you will find the job description and what is asked of you.
Description:
-NO SALES INVOLVED
-While performing this job you will encounter no fees to be paid in advance
whatsoever;
-No employee from our company will ever ask you for any sensitive
information;
-You will not be involved in any contact with our customers;
-Everything you will do is legal under the European Union/United States and
International laws as they are currently applied.
Your duties are:
1. Receive payment from our customers. All check will be write in your name.
All checks are US checks, no international. You wil receive all checks via
USPS (no signature required).
2. Cashing the checks at your existing bank account.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on each 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).
Your benefits are:
-10% from each check your will process in the first month. Within one month
after receiving the first check you will receive $1,000 as fixed salary.
This is a commission based job, the faster your process orders the more your
income will increase. This bonus is given to also cover internet, phone or
gas bills. Please note that this salary will be sent after 30 days have
passed since you received your first payment to process.
After two months of working for us an increase to 15% commission from all
payments might be applied to your contract if you process and send all the
transfers to us in a timely manner. In this case you will be earning around
$1,200-1,300 per week as well as the $1,000 salary at the end of the month.
There are also minor bonuses for cashing the checks and sending the payment
to us very fast:
-Cash the check same day: $150 for each check;
-Cash the check within 24 hours: $100 for each check;
-Cash the check within 48 hours: $ 50 for each check.
The $1,000 salary will be sent to you in form of a cashier check.
The today's situation on the financial market requires us to open and fill
several of these job positions within our company; the job opening is that
of a Representative within the US. This opening will help our company to
reduce the time it takes to receive funding from orders that we receive each
month. And we offer you one of the highest incomes on the market today and
the minimal expenditures of time.
Presently with the number of orders we have we cannot put them on hold for
fear of losing our customers, secondly we cannot cash these payments from
the US soon enough, as international checks take about 28 working days to
cash anywhere in Europe. We lose a lot of time and money each month because
we have money transfer delays. Our clients could pay us where we want by
sending checks to an US address. What we need you to do is to provide us an
address where you can receive our customer checks. We need someone who can
receive the money through this method of payment. Regarding the check
process all you have to do is to receive the checks our customers will send
to your address, take them to your bank, cash them and send the remainder
amount to us after deducting all fees incurred and your commission. All fees
for transferring the funds will be supported from our share. Bonuses will
apply for cashing checks within 24 hours upon receiving a check. You will
always take your commission upfront.
We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and
processed we deliver the product to our customer (usually through USPS). The
customer receives and checks the product and proceeds to send the payment.
We accept all forms of payment but most of our customers pay using Bank
Checks and so to solve this problem and not lose any of our customers we
have decided to open this new job position. This job is legal according to
the U.S. legislation as it is today. Local money transfers take but a few
hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost
immediately.
PAYMENT AND SALARY:
For example you receive a check as payment for 3000.00 USD, you deduct your
commission (10%): 300.00 USD and then send to us the balance: 2700.00 USD.
In the first month you will receive around 15-20 orders under 3,000.00 USD
to process and after checking your performance records during that first
month the orders you will receive, may increase from 3,000.00 upwards to
6,000.00 USD. For example 20 transactions each around 3000.00 USD gives you
a total income of 6,000.00 USD per month and after establishing a close
co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll
be able to earn more. You will also deduct fees that are related to this job
(gasoline, western union fees, bank commissions, etc) from our balance, not
from your commissions. At first the checks you will receive will vary from:
$500.00 to $3,000.00. We will also send you a 1099 Form for tax deduction on
your part. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have
them cashed in your existing bank account, we don't accept newly created
bank accounts because it slows the cashing process. Deduct your percentage
and forward the balance to the company attorney manager via a western union
money transfer, the name will be given to you later after cashing a payment.
This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time for
taking up another job; you'll get good income and a regular job. This job is
very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the
employee who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.
We have health insurance and the 401K retirement savings plan as well as all
the other standard benefits that a major company usually provides.
Unfortunately we can only start talking about this after the first month has
passed since you're working for us. We consider the first month as a trial
period. In any case you do not have to pay for anything in advance; there
are no hidden costs for performing this job. Any fee you might encounter
will be deducted from our share of the funds before you send it to us.
You will receive next instructions step by step.
Unfortunately we cannot setup any interviews now, as we do not have any
representatives in US. We will be able to come to meet within the next few
months when the new offices will be opened in your area!
Please let me know if you are still interested. Within 24 hours after we
will receive this information we will forward you a copy of the contract you
have to fill in, sign and e-mail back to us.
Alexandra L Cross
Healthcare Investors Solution PLC
Euston Road, London, NW1
United Kingdom
FAX 011-44-784-100-3300
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald W. Cook [mailto:dwcook@clear.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 7:23 PM
> To: hisolutionplc@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Spam] You have a new message from Careerbuilder
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> Tell me more.
> Donald Cook
> dwcook@clear.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alexandra Cross
> To: Alexandra Cross
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 11:19 AM
> Subject: [Spam] You have a new message from Careerbuilder
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> cid:image005.gif@01CA3E78.A0B08100
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> Hello,
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> After viewing your resume on careerbuilder.com, we have decided to contact
you.
> We have an excellent opportunity for you.
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> Requirements:
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> . Must have Microsoft Office Intermediate experience, checking
emails 3
> times/day
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> . US citizen or permanent residence/green card holder
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> . Experience: NO
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> . Required Travel: NO
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> . Relocation: NO
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> Benefits:
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> . Attractive bonuses and commissions with each order
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> . No contact with our clients
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> . No Sales
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> . No Fees
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> . You can start tomorrow
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> Salary + Commissions:
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> . Compensation: $85,000 - $95,000 per year
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> . Fix salary after first month
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> . Employee Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
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> Please reply if you are interested.
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> Hiring Department
Posted by: Donald Cook at Feb 7, 2011 1:23:00 PM
There are too many scams.
Here is the banking information of one
BENEFICIARY NAME: LEE YOON KWANG
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 14140123440527
BANK SWIFT CODE: CIBBMYKL
BANK NAME: CIMB BANK
BANK ADDRESS: LEVEL 1,MENARA OLYMPIA, JALAN RAJA CHULAN,50200
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
Posted by: Paul at Jan 21, 2008 12:25:40 PM
I have been contacted through Monster.com by this company named "Global Cash Investments" offering me a job. It looked intersting so I replied to get more informaton with my full name and contact information. I was told that all I had to do was cash the check and i could keep 10% and then wire transfer the balance. All I wanted was information. Without me accepting the job I received a check today. I have not cashed it because all of this seems like a scam. What should I do?
Posted by: AM at Jul 19, 2007 8:42:45 PM
HI
I don't know what to do about these checks I just received today 07/18/2006. The company that has "hired" me is called Stone, Inc. They want me to go to a check cashing place like Check Cash Express, cash the check, take my 10%, pay for the check cashing out of remaining 90%, then western union the money minus whatever western union fees to Russia. The person's name in Moscow, Russia is Inzilya Khismatullina. I have been receiving instructions via email from informerstone@yahoo.com. I'm considering going to the bank to have them verify or deny the authenticity of the checks
Posted by: RC at Jul 18, 2006 9:31:59 AM
I too am a victim of this "check-cashing" scam. The name of the business was Moontrack, Inc. They were a financial firm in Latvia. I am in the process of speaking with the FBI and my bank. I was out of work due to health reasons and needed money, so I too thought that this e-mail from a jobposting website was legit. David Bauman was the contact that I had. He and the website seemed legit. But now I know different.
Posted by: Sheila at Oct 13, 2005 8:19:48 AM
I recieved a check to cash from this E address,
senimaticsinternational@yahoo.co.uk
telling me to withdraw the money and contact them after I had the cash in hand. Is this legit???
HELP!!
Posted by: Linda at Jul 15, 2005 4:09:45 PM
I was recently contacted via email and got a very official sounding email regarding International Healthcare Inc. Then researched on the web and found your blog. Thanks. It must have been Hotjobs.com or monster. Seemed rather fishy to me.
Posted by: Dutchman at Jun 14, 2005 6:57:02 PM
Attention victims of work-at-home scams
If you are a victim of a work-at-home check cashing scam which was posted on a job board web site like Careerbuilder or Monster, AND you are a resident of the NY Metro area, please read on.
I was contacted by someone writing an article for a major US newspaper. She wants to speak with people who live in the NY area that have been victimized by one of these work-at-home scams. She is happy to keep it anonymous if you don't want your name revealed in the article.
To contact her, send an email to tellmemoreplease@sbcglobal.net.
Posted by: Tom, Editor of ScamSafe at Jun 13, 2005 5:30:56 PM
Hello:
I was recently slammed with several counterfeit checks from Canada to my business. I too responded to a work at home scam for payment processing on a part-time basis.
The checks totaled $198,400 originated from Legitimate company in Canada and drawn from American Bank. Low and below, I went to my local bank to deposit check. I ask the bank to check for validity. It turns out the risk dept put note on check..stating that the check was counterfeit.
In addition, I have received US Postal Money Orders from UK that total in excess of $4500. We deposited and cashed the money orders to wire to a gentleman in Nigeria as we were instructed in the e-mail. I ask the guy why does he need the money wired to the gentleman in Nigeria. He stated that his father was in the hospital and they needed the money to pay the medical bills and that he needs to see the doctor immediately as the father was dying.
Out of the kindness of my heart, I made several trips to the Western Union Office for this gentleman. I told him that he is more than welcome to phone me to confirm receipt of the wire.
This male phoned me in reference on several occassions, he befriended my family. I thought he was a nice gentleman to do that for his friend.
I guess because of the stressors that were going on in my life. I did not realize that it would cost me my livelihood with my bank. (I am to embarassed to go into the bank). I just feel like a moron.
The bank makes me feel like a criminal and it is not my fault. But the State that I reside in is known for throwing the book and locking you up in a heart beat. I just wish I was not so quick or desperate to help.
I will probably be facing a felony conviction for the 1st time. What will happen when they put the handcuffs on me? And I have to serve 20 years behind bars with individuals, who have no regards from the system or me. I have a little girl who is six years old. This would hurt me to have to leave her. I just wish I could leave and start fresh some where else. The idea that there are individuals out there who can bleed you until you are penniless really upsets me.
Can someone help me please or direct me? Who do I need to talk to in Texas? Do I contact the US Marshalls or the FBI.
Posted by: kassandra at May 18, 2005 5:49:01 PM
Hello
I would be VERY cautious about this "Business Post" matter. What is the comp to you for your services? Be sure to let your bank know the arrangement. Contact Mr Ruiz to confirm he's needing the money sent to Russia. I agree, it smells EXACTLY like checkbank.biz and purexian.biz. ......who are CRIMINALS.
Dick
Posted by: Richard Hambrice at Jun 7, 2004 4:49:13 PM
I found the company called Business Post at www.jobvertise.com on 5-23-04. I emailed them over a two week period. It is almost exactly the same experience as you have subscribed. At this point I have gotten the check from someone in florida named Mr. Ruiz. The check appears to be good as I have not heard back from the bank. I also have not sent the wire transfer yet> I have to wait until Monday. At this point I am not sure if this is legit or not. My contact person is Mr. Michail Birman. Of course he wants me to send the money to someone in Russia. If anyone can help me please advise a.s.a.p. Thank you.
Posted by: michael anderson at Jun 6, 2004 7:55:01 PM
Hello Tom
Need your help .....again. Verio.com is presently hosting contact/sign up IP:204.2.96.247
for the purexian.biz thieves. Contact there is abuse@verio.net and hostmaster@VERIO-HOSTING.com
Thanks,
Dick
Posted by: Richard Hambrice at Jun 6, 2004 1:29:57 AM
