Job and Recruiting Scams:
DBS Group Inc.
Joanna Nash
Have you received an email from Joanna Nash of "DBS Group Inc." offering you a job as a "Financial Agent"? But oddly, they require you to pay the
"courier company" to send documents, visa's or other items, or cash a large
advance check and send some of the money via Western Union?
At some point in the scam, you will either:
- be asked to send money via Western Union to pay a fee or
- you will receive a very authentic looking check, which will later turn
out to be a forgery, after you have sent part of the money from the check
via Western Union to the scammer or elsewhere.
It is an AFF / Money transfer Scam.
They'll send you counterfeit checks which you are supposed to deposit, take out
some amount, and then MoneyGram or Western
Union wire the remaining 90%. There's
a reason for this: Western Union and MoneyGrams are cashed immediately and are
untraceable and irretrievable. Bank checks can take 1 or 2 weeks to clear!
Of course, since the check is fake, it will bounce a week or so later after
you deposit it. But you have already moneygram'ed the scammers the 90% of
the amount, and that is transacted almost instantly. So you now owe the
bank for the full amount. You may also face criminal charges for passing
counterfeit checks. See
this page for a step-by-step explanation of how the scam unfolds.
In the email below, there are some many red flags, we can't imagine any way
it could be legitimate. Any time any potential employer asks you to send
money via Western Union, IT MUST BE A SCAM. No legitimate company would transfer
money this way. They will all have access to a more secure bank wire or
direct deposit method.
Other clues that this is a scam are:
- The correspondence contains very odd phrases, strange syntax, poor
spelling, poor grammar, capitalization and punctuation. Clearly not
written by an educated business professional.
- The emails are sent OR replied to from a free email account (yahoo,
hotmail, gmail, live.com, aol.com, etc.) not a company domain address.
- There is no verifiable company physical address and phone number
- There is no company website or it is clearly shoddy and unprofessional
Do you have a resume posted online? We'd like to hear from you about your
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click here to write us.
Any highlighted
passages in the actual scam email below are to draw your attention to clues (the
highlighting itself was not present in the original email).
Dear Tom Johnson ,
My name is Joanna Nash and I present DBS Group Inc. This
letter confirms that your resume was carefully processed and you meet our
requirements for Financial Manager vacancy.
Our company is based in the USA and well-known all over
the world. We offer financial services like escrow for buyers and sellers
(online auctions around the globe, offered both on closed commercial auctions
(stock sales, business sales etc.) and on ebay.com, amazon.com, yahoo.com).
Financial Agent is a part-time position with a flexible
schedule. You have to work only 2-3 hours a day (Monday- Friday) staying at
home! Communicate with clients via Internet and by the phone!
Company covers all the fees related to this employment.
Successful applicants are offered a trial period (1 month). During this time
you will be trained, receive online support while working and being paid.
We'll pay $2,300 per month + 8% commission from each
successfully completed transaction. Total income is about $4,500 per month
Are you interested? Please, contact us by e-mail:
employment.dbs.job@gmail.com and feel free to ask all your questions !
* fill in the form below and attach to your message
++++++++++++++++++++++++FORM+++++++++++++++++++++++++
First name:_____________________________
Last name:_________________________
Country of residence:_______________________
Contact phone:_______________
Preferred call time:______________
++++++++++++++++++++++++FORM+++++++++++++++++++++++++
We found your resume at
www.careerbuilder.com. This letter confirms that your resume has been duly processed and your skills
completely meet our requirements for Financial Manager vacancy.
Yours truly,
Joanna Nash
DBS Group Inc.
Other Jobs Scams
There are a variety of sleazy scams that look, at first glance, like
legitimate job offers. Before you write back to them, pause a moment and read about the scams below!
Some of the more common job scams are
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