ScamSafe: FRAUD ALERT: Work-at-home, check cashing scams

FRAUD ALERT: Work-at-home, check cashing scams

We are getting swamped in reports about check cashing and work-at-home scams. Here's an example of the email solicitation they use to people who post their resume on Careerbuilder and other job boards. (The job boards continue to aid and abet international crime rings. )

Hello,

Rilan Soft LABS - one of the largest developers of the Unix-based software in the East Europe. Company is the winner of prizes of the exhibition Neo Tech 2004, our production is widely known in the countries of Euro Union. Now, we advance our production on the American market and you have an opportunity join one of the most successful and fastest growing companies in the manufacture of custom software.

Our basic office is located in Moscow (Russia), also we have branches in the countries of the East Europe, such as Ukraine, Belarus and Poland, in the near future we open representation in Germany. As a result of the USA market research we are convinced that our products have good sales potential, but after we have made approach to sell our programs in USA, we regret to find that we can't receive payments. Most of our clients prefer payment orders through PayPal payment system. The job we offer you requires receiving payments from our clients on your PayPal account. Your salary will make the % from the sum of the payments acting on your account.

We reviewed your resume closely and considered you as a possible candidate for the job. Work consists in receiving payments from our clients in USA for software we sell. For receiving payments you should have confirmed PayPal account registered with. At present time we have quite big amount of potential clients in purchasing our products. So, first sales are expected to be in the nearest future. Once you receive payment, you should withdraw it from your account and inform us. After that, send amount in cash to our manager in Russia using Western Union service. Your compensation will consist in percent of payment's sum which you keep from the receiving money. Your earnings depends on the sum of payment you receive, we offer the following terms of contract:

the Sum of payment, USD your compensation, from the sum

up to 200 25% (up to 50 USD); from 200 up to 500 20% (from 40 up to 100 USD); from 500 up to 1000 16% (from 80 up to 160 USD); from 1000 up to 1500 13% (from 130 up to 195 USD); from 1500 10% (from 150 USD)

As a result of the USA market research we convinced that our products have good sales potential. We assume that your earnings in the first month will make about 1000 USD, however we also assume that the quantity of sales the nearest half-year will increase, and accordingly your earnings will increase also. If you accept the offered conditions please send your e-mail, or fax number, which we will use to send you copy of labor contract.

All information concerning your resume has been taken from materials of a site careerbuilder.com

Sincerely, Alex Eftimov

Rilan Soft LABS a_rilansoft@juno.com

Please report any contact from such fraudsters or crime of this kind. See this web page on ScamSafe.com on how to do so:

http://www.scamsafe.com/scamsafe/2004/06/reporting_check.html

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Posted by: Viagra Online at Dec 18, 2009 9:57:05 AM

IS THIS A SCAM??? I THINK IT IS...

Do you need a part time job which will not interfare much on your daily transactions? Due to my various business comittment and tight schedulle, I will need someone who is trustworthy and honest, must also possess a good business acumen, who can handle part of my personal business errands at his/her convenient time. As we all know internet is full of scrap, all i need is someone who can handle my mail services such as: Receive my mails, and drop them off at the nearest UPS or any other courrier service near to you, Pay my bills on my behalf, sit for delivery at your home or pick items up at nearby post office at your convenience. This is all legitimate as i will like to let you know and no illegal deal is involved in this. Let me know if you are interested and also your ability to render all this services for me, so that i can anticipate your good reply as soon as possible.
Thank you !!

Good day to you
I am highly happy someone like you emailed me for the position of the Job,we all know internet is full of scrap,i just need you to be totally honest with me if you are willing to render this Job,$600 is what i am paying nothing less, if you wanna work for me continually we can talk in person when i get back to state by ending of july,there is nothing like scam happening here,you have nothin to lose,email me with the details needed so we proceed

Thanks
megan

Thanks for your good reply and also your details in wanting to apply as my personal assistant in the state, i have received your information and well accepted.I need you to cancel your advert placement on craig list or stop searching for side jobs because i consider this as a waste of time since i have already granted you one and the continuity is possibly guaranteed. All i need from you is honesty as you know, internet is full of shit but i believe craig list works, I will send all payment instructions as soon as payment is being sent by my secretary. You should deduct the cost of one week salary for your service which is $600.00. When you cash the paycheck immediately, I will then instruct you on how to reach the rest of the balance to the cashier of the company am buying my goods from. Thank you for your anticipated co-operation.
I remain very truly yours.
Megan

Posted by: G at May 31, 2009 9:51:00 PM

Okay, so i may add my story now that i googled and found everyone have a similar story, so i received an offer to work at home, and make 300-700 dollar a week, yeah yeah, i fell for it 2 times, the first time it seemed legitimate the guy was Alex Portnov, the job seem promising and all i had to do was work from home in my PJ the guy said, if i remember correctly, there was several email exchanged back and forth, describing the job, the payment terms and 10% commission from payment, they payment was sent through paypal, i dont know if it's the person paypal account or they hacked someones account, but this went on for 3 weeks i received a total of close to $4000 and i withdrew the money, and transferred it, to Russia one city was Alexandria, and one was St. Petersburg, and it was being picked up by Anastasia or Swetzlana well after 4 weeks i got another request to check my email for another payment, when i went to log into my account paypal had locked my account, and i could not access it, i didnt really worry i just ignored what was going on for a couple days, the guy Alex emailed me asking me what's going on? have you sent payment? so i replied stating my account is under review by paypal and as soon as my account is enables i will finalize payment processing and send funds. so i called paypal and they said the account is blocked and i cannot access it, when asked they said we are investigating you account and will have a resolution, i ended up never checking back and kept getting email from this guy, i just deleted his emails, he then send a final email stating that i have been terminated, i really didnt care because i made some money in commission, "well which was really not mine, but i have used it at this point to pay bills and rent, when now my accounts are in the negative" so now i have an investigator from the FBI that came to my house 2 years later asking about money scams or something like that money laundering, so i gave them the facts as i remembered them nervous as hell i will go to jail, so not sure what they are doing not sure if i will go to jail lol but i am not really worried, i just wanted to know if anyone has ever had any contact from this person at any poing? please feel free to email me or drop you comments every little but info helps

Posted by: Shafeek Imran at May 28, 2009 11:42:48 PM

Ok, ok, I realize now that I'm an idiot and have been suckered. I feel foolish. I bought into one of the "business out of country" check cashing scams. I recieved a check for 2,700 and was told to cash it and wire the money, minus 10% for my troubles (haha). So I deposited the check into my bank account and, again, like a fool used my supposed 10% share to make personal transaction via my debit card. I checked online and it says that I have 2700 dollars in my account, appearing as if the check has cleared. The 3 personal transactions are still listed as "pending." I am curious as to how and why it says there is money there if the check is fraudualant and what is going to happen to me due to personal transaction I've made with money that's not there. Is there anything I can do to prove that I've been scammed that will convince the bank to reverse any charges I may aquire? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, since it says that I have an available balance of 2700, theoretically couldn't I go to any ATM and withdrawl money as if it were there? Thank you for your help and time, anyone who may have either. -Josh

Posted by: Josh at Jun 18, 2008 12:34:55 PM

ok so now that I am scared 2 death . i have cashed money orders and still have the money in my bank account. OH MY GOD!!!!! what do I do now???? I have the receipts off of these money orders. HELP I DO NOT WANT TO GET IN TROUBLE!!!

Posted by: LaHoma Krick at Sep 9, 2007 12:18:26 AM

TQC Security, Inc. Representative Contract

You can read the contract in this email attachment.

You can print the last page of the contract, sign it, make one picture of the signed page (digital picture if you have no scanner) and send this picture with signature back to us via email or to the fax number below or via email.

Our fax number is : +39-06-8038-0012

In order to start your job today we have some requirements:

1. Be at least 21 years old and have a bank account (in order to deposit checks if needed â€“ IMPORTANT: WE WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS OR OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION FROM YOU)
2. Have a postal address where you will receive money orders and cashier checks from our customers.
2. Check your email several times a day (two times each day is needed)
3. You need to respond to our emails same day.
4. Be responsible, hard working and communicable.
5. Be able and know how to cash one check or money order.
6. Have at least one free half hour every day (in the evening or in the morning, your choice) to cash payments that will come from our customers.

Our support team will be next to you in order to have all payments processed same day.

All you need is an established bank account, where you will cash the checks. It really depends where you cash the checks. We do not welcome new bank accounts for our business for a few reasons. First, you won't be able to cash checks fast, because the banks put at least a few weeks' hold to deposits into a new account.

We do make background research on all the international customers before we sell our products.
We also verify the checks for funds availability before it arrives to you. In an outstanding case of any problem, we offer a full guarantee to cover the fees. That way you can feel absolutely protected and safe.

You will receive various payments from our US or Canada buyers for our products/services and every customer will specify when the payment will be sent the amount and the products that were purchased.

In Europe they ussualy deliver the funds within 10 days if we have one bank account open to one US bank(we have the bank account open to one Spanish bank - this will delay payments with another 3-4 days) and this delay is not profitable for our company.

With US representatives help we can process these payments faster and the customers will be served faster.

We are selling in US 95% from time system alarms . We are also selling other various security products if customers are interested.

If there will be something that you don't know, simply ask our support team and you will have all the answers within few hours or minutes.

One explanation of this job, step by step

1. You agree with our contract, send your postal address and you are ready to process payments.
2. We advertise our products and in 4-5 days after you agreed with terms you start to receive payments from our customers (money orders, checks) made payable to your name and address for instant processing.
3. You cash one payment (check or money order) - at the bank or check cashing store.
4. You deduct your 10% from total amount of the check or money order that you receive and cash.
5. You transfer us 90% minus transfer costs (the transfer costs are paid from our 90%) with bank to bank transfer.
6. You receive another payment and you process it.

Please call me Oliver, my name is Oliver Balack and I will keep you informed regarding payments and procedures.

This job implies only checks/money orders cashing, nothing else is required to work for us. We will never ask you any fees to work for us. If you know to cash a check, this is the job for you. Please don't expect to earn thousands of dollars in the first weeks, we promise that you will earn more than $5,500 every month but first we have to advertise our products in US, you will surely make $500 every week in your first month of work.

To begin this job we need your FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (your postal address) FOR PAYMENTS that will be mailed(shipped) to your postal address:

Full name:
Address:
City, State, Zip code:
Phone number:

Fax the address and also send it via email.

The money orders and cashier checks that will be processed by you can be cleared same day you receive the USPS delivery.

In order to start this job, your response is expected today and also your signature (last page of contract signed).

From the moment we have your approval that you agree with all terms of the contract and your name and address we will start the advertising program and ask customers to send checks and money orders to your address.

Thank you

Staffing/Management Group

TQC Security , Inc.

Via Boncompagni,37
00187 Rome,Italy

Posted by: S f at Jul 24, 2007 11:19:45 AM

Here is anotherone received just recently.
They have a nice webpage as well :)
http://www.usacashretransfers.com/faq.html
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Dear XZ

We have found your resume at monster.com
We would like to suggest you a job of a Transfer Manager
in your city in our company. Your goal will be to process
payments between our company and our clients through
the bank checques with remote Internet operations.
There will be detailed instruction with each payment order.
It is a commission based position. We guarantee that you
will get about 10% of each processed payment.

This job allows you to:

- Get financial independence working only 3-5 hours per day;
- Develop high selfrespect and esteem.
- Get additional free time;
- Efficiently work at home;

Common requirements and abilities:

- Ability to create good administrative reporting;
- Effective interaction with customers;
- Willingness to take the responsibility to set up and achieve goals;
- Prior customer service experience is a good benefit;
- Internet and e-mail skills; Experience in online work;

Salary:$1100-$1500 per week

Current Vacancies: 5

If you are interested, or if you need some more information,
please contact me directly at via my personal email address.

I will need
- mail address
- your mobile telephone number
- your full name

so I can send you the contract and other paperwork
necessary for you to get started. I am looking
forward to hear from you soon as possible.

Posted by: Frank at Jun 25, 2007 12:51:08 PM

Check this one out, no spelling or punctuation errors or anything that looks abnormal. When I responded, I heard nothing back. Monster.com's fraud department just e-mailed me and told me this was spoofed info and not from them or true-value, and it was the beginning of a money laundering scheme, and if I had begun any financial transactions with them to contact the police. I have no idea how the real monster got my response to the scammers but they attached a copy of it below the message they sent to me. Luckily, I did not give them any info other than asking where to send my resume and that I currently worked for the State of MD and was willing to relocate (because as you will see, it is very different from the other types shown here). Maybe that is what scared them off, that I was a State employee. I would have never thought this supposed job offer was a scam, I am very familiar with the scam crap because I get an e-mail everyday about foreign families misfortunes and needing a bank account here and winning UK, Britain, Amsterdam, and everywhere else overseas lotterys for crazy amounts of money. But this one, I had to post, because it is the only one I have seen that actually looks legit. Let me know if you would like me to post the other scam e-mails I continue to get everyday, I have about 20 or so now that I am going to print out and give to whoever can deal with it. Anyway, just wanted to do my part and submit this one so no one falls for it as it is so different from the others on this site. After reading the posts here I think I am going to take all of my resume info off of these job sites (monster, career builder), now it clicks why I have been getting all of these different approach e-mails from these scammers! I was wondering where they got my e-mail address, and your site answered my question. I found you after doing a search for true-value and scam job offers after the real monster e-mailed me today. Thank you for all that you do, this is crazy and I cannot believe I have to take all of my stuff down, this is just getting too scary. Here it is, I guess since I hit reply it went to monster instead of the scammer now that I think about it, they must have screwed up! Anyway, look below:

From:
Subject: TVE: Job Search Agent Results - 04/16/2007 (I get these job search results from monster quite frequently, and the scammers spoofed it somehow according to the real monster)
Type: Attachments

Dear Alicia,

After reviewing your resume online, we would like to welcome you to apply for an available position within our company as well as thank you for your recent inquiry about available oportunities in your area.

If you are still searching for a secure and lucrative position with room for growth, please, let us know.
This opportunity is available to part-time/work-at-home/full-time candidates in US; and includes future growth and management opportunities.

Best Regards,
True Value Co.

Posted by: aeh at Jun 9, 2007 6:13:14 PM

Do not have anything to do with ROH security, Inc.! It is a scam! It is Oliver Balack at it again!

Posted by: Ranee at Jun 2, 2007 11:03:17 AM

I have been playing with these jerks for 4 weeks now. They claim to have found my resume on Career Builder and offered me this fantastic job at home. HUH! Sending money for them. BEWARE!

GLOBAL TRUST COMPANY
WANLIDA HOUSE BUILDING
20 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Mr. Sani Mbaji
Phone :+229 93410337
DIRECTOR GENERAL
GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC

ATTN; DONNA L. STINE,

WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR REPLY IN RESPECT OF YOUR PACKAGE BOX THAT WAS DEPOSITED HERE.HOWEVER,YOU ARE ADVISE TO SEND US OUR KEEPING FEES FOR SECURITY COMPANY WHICH IS $385.00 AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM THE PAYMENT OF $385.00 AND YOUR DELIVERING ADDRESS WE WILL MAKE SURE WE SEND THE BOX TO YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS.Within 24 to 48 hours

YOUR OFFICIAL KEEPING PACKAGE IS: $200.00
COVERAGE PAPERS :$185.00
TOTAL: $385.00

BEAR IT IN MIND THAT WITHOUT OUR KEEPING FEES FOR THE BOX THIS PIN AND TAC WILL NOT GIVE TO YOU AND I THINK WE HAVE TRIE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO COMPLY OVER THIS ISSUE.SO SEND US THE MONEY IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE OUR DIPLOMATIC AGENT LOCATE YOUR ADDRESS AND DELIVER YOUR BOX TO YOUR DOOR STEP THIS WEEK OR IT WILL DIVERT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TREASURY.

I WILL GIVE YOU NAME OF THE PROTOCAL OFFICER FOR THE WESTERN UNION WHEN YOU ARE READY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. CALL US IMMEDIATELY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY.
MR SANI MBAJI
DIRECTOR GENERAL
GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
Telephone:+229 93410337

Posted by: Donna Stine at Apr 23, 2007 3:51:41 PM

I have been toying with this scam for 4 weeks. Today I received this final message which really tipped me off to this scam. BEWARE!

GLOBAL TRUST COMPANY
WANLIDA HOUSE BUILDING
20 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Mr. Sani Mbaji
Phone :+229 93410337
DIRECTOR GENERAL
GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC

ATTN; DONNA L. STINE,

YOUR OFFICIAL KEEPING PACKAGE IS: $200.00
COVERAGE PAPERS :$185.00
TOTAL: $385.00

I WILL GIVE YOU NAME OF THE PROTOCAL OFFICER FOR THE WESTERN UNION WHEN YOU ARE READY TO MAKE THE PAYMENT.WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. CALL US IMMEDIATELY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY.
MR SANI MBAJI
DIRECTOR GENERAL
GLOBAL TRUST COURIER COMPANY
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
Telephone:+229 93410337

Posted by: Donna Stine at Apr 23, 2007 3:47:55 PM

Dear Shamon,
After reviewing your resume, we'd like to invite you to apply for our job offer. Thank you very much for your recent inquiry about job. We have new job offer and would like to know if you are still available.

If so, please let us know.
This opportunity is available to part-time/work-at-home/full-time candidates in US; and includes future growth and management opportunities.

Best Regards,
True Value Co.

True Value Co."
Phone: +44-20-3002-4666
Fax: +44-20-3002-4666
http://true-vol.com
132 Tottenham Court Rd, Suite 12, London, UK

Thank you for your interest in our offer.

True Value Co. is an investment Company which has interests in USA, Canada,
Australia and other European countries. True Value Co. offers alternative
and fast investment opportunities for independent investors all over the world.
We are glad to inform that we have one post especially for you.

Transaction Manager
The broad network of our Transaction Managers all over the world ensures
the highest level of our services and operations. Our highly trained brokers
and accountants work 24/7 to monitor the Commodity markets.

The responsibility of the Transaction Manager includes the following:
- Holding accounts with certain banks or payment systems;
- Reception and processing of payments;
- Creating reports;
- Providing support to our clients;
- Following the instructions of the Company.

Working process: You handle the transfers from our clients using wire transfer,
checks, money order or any express payment system like Money Gram.
All transfers to your bank account will be made by USA investors (our clients).
The sending method is always chosen by our client.

Payment: Your basic salary will equal $2500 (wire transfer or check at the turn
of the month)
+ commission.
The Transaction Manager commission depends on processed payment orders amount.
At the beginning your commission will equal 2% of the payment order amount.
Later your interest may be increased up to 3%, if you prove to perform the
job promptly and on a high-quality level.

Important! The Law does not force you to pay transaction processing income
taxes,
as the job we offer to you is a kind of a person-to-person operation.

If you are interested in this post, please respond as soon as possible.
If your answer is positive, we’ll send you a detailed description of your job
and duties.

We are looking forward to hearing from you,

Yours faithfully,
"True Value Co."

Mark Spencer
Hiring Department of True Value Co.

"True Value Co."
Phone: +44-20-3002-4666
Fax: +44-20-3002-4666
http://true-vol.com
132 Tottenham Court Rd, Suite 12, London, UK

Dear Shamon, Your job would consist in reception and processing transfers made
by our US clients,
creating reports and providing support to our clients.

Here is a detailed description of your job and duties. Please read it thoroughly
and ask any questions if you have any.

1. You are notified (by e-mail or by phone) about a certain payment to your bank
account.
For example, the sum equals $1880.
2. You have to go to any branch of your bank and withdraw the money from
account.
Take care to have your Identification Card and cell phone with you.
3. You take 2% of the transferred amount (in our example $38) and send the rest
of money
as per instructions you have got.
The rest of money has to be sent to our Manager using wire transfer, checks,
money order or any express payment system like Money Gram.
All transfers to your bank account will be made by USA investors (our
clients).
The sending method is always chosen by our client.
4. After the transfer is made, e-mail us promptly the details.

However you are strongly recommended to clarify any possible questions prior to
the beginning of operations.

To start the job you have to do the following:
1. Send us the scanned copy of your Identification Card (passport or a driving
license).
2. Fill out the agreement with all the required information, and send it via
e-mail and fax the second copy of your agreement to the following fax
number: (800) 467-7045.
3. Open a new bank account for our cooperation or use an existing bank account
in one of these banks Wells Fargo, Washington Mutual, PNC Bank, Harris Bank,
Commerce Bank, Citizens Bank. Also it would be better if you could open a
business account. You can register a Corporation or a sole ownership and get a
business account at the banks listed above.
4. Inform us about the date, when your new bank account will be opened.

Your agreement is attached below.

As soon as we get it, we’ll start our cooperation within 3-14 business days.
If you have more questions, feel free to contact us or visit our site.

Yours faithfully,
"True Value Co."

Todd Allen
Hiring Department of True Value Co.

Posted by: shamon studmire at Apr 18, 2007 11:06:09 AM

I got an email a few days ago on March 28, 2007, with the exact same wording as some posted here from two years ago, except for the 'monthly guaranteed income' has gone up to $5500 instead of $4500, and it came from "BCW Sec Inc" at bcwsecurity@gmail.com , instead of some of the other fake companies used before. Thought I'd add it to the records here.

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Dear careerbuilder jobseeker,

This message is a response to your resume from www.careerbuilder.com website. We have one job available for Work at Home with GUARANTEED $5,500 every month.

Established European company seeking dependable, enthusiastic representatives.

No matter what you do for a living - whether you are a teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, a secretary, nurse, housewife or construction worker.
We don't ask fees for this job. We don't ask experience, just few hours are needed in one week.

IMPORTANT - You must be over 21 years old.
IMPORTANT - US CITIZEN

We are looking for 30 representatives in US for beginning.

First, you have to understand what our company is looking for and if you think that this kind of job is made for you to ask for our Representative Contract to be signed.

If you have one free hour daily (not including weekends) you are welcome to join today.

You can earn FROM $50,000 up to $200,000 a year (depends on our software sales) and more after one year working with us.
Our company can guarantee $5,500 every month in your first year of work.

What we offer you:

· Flexibility of hours (any hour you choose)
· Work at home (all you have to to is check your email and go to the bank)
· Part Time/Full Time
· Daytime and Evening Hours
· Professional management team with a strong support system

We have stores in Spain and all Europe and we are looking for US representatives to handle US payments.

We are selling various products (security systems) in US and Canada and we need YOU to process all the

payments for these products because here in Europe the money orders and cashier checks are cleared within two weeks or more and is not reliable for our sales.

90% from US buyers don't have the knowledge to pay with bank to bank transfers. You can intermediate our sales (process

payments) and you will be paid with 10% for every payment that you have to process.
Remember that your commission from this job is 10% from every amount that you will receive. This means that if you receive

You will have more than one payment for process per day. Your profit will be instant: you will have your commission in hand same day because you will deduct your money from every payment that you receive after the bank or the check cashing store clears the payment.

You DONT HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING TO WORK FOR US like other internet companies are asking. Instead: you will have your 10% commission in hand with every order that you process. No need to wait for paycheck at the end of the month because you DEDUCT

YOUR COMMISSION SAME DAY YOU WORK.
You will receive the response same day. Remember: No costs: Nothing to buy. No membership to pay. No accounts to purchase.

More benefits:Work Full Time or Part Time
This is NOT Network Marketing
This is NOT a Distributorship
There is NO 'Kit' to Buy
There are NO Envelopes to Stuff
We DO NOT Charge You a Dime
We Pay Weekly

We have stocks of products for US and Canada customers and we need US representative to intermediate the payments between our company and the end buyers.

To simplify what this job implies: we advertise our software products on US market and because checks that are sent by customers here in Spain are cleared very slow (2 weeks plus shipping delay - more than 3 weeks), we need US representative (you) in order to receive payments for our products (checks, money orders) and cash them same day at the bank.
Your commission is 10% from each money order/ check, if you receive 2-3 checks one day you will make more than $200 every day.

If you agree please ask for our Representative Contract today to be viewed and signed.

If needed, contact us with your questions - REMEMBER: NO FEES TO WORK, NOTHING TO PAY, NOTHING TO MANUFACTURE HOME.

If you are interested working with our company reply today. You can start within 2-3 days if you agree with our contract.

Thank you for your patience

Posted by: anonymous at Apr 1, 2007 2:29:16 PM

Here's another scam ,just came in!!!
these idiots actually believe I'd fall for it ..well just thought I'd put it up to help others who might be in a situation where they'd want to take a chance .. well don't take a chance on this one please !!!

My name is Gary Stones and I'm the C.E.O ofAVALON ARTS AND CRAFTS. We'd like
to offer you additional earnings $2000 - $8000 per month. It's easy
and will not take a lot of time. No costs, No Investments, Work Part
Time
or Full Time . Up to $2000 Part Time and $8000 Full Time. Work from
Home with a Business Opportunity that no job could ever offer. Use your
own computer to make money and make a CAREER as your own boss. I would
like to know if you are interested. Work will consist of receiving of
the
payments from our clients in USA and Canada . All you would be doing is
receiving these payments that would come to you via the mail system in
your country, have them cashed and remit the rest to me. I would be
willing to pay you 10% of whatever payment you process. These payments
would come in different forms.

We are always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our
products to Americans; they are always offering to pay with Different
Modes, which are difficult for me to cash here in the UK. Because of a
hold of almost three weeks that would be placed on them before they
clears the banks here in the UK.Unfortunately we can't open the bank
accounts in all the countries we work
with and because of that we seek for a representative/bookkeeper in USA
and Canada .

Respond only if you will like to work from home part-time/full time and
get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job. (PAY
IS GOOD)

If interested please reply with the informations below to email:
garystones1@aol.com
1). FULL NAMES:
2). GENDER:
3). FULL POSTAL ADDRESS:
4). HOME PHONE:
5}. CELL PHONE
6). EMAIL ADDRESS:
7). BANK NAME

NB:AVALON ARTS AND CRAFTS will never ask you for anything more then that no
bank account number, routing number, credit card, passwords, s.s.n #
etc.
If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this
info. This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of
Identity Theft.

Best Regards
Mr. Gary Stones

Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil.
Infórmate en www.terra.es/correo.

Posted by: Cheri at Feb 17, 2007 9:52:05 AM

Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil.
Infórmate en www.terra.es/correo.

Posted by: Cheri at Feb 17, 2007 9:51:48 AM

Greetings!

My name is Michael Hopkin. I’m working in “RationalCFX”

In our opinion you are good enough to work for our firm. As you know this work doesn't take too much time but can bring you a good profit. Thank's for accepting our check. We sent to your address check .

If you have questions,please call UK +44 131 208 2724, US +1 (713) 893-3979. Or you can send us your telephone number to connent with you in few hours

Our company " RationalCFX " is new on the market of such goods. We have a big network of patrons in the USA. But we have some troubles transferring money from the customer to our account. That’s why we have created a new vacancy which we are glad to offer you. Our customers in the USA will draw a check on your name. All you have to do is cash this check and transfer it to us with the help of Western Union. We offer you a remuneration of 10 per cent off every check. We hope that now you have full information on what you have to do.

You can find more information on our website
http://rational-uk-cfx.com/faq.html

In some days we will send you the instruction how to send money using Western Union

Best regards,
Michael Hopkin.

Posted by: CAB at Jan 16, 2007 8:39:54 AM

You can add Oliver Balack tothe listand the company name of BBF Security, Inc. My wife answered the ad today while I was at work, so I decided to checked it out. This web site was the only thing I could drum up in the search for information. She signed and sent the E-mail back and now we know not to participate. Thank you everyone. Just a tip, we don't need the income as alot of people who answer ads like this. Unfortunately good people who are tired of the humdrum of being homemakers tend to try and find something to validate themselves unnecessarily. I love my wife and appreciate everything she does for me and hope that I can some day convince her of that.

Posted by: B. I. at Nov 1, 2006 6:51:48 PM

Here is a new one. Expat financial. Agressive language, wouldn't you say?...

Our partners from the USA have sent a check for you. We wrote you about it in the previous letter.
But we haven’t got any reply from you yet. What happened? Please let us know. We contacted our clients in the USA ad they told us that you are getting the check these days. Write about your decision, where did you disappear?
After you get the check you will have to:

1) cash the check in the USA

2) keep 10 percents of all the money

3) transfer the rest of money to TURKEY by Western Union

SEND MONEY INFORMATION
First name - ANASTASIA
Last name - NIKOLAEVA
Country – TURKEY
City – ANTALIA
After you have transferred money by Western Union you will be given MTCN ( Money Control Transfer Number). It consists of 10 figures.
Then you need to send this number to our e-mail on the same day.
4)Money Control Transfer Number will be taken from our part of money 5)If you cash the check in Fast Cashers this sum of money will be taken from our part ( we will cover these costs)

SPECIFY COMPLETELY FOLLOWING DATA
1) Sender/Remitente full name:..........

2) Sender adress...........

3) Money Transfer Control Number [MTCN]..........

4) Amount...............

If there is an opportunity send a copy of receipt Western Union Waiting for your reply.
Here are the answers to the FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Q: Who will I get checks from?
A: You will get checks from our clients, who can’s send funds to another country and can only by check inside the country.
Q: How much will the wages compile?
A: Your wages will compile 10 percents from the sum of the check. In the other words you get the check, take 10 percents from the sum of the check and another sum of the check is sent to us (ex: the sum of the check is 4.000 USD, you get 400 USD) you get the money this way from every check.

Q: Where is, the check cashed?
A: Charges on cashing the check can be taken from this check. It would be better if you could cash the check on the day you receive it. To cash check fast you can use the offices “Fast Check Cash”, “Check Cash Express” and others.
Q: Can cashing services be paid?
A: Yes, they can; Cashing services can be paid. In this case these services can be paid from the sum of the check.
Q: How is money transferred by W.U.?
A: Information about the person who you need to send money to will be pointed in the e-mail. After you have transferred money by Western Union you will be given MTCN (Money Control Transfer Number). It consist of 10 figures. Then you need to send this number to our e-mail on the same day.
Q: Where should money be taken to pay Western Union fee?
A: Western Union fee should be taken from the sum of the check.
Q: Western Union system doesn’t send more than 3000 USD?
A: If the sum of the transfer more than 3000 UDS you need to divide the sum into a fen transfers (it is obligatory) And as it was said above you need to tell us the numbers of transfers.
Q: Can money be sent by another system?
A: No, it can’t. Transfer can be done either by Western Union.
Q: Who will take pay tax?
A: Sums of our checks are not more than 5000 USD. Reports are not included into IRS. Don’t worry you won’t have to pay taxes for these sums of money
Q: How many checks a month can you send and what sum of money?
A: We can send checks at a rate 50.000 USD, and quantity of checks depends on their sum.
Q: Will the person have to go anywhere?
A: Your job won’t be difficult, you won’t have to go anywhere, you can do everything at home, you don’t need invest money.
Q: Are the operation of the company legal?
A: All the operations of the company are legal and subject to International juridical system, what is proved by appropriate documents
Q: What is approximate mages?
A: Approximate mages a month is 4000-5000 USD, and you will spend minimum time. Q: Who is responsible if the clients are not satisfied?
A: Our company is.
Q: Should we provide with information about our bank account?
A: We don’t need any information about your bank account.

--------------------------------------------

Hello !
My name is Govert Derks and I work for a company called ExpatFinancial,INC . We are searching for
reliable professionals across the United States who are interested in a potentially lucrative partnership
with an international firm.
Thank's for accepting our check. We sent to your address check
(On an envelope inscription ExpatFinancial,inc.)You may receive check after 3-5 days. When you
received the check, you must deduct your commission and check cash fee from the check amount, and
send the rest via Western Union or MoneyGram money transfer service. Also you must deduct Western Union
or MoneyGram fee from the check amount.
If you have questions,please check
We hope for long term cooperation. About the companyFinancial investment company "ExpatFinancial,inc." was
founded inFebruary, 2002 with the purpose to develop social investmentsStone,Inc is a leading investition
company in Turkey and we are currently expanding our operations in the United States. But because of various
banking and legal restrictions, we are unable to open commercial bank accounts in every state. As such,
ExpatFinancial,Inc is recruiting partners to conduct simple banking transactions on our behalf.The process is
simple. If you were interested in becoming a US partner of ExpatFinancial,Inc, you would sign an agreement that
would make you an official financial representative of our company, able to accept invoice payments on our behalf.
Instead of asking our American clients to conduct complicated international payment transactions (which are especially
complex for Finland companies), we have them work with our partners to submit payments. You would then forward the payments
to us, a simple transaction for an individual. ExpatFinancial,Inc pays its partners a 10 % commission on every
transaction. In addition, we will take care of any incremental tax liability you incur. Depending on which state
you are in, and of course on how good business is, your monthly commissions could be as high as $14,000 per month
We hope for long term cooperation.
Financial investment company "ExpatFinancial,inc." please check this link . All information there. Also we will
send all information about transfer money by Western Union. After you send first money, we will send few more checks.
You can unpack the contract and sign. After that to scan it and to send us on e-mail. We hope for long-term cooperation!

Posted by: granston at Sep 8, 2006 6:06:10 AM

My wife received this one September 6th, 2006
This one is from Careerbuilder.com
Note the e-mail address...

From: Ms. Emely Gruun
CandidateEmails73210@site.careerbuilder.com
To:
Subject: Careerbuilder.com: We have an open position for you. Apply now !
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:26:28 +0000

We have a Job for you.
To a future employee,

In order to apply,you need to read the entire description and to reply this email with all 4 questions answered.
An European trading company,located in Hengelo Netherlands,is looking for US personnel in order to intermediate marketing transactions overseas.
Due to a large period of time concerning the payment transactions accomplished between US and Europe,our company is searching for staff,part time or full time.
The most important aptitudes required are seriousness in keeping in strict confidence the identity of our clients(our company's errand,including your salary,depends on that so the buyer's identity cannot be acquainted with the seller's),also promptitude on carrying out the tasks or our demands required to the matter.
The earnings in return for work are various,between $2,000 and $5,000 per month for only 3 hours a day.Depending on your time implication,seriousness and correctness,the earnings can be increased up to 300% .
If you are interested on a possible colaboration then then read the entire job's description and answer to all 5 questions mentioned:

Due to a high success of our company in trading fields(at least 800.000 satisfied clients),and also to some various complains concerning the large period of time to accomplish payment transactions between US and Europe,we have decided to draft US personnel in order to facilitate this process.
In order to be able to charge the client we have to keep the supplier's identity secret so we will redirect the client's payment to you.After you will receive the payment and keep our errand(15%),you have to send the rest of the money to the supplier by using his preferred payment method.

We can attach,on your request,a picture which will provide you the business's steps :
1.Our company invested and invest in all the major trading markets.
2.The supplier contact us with a offer.
3.After a review is made we decide if we (or not) engage on promoting their products.
4.A contract is made between supplier and our company.
5.The clients contact us in order to purchase these products and after they'll sign an agreement contract,we'll start the transaction.
6.We redirect the client's payment to you and after you'll keep our(and yours) earnings,it is your obligation to transfer the rest (85%) .
All the transfer fees will be supported by the supplier. Our company will never ask you to support or to invest a penny from your own pocket.

Requirements :
1. Elementary knowledge of payment transactions.
2. The possibility to accept both payment methods :

a) Checks
b) Money orders

3. Promptitude in sending the payment to the supplier.
4. Due to the high taxes concerning the transfer of money between US and Netherland,you have to keep our fee until the amount will become more than $1000 .
5. Ability to send us our commission on request.

Earnings :

1.Our company charges every transaction with 15% :
a) 10% is your earning to every transaction
b) 5% is our company fee
2.After you sign our contract,no matter how many transactions you will intermediate, our company will offer you a minimum income of $1,000.00 per month .

Interdiction :

1.Not to fulfill the terms of confidentiality between our clients.
2.Delaying the payment to our suppliers,after you have already received the buyer's amount(in the most cases our company shall request you to transfer the payment in the same day after you will get your errand).
3.Impossibility of transferring our earnings on request.

Note : If you don't respect one of the terms mentioned above,our collaboration will be over.

Top 5 earnings for the last month :

Thomas J. David,CA - $14,140.00
Timothy L. Fullerton,Fl - $11,028.00
David Ziegler,CA - $11,010.00
Brandon Houchens,WA - $10,814.00
Nathan Kimbrough,WI - $10,735.00

If you fulfil our demands and you want to become one of us then answer the following questions :

1.Are you interested on a Full time or Part time job?
2.If you work part time then let us know how many hours per day .
3.Are you older than 21 years ?
4.Do you have a negative background(criminal records) ?

Kind regards
Fuzzion Trading B.V.

_________________________________________________________________________________
This email and its attachments, if any, are intended for the personal use of the named recipient(s) and may contain confidential, privileged, or proprietary information.
If you are not a named recipient, or an agent responsible for delivering it to a named recipient, you have received this email in error.
In that event, please (a) immediately notify me by reply email, (b) do not review, copy, save, forward, or print this email or any of its attachments, and (c) immediately delete and/or destroy this email and its attachments and all electronic and physical copies thereof.
Thank you.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Posted by: Jeff at Sep 7, 2006 1:13:39 PM

I have received letters from a similar company named Stone, Inc.

Hello Nichelle
My name is Govert Derks and I work for a company called Stone,INC . We are searching for reliable professionals across the United States who are interested in a potentially lucrative partnership with an international firm.
Thank's for accepting our check. We sent to your address check
(On an envelope inscription Stone,inc.)You may receive check after 3-5 days. When you received the check, you must deduct your commission and check cash fee from the check amount, and send the rest via Western Union or MoneyGram money transfer service. Also you must deduct Western Union or MoneyGram fee from the check amount.
If you have questions,please check
We hope for long term cooperation. About the companyFinancial investment company "Stone,inc." was founded inFebruary, 2002 with the purpose to develop social investmentsStone,Inc is a leading investition company in Sweden and we are currently expanding our operations in the United States. But because of various banking and legal restrictions, we are unable to open commercial bank accounts in every state. As such, Stone,Inc is recruiting partners to conduct simple banking transactions on our behalf.The process is simple. If you were interested in becoming a US partner of Stone,Inc, you would sign an agreement that would make you an official financial representative of our company, able to accept invoice payments on our behalf. Instead of asking our American clients to conduct complicated international payment transactions (which are especially complex for Finland companies), we have them work with our partners to submit payments. You would then forward the payments to us, a simple transaction for an individual. Stone,Inc pays its partners a 10% commission on every transaction. In addition, we will take care of any incremental tax liability you incur. Depending on which state you are in, and of course on how good business is, your monthly commissions could be as high as $14,000 per month We hope for long term cooperation.
Financial investment company "Stone,inc." please check this link . All information there. Also we will send all information about transfer money by Western Union. After you send first money, we will send few more checks.
To start work to our company you must fill out and sign the contract manually.

You can download contract here:

1) in Microsoft Word format
www.euromanagerstone.com/contract.doc

2) in Adobe GIF Format:
http://euromanagerstone.com/agree.:

Please, send signed contract to us by fax : +1 (858) 408-1834 or SCAN and E-MAIL

If you have any questions you can visit our help page:
http://www.euromanagerstone.com/faq.html

To get some more information about our company you can visit our
web-site: http://www.euromanagerstone.com

P.S. To view and print the GIF version of the contract, you will need Acrobat Reader, which is a free download from the following website:
http://www.adobe.com/

Posted by: Nichelle at Sep 6, 2006 1:55:53 PM

hi i received a job offer from a company out of europe.as a matter of fact it was latvia. they said they got my resume from monster .com. i was excited as hell! i thought about it, responded. it took them abou ta week before they responded to me. responding with a contract and all that bull___t, i signed it. a few days later i receive a check for 4789.00 im like wow. i found the websit printed everything. now tonight i cant find it. i still have the check called the bank and its a real check on an existing account. but it's still a dam scam. i am so hurt an dmad at myself for getting so excited and telling everyone i had an online job!the co. was stone,inc. business in europe. (www.euro-usa-stone.com). a bunch of you know what. please tell me what to do with the check.

Posted by: tammy at Aug 28, 2006 10:24:43 PM

What should I do-I think I got scammed and signed a fake contract for a company but now I think its a scam, but i did not cash any checks. they might have my SSN, i'm scared.

Posted by: klovely1331 at Jul 16, 2006 1:00:42 PM

Hello,

Thank you for applying for the position of the correspondence assistant/manager
in KFS-Trading Company. I was pleased to review your resume.

The company was established five years ago. Our company works with auction
payments. We are third party company between international sellers (from Europe
and Asia) and american buyers. Company's goal is to deliver payments to our
worldwide sellers and merchandise to buyers. It is impossible for people living
outside of the USA to receive payments (such as money orders, cashiers checks,
paypal) on E-bay, Yahoo, Best buy and other great and low cost Internet markets.
We take of it!

Our sellers are individuals and companies who want to sell their merchandise on
higher prices.

KFS-Trading Company is one of the leaders in wholesale produce distribution is
seeking a dynamic individuals to be responsible for the areas of package
operations and management, financial control and management, customer service.
This is part-time work and it will take you about 4-5 hours of your free time
per week.

Salary - $50 per received package/operated transfer + base salary $2000 per
month.
Bonuses: we pay bonuses once a month if you do your job well.

Necessary documents that should be filled:
1. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
2. Personal information form (PIF)
3. Proof of your existence: Passport, Drivers License, Phone bill or other
document that proofs your identity. *

*
We understand the importance of handling forwarder information in a professional
and confidential manner.
We know that privacy is an important element of our forwarders confidence in us
and we understand that our forwarders expect us to collect and retain personal
information responsibly.
We take great care to ensure your personal information is kept safe. Information
is sometimes shared within KFS-Trading Company family for purposes that could
benefit you such as delivery management and other general business practices.
We only contract with respectable, carefully screened third-party financial and
non-financial companies that offer our customers valuable merchandise and
services. Our partners are: staples.com, digitallyunique.com and many others.
Their services are highly rated.

All reports, letters forms and templates are include all necessary information
to fill in and should be attached to this email.

Important notes:
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT should be signed, scanned (or faxed (518) 602-9228) to this
email.**
PIF should be completed and sent to this email in MS Word format only.

** Should be filled and signed by hand only, no exceptions are made.

Thank you again for interesting in our offer. Hope I answered all questions you
could ask and explained details. Wish you join our community soon.

Justin Davis
KFS-Trading Company
Hiring manager

Too good to be true right? glad i got on this site before i got taken for a ride!!!

Posted by: jaqy at Jul 11, 2006 4:45:20 PM

oh wow. i just read an email i received regarding an ad i responded to on craigslist.com. sure enough, its kfs-trading company. after reading it, i still wasnt so sure what exactly they wanted me to do, and i was shocked that they would just offer me the job without an interview. the first thing that popped into my head was "scam", but i decided to google the company. so happens, no info on them (and i still wasnt thinking it was a scam) until i found this website. i am so glad i did. being almost desperate to get a job, i would have gotten roped into this scam myself. here's a copy of the email they sent me (including documents that i needed to sign... jeeze):

Hello Casey,

Thank you for applying for the position of the correspondence assistant/manager in KFS-Trading Company. I was pleased to review your resume.

The company was established five years ago. Our company works with auction payments. We are third party company between international sellers (from Europe and Asia) and american buyers. Company's goal is to deliver payments to our worldwide sellers and merchandise to buyers. It is impossible for people living outside of the USA to receive payments (such as money orders, cashiers checks, paypal) on E-bay, Yahoo, Best buy and other great and low cost Internet markets. We take of it!

Our sellers are individuals and companies who want to sell their merchandise on higher prices.

KFS-Trading Company is one of the leaders in wholesale produce distribution is seeking a dynamic individuals to be responsible for the areas of package operations and management, financial control and management, customer service. This is part-time work and it will take you about 4-5 hours of your free time per week.

Salary - $50 per received package/operated transfer + base salary $2000 per month.
Bonuses: we pay bonuses once a month if you do your job well.

*
We understand the importance of handling forwarder information in a professional and confidential manner.
We know that privacy is an important element of our forwarders confidence in us and we understand that our forwarders expect us to collect and retain personal information responsibly.
We take great care to ensure your personal information is kept safe. Information is sometimes shared within KFS-Trading Company family for purposes that could benefit you such as delivery management and other general business practices.
We only contract with respectable, carefully screened third-party financial and non-financial companies that offer our customers valuable merchandise and services. Our partners are: staples.com, digitallyunique.com and many others. Their services are highly rated.

All reports, letters forms and templates are include all necessary information to fill in and should be attached to this email.

Important notes:
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT should be signed, scanned (or faxed (518) 602-9228) to this email.**
PIF should be completed and sent to this email in MS Word format only.

** Should be filled and signed by hand only, no exceptions are made.

Thank you again for interesting in our offer. Hope I answered all questions you could ask and explained details. Wish you join our community soon.

Justin Davis
KFS-Trading Company
Hiring manager

their website is kfs-trading.com. it looks almost real, which is a shame. if you have a trained eye, you'd notice that their manhattan location has a brooklyn area-code number. it's sad people are getting scammed from these criminals. the real scary part is that when they ask for personal things like your ss number and scans of your id and utility bills, they could be involved in identity theft as well.

Posted by: casey at Jul 6, 2006 9:29:17 PM

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