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

UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY

Return-path address SPF verified. This is a money mule scam.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Return-Path: <master_info@bellsouth.net>
From: UNIVERSAL PETROL CHEMICALS <master_info@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to:
procurementofficerharold@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 28-Mar-2007 13:00
Subject: RECEIVING PAYMENT OFFICER NEEDED URGENTLY
To:
master_info@bellsouth.net

UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY
(International Communication Department):
Address:Unit 229,Ducie House,
37 Ducie Street,
Manchester M1 2JW,
United Kingdom.


I am Mr White Benson , we are a group of business
enterpreneurs who deal on Petrol Chemicals and export into
America/south America/Canada/Europe and Asia.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in
America/south America/Canada/Europe and Asia as well as making payments
through you to us.
Please if you are interested in transacting business with
us we will be very glad.Please contact us for more information.
Contact our procurement officer Mr James Harold via email:
procurementofficerharold@yahoo.co.uk

Subject to your acceptance you will be entitled to 8%
commission of any payement made through you.
Please if you are interested forward to us your name, phone/fax
number/contact addresses and occupation.

Thanks,
Director White Benson
For C.E.O


UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY

3 comments:

Spotter said...

Same deal strikes again. The return-path address is SPF-verified (domain of infoweb_0007@bellsouth.net designates 205.152.59.72 as permitted sender).

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Return-Path: <infoweb_0007@bellsouth.net>
From: UNIVERSAL PETROL CHEMICALS <infoweb_0007@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: procurementofficerjames@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 19-Apr-2007 11:44
Subject: :RECEIVING PAYMENT OFFICER NEEDED URGENTLY
To: infoweb_0007@bellsouth.net


UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY
(International Communication Department):
Address:Unit 229,Ducie House,
37 Ducie Street,
Manchester M1 2JW,
United Kingdom.


I am Mr White Benson , we are a group of business
enterpreneurs who deal on Petrol Chemicals and export into
America/south America/Canada/Europe and Asia.
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in
America/south America/Canada/Europe and Asia as well as making payments
through you to us.
Please if you are interested in transacting business with
us we will be very glad.Please contact us for more information.
Contact our procurement officer Mr James Harold via email:
procurementofficerjames@yahoo.co.uk

Subject to your acceptance you will be entitled to 8%
commission of any payement made through you.
Please if you are interested forward to us your name, phone/fax
number/contact addresses and occupation.

Thanks,
Director White Benson
For C.E.O
TEL +447045713129

UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPANY

Anonymous said...

This is a copy of the e-mail I recieved :
Help Wanted: Payment Officer Needed

I am Martins Ballard the Manager of Craft Fair Suppliers of Fabric, would you like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job? Actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as online book-keeper.We make Online supply to our clients in USA/CANADA. Its always too expensive and stressful for me to come down and receive such payment twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact you.I am willing to pay you 10% for every payment received by you from our clients.

Reply by filling the form below if interested,

NAME ...
FULL ADDRESS(not p.o. box)..
CITY..
STATE..
ZIP CODE.....
PHONE NUMBER (S)......
AGE.....
OCCUPATION....

REPLY ASAP :martins.ballard@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

It is hard to believe that people would actually fall for these scams, come on people do a search on these to good to be true offers.