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, January 28, 2009

Bell House Fabrics

This is a scam: the so-called Dr Richard Slim has nothing to do with any company called Bell House Fabrics. In fact, you might call the whole thing a fabrication. Get it? Fabrics? Fabrication? Ahem. Anyhow, this is the same old same old: he sends you forged checks, you bank them, you send back money via Western Union, the check bounces, and you've been ripped off. A simple formula, oft repeated: only the fake names change.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dr Richard <slimric@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/1/22
Subject: ACCOUNTANT REPRESENTATIVE
To: ideceive@gmail.com



BELL HOUSE FABRICS COMPANY
FLOOR 4&5, NEWTON HOUSE,
132, NEW BOND STREET,
LONDON, W1S2UD,
ENGLAND.


My Name is RICHARD SLIM, the Manager of BELL HOUSE FABRICS COMPANY,We Need an International ACCOUNTANT REPRESENTATIVE,BOOK KEEPER,SALES REPRESENTATIVE, We have a problem with all our customer over there . that is why we create this job opportunity so you can be helping us to attend to our customers and receiving all our payment from all our customers over there on our company behalf. We going to pay 1000 POUNDS for month salary and this is not include the benefits.

                    COMPANY INTRODUCTION
BELL HOUSE FABRICS COMPANY is one of United Kigndom foremost, diversified Supply companies with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. From our inception in 1885, BELL HOUSE FABRICS COMPANY has been providing solutions to the worlds best companies and our customers. Today, we use an array of advanced technologies in research and development to improve the delivery of medications; enhance foods and beverages; power batteries; protect crop yields, structures and lawns, and advance the manufacture of glass, ceramics, plastics, pulp and paper, textiles and other products. We supply these products to our customers in the All over the World. Due to increase demands of our products in the all around the world, we decided to move our products often into other continent of the world. By so doing, we are looking for someone who can serve as an in-country online payment manager who will be serving as a link between us and our customers within this province worldwide.

Application for employment as :
Surname: Other names:
Address :
Tel (home
Tel (work):

Please include any skills and experience you have acquired that can support this application whether within the working environment or outside.
........................................................

Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?  / NO
(declaration subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)
Do you have any disabilities that might affect your application? YES / NO
Please tell us if yes:

Do you need a work permit to work in the UK/EURO? YES / NO
When can you start work for us? .................
References

Please give the names and addresses of one or two persons as referees, other than your present employer or relatives who we can approach now for references.

No approach will be made to your present or previous employers before an offer of employment is made.

I confirm that to the best of my knowledge the above information is correct.


RICHARD SLIM.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

HE'S Doing again under a different name Richard Cooper, just checked it out, and its a scam


Date of post 05.26.2009
Job Title work from home
Job Category -Logistics/Transportation (Cost Estimating)
Address 54 grove st
Vacancy location United Kingdom, Kent, Maidstone
Work Experience: yes
Work experience 5+ to 7 Years
Degree level Vocational
Position type full time, part time
Minimum salary 566 USD (per hour) [ 566 USD (per hour) ]
Willing to relocate: none
Short description: My name is Richard Cooper, I am emailing you on behalf of BellHouse Fabrics
& Interiors, United Kingdom. I would like to know if you would like to work
online from home and get paid without affecting your present job or even
affecting your day-to-day activities of any kind, actually we need a
representative who can work for our company as an Online Payment Processor.
Long description: We are presently making waves in the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland
fabric markets, we intend expanding our business towards the United States of
America by accepting orders from both individuals and companies within USA and UNITED KINGDOM We
recently placed Ad's on online websites for sales of our fabrics and got a
very good number of requests for our products,however it is against our company
policy to accept International Payments such as : USA Certified Checks, USA Bank
Wire Transfers, USA Money Orders. Therefore, we are requesting your partnership
to assist in receiving payments on behalf of our company.

We are willing to pay you 10% for every payment processed through you from our
clients/customers who will pay for their products which are purchased from our
secure website stated above. These payments are coming from these clients within
USA and will be sent to you directly from our customers, all you have to do is
lodge and cash each payment, deduct 10% and forward 90% to our Payment
Processing Center via Western Union Money Transfer / MoneyGram Money Transfer.
All sending fee's are to be deducted from our 90%, however you will be
required to have a valid checking account in which our customers might request
to make payment either via Wire Transfer (Bank to Bank Transfer) or either via
Certified Check.

You do not require any special skills to work with our firm, however in order
to apply for this job you need to ensure you have access to your e-mail
regularly and reply to our e-mails promptly. You will also need to provide us
with a valid phone in which you can be reached at anytime in case of any special
update, in order to accept this job kindly fill the form stated below :

Full Name :
Address :
City :
State :
Country :
Postal Code :
Phone Number :
Age :
Current Occupation :
Bank Name:

P.S: You must have a valid checking account in which can be used to receive
payments being sent from a customer, this might be via Wire Transfer or Direct
Deposit.

Kindly get back to me ASAP by filling the form stated above, once i hear from
you i will immediately send you a reply with further information.

Regards,

Richard Cooper

Anonymous said...

I've just received one today of a similar nature also from a Richard Cooper

Anonymous said...

I have received one from Richard Cooper about Bell House Fabrics, but the thing is I know the actual owners of the real Bell House Fabrics and they will be horrified that this is going out and potentially blackening their good name.

Ingrid E said...

Have just had an email from this Richard Cooper from Hell House Fabrics and it looks like a money laundering exercise perhaps or some other scam.

You are asked to receive payments from customers, deduct 10% and then send them the rest. Can this be reported to the police or something?

Dougy said...

Just got e-mail from this prat as well. Started with my name is Richard Cooper and ended with Regards, Anthony Cooper. Seems like a very bright person

Anonymous said...

the same old scam with new name Anthony Cooper .. be aware ..
PS: if they want you to work, they should the one paying and not you. If they ask any kind of money, is first sign of scam ...

Anonymous said...

He's calling himself Derek Park today ... amusing the bad grammar and misspellings ... bad try Derek!