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, May 10, 2008

Brighter Future

This spam claims to be from a West African recruitment agency. Please bear in mind that West Africa is the world capital of Advance Fee Fraud, where you are conned into sending money for something that ultimately never materialises.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brighter Future Consultants <brighterfuture@[info.com]> [probably false]
Reply-to: brighterfuture@dbzmail.com
Date: 2008/5/09
Subject: Manpower Recruitment
To: [many addresses redacted]


Dear Sir,

We are West African based Travel Consultant and a leading Recruitment Agent with extensive coverage in Southern African Countries.

At the requests of our Principals in Canada and U.S.A, we have several vacancies for overseas jobs available now both for skilled and unskilled labour.

The vacancies are for nationals of underlisted countries:

1. INDIA NATIONALS.
2. NEPAL NATIONALS.
3. SRI LANKA NATIONALS
4. BANGLADESH NATIONALS
5. INDONESIA NATIONALS

Our requests are as follows:

UNSKILLED LABOUR:

1.DOCK WORKERS
2.SHIP CLEANER'S
3.LORRY DRIVER'S
4.SHIP COOKS
5.SHIPMATE'S
6.COMPANY SECURITY
7.FORKLIFT/PLANT DRIVER'S/OPERATORS

SKILLED LABOUR:

1.SYSTEM ANALYST
2.NURSES
3.TICKETING/RESERVATION OFFICCER'S
4.TEACHERS
5.PHARMACISTS
6.MEDICAL DOCTORS

Vacancies are available for these categories of listed
worker's immediately in CANADA, U.S.A..

Our service/handling charge is moderate and negotiable for getting the visa and all other necessary travelling document's for the candidate's including accomodation and transportion up till destination.

In case your company is interested in any of the vacancies mentioned above, pls. do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to been of services to you.

Regards,


Tommmy Martins
Tel.:+229 9506 2202/9722 1946

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