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.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Peters Industries

Typical Nigerian-style money mule job (forged cheques/money orders). The initial job description was really vague, so I asked for additional information. :-)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peters Industries is a company <robin17702@yahoo.com>
Date: 24-Dec-2006 00:33
Subject: PART TIME JOB FOR YOU !
To: ideceive@gmail.com

Hello,

     please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly?well as i just come across your name and address posted online and I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn alot.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, then you could kindly reply me at robin17701@yahoo.com and Iwould be glad to brief you more.

Thank you

Robin

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Robin Smith <robin17701@yahoo.com>
To: [redacted]
Subject: Re: PART TIME JOB FOR YOU !

Good day ,how are you and hope you take your time and patience to go through this.This is the job i have for you.Peters Industries is a company which was originated from the Uk,it is a trading company that is into the import and export of goods like Aluminium,Industrial Chemicals,Raw Materials, Machines & Machineries, Non-Ferrous Metal,Steel,Foundry,Aluminium Products, construction,Plastic and Rubber,Refractories and Ceramics Products,Tyres, Professional Products Drawing, Graphic,Arts and crafts,and newly included- Electronics-copiers, printers, fax machines, personal computers, CD-RW, DVD-RQ drives and media, cameras, and advanced electronic devices to U.S,Canada and Europe. Due to the Increasing number of clients that we have in the U.S.A, Canada and Europe,we are having difficulty in reaching all of them,therefore we decided to employ representatives to help us get to our clients.As our representative,you shall serve as a link between us and our clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on our behalf.You shall have a 10% commision for every transaction payment that you collect on our behalf.The amount on the payment is $4000.This payment would be delivered at your home via courier service so all you need do is take the payment to your bank have it cashed,deduct the 10% for yourself,you would go to the western union and send the rest balance to my company and also deduct the western union fees from the company Money.Thats all you have to do for now but as soon as there are more developments i will let you know.I like your resume and all i need from you now to get started is:
 
1.FULL NAMES ......
2.CONTACT ADDRESS ..........
3.COUNTRY ......
4.OCCUPATION .....
5.PHONE ......
6.FAX NUMBER....
7.AGE........
 
Thanks so much i would be expecting your reply soonest.Bye
Robin Smith .
C.E.O peters printing Inc
13MURRAYCLOSE,
THAMESMEAD
LONDON SE28 0NT

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My, my....

So Peter's Industries is also Marble Trading Limited is also a scam.

-------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:42:18
From: robin smith < robin177011@yahoo.com >
Subject: JOB OFFER!!
To: ME
Hello,
please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly?well as i just come across your name and address posted chicago reader and I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn alot.This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a part-time joband 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, then you could kindly reply me at robin17701@yahoo.com and I would be glad to brief you more.
Thank you
Robin
MARBLE TRADING LIMITED
13MURRAYCLOSE,
THAMESMEAD LONDON SE28 0NT
robin17701@yahoo.com

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