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.

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

J&D INTERNATIONAL

This isn't the first time we've encountered a money mule scam involving the name "James Wilkie"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD <jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 28-Mar-2007 18:19
Subject: EARN A LIVING WORKING FOR J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD
To: ideceive@gmail.com


EARN A LIVING WORKING FOR J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD

jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk


J&D INTERNATIONAL LTD




Dear Sir/Madam,

             Please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you
like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly? Our
Company J & D International is a company based in Uk and we are into
Manufactures of Fabrics and Textiles with numerous customers home and
abroad. We produce various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics and traditional costume you will be glad with our produces. We
need a representative in the states who will be in charge of all our
payment from the United States clients/customers.



Because most of our customer from the states pay through certified
cheque, cashier cheques, money order and Credit cards which are not negotiable here
in UK? This brings our quest to employ a credible and trustworthy
fellow as our representative to handle our payments. This would not
affect your present job but serve as another stream of income to your
good self. Being our representative and assisting us in processing the
payments from our clients,we will pay you weekly salary and shall earn
about 10% of every payment you assist us with because due to the fact
that we cant cash the US Credit card, money order upon receipt here in the UK
immediately, in the past we have lose about 75,000 USD of net income
each month because of money transfer delays. Your task is to
coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment
process. You are not involved in any sales. Our sales manager sells
products.



Once he makes a sale we deliver the product to a customer (usually
through FEDEX).The customer receives and checks the products. After
this has been done, the customer has to pay for the products. About 90
percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Cheques,Credit cards,
Money orders based on the amount involved. We have decided to open
this new job position for solving this problem. Your tasks are;

1. Receive payment from Customers through Credit cards transfer, Money order, cheques

2. Cash it at your Bank

3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the
offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to
forwarded either by Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer. A
local Money transfer takes barely hours, so it will give us a
possibility to get customers payment almost immediately.

             For example you have got 3000.00USD

             You take your income: 320.00 USD

             Send to us: 2680.00 USD



First month you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD So
you may calculate your income.For example 18 transactions on 3500.00
USD give you 5610.00 USD Plus your basis monthly salary is 1000.00 USD
Total: 6610.00 USD per month after establishing close co-operation
you will be

able to operate with larger orders and you will be able to earn more.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed
in your bank deduct your weekly salary and forward the balance to the
company via western union money transfer or money gram money transfer.
We understand it is an unusual and incredible job position. This job
takes only 3-7 hours per week.

You will have a lot of free time doing another job, you will get good
income and regular job. But this job is very challenging and you
should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies
our requirements and will be an earnest assistant. We are glad to
offer this job position to you. If you feel that you are  serious
about this and earnest worker, All we will need is your full name,
address and phone number so we can forward it to our clients and they
will start making payments to u as the company' representative in the
states,
I WILL ALSO EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY
WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY
OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY
PAYMENT COMING TO YOU. I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE
INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM.



REGARDS,



Mr James Wilkie

J & D Wilkie Ltd
Kirriemuir, Angus
Scotland DD8 4BL

jameswilkie_international_ltd@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447011138886
     +447011148546

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