Job and Recruiting Scams:
Payment Officer Scam
FTC Group
Jane Suslov
Have you received an email from Jane Suslov of "FTC Group " offering you
a job as a "financial manager", "accounting manager", "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.
Note that there is a real "FTC Group", with a website
www.FTCgroup.com; but they are obviously
unrelated to this scam.
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!) And don't be surprised if the scammers do put
the names of real companies, real websites and events in their scams; it doesn't
mean anything at all!
From:<hiring@careerbuilder.com>
Subject:Company Accounting Manager
Date:Saturday, July 07, 2007 1:25:38 AM
We have reviewed your online resume and would like to consider you for the
position of financial manager within FTC Group.
FTC Group has been operating and actively developing in the financial market
for over ten years. FTC provides professional financial and investment solutions
to private investors as well as corporations worldwide.
We operate in the market with continuously growing potentials and possibilities.
Opening new horizons of success, the company offers the newest and the most
up-to-date quality services.
Presently our company opens a vacancy - Accounting Manager
Specifics of work of a said specialist consist of the following:
using multiple personal accounts we can
offer to our clients an unprecedented terms of servicing. This enables to
decrease rate of taxation, to avoid commission which is deducted by the bank at
cash remittance and to accelerate procedure of remittance itself.
Responsibilities of a financial manager include
processing of transactions received on
account from the clients of the company and forwarding of these payments to
accounts advised by our account dispatchers. All you need is to be able
to dedicate your time (on average 3 hours a day), have motivation, and
responsibility. Your wage at the initial
stage, part-time, will amount to $2,000 per month plus 5% from all transactions.
We offer:
- Continuous training
- Career promotion and personal development
- In-depth training and work in a dynamic and friendly atmosphere
- Competitive wages
- Wage plus-bonus system by results
If you are interested in this vacancy and have any questions please email
Jane.Suslov@gmail.com
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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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