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Job and Recruiting Scams:
Payment Officer Scam
Mr. Barry Z Fard,
Parsco International Oil & Gas Co. Ltd., UNITED KINGDOM
Have you received an email from "Barry Z Fard" of "Parsco" offering you a job as a "Payment Officer", "local
agent" or "local representative" in which you "receive payments", deduct your
"Processing fee", deposit the checks and then wire most of the money to an
overseas "company"?
It is an AFF / Money transfer Scam.
They'll send you counterfeit checks which you are supposed to deposit, take out
some percentage (typically, 10%) for your work, and then MoneyGram or Western
Union wire the remaining 90%. Notice that although you receive checks, they
won't let you forward a check to them, only Western Union or Money Gram. 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.
Do you have a resume posted online? We'd like to hear from you about your
experiences recruiting emails that turned out to be scams or misleading -
click here to write us.
Notice the passages we have highlighted in the actual scam email below.
They point out some of the additional clues that it is a scam, such as the email
comes from a free email account (such as Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com, Aim.com, Gmail,
cox.net, etc.). Wouldn't you expect a company to have its own website and
email address (after all, it only costs about $200/year; every reputable company
has its own website these days!)
-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
From: Parsco Oil and Gas < online102@cox.net
>
Subject: Hello;Please respond asap
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:23:17 +0000
Parsco International Limited,UK
Suite 720, Crown House,
North Circular Road,NW10 7PN
London,United Kingdom
Tel:+44 701 114 0131
Dear Sir / Madam,
Parsco International Co. Ltd. is a company based in the United
Kingdom(UK) with great specialization in the distribution of various oil
& gas products. Due to the current expansion project of our services on
the markets of Europe & Northern America (Canada and the United States
of America respectively), we are searching for Representative/Payment
Officer's abroad.
Kindly Respond if you are Interested in being a Representative/Payment
Officer by providing your Complete Legal Names and Mobile/Telephone
Numbers for easy access.
Best regards,
Mr. Barry Z Fard
Parsco International Oil & Gas Co. Ltd.
UNITED KINGDOM.
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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