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, February 12, 2007

International Charitable Foundation "Trust"

This is a pretty weird scam. The site to which this links pretends to provide aid for USA military personnel. They probably want you to be a money mule, like most of the other scams out there. Whatever the case, the broken english, strangeness, and recently-registered domain name all point to this being a Nigerian or Eastern European scam.

   Domain Name: SOLUCPROJET.COM <-- weird name, that
   Registrar: INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM
   Whois Server: whois.itsyourdomain.com
   Referral URL: http://www.itsyourdomain.com
   Name Server: NS1.KIFERTOK.COM
   Name Server: NS2.KOLIWASER.COM
   Updated Date: 09-feb-2007
   Creation Date: 09-feb-2007 <-- and yet they clam to have been around since 1992
   Expiration Date: 09-feb-2008

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ed Kaufman <kelvin[@]u2club.com>
Date: 12-Feb-2007 05:27
Subject: Work.USA $3900
To: [redacted]@gmail.com

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

http://solucprojet.com/fund/join.html

The international company searches for workers in USA.
Now we have  vacancies in all states.
You will earn 3500-4500$ per month.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START or get more info Please fill the FORM:

http://solucprojet.com/fund/join.html

MORE ABOUT JOB.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
-No specific business experience is required for this business.
-You should be aged between 18 and 67.Male or female.
-Available for all USA residents.

Our proposal  oriented to  the USA RESIDENTS.

- You DON'T need to handle any products!No MLM,no Sales.
- DOES NOT Require investment.
- You will earn 3500-4500$ per month.

TO START or get more info Please fill the FORM:

http://solucprojet.com/fund/join.html

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