Help! Is this a scam?!

JavaBlack · #1 (**permalink**) 05-26-2006, 07:30 AM

I've deleted some names from the below for the privacy of the individuals if they are indeed real people.
This just sounds to me like at best an embellished description of a legitimate job, at worst a scam.
Anybody know which is true? Or am I perhaps misjudging it? This came from CareerBuilder and is the second such message I've seen.

Quote:

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

An European trading company,located in Rotterdam 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 at least one of this payment methods :

a) Wire transfer
b) Checks
c) 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 :

[Names and numbers deleted]

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.What age are you ?
4.What payment method(mentioned above) do you prefer ?
5.Do you have a negative background(criminal records) ?

Kind regards
[Name of contact deleted]

MerlinX · #2 (**permalink**) 05-26-2006, 03:02 PM

Unfortunately it sounds like a money laundering scam...

http://www.joewein.net/fraud/spam-payment-jobs.htm
http://featuredreports.monster.com/p.../illegalscams/
http://ideceive.blogspot.com/

Also, you can contact Career Builder and check, but I doubt they know anything about it. Their email address was probably "spoofed".

This kind of thing makes me angry. Money laundering (and the activities which necessitate it) is bad enough, but to lead people on who are looking for honest work is somehow just despicable.

Anyway, I wish you better luck on your search...

JavaBlack · #3 (**permalink**) 05-27-2006, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MerlinX";p=&quot

Unfortunately it sounds like a money laundering scam...

http://www.joewein.net/fraud/spam-payment-jobs.htm
http://featuredreports.monster.com/p.../illegalscams/
http://ideceive.blogspot.com/

Also, you can contact Career Builder and check, but I doubt they know anything about it. Their email address was probably "spoofed".

This kind of thing makes me angry. Money laundering (and the activities which necessitate it) is bad enough, but to lead people on who are looking for honest work is somehow just despicable.

Anyway, I wish you better luck on your search...

Thanks Merlin.

Bluefast · #4 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 05:27 PM

I'm pretty into tech jobs so when I check monster I usually find lots of BS advertisements. Like jobs that say you can work from your home, choose your own hours & have a chance @ making huge sums of money w/ absolutely no college degree required. You just know somethings up.

Some of these online job search sites need stricter measures.

Joker · #5 (**permalink**) 07-03-2006, 08:37 PM

I've been getting similar emails since I began actively job searching. One claimed to be a travel agency that specialized in Eastern European countries. My job would have been to set up a special bank account where I could deposit money for customers planning a trip to Eastern Europe. They claimed it was to help them avoid high taxes upon enetring the countries, but it smelled to obviously like a scam to me.

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