A correspondent just informed me of this job scam, which came via Careerbuilder. They are recruiting for money mules, to forward stolen money to them. The domain name used by this scam is "northpremium.com", and it was registered a week ago at the time of this post, so this is still a relatively fresh scam.    Domain Name: NORTHPREMIUM.COM   Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM    Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com   Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com    Name Server: NS1.CORPORATESOLUTIONONLINE.COM   Name Server: NS2.CORPORATESOLUTIONONLINE.COM    Status: clientTransferProhibited   Updated Date: 14-sep-2010   Creation Date: 14-sep-2010   Expiration Date: 14-sep-2012 Customer Service Position (application procedure)   Dear X,Thank you for your interest in a employment with North Trade. I would like to give you a succinct synopsis of the Customer Service Specialist's job description and position requirements.Company OverviewNorth Trade is a private investment program backed by gold, Forex, bonds, stock trading, and investments in various funds and activities all over the globe. Our mission is to provide our investors with a great opportunity to grow their money by investing as cautiously as possible in a wide variety of arenas while obtaining the highest rates of return. North Trade is a well constructed investment portal; we provide a safe, secure, 100% guaranteed investment environment to all investors, all over the world. We have constructed an exceptionally secure system to provide our clients with this protection.Visit Our Website at http://northpremium.comJob Type: Customer ServicePosition Type: Work at homeEmployment Type: Full-Time or Part-time (20-30 hours per week minimum)Opening Date: 9/13/2010Closing Date: Open until filledJob DescriptionOperational hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, your local time.Salary range: $19 per hour, plus bonus remuneration for every processed task.The salary is paid every two weeks.Position RequirementsThis is not a telemarketing or a direct sales job, and there are no initial deposits or payments to be made prior or after taking this position. You're going to be processing client requests, performing day-to-day operations (e.g. editorial work with documentation, processing company's product-related paperwork, communication with clientele), and providing daily reports to your personal manager. You will be receiving assignments on a daily basis via online back-office system. Every assignment contains detailed directions on how to proceed with the current tasks, and must be processed within the designated timeframe.Our BenefitsEach Customer Service Specialist is provided with employment benefits after successful probationary period (30 days). The employment benefits include:- Stock options;- 401k; - Flex-Time;- Health & Dental;- Professional development programs* Detailed information concerning the employment benefits will be provided after probationary period successful completion.How to proceed with your employment process?To get started with the Customer Service Specialist position we recommend you to review this step-by-step guide:1. Download an Employment Application (Your application form is attached to this letter)2. Please carefully review this form, print out, fill in by hand and fax back to one of our U.S. numbers: +1-800-537-6909 or return a scanned and signed copy via REPLYING to this e-mail.3. Fill in the form below to confirm an offer. It must be completed and sent back via REPLY.Offer Confirmation Form ---------------------------------------------Full name:Address:Phone #:E-mail:---------------------------------------------4. As soon as we receive required forms, we will provide you with all necessary instructions within 48 hours and a registration link to our online back-office system which will allow you to communicate with your personal manager and schedule interview time.Please don't hesitate to contact us to eliminate any difficulties or if you have questions. Our support team and a free training course are always available for our applicants.Sincerely, Matthew Howard,HR & Operational Manager,North Trade.

I'm posting this one only because it got past the Gmail spam filter. The sender used a WiMax Internet connection in Pakistan (if the WHOIS record for 110.37.31.115 is to be believed). The job description is really vague, but it's probably cheque fraud or a reshipper scam. It's definitely a scam, though: they're spamming it out and saying "I just found your email". No they didn't: they're looking for victims. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Hilary Richardson <walz8jsjuu@yahoo.com> Date: 31 August 2010 21:01Subject: Launch your career - (id. 1283252493)To: [redacted]Hello ! My name is  Sam Arlandos and I am the HR manager for SW Europe Company. I have just found your e-email at one of the HR resource and I am sure that you would be interested in the new job vacancies at SW Europe Company: Vacant position: Agent Sypply Department. Requirements: - promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization - working with purchasing staff to establish quality requirements from external suppliers - setting up and maintaining controls and documentation procedures - availability of spare time (3-4 hours per day) - advanced user ability to operate PC and to use Internet and e-mail. Benefits: - flexible work schedule - possibility to combine the job with primary employment INTERESTING FACT: Our analysts observe strongly pronounced economic growth in all departments of SW Company for the latest quarter of this year due to perfect and well coordinated work of our team. For more information, please reply to: kennethhunnicutt@yahoo.com - Best regards, Sebastian Turner Senior HR manager SW Europe Company

A correspondent reports the unhappy news that he has lost money to these scammers. This fake job offer is actually an advance fee fraud scam: they express an interest in hiring you, but require that you pay airfares and other fees. There is no job: it's just a con. If someone wants to hire you for anything, require them to cover any and all associated costs, and assume it's a scam if they won't.Scammers change the names associated with their scams quite regularly, so if you see something that looks similar to this, but with different names, the chances are that it's exactly the same scam.From: Martin Chen [mailto:martins.chen@btinternet.com]Subject: Experienced Coaches/Players NeededAttn:
 
Chongqing hockey Academy is a newly opened hockey club/academy located in Liaocheng, Shandong Province in China. This hockey academy is sponsored by the Chinese Sport Council (CSC), Chinese hockey Federation (CHA) and other reputable companies.
 
The Academy looking at building on this and make it a profitable academy at beginner and intermediate level for the Chinese Sport Council CSC in the nearest future. You may need to expand to all levels from mini tots to advanced tour players to old social players Just to make it more profitable at present we have 6 hockey Courts including Clay with Modernized indoor and outdoor facilities.
 
The players are from 38-42 in number all are beginners. The players can communicate in English.
 
The job description includes, training, instructs hockey players by analyzing their Performances and developing their abilities.
 
You閳ユ獧e Responsibilities: 
 
Carry out all aspects of the hockey program necessary to accomplish objectives of the sport within the guidelines of the Chinese Sport Council (CSC), Chinese hockey Federation (CHF) and Academy rules rules.
 
Responsible for managing the hockey Academy, which includes memberships, court scheduling, recruiting of members, financial accounting and hours of operation as set by the (CHA).
 
 * Select, supervise and evaluate assistant coaches.
 *Manage the academy budget.
 *Market and promote hockey Academy program.
 *Ability to effectively analyze and teach the fundamental hockey skills and strategies of 
 the sport
 *Plans Game-Day Tactics and Skill Instruction
 
Each coach is entitled to a self contained house with all equipped housing facilities.Luxury Apartments. Air-conditioned. 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with fully fitted kitchen, laundry room, lounge/dining room and balconies. Suitable for families or small groups (up to 8 people).Two swimming pools and private communal garden. 1 kilometer From the hockey Academy. Our living apartments are Private.
 
Salary and Benefits: $18,300 monthly can be transferred to any Bank or Country of your Choice and all transfers must be made in conformity with the existing tax situation in China. Furnished House, Air Way Ticket, Health Insurance, language tutor. Contract Duration: 24 months (Liable for upward review depending on your commitment and expertise)
 
We hereby inform that if this Offer is acceptable to you, you are requested to send us an Acceptance letter with your passport photograph via email to :(chonqgingacademy@chinamail.com) and your C.V/RESUME to enable us proceed with relevant Processing.
 
Regards,
Mr.Martin Chen Lee
0086-1361708504,86-13774491242
Chonqging hockey Academy
No.52 international Park Xiang Gang Zhong,Liaocheng,
Shandong Province CHINA 252000

This is a money mule scam. I haven't done a search to see whether or not there is a real "Chiffon Lace Fabric" company at the given address, but you can rest assured that they have nothing to do with this scam if they exist. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Chiffon Lace Fabric <[unverifiable]>Reply-to: jeffdude404@hotmail.com Date: 5 June 2010 22:21Subject: VACANCYTo: ideceive@gmail.comChiffon Lace Fabric is actively seeking For Online Clerk/Representative in the United State Of America, United Kingdom and Canada to represent its interests. We were able to get your email address with the help of marketing research based in your location. You will work as an independent contractor right from your home or office. This vacant position is available for anybody that is interested in earning some extra money to pay bills and to go on vacations. This job will not take too much of your time and there is no reason for you to quit your present job. This post is available for everyone both employed and unemployed because this will not affect your present occupation status all you need is to have a minimum of 1hr to spend for this work everyday. JOB DESCRIPTION We have sales representatives to distribute our products. There are hundreds of competitors, close direct contacts between suppliers and customers and other difficulties, which impede our sales promotion. We have decided  to deliver the products upfront, it's very risky but it should push up sales on 25 percent. Presently with the amount of Orders we have, we cannot put them on hold For fear of loosing the customers out rightly. YOUR TASK You are to coordinate payments from customers or dispatch payment slips. Your status will determine where you will be posted. You will be notified when you are getting any payment by a representative of our company or when any slip will be sent to you depends on the position you fit into. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to the customers and you coordinate the payment as instructed. You will need to take record of every payment sent to you and for every payment you process there will be 10% percent commission for you which means if you can successfully get 10,000 Dollars or Pounds from our customer's per week, you will have 1,000 Dollars or Pounds as your commission and if you work harder there will always be a monthly bonus for you. You do not need any materials than your computer with internet access and telephone to be qualify for this Job. if you are interested in this job let me know and confirm you availability by filling the form below and sending it back to us. Full Name:---------- Street Address:---------- City:---------- State:---------- Zip code:---------- Country:---------- Phone Number:---------- Age:---------- Sex:---------- Current Occupation:---------- Position Held:---------- WARNING If you can not meet this requirements, Please don't reply to this email, We are looking for people with the highest standards of honesty and integrity only. Please do not apply if you feel you cannot handle large sums of cash without being tempted to perform a dishonest Act. Passwords, SSN etc, If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this info. This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft. Chiffon Lace Fabric 210, Sinsiao Road, South District,Tainan,Taiwan 886-6-2615113 2008 (c) Chiffon Lace Fabric

I get the impression that there is a scammer out there (this one) who does nothing but impersonate various Chinese textile companies -- or just make up names of Chinese textile companies -- I'm not sure which. Anyhow, this one is targeting folks from New Zealand, which is something I don't see much. The scam is a money mule scam: the scammer wants to send you fraudulent money orders or something like that, and have you send back cash via Western Union.---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mr.Zheng Choua <[redacted (unverifiable, probably false)]>Reply-to: zhengchoua@yahoo.cn Date: 2009/8/12 UTCSubject: Company Representatives Is Needed (Job Offer)To: ideceive@gmail.comDear Sir/Madam, I'M Mr.Zheng Choua, the Sales Manager of (Thuong Hang Lu Woollen Textile Co.,Ltd.), the major producer of textile and fabric material in China. We are looking for a trustworthy representative in New Zealand that can help as a link between our company and our client over there.we would like to know if you are interested to work from home for us and earn up to $800 to $1,500 Dollars weekly for your services. (Thuong Hang Lu Woollen Textile Co.,Ltd.) needs a book-keeper or representative in New Zealand,so we want to know if you will like to work from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? Our company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes.We have clients we supply goods weekly in New Zealand and our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders and Bank Transfar which are not cashable here in China,so we need someone in New Zealand to work as our representative to assist us in processing payments from our clients and we will pay him/her weekly wage. All you need to do is to receive this payment from our clients in New Zealand on behalf of our company and get it cashed at your bank then deduct your 10% and forward the balance to our company here in China. BELOW IS A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FORM OF OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE NECESSARY INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE COMPANYS BALANCE.YOU COULD JUST FILL IT OUT THIS FORM BELOW. APPLICATION FORM 1.Full Names______________________________ 2.House Address___________________________ 3.State:__________________________________ 4.City:___________________________________ 5.Zipcode:________________________________ 6.Phone Number____________________________ 7.Country_________________________________ 8.Occupation______________________________ 9.Age_____________________________________ 10. Sex___________________________________ Thank you as we await your further response. In Trust And Good Faith Mr.Zheng Choua, Sales Manager, (Thuong Hang Lu Woollen Textile Co.,Ltd.) Contact Phone: +8613691160645 Address: 508 Bohaisan Rd., Binzhou city, Shandong province, China 8 East Guangdian Road, Hutang Town, Wujin, Ghangzhou City, Jiangsu Province.China Zip: 213161

If you've arrived here wondering if this is a scam, then YES IT IS. It's a big league theft, fraud, and money laundering scam. They need suckers to act as "money mules" -- people who unwittingly launder money on behalf of these crooks. For much more extensive coverage of this scam than I can offer, see bobbear's coverage of the scam. These folks have been hitting the spam folder A LOT in the past week or three. I've counted somewhere on the order of seventy spams, and they may not be finished yet. The folks behind this spam are obviously the more serious criminal types, since they're doing a fair bit to muddy the waters: they use multiple domain names for their website, and they never use the same name (in the "my name is" phrase) twice. Domain names seen in this scam to date include gshipagc.com (registered 01-aug-2009), gshipagc.net (registered 01-aug-2009), shipbal.com (registered 05-aug-2009), shipbal.net (registered 05-aug-2009), globipp.com (registered 12-aug-2009), globipp.net (registered 12-aug-2009), globipi.com (registered 12-aug-2009), dhippag.com (registered 12-aug-2009), dhippag.net (registered 12-aug-2009), and dhippan.net (registered 12-aug-2009). ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Global Shipping Agency <[redacted (false, random)]>Date: 2009/8/10 UTCSubject: Got free time? Become richer! To: [redacted (false, random)] Dear Sir/Madam, My name is [Random Random], I am a Personnel Department manager in Global Shipping Agency Ltd and I would like to offer you a job of Customer Service Financial Assistant in our company. First of all, I would like to make a brief review on our company. Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (GSA Ltd.) was formed in 1996, we are an International Shipping Company based in Hong Kong. We aim to deal with both the intricate logistics and freight forwarding requirements of major companies and PLC's as well as smaller companies and household removals. With everybody receiving the same high level of professional service - whether using our express air services or cheaper freight forwarding or groupage freight shipping services.   For more information, please visit our web-site http://gshipagc.com/vacancies.php. Today we would like to offer you a position of our Customer Service Financial Assistant with a prospect of a career growth. In January, 2009 our Marketing Department started a research in the USA to determine the places with the highest customer activity. By the time research finishes, there will be up to 5 cities chosen, with the highest level of clients' activity. We will be happy to offer you a position of a full-time manager at one of our newly opened American offices, once you perform well at a part-time position. As for now, let me tell more about a part-time position of a Customer Service Financial Assistant. At this position, you would be responsible to deal with the payments form our European customers; these can be companies or private individuals. You will be a middleman between our customers based in Europe and the regional branches of the company. Your mission will be to fasten the process of payment delivery, so that to help us get the payments in regional branches efficiently, deal with each of the customer orders in shortest possible dates, attract extra customers and improve company's total profit. Moreover, it is important to notice, that we work on special program under patronage of US Government for reducing cheap-contracts taxes. The reason we join that program is the European Union economic restrictions that affect us. If the payment is forwarded directly to one of our European accounts, our customers would have to pay another 25%-27% as a fee to the European government, which would make their expenses much higher. This 27%-Law was made by European Bank Association to protect the interests of European banks, but it affects us as well. This is a step-by-step description of your responsibilities on a position during the approbation period: You will have to deal with the customer payments, arranged by the Company Head Office for you. Our Head office will arrange every new coming payment with you in advance over the phone ( so that to make sure you are available) and then send you an e-mail with all the details that you might need, a step-by-step instruction, exact amount transferred, the name of the customer who made the payment and the details of the regional branch the money is supposed to be sent to. So, after the customer makes a payment to your bank account, we will send you an e-mail with all the details of the payment. Once the payment is shown at your available balance, you are supposed to deduct your 10% commission first. Out of the 90% left you are supposed to deduct the related charges for the Western Union fee. The amount left after all the deductions are made is supposed to be transferred by Western Union to one of our regional branches (depending from and to what destination the transportation is required). We use Western Union service to fasten the process of payment delivery – this I an instant money transfer service, and the money you sent is available for the receiver immediately. As this is a part-time job position – you will get 2 payments a week to deal with during the approbation period and then up to 3-4 payments a week once we sign up a working agreement with you. Once you get some experience, you will probably need less than 1,5 hours to finish the whole task. We offer that for the approbation period for the incoming customer payments you either use the existing bank account of yours or open a separate bank account for the company needs ( the amount of each payment on the trial period will not exceed 10000 usd). Once we sign up a long-term working agreement with you, we will assist you in opening a business account for the company payments as we will expect more payments of larger amounts to be arranged for you to deal with. The business account takes some time and effort to be opened, and so that not to lose time (as we are just going to test each other) we advice to start with some private account first. The approbation period lasts for 2 weeks, which allows both of us make sure we are comfortable to deal with each other. We will sign up a pre-contract agreement with you, which will be valid through the approbation period only. Once the approbation period has gone through successfully, we will be happy to sign up a long-term working agreement for part-time employment on a regular basis with you. Some of our lawyers come to the USA every 1-2 months, so once a lawyer comes to the USA, we will arrange a meeting for you, for all the papers to be signed up. This position offers excellent benefits and basic salary of $2000 a month, along with long term career progression opportunity. Apart from a basic salary, we also offer you a 10% commission out of each project you are dealing with, so that to encourage you to deal with more payments and keep your interest in finishing any new coming task in shortest possible dates. Once you get more experienced and are able to come with your duties easily, you will be offered to take more responsibility on a position. Experienced managers normally do all the arrangements regarding new coming customer orders themselves – communicating with the customers and regional branches, making lists of transportations, authorizing each new customer order with the company Head Office, dealing with the payments and sending them to the final destination. These responsibilities involve more time to be spent, but as well higher earnings. For all the business calls to go through successfully, you will be equipped with an iPhone. As well we will cover your international call expenses. If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to e-mail us. We are looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.

Note that syfer.com is a real company -- these scammers do not have anything to do with it, however. They are just using Syfer's name as a cover story. The WHOIS data for Syfer.com lists their address as Old Stoke Road, Arminghall, Norwich, UK -- not the address listed in this spam. In any case, the scam is probably cheque fraud (receive and cash fraudulent cheques, forward the money, then lose out when the cheque bounces). ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: SYFER TECHNOLOGY <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Reply-to: syfer.technology.com@gmail.com Date: 2009/8/8 UTCSubject: SYFER TECHNOLOGY.....PART TIME JOB OFFERTo: SYFER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 7 Jupiter House, Calleva Park, Aldermaston, Berkshire, RG7 8NN, www.syfer.com UNITED KINGDOM. syfer.technology.com@gmail.com Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr. Michael Williams am 45 years of age am the Chief Executive Officer Of Syfer Technology Limited UK, I am introducing this proposal to you to work for the company as a representative in Canada/United States Of America as a part-time worker and you would paid 10% every payment you receive for the company. In regards to this we deal on sales of computer products/software to our clients in Canada/united States, and we would be most grateful if you could accept our offer in other to strengthen the Relationship between you and our numerous clients overseas There are certain criteria's that have to be met while we get a response from you, the company would issue out a form for you to fill And get back to us as soon as possible. Your job will be to receive payment (on our behalf) from prospective clients, which will be sent to you via mail or courier service  ( payment is a check, money order or draft) and have it cashed at your bank or any designated cashing point. Whatever the form of payment is you are to immediately deduct your commission (10% of the money) and forward the balance to us or any of our various branches as you are instructed to do. PLEASE FILL THIS FORM CAREFULLY AND RETURN BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... FULL NAMES: ..................................... CONTACT ADDRESS: ............................... OCCUPATION: ................................................ MARITAL STATUS: ............................................... AGE:........... NATIONALITY: ............................... COUNTRY OF RESDENCE: .................................. MOBILE NUMBER/ FAX NUMBER: ............... OFFICE ADDRESS: ..................................... Do you have checking account? YES/NO................. Bank name:......................... Once more we would appreciate your urgent response to this mail Thank you and God Bless. >From Management and Staff of Syfer Technology. Regards, Michael Williams SYFER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED syfer.technology.com@gmail.com

This job offer has no copmany name, and no details. At a guess, it's a money mule scam of some sort (most scams are). If anyone has more correspondence from these scammers, however, please share it here. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: MCINTYRE CHARMAINE <charmainemcintyre83hs94l8t9@hotmail.com> [SPF verified] Date: 2009/8/4 UTCSubject: Part-time job (792).To: [redacted (privacy)] Req'd Education: High SchoolJob Location: United StatesCitizenship or Work-Visa: USBase Pay: 72,000/yearEmployee Type: Part-Time/Home-BasedBonus: YesDescription:Executive Service Manager - 20 hours a week (four days a week). If you are interested in working with a strong leadership team, evolving ourproducts and a team that feels more like a family than co-workers…thanthis is the place for you! You will enjoy a business casual workenvironment, with fun and rewarding career advancement opportunities. Flexible scheduling possible.Requirements:High School required. PC and Internet, MS Office or compatible. Musthave strong writing and communication skills.To Apply:Forward your phone number and other contact details to : swancolossalfh@gmail.com and wait for response next 24h - 48h. Have a good day! Get free photo software from Windows Live Click here.

This is a money mule job scam.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Addie Reid <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Date: 2009/8/4 UTC Subject: Guaranteed Income from 1 hour a dayTo: [redacted (privacy)]Hello Dear, We at  MVRDC Inc., a company specialised in handcut diamonds have a position available for you in response to your initial request for employment in search directory for USA, CANADA, UK AND EUROPE. We are based outside the United States Of America Handcut diamond orders has been coming from North America  lately and we have not been able to process these orders completely since we do not have a payment receiving personnel in this area. So we have decided to recruit Payment Officers via the Internet hence we will  be needing a representative to process our payments in this area. payments come in money orders or wire transfers Every  payment made attracts a 10% commission for a prospective empolyee. Interested persons should send the below information only to recruit@mvrdc.com- APPLICATION First name : Last name : Full Address (NOT P.O BOX) : City : State : Country : Zip Code : Tel numbers : Age : Best means of communication?email/phone Please reply only to our special e-mail:   recruit@mvrdc.com Thank You Stephen Passlack MVRDC Inc Russia Email: recruit@mvrdc.com

This is a scam -- probably cheque fraud or money order forgery. It seems to target Australians, which is odd. Usually when Australians are targeted, it's a money mule scam involving direct transfer. If anyone has acutally conversed with these scammers, I'd be interested to see the details. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Lifu Gu <hangzhouchuangm@yahoo.com.cn> Reply-to: hangzhouchuangmaoh@yahoo.com.cnDate: 2009/8/3Subject: Company Book-keeper Representative Is Needed (Job Offer)To: ideceive@gmail.com Dear Sir/Madam, I'm, Mr.Lifu Gu, the Sales Manager of Changzhou Changrun Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.), the major producer of textile and fabric material in China. We are looking for a trustworthy representative in Australia that can help as a link between our company and our client over there.we would like to know if you are interested to work from home for us and earn $1,500 weekly for your services. Changzhou Changrun Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.) needs a book-keeper or representative in Australia,so we want to know if you will like to work from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? Our company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted fabrics and traditional costumes.We have clients we supply goods weekly in Australia and our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders and Bank Transfar which are not cashable here in China,so we need someone in Australia to work as our representative to assist us in processing payments from our clients and we will pay him/her weekly wage. All you need to do is to receive this payment from our clients in Australia on behalf of our company and get it cashed at your bank then deduct your 10% and forward the balance to our company here in China. BELOW IS A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FORM OF OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO FILL AND RETURN BACK TO THE COMPANY HEAD QUATHERS. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU VIA OUR CUSTOMER, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE NECESSARY INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE COMPANYS BALANCE. COMPANY APPLICATION FORM 1.Full Names______________________________ 2.House Address___________________________ 3.State:__________________________________ 4.City:___________________________________ 5.Zipcode:________________________________ 6.Phone Number____________________________ 7.Country_________________________________ 8.Occupation______________________________ 9.Age ____________________________________ 10. Sex___________________________________ if you interested to assit our company kindly Contact us via. email:hangzhouchuangmaoh@yahoo.com.cn Thank you as we await your further response. Main Contact Person: Lifu Gu, Changzhou Changrun Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd. Address:Room 709, Suite 8, 8 East Guangdian Road, Hutang Town, Wujin, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. China Zip: 213161 Phone Number:  - 86-13691160645

This is a scam -- probably cheque fraud. All "payment processor" jobs are scams, by the way.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Mr. Richard Wang <[redacted (unverifiable)]> Reply-to: contactmrwang@gmail.comDate: 2009/8/2 UTCSubject: Be our company representativeTo: ideceive@gmail.com Mega Establishment Co. Ltd, Import and Export Deport, 29060 Wang Yuen, Hong Kong, Email: contactmrwang@gmail.com My name is Richard Wang, the secretary to Mega Establishment Co. Ltd here in Wang Yuen, Hong Kong. We are group of enterprise established to import and export all Kind of goods including companies/Industries Machineries, Electronics and Spear-Parts ordered by our customers around the Globe, especially Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Canada. On behalf of the Mega Establishment/Board of Director, I am pleased to inform you that Vacancy is open for foreign employment for those who can work as our company International Representative that can handle the position of Payment receiving Officer. (TO HELP US STAND AS OUR COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE TO BE RECEIVING PAYMENT FROM OUR CUSTOMERS/CLIENTS) If you know that you can handle the position, please kindly let us know and forward to us the following datas: 1. Full Names: 2. Contact Address: 3. Sex: 4. Date of Birth/Age: 5. Phone/Fax Number: 6. Occupation: 7. Company Name/Company Address: 8. Bank Name: IMPORTANT NOTE: You must be over 21 years of age. We await your Complete Data for Job processment. Yours Faithfully, Richard Wang Mega Establishment Co. Ltd Wang Yuen, Hong Kong.

This is a money mule job scam, also reported by bobbear early this month.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Luella Blue <[redacted (unverifiable)]> Date: 2009/8/8 UTCSubject: Job for youTo: [redacted (privacy)]Hello My name is Alisa Miller. I am a manager of 2Consumer company. We would like to offer the perspective career to you. We propose a vacancy of the regional agent. The average salary will be about $2000-4500 monthly. You can familiarize with our current vacancy. REASON : Most customers prefer to pay within their own country and it's much faster than sending an international Money Order. Small companies can't transfer international transactions. And have restricion to do international transfers. But our personal clients have business in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS countries, and they can't receive international payments. Your task is receiving and transferring payments to our clients. You will receive and cash out several types of payments: PayPal payments and Direct Bank Deposit. 1) Your salary is 7% of each payment. 2) You don't need to wait end of month to get paid. Your salary share included to each payment. 3) You not spend your own money. All charges to withdrawal or transfer money shared at payment. 4) Your financial information will never reach to third parts. It's safe, private and secured type of PayPal payments. 5) You can work 1-3 hours per day or fulltime. To apply for this position or to make an inquiry, please email us ONLY at:  hrconsumer@live.com Please use the following vacancy code in the header of your email: 2C. Also, please do not forget to include your contact information (phone and email) in your message. 2Consumer company Ukraine, Odessa 2 Kulikovskij per 5 Ukraine Support: +380 (44) 36-29-367 US Fax: 1-800-622-8610 (TOLL FREE, USA)

This spam was sent from IP address 85.105.164.116, which is allocated to an ADSL pool in Turkey. I mention this because it more-or-less explains the weird "from" and "reply-to" addresses on this spam, although I doubt that they were intentional. In any case, the scammer really wants a reply to the "miletbiz@aol.com" address mentioned at the end of the message. As for the scam itself: "finance manager" just screams "money mule scam". Do you really need any more details? ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Buddy Hammond <0-zd@static.85-105-42100.ttnet.net.tr> Reply-to: 0-zd@static.85-105-42100.ttnet.net.trDate: 2009/8/1Subject: Part time jobTo: [redacted (privacy)] Milet Business Company has an open vacancy for a FINANCE MANAGER position. We do our best to fit all our customers needs as soon as possible. That is why our staff is a professionally trained team, that can solve any problem that occurs on their way. We are not just a group of people, we are a family. We offer you, our potential colleague, to join us. See below, what we can offer you. General Requirements: - Be at least 21 years old. - No special Qualifications Needed. - Minimal experience and knowledge of basic bank operations. - Ability to maintain confidentiality of all information. - Willingness to work at home, take responsibility, set up and achieve goals. - The ability to create good administrative reporting. - Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations. - The ability to operate with more than one task effectively, and have an adaptable, flexible, professional attitude. - The ability to keep us in touch, on-time and detailed reporting. - Ability to work on-line, Internet and e-mail skills. What we offer you: - Generous salary (over 3,000.00 USD per month). - Social benefits and medical insurance. - Free training and seminars. - Paid Holidays plus 3 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO). This is an easy job, but your help is very important for us and our clients. This job does not require any special education. You wouldn't have to pay us for taking you on our list. However we guarantee stable income. If you wish to apply for a position, please send your resume only to our e-mail: miletbiz@aol.com

This spam originated at 41.205.164.231, which WHOIS reports as assigned to Nigeria, the world capital of Advance Fee Fraud and various other misdemeanours. The jobs that they offer you are likely to be "hot" in all the wrong ways -- not to mention that it's a bad idea to hand out loads of personally identifying information to potential fraudsters. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Dr. Qumrul Ahsan <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Reply-to: team.hotjob@gmail.com Date: 2009/7/29Subject: Need A Plum JobTo: Top Of The Day To You, Need a Plum Job? Do you want us to do your entire job search while you relax and wait, instead of starring at your pc without tangible result of a good and exciting job offer? For the last two years, our team of expect has been studying Europe and Australia cravings for workers but their citizens are reluctant towards the jobs which are offer to them because of one reasons or the other; whereas there a lot of people all over the world in need of the job opportunity. So a couple of months ago our directives and expert took a big step by contacting all companies, factories and industries; mega and upcoming for allow us access to there job vacancy database, so as to make contact to Job seekers when there is a vacancy in any of the company... About two months ago, we sent curriculum vitae or Résumés which were forwarded to us to the companies that had vacancies; though we did this as a test every single one of the applicants got a job in with respective qualification. If you want that dream job in the EU and AU, contact us with your detailed C.V attached to your email then we will get back to you within 72hrs Team Hot Jobs making job seeking a lot more easy.

This is a check fraud scam: you receive fraudulent checks, deposit them in your account, draw on them, send money to scammer via Western Union, then lose everything when the check bounces and the bank accuses you of fraud. The formatting in this spam is odd (all the "@^}." stuff). I expect that the message was sent by exploiting a bug in a web-to-mail feedback form, and this is a side-effect of the exploit.This report is nearly a month late because I've been too busy to deal with spam lately. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: SINOCHEM CORPORATION <info@telefonica.net> [SPF verified] Date: 2009/7/19Subject: KINDLY READ!!To: @^}.A new job opening in your Area, It's a work from home/office position and you are not required to pay any registration fee or pay for any application form before you get employed. THIS IS WHAT IT ENTAILS: @^}.Get/receive payment from Clients/Customers. @^}.Process Payments at your Bank. @^}.Deduct 1/10 which is your commission/Payment on check cashed. @^}.Forward the remaining 9/10 to the information that will be provided later on. @^}.SINOCHEM CORPORATION. @^}.APPLICATION FORM @^}.FULL NAME:- @^}.HOME ADDRESS (NOT POST OFFICE BOX):- @^}.CITY:- @^}.STATE:- @^}.ZIP CODE:- @^}.COUNTRY:- @^}.AGE:- @^}.PRESENT/PAST JOB EXPERIENCE:- @^}.PHONE NUMBERS (Home and Mobile):- @^}.GENDER:- Fill the above application so as to qualify you for the position and send via e-mail to: CONTACTSINOCHEM@AOL.COM This space is opened till the 4th of August, 2009 (for USA/CANADA Residence only). Mr. CHEN Guogang Chief Financial Officer SINOCHEM CORPORATION, China.

This is a scam. It's a money mule scam, or more specifically a check fraud scam. All job offers which involve "payment processing" of this sort are scams, and not actually offered by any legitimate company. The fraudsters want victims to bank forged checks on their behalf, or sometimes receive fraudulent money transfers of some other kind. The idea that "Yokohama Trading Company" would be based out of China seems a little incongruous. I don't think these scammers are from Asia. (My guess is they're from Africa.)This report is a month late. I've been busy. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Ajin pimkilin <aj.pimk2000@gmail.com> [SPF verified] Reply-to: robert.william35@yahoo.comDate: 2009/7/11Subject: JOB OFFERTo: JOB OFFER YOKOHAMA Trading CompanyPayment Managers Wanted for 2008 Quarter Job Processing Unit       Dear Candidate,    We have a partime job offer available for you that will not disturb  your present occupation. We are an International trading company with  our corporate headquarters based in CHINA  Since establishment in 1988  we have done our business in Mainland Asia, and U.S, in 1990 we  extended our Region of supplies due to continuous demands to Northern  America and Europe at large.  We deal on raw factory materials and  finished personal care products including live long products. Due to  our competent records for treating customer demands and supplies,  customers have referred us to other possible clients and we have been  receiving orders from Northern America, Europe and Australia.     This is one of many few important factors causing setbacks to our  organization to which we have been looking into possible ways of  solution and that is why I am contacting you today. Most of our  customers would like to pay with their cashier check, Money order, or  wire transfer into a bank account but our organization is facing  serious problem in accepting any form of these payment and this is  what  has limited our sales and patronage to the statistics as given above.   It is estimated that we have a multiple of the recorded statistics if  we can accept such customers willing to have such payments as it is  recorded now that we have more demands than supply.  We are in  desperate  need of representatives in your country who will be able to  receive  cash on our behalf and will at the end of the week send accumulated  cash to our depository account in the United Kingdom. And this is my  proposal to you, I would like to offer you an opportunity to  represent us and you will be a beneficiary of a whooping sum as cash flows  in.   We have two options depending on how you wish to be paid.     1. You could earn monthly, for which we will be paying you a fixed  sum of 10,000 US Dollars   2. You could be earning as cash comes in, that means you will have a  percentage from every money that comes in, we will pay you 10 percent  of the total cash you send into our account at the end of every week  or fortnight as you choose to remit payment. For informational purpose  we rake in between $2,000-10,000 weekly on the average provided our  products and services get to our customers according to schedule and  this is expected to increase in the next few months.     I would like to know if you accept my proposal and if you would like  to take part so I could let you know how we are going to go about  this and I would tell you what to do. If you are interested in this  proposal, I will advice you to provide us the following information;     (I)Your Full Names  (II)Mailing address, city, State, Zip code  (III)Phone and or fax numbers  (IV)Present job(Optional)  (V)Age:  (VI)Mode of Identification (If Any)  (VII)Bank name (If Any)     All correspondence email should be email to the payment Job  Processing Unit. Time: 24 Hours daily by e-mail using the contact  information as  set below and we'll respond to you within 24-48 Hours with more  informations about our business and your duty as a payment officer.   Notice:   WE NEVER ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT, NO BANK ACCOUNT  NUMBER, ROUTING NUMBER, CREDIT CARD, PASSWORDS, SSN # ETC.  IF ANYONE ASKS FOR THOSE ON OUR BEHALF PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUT THIS.  THIS TO ENSURE YOUR SECURITY AND NON INVOLVEMENT IN CASES OF IDENTITY  THEFT.IF ANYONE ASK YOU FOR ANY OF THOSE INFO IN OUR NOTICE PLEASE  REPORT TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL OR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.     Best Regards,  JIM STEVEN (Job Processing Unit)  Payments lnstructor

This looks like a reshipper scam: a job that involves receiving packages and re-sending them elsewhere. Credit card fraudsters need reshippers so that their fraudulent credit card purchases look less suspicious. Anyone who gets involved in this sort of work can expect an awkward visit from the police sooner or later. This report is about a month late, sorry.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Date: 2009/7/10Subject: Part-time employment To: [redacted (privacy)] Hello, Post Express Inc is currently hiring for the position of Mailing Assistant. If you feel that you are a self-motivated and career-oriented person, we highly encourage you to spare a minute and learn more about our current openings. Primary job requirements: * Basic knowledge of the computer * Ability to print and scan documents * Knowledge of such programs as Adobe Acrobat Reader and Microsoft Office * Ability to pick up packages weighing up to 30lbs. If you believe that you can meet these basic job requirements and are interested in joining our company as a well-paid Mailing Assistant, please email us at VernonOmyen@gmail.com Our Human Resources Manager will contact you within the following 24-48 hours. Best Regards, Scott Newton Post Express Inc, HR Department

This is a scam. It looks like credit card fraudsters are recruiting people to reship their fraudulently-obtained goods, but the description is sufficiently vague that other illegalities could be involved.I'm late in reporting this. Sorry. I've been busy. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Graham Pacheco <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Date: 2009/7/6Subject: Part time work To: [redacted (privacy)]BorGoss Company provides storage, transport and multi-facetted value added services along the entire value added chain. BorGoss Company thereby helps you to optimize all of your processes related to your special logistics requirements. The logistics product portfolio comprises complex solutions in the areas of procurement, production supply and disposal, and distribution. 50, 100, 250: Many figures speak for BorGoss Company. The number that counts for us, however, is 120. What is the significance of this number? It stands for the strength of our workforce, whose members are linked by a strong sense of community. Our employees do not just carry out orders; they think entrepreneurial. When BorGoss Company calls upon them, they work together to achieve a logistic tour de force. We are looking for ambitious and high qualified person (male or female) with highest aspirations and the willingness to work with our team, we are looking for Supply Chain Coordinator, the person who will be responsible for coordinating of all our merchandise movements. Payment depends of your personal skills and experience. More details in our future communication. Your profile: Ability and willingness to supply internal and external customers with optimal performance at any time Ability to build and foster long-term relationships Ability to assert oneself Fluent in spoken and written English Contact phone (preferably Mobile) Our offer: The opportunity to work and develop within an international, fast growing company A modern, supportive and friendly work environment Being part of a skilled and motivated team Insurance & 401(k) plan Please be free in any additional questions regarding this position. Attaching your cover letter as well as your detailed CV. This will enable us to provide you with the best service. Please note that no document should exceed 1.5 MB in size. Please reply only to our e-mail:  eugenevolt@mail2world.com We should be grateful for an early reply, thank you. Contact info: Mr. Volt,  eugenevolt@mail2world.com

I've been slack on the scam-reporting front of late, so this one is over a month old now. I don't have a lot to say about it: it's a money mule scam of some sort. The theme of "fabrics company" is surprisingly popular with scammers: just search this blog for "fabrics" and see. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Rev Richard Cooper. <[redacted (unverifiable)]>Reply-to: rev.richardcooperonlinejob@gmail.com Date: 2009/7/4Subject: JOB ONLINE ASAP.To: BellHouse Fabrics & Interiors- Cranbrook,Kent. UK - TN17 3DN My name is Rev 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. 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. 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 : UK Bank Wire Transfer , USA Bank Wire Transfers. 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 : Please if you are interested forward to us your following details: 1. Full Names: ................ 2. Contact address: ........... 3. Telephone/mobile and fax number... 4. Gender...... 5. Age....... 6. Occupation: ....... 7. Bank Name....... E-Mail: rev.richardcooperonlinejob@gmail.com 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, Rev Richard Cooper.

This email was sent from South Africa [165.146.86.191] via a mail server in Italy [88.42.95.42]. There is no evidence that the sender is actually associated with project2010.co.za in any way, however. It looks like a set-up for Advance Fee Fraud: applicants are likely to be offered a job (one that doesn't really exist), but be required to pay certain fees for work visas and the like. This is just a con to extract money from the job seekers. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: PROJECT 2010 RECRUITMENT CO <project2010@mail.co.za> Reply-To: <project2010@mail.co.za>Date: 2009/7/29Subject: CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN 2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICATo: CAREER OPPORTUNITY IN 2010 WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA http://www.project2010.co.za/ 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, An international tournament for Football, that is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. It will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African Nation. PROJECT 2010 RECRUITMENT COMPANY intends to Invite Experienced and Reputable Persons having prime experience and capable of providing building and ground maintenance support services as individuals. We are currently Recruiting for Medical Personnel, Contractors, Construction Workers,Electricians,Shipping Management, Technicians, Welders, Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, Project Managers, Commercial/ Cost Managers, Contract Managers & Computer Programmers ,Translators and Security Personel to work on the most prestigious engineering project currently being undertaken in Africa. All CV Should be forwarded to the Recruitment's email contact as follows E-mail: info.project2010@webmail.co.za ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE WILLING TO WORK ON CONTRACT BASIS ONLY PROJECT 2010 RECRUITMENT COMPANY, 1st Floor,Suite 452, JanSmuts Building, 219 Blaauwberg Road, Tableview, Cape Town,9000 South Africa

A search shows that this particular scam has been circulating since at least 2008, but I can't see it in my own archives anywhere, and it's still active, so here 'tis. This job has been widely advertised on lots of employment ad websites. Watch out, folks: those employment ad websites rarely (if ever) verify that the advertisers are legitimate! Although the job description is short on details, it clearly involves receiving and forwarding money, making it one of the usual variations on fraud of that sort. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that this one is a money mule scam, where the "employee" is asked to forward stolen money. Money comes in by direct bank transfer (fraudulent), and goes out via Western Union. It could be cheque fraud, though. I received two copies of this spam, each with different (but similarly constructed) Gmail contact addresses.---------- Forwarded message ----------From: [redacted (false, random)] Date: 2009/5/5Subject: VacancyTo: [redacted (privacy)]Hello My name is John Maziarski. I am a Main HR Manager of the Iron Words Inc. We have used web-sites job-boards to find and choose some candidates in which, according to their resumes, we are interested. You happened to be one of them. We are glad to represent you our new recruitment campaign and offer you to join our enlarging working team! The Iron Words Inc is searching for bright and responsible people from all over USA, Canada and EU. The Iron Words Inc is a constantly developing world wide consulting company, which is located in USA and has its branch-offices in Europe. We are about to advance our sphere of influence by setting several more branch-offices in different countries. Because of crisis and increase of the clients, which use our services and the enlargement of our services demand-rate in some world regions we have decided to create more branch-offices in order to work more sufficiently! Our company searches for worthy, responsible and reliable people, who would like to become a representatives of our staff. The position we offer you is part-time. See the position description below: WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH: -Unlimited Growth Potential -Flexible Schedule -Paid Training -Worthy Income YOU UNDERTAKE TO HAVE/BE: -Positive Attitude -Reliability -Diligence -Persistence -Motivation -Ambition to Succeed CUSTOMER MANAGER Responsibilities: Performance and realization of the company's financial plan, which will depend on the overall company strategy, as it is agreed with Managing Director, Fulfillment of a clear Finance distribution with Managing Director and our management team. Communication and prompt processing of incoming money transfers from our clients and partners in a real-time mode. Salary: 2500 USD per month for 2-7 hours of work per week + bonus-salary for the successful results. Usually our Customer Manager has a salary of about 3000-6000 USD per month. Education and Experience: - Bachelor's degree (optional). - Program and Project Management experience (preferred). - Strong communication and influence skills. Knowledge and Skills: - Demonstrated ability of maintenance of the priorities balance. - Knowledge of technology. - Ability to work both independently and in a team. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both analytical and technical subjects. - Strong discussion and influence skills, particularly within the framework of customer interactions. Requirements: - US, CA Citizenship. - Valid TAX ID/TIN - PC with the access to the Internet. - Valid DL or any other ID with a photograph. - Home phone and mobile phone. If you are interested in this kind of job, please, reply us with your Resume with all the questions you have and we will answer you as soon as possible, providing all the answers to your questions. You will be also given a complete information about the company itself. Please reply ONLY to our e-mail:  hr.manager.iron.words.inc@gmail.com Main Branch of Iron Words Inc:                European Branches of Iron Words Inc: 6034 Lakehurst                                Pohjoisesplanadi 28 B 12 Dallas, Tx 75230,                             FI-00550 Helsinki, United States                                 Finland Phone: (214) 432-3742                         Phone: (09) 2315 9292

This looks like an attempt to recruit unwitting volunteers into organised credit card fraud. One technique for turning stolen credit cards into hard cash is to set up a fake online shop, then conduct a large number of small fraudulent purchases on that shop with stolen credit card data. As is usually the case, the organisers behind this kind of crime prefer to hire some ignorant middle-man to handle most of the high-profile activity by which one might be traced. The middle-man has the task of forwarding on the ill-gotten gains in a less easily traced manner -- and liaising with the police when the fraud is eventually uncovered. In this case, there may be a direct tie-in with other "internet currency" services, but it's hard to be sure. It's also possible that the entire point of this scam is the "test transactions" in the "training period". These could be used to directly defraud the "employee". Again, it's hard to be sure in advance. The modus operandi of the spammers suggests more sophistication than simple hit-and-run fraud, but it's a distinct possibility. Multiple instances of this spam were received, all to fairly old email addresses which have long since been retired into service as spamtraps. In all cases, the "from" address was the same as the "to" address, and actual contact was requested through a Gmail account having a user name of ten or eleven random letters. The number of such random accounts appears to be quite large. The spams originated in South America: some from Brasil, some from Colombia. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: [redacted (same as "to")]Date: 2009/5/4 UTCSubject: HiringTo: [redacted (privacy)] Currency Exchange center is looking for responsible, bright and progressive representatives on territory of U.S. Our company provides an opportunity for U.S. citizens to purchase internet currencies such as Web-Money, E-Gold and etc. We need a person that will be in charge of a payment process within clients purchase an Internet Currency of particular services that they have chosen. All major Currency Exchange procedures will be covered by our accounting department. Main responsibility of Representative in U.S. is a physical or online assistance with funds for an Internet Currency purchase. Our customers purchasing Internet Currencies in order to have access to particular services and products unavailable to purchase in U.S. We will open an Corporate Account on Employees name in U.S. under company's authoruty. During the training period which might last from 2 to 3 weeks, candidate applied for a position ought to use his or her personal account for a test transactions in order to confirm that candidate is capable enough to manage this position. Responsibilities of Regional Representative/Exchange Officer: 1). Make appointments with the clients (in person, over the phone, online chat) and schedule dates for payments. 2). Receive payments from U.S. customers for a particular Internet Currencies they are interested in purchasing. 3). Process funds to an Agents overseas. Job Description: - Part Time Job (2-4 business days a week) - Flexibale Schedule - 1000 USD basic salary once every two weeks (plus from 5 to 10% from every processed operation) - Tax Free (except Personal Income Tax by the end of the year) If you are interested in this offer please reply back to [randomletters]@gmail.com with following information and one of our Operators will contact you shortly to assist you with your questions: - First Name: - Last Name: - Full Address: - Cell/Residential Contact Number: - Best time to reach you:

I don't have a lot to say about this one -- it looks like cheque fraud. A Google search indicates that "Velso Estate Solutions" had a couple of Craigslist ads, which were subsequently removed. I can see no evidence that a company of that name actually exists anywhere, although it might. Whatever the case, this particular offer is the work of a scammer. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: [redacted (false, random)]Date: 2009/5/4 UTCSubject: Job positionTo: [redacted (false, random)]Greetings, Welcome to Velso Estate Solutions! We have a available position "Private client manager"; in our virtual office and will be glad to have you deal) with us. Specialized professional education isn't necessary. Employment: Employee Hours:  9 am - 1 pm Country: US of America Description:  support in private services and financial assistant of our customers Payment rate: $ 1200 + bonuses Education and Experience: High school, college or equivalent of education and experience Requirements: 1. MS Office skills 2. US authorized work status 3. Adult age 4. E-mail access 5. Cell phone for urgent duties Now you are only one step away from successful career. Interested? Please reply only to our e-mail:  velso.estate@gmail.com Send us CV and get response within 1 business day. Try us and you'll be glad you did!

PayPal and Romania are a bad mix. If you accept PayPal payments on behalf of some random person on the Internet like this, you WILL be defrauded.I have made no attempt to discover whether the business name mentioned here is a complete fiction, or whether this is an impostor using the identity of a real company. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Gabriel Lăcustă <pp@southprofesionalsng.com> [SPF verified] Reply-to: galactravels@live.comDate: 2009/5/4Subject: Do you accept PAYPAL ?To: Hello, My name is Gabriel Lăcustă, owner of GaLac Travels and Tours Ltd, Romania. Recently our company got enormous request for holiday and vacation tour enquiry from your country . However, we have been having challenges in area of receiving payment from our propspective customers,as most request to pay via PAYPAL due to its fastness and high security. It may interest you to know that Romania as a country is yet to be added to PAYPAL members countries who can recieve payment( Romanians only send payment and not receieve ) this is a big setback to our business. To this effect, i hereby request that you work with us part time, receiving payments on our behalf from this prospective customers using your PAYPAL ACCOUNT. OUR OFFER/ YOUR DUTY 1. You will be required and responsible for making out PAYPAL money request to prospective customers with respective invoice that we will created and given to you. 2. 15% Commision will go to you from every payment recieved e.g If you recieved $1,000 dollar, your commision is $100. The more payment you receive , the more commission you earn. 3. After deducting your 15% commison from payment received, you will send the rest 85% of the money to us as we shall instruct you subsently ( Transfer charges, taxes etc can be deducted from the 85% funds ). WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU / QUALIFICATION In order to protect ourself from fraud and dishonest applicant, we inevitably request that you own and operate a BUSINESS PAYPAL ACCOUNT to be able to work with us. This ensures that we are dealing with duely verified account holders, hence our funds are secured. If you are interested and qualified, kindly reply to this message with the following information : 1. Your full Name 2. Your Telephone numbers ( Mobile preferably ) Thank you In anticipation to your response on this mutually beneficial business synergy. Yours Faithfully, Gabriel Lăcustă GaLac Travels and Tours Ltd. Str.Prof.Ion Maiorescu 16b, Sect.9,Bucuresti,Romania. Phone :  +40+21+253053 Fax   :  +40+21+252121 Email: galactravels@live.com Web site:http://www.galactravels.0lx.net

This is a curious one. It's very clearly a well organised fraud, but I'm not sure how it works. The scammers want the victim to have a credit card (to receive funds from the company to purchase items), but it's not clear exactly how one is going to receive funds that way. I doubt that they're simply fishing for credit card numbers, although that's a possibility. If anyone has become involved in this scam, (a) get out of it -- quickly, and (b) tell us what happened. This spam was sent to multiple spamtrap addresses under my control (either directly or indirectly). Each came "from" a random address with reply-to set to the same address. The originating IP addresses varied widely, suggesting that it was sent using a botnet. Several different email addresses were used (in the body of the message) as reply addresses, and they were all improperly encoded as HTTP links instead of email addresses. ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: [redacted (false, random)]Date: 2009/5/2 UTCSubject: Looking For Admin AssistantsTo: [redacted (false, random)] Private Company Seeking (In-Home) Admin Assistants We are a private international company seeking a limited number of representatives to assist our company with the task of bettering the World's Global Economy. The representative will be apart of the process of making life better around the world. Duties The assistant will obtain technology-based items from local retail locations in their area. The assistant will also be shipping these technology-based items to 3rd World Countries around the world that are in need of this advancement for the betterment of their economy. The funds needed to purchase these items will be provided to the assistant before purchase. The assistant will not incur any out of pocket expenses whatsoever. Compensation The assistant will be paid no less than $2,000 per month. This amount is guaranteed by the company. In most cases the assistant has the ability to make over this amount each month. We are primarily an Online Company, much like Google. For this reason all assistants employed to the company will work out of their home or home office. This means those applying for this position should be highly responsible and dedicated. Requirements Must be 18 years or older (21 years and older preferred) Must reside within the United States Must have a credit score of 600 or higher (studies have shown that a descent credit score is related to a good employee) Must have a credit card or credit cards (to receive funds from the company to purchase items) Must have computer with internet access Must have local transportation Must have a cell phone or home phone More Information Respond with your Full Name, Address, Phone Number, and Email Address. Please reply ONLY to our e-mail: stevearnold@HotPOP.com Please do not reply or apply for this position if you are not seriously interested. If you do not have a Credit Card to receive funds from the Company DO NOT REPLY. You will not be considered for EMPLOYMENT. Best Regards, Employment Assistance