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Job and Recruiting Scams:
Payment Officer Scam
Crystal Holdings Ltd
"Peter Smith" wants a "book-keeper/company representative"
Have you received an email from Peter Smith of "Crystal Holdings Ltd" in Dakar,Senegal (or ANYWHERE else) offering you
a job as a "book-keeper/company 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!
Peter Smith, Managing Director
Crystal Holdings,Ltd
Office address:77, Bd du général de Gaule
Q18 Dakar,Senegal.
ATTN:
Crystal Holdings Ltd, is in search of a book-keeper/company
representatives in the United States,UK,Europe and Asia. This project has
been developed in a way not to affect your present job nor bring you any
form of stress but in order to help take care of those extra costs while you
work for us. We are manufacturer and supplier of Batik,Assorted African
fabrics,various clothing materials,African art materials and all kinds of
furniture's for exports.Our website is under construction and should be
ready soon.
Recently, It came to my knowledge that there are lots' of lapses in
handling funds coming from our clients in the USA,UK,Europe and Asia which
come in forms of cashier's cheque,Company cheque,Money Orders and are
not
readily cash able outside the United States,Canada and UK,....So we need
someone in the US,Asia and UK to work as our representatives and assist us
in processing the payments from our various clients which come in on a
weekly,monthly and annual basis.
All you need to do is receive these payments from our clients in your
country,.. get it deposited at your bank,Cash it then deduct your
percentage( 15% of every payment made) plus transfer charges and forward the
balance funds to one of company's representatives via
Money gram/Western
Union.
Our payments will be issued out in your names and your contact address
you shall be providing us,as we would inform our clients to do. Therefore i
would require you to send me an email with the following details:
1)Your Full Name and Official Mailing Address
2)Direct Telephone numbers
3)Occupation
4)Age
We would forward these information to our clients and they will start
making payments to you as the company's representative in the states,Canada
or UK.
Once we have all your details in our records,..We would notify you as
soon as we confirm that one of our clients is mailing payment across to
you.Thanking you in anticipation of your swift and favorable response.
Warmest Regards,
Peter Smith
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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