Job and Recruiting Scams:
Payment Officer Scam
Agricultural Research Institute, Birmingahm, Sheldon, UK
Mrs Susan Anderson
Have you received an email from Mrs Susan Anderson of "Agricultural Research Institute" in birmingahm, sheldon, UK
(or ANYWHERE else) offering you
a job as a "Payment Representative", "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.
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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!
Agricultural Research Institute
address:2297 coventry road
state:birmingahm
city: sheldon
country:UK
Co Down BT26 6DR
xmasseason0@yahoo.com
www.arini.ac.uk
Hello there,
I am willing to offer you a Job in which you will be my
Payment Rep.
I just took time to make this explanatory enough so you
could understand what the job entails,before I go further I thought I'd inform
you of both who you would be working for and what you would be doing.
You can call me Susan Anderson, 43 years of age, 3 kids,
a lovely girl and 2 boys, and the love of my life, my husband. I am a somewhat a
multitalented woman and I do quite alot of travelling and get to meet quite a
lot of people who need my services.
I work with a research/consultancy firm which offers
knowledge on developmental biology, embryology paleontology and pretty much
anything from zoology to plant life,I am fully residing in Ireland even though I
get to do alot of travelling though.
Presently, I have just been granted a funding to head a research project in the tropical
regions of West Africa regarding rare and vulnerable plant species and this
would be commencing very soon.
However my fundings were by my American counterparts
which sent me the bunch of payments mostly in US based Money Orders or Cashier
Checks. Getting an accountant in the States or opening an account would have
been my best choice but I have a deadline to meet and taking any of those
choices would cost me time and a whole lot of other requirements I am not ready
to deal with as I would be travelling alot in the meantime.
So presently, assuming you would be able to deal with
cash, I would be willing to employ you on contract and commission basis to be my
Payment Representative ,this way I could issue and make these payment out to
you, you could then cash them easily,withdraw 10% of the total amount on these
Payments as your commission and then send the rest back to me through Western
Union wire transfer.Bear it in mind that we would be dealing with quite a
handful of cash and you could be making up to $5000 just working with me in a
short period of time.You do not have to worry about tax returns or the
patroit
act since you should be keeping all records of how and when you sent the cash
back to me so you do not have to worry about anything.
I need to also know if I can TRUST you as the job I am
offering you is based strictly on TRUST.If my offer is accepted to you and you
would like to take up the job,then kinldy get back to me with the following
info,,,,,,,,,,,,,
1...Your FULL NAME just the way you would like it to
appear on the payment
2...Your Address where you would be
receiving payments safely
3....Your Cell Phone number in order to ease the
communication gap between us
4....Marital Status
5...Occupation
6...Age
7...Email Address
Kindly get back to me with the above info so that we can
get started ASAP.
I hope to have a mutual business with you.
Hope to hear from you soon.
God Bless
P.S: ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO: xmasseason0@yahoo.com
Thanks
Mrs Susan Anderson
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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