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, January 20, 2007

British Wind Energy Company

I feel like I should make some sort of joke about this "British Wind Energy Company" job being a load of hot air, but money mule scams are not funny. As usual, this is a pack of lies: there is no company behind the job offer, only criminals seeking dishonest gain.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: BRITISH WIND ENERGY COMPANY. <staffordcaffery_md@yahoo.co.uk >
Reply-To: staffordcaffery_md@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 17-Jan-2007 16:46
Subject: SOLICITING FOR A HONEST REPRESENTATIVE!!!
To: ideceive@gmail.com

BRITISH WIND ENERGY COMPANY
1 Aztec Row, Berners Road
London N1 0PW
UNITED KINGDOM.


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Stafford Caffery the managing director of a company that deals on Wind Energy Power. I am the sole owner of the company. (British Wind Energy Company.) I am a businessman that deals on Wind Energy Power turbines and export this product to the America/Canada and Europe.

I am searching for a honest respresentative who can assist me to establish a medium of reaching out to my clients in the America/Canada and Europe.We are finding it difficult in getting to all of them due to the increase number of clients we are having in the above countries.my aim of request is for you to help for the collection of payment from my clients on my behalf

You shall have a 10% commission for every transaction you carry out or payment that you collect on our behalf. Please if you are interested in carrying this business transaction, you are to forward your contact details to this email address in full. (REPLY TO:staffordcaffery_md@yahoo.co.uk).

Please all further conrespondence should be via my personal e-mail staffordcaffery_md@yahoo.co.uk so as to enable me communicate more information to your hopeful co-operation in the aspect of this business transaction.

Please if interested in becoming our representatives i would advice you to completely fill the form BELOW.

FULL NAME:
SEX:
COMPANY: IF ANY
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE:
CELL:
FAX:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:

Regards,

Stafford Caffery.

MD. /CEO British Wind Energy Company (Bwec).



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