Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

  • they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.
  • they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.
  • they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.
  • they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".
  • it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

Monday, October 23, 2006

Cn'V Corvette Vacations

This is a fairly typical but nondescript money-mule job. The business
name appears to be a complete fiction. The domain name
"cnv-corvettes-sales.com" was registered less than a week ago.

Domain Name: CNV-CORVETTES-SALES.COM
Registrar: YESNIC CO. LTD.
Whois Server: whois.yesnic.com
Referral URL: http://www.yesnic.com

Name Server: NS2.OKDNSHERE.COM.DOMAIN-NOT-RENEWED.COM
Name Server: NS1.OKDNSHERE.COM.DOMAIN-NOT-RENEWED.COM
Status: ACTIVE
EPP Status: ok
Updated Date: 19-Oct-2006
Creation Date: 18-Oct-2006
Expiration Date: 18-Oct-2007

"cnv-corvettes-sales.com" has address 81.180.177.19, which is in
Romania according to WHOIS records.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Diann <[address redacted as probably false and irrelveant]>
Date: 24-Oct-2006 06:02
Subject: Increase your income with Cn'V Inc.
To: [spam-trap address redacted]


Cn'V Corvette Vacations.
In connection with the introduction of a new first line support system
for our customers
the Cn'V Corvette company announces an additional limited admission of
management
agents in the countries of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

We are searching for communicative, dynamic, honest and respectable people
interested in additional earnings and who are ready to learn quickly,
to follow the
instructions and to show own initiative too.

This job is a unique chance to try out in a financial sphere. Besides,
you will substantially
increase your income even if you work with us for only several hours a day.
We do not require any special education but its presence is
appreciated as well as the
work experience. We highly appreciate and find very important an
ability to follow our
instructions and conditions.

An applicant must:
- be capable to work;
- ability to create good administrative reporting;
- have a bank account;
- have an opportunity to give not less than 1 hour a day to this work;
- ability to use PC, have an access to PC and Internet during the day.

This job will allow you to:
- work efficiently from home;
- increase available personal time;
- achieve financial independence in half the normal time (1-3 hours per day);
- interact and associate with other members in order to benefit from
their knowledge
and experiences;
- become able to share time and money with others less fortunate than you;
- develop high self-respect and esteem.

If you are ready please mail us to: pete@cnv-corvettes-sales.com

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