Fake banks, couriers, law firms, escrow and other fake sites used in scams.
by Kachtice Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:04 pm
Just a few I have recieved over the past few days. Never give information to someone over the internet, especially you credit card info.Also I have never had a perspective employer call me dear.


JOB OFFER!!!!!!!!!
Monday, July 20, 2009 4:34 AM
From: "WALTER SMITH" <[email protected]>

WORK FROM HOME /PART TIME JOB
Hello Dear,
We,H & S Fabrics have a job offer available for you in response to your
initial
request of the job search directory for USA, CANADA, UK AND EUROPE.We
are
based in Asia.We have been receiving orders from North America which we
have
not been able to process our payments completely since we do not have a
payment receiving personnel in this area. So we have decided to recruit
Payment Officers via the Internet hence we will be needing a
representative
to process our payments in this area. Every payment made attracts a
10%
commission for a prospective employee.
Interested persons should send the following information-

APPLICATION
First name :
Last name :
Full Address (NOT P.O BOX) :
City :
State :
Country :
Zip Code :
Tel numbers :
Age :
Are you employed/self employed?
Best means of communication?email/phone?
Equity line of credit?
Credit card?
Regards,
Walter Smith

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Did a little research on this one, it seemed like it might be a real company. I found out it is but the only number that added up is the one I bolded and underlined. Don't know how the scammer was going to get around someone calling the right number but I guess he figured people would call the first one.

Work Less And Earn More (Part Time Job Available)
Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:10 AM
From: "Middlesex Textiles (UK) ltd." <[email protected]>

Middlesex Textiles (UK) ltd.
93 Middlesex Street,
London E1 7DA,
England.


Good day,

As part of my expansion program, Middlesex Textiles (UK) ltd, is looking for someone to WORK PART TIME/FROM HOME as a Representative/Book keeper, it pays $1500 a month plus benefits and takes only little of your time.

NOTE: Applicant must be a computer Literate. 3-5 hours access to the internet weekly. Must be over 18yrs of age. Must be Efficient and Dedicated.

Please contact me if you are interested and need more information [email protected].

Disregard this email if you are not interested.

Thank you,
Gary Lan.
Phone: +447024028596, +44 (0)20 7375 3020
Fax: +447005947096

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Your Name & Email Match : Become A shop Detective !!!
Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:05 AM
From: "Mystery Shopper Inc®.Director" <[email protected]>

Here's your chance to get paid for shopping and dinning out.Your job will be to evaluate and comment on customer service in a wide Variety of shops,Stores, restaurant and services in your area.You'll be paid to shop and dine out-plus,you can also get free meals, Freemerchandise, Free services, free Entertainment, Free travel and more. Great Pay.Fun Work. Flexible Schedules.No experience required.If you can shop-you arequalified!For Information on how to get started,e-mail us the information below. The following information below will be needed : [email protected]

Full Name:
Address:
city:
State:
Zip code:
Phone Number(Home):
Phone Number(Cell)
Email Address:

George Bells.
Secret Shopper®
Copyright© 2009
Mystery Shopper Inc®.Director

Here is your chance to be a detective and get paid.. Earn up to $300 Daily

For Information on how to get started,e-mail us the information below.

The following information below will be needed :

Full Name:
Address:
city:
State:
Zip code:
Phone Number(Home):
Phone Number(Cell)
Email Address:

Sincerely,

George Bells
Copyright© 2009,Detective Shopper Inc®.
Director (Human Resources & STAFFING)
Delivering simple solutions and achievable customer satisfaction!

Contact Us: [email protected]
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by Jillian Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:03 am
I have moved this thread here so that the domains indicated in the emails can be checked out. Some of the sender addresses may be spoofed but this one in particular asks for the victim to contact the scammer at the domain itself: bestjobcandidate.com. Can someone else on our support staff please take a look at this? Thank you.

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by Dora Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:36 am
I will take a peek at these and post up my findings. :D
by Dora Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:47 am
From the top:

[email protected] is not a valid email addy.
confidence rating: 0 - Bad address
error : RecipientRejected - Mail server rejected the email address.
canonical address: <[email protected]>
[email protected] unknown user account


But, as noted by Kachtice , the site is legitimate.

http://www.hollandandsherry.com/
Domain Name: HOLLANDANDSHERRY.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.TOMJAMES.COM
Name Server: NS3.TOMJAMES.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 25-sep-2008
Creation Date: 20-sep-1997
Expiration Date: 19-sep-2013


The scammers in this instance are just using it to look legit. I am certain the email addy was spoofed.

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Next up, [email protected]. Another bad email addy:

confidence rating: 0 - Bad address
error : RecipientRejected - Mail server rejected the email address.
canonical address: <[email protected]>


But another legitimate business that the scammers are using. http://www.midtex.co.uk/. Note their legit email addy is [email protected].
Domain name:
midtex.co.uk

Registrant:
Midland Textiles Limited

Registrant type:
UK Limited Company, (Company number: 4699997)

Registrant's address:
517-519 Stratford Road
Birmingham
West Midlands
B11 4LP
United Kingdom

Registrar:
GX Networks Ltd t/a 123-Reg.co.uk [Tag = 123-REG]
URL: http://www.123-reg.co.uk

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 17-May-2006
Renewal date: 17-May-2010
Last updated: 12-May-2008


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Then we come to [email protected]. Obviously a good email addy since the scammers want you to reply to it. And I did a search and found them using [email protected] also.
Clicky

Domain Name: BESTJOBCANDIDATE.COM
Registrar: AOL, LLC
Whois Server: whois.registrar.aol.com
Referral URL: http://www.registrar.aol.com
Name Server: DNS-51.NS.AOL.COM
Name Server: DNS-52.NS.AOL.COM
Status: ok
Updated Date: 11-jun-2009
Creation Date: 10-jun-2007
Expiration Date: 10-jun-2010


Kachtice, do you have headers for this scam email? It would help in getting the domain killed. Please post them up here (deleting your email addy/information) and I will pass this one to a site killer to be taken care of.

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And last, [email protected]. Just a spoofed email.

confidence rating: 0 - Bad address
error : DomainDoesNotExist - Email address domain does not exist.
canonical address: <[email protected]>


Interesting how they misspelled 'secrets'.
by wiskyjon Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:12 pm
I just recieved an email about this opportunity and made a reply to: [email protected] after recieving a Job Alert from Carreer Builder DOT Com.
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Email Message:

>Dear Candidate,

We have read your resume on www.careerbuilder.com and we have decided to offer you a job in our company. We are currently looking for Representatives in the United States.

The Representative will closely work with our Financial Department to process payments and manage the orders we receive as well as acting as a key conduit for those transactions.

This is a new concept: Commissions without sales!!

Representative will receive payments, process the transactions and keep records as well as making the necessary money transfers

The advantage to work at home at your leisure for only one hour per day during work days

Requirements:

Great attention to details and well organized, with good communication skills both verbal and written
US citizen or permanent resident or green card holder
Clean criminal record

Benefits:

Attractive bonuses and commissions with each order
No contact necessary with our clients

Salary and commissions:

Commissions totaling up to at least $6000.00 every month from $1,600.00 base monthly salary + 10% commission from every processed order

Please let me know if you are interested so I can give you more information.

Human Resources Department

You are receiving this employment opportunity email because you uploaded your resume on CareerBuilder.
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Or you can Block this employer from viewing your resume and sending you candidate emails.

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When do a search for this website it takes you to AOL.com:
http://search.aol.com/aol/search?invoca ... didate.com

Once I get a reply I will provide more infomation.

wisky
by Clair Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:31 pm
Hi Wisky, Thanks for posting the info. Please report the job to Careerbuilder. There does not appear to be an actual website called bestjobcandidate.com but it is being used for the email address. It is odd because when you type in www. bestjobcandidate.com it takes you to an AOL log on page and the whois for bestjobcandidate.com shows an AOL registration.

This might be some kind of service that AOL provides. There are a number of scam reports with email addresses ending in bestjobcandidate.com. There results of a Google search are here

Please post up any additional information you may have.
by Jillian Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:05 pm
The email address of [email protected] shows as valid when I test it. As Clair mentioned, trying to go to that domain leads to an AOL sign in page. I believe that bestjobcandidate.com is a vanity email address set up with AOL. I will pass this over to site killers for investigation and reporting to AOL.

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by wiskyjon Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:40 pm
Hi Clair;

I have recieved what would be the last email from them and I did try and bait them BTW! If you really look around online you can find what is going on, the following is what I was able to uncover.

These are Foreign International Investment Funds all in different currentcy's and their around six based in UK. I should have noted at least one down when I found it, sorry. I'll try and recreate my steps here, search for Albion Technology Solutions LTD, UK. Found it:
http://www.corporateinformation.com/Company-Snapshot.aspx?cusip=C826AE210

First I will include the header record and then the reply to this complete message.

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My Reply:

Dear Helen;

Thank you for taking interest in my inquiry…

I’ll get right to your questions with my answers.

1: Are you comfortable having large amounts of money (up to $3,000) in your possession while outside your home?

I have no problem in carrying large sums of money and I take my German Rottweiler on rides all of the time.

2: Do you have a good bank account record/history?

Yes

3. How old is the account that you are planning to use for cashing checks from our company?

I have had the same account for nearly 10 years.

4: Have you worked in this line of work for processing payments? (processed checks for another company). If yes please provide the period, what company and the reason you do not work for them any longer?

I tried to do this a couple of months ago and I did land a job with Swiss-AG but your fully aware that lead to no where and a lot of people got serious financial problems from becoming involved so I’m a bit concerned of how this will work.

5: Do you have a criminal record?

No more than a couple of traffic tickets many years old.

My concerns follow;

I’m going to check my understanding, for a minute, so please bear with me Helen.

Our customers send their payments in a check form to me directly.

I cash them into my account and I subtract my fee of 10% of the gross a few days later.

What happens if the check does not go through; this will damage my account status won’t it?

I take the remainder of these funds out in cash and send you the remainder deducting the Western Union charges for this transfer to the yet defined location. So if the check is for $3,000.00 USD, I keep $300.00 USD as my processing fee. I take out the $2,700.00 in cash and go to one of thousands of Western Union locations and remit to you the entire balance less the transfer fees. So you could get a Western Union in the amount of $2,400.00 USD and all would be good, right?

The process continues and I get a base salary of $1,600.00 USD each month.

To get myself setup I would appreciate a show of good faith on your part with a payment, say %50, up front, and not a draw, if at all possible to see if you’re payroll is able to be processed through my bank, please.

If we can work together we all win Helen.

Can you also send me your website and other information on how our clients perceive our business?

Thanks and have a Great Day, John


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:09 PM
To: 'John Scott-RR'
Subject: RE: [1] Message from Careerbuilder: You have a new message
Importance: High

Hello John,

We are glad that you showed an interest in an opening in our company. My name is Helen Chavez, and I am the HR Manager of Albion Technology Solutions LTD. I would like to say a few words about our company and its area of activity.

Our company was founded in 2005 in United Kingdom, Albion Technology Solutions LTD is one of the largest equipment selling companies to millions of our customers -- businesses, groups and individuals and processing payments. The Albion Technology Solutions LTD logo is a trusted symbol of dependability. Naturally, you have great expectations regarding your career and that means you will need plenty of room - to grow, to explore your potential and to realize your goals. HR Manager of Albion Technology Solutions LTD needs a responsible, honest, self motivated and reliable individual to work for the company as our Representative in USA. This is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.
You don’t have to pay any fees to get this job. Nobody will ask for your bank account, credit card or social security number.

Because of the today’s situation on the financial market, there is a vacancy to be filled in our company; the job opening is that of a Legal Representative within the US. This opening will help our company to reduce taxes that we are obliged to pay to the government each month. And we offer you one of the highest salaries on the market today and the minimal expenditures of time!

Presently with the amount of orders we have we cannot put them on hold for fear of losing our customers, secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international checks take about 28 working days for cash to be made available here in London UK. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer delays. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.

We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).The customer receives and check the products, after this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. We accept all forms of payment but most of our customers pay using Bank Checks and so in order to solve this problem and not lose any of our customers we have decided to open this new job position. This job is legal according to the U.S. legislation as it is today.
Your tasks are:

1. Receive payment from our customers.
2. Cashing the checks at your existing bank account.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on each payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded by Western Union Money Transfer).

Local money transfers take barely a few hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've got 3000.00 USD, you deduct your commission: 300.00 USD and then send to us the balance: 2700.00 USD. In the first month you will have 15-20 transactions after checking your background records, 3,000.00-6,000.00 USD so you may calculate your income. For example 20 transactions each around 3000.00 USD gives you a total income of 6,000.00 USD plus your basis monthly salary is 1,600.00 USD. Total: 7,600.00 USD per month and after establishing a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. You will also deduct fees that are related to this job (gasoline, western union fees, bank commissions etc) from our balance, not from your salary or commissions. The checks will vary from: $500.00 to $3,000.00. We will also send you a 1099 Form for tax deduction on your part.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your existing bank account, we don’t accept newly created bank accounts, because it slows the cashing process. Deduct your percentage and forward the balance to the company attorney manager via western union money transfer, the name will be given to you later after cashing a payment. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job; you'll get good income and a regular job. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.

Next step:

If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for Albion Technology Solutions LTD, please reply to this email and answer a couple of questions:

1: Are you comfortable having large amounts of money (up to $3,000) in your possession while outside your home?

2: Do you have a good bank account record/history?

3. How old is the account that you are planning to use for cashing checks from our company?

4: Have you worked in this line of work for processing payments? (processed checks for another company). If yes please provide the period, what company and the reason you do not work for them any longer?

5: Do you have a criminal record?

We wait for your answers and if you meet our requirements, in the next email we will send you the representative contract.

Helen Chavez
Albion Technology Solutions LTD
Fenchurch Avenue
City of London, EC3M
United Kingdom
FAX 011-44-784-798-3452
FAX 011-44-998-345-8798


From: John Scott-RR [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Message from Careerbuilder: You have a new message

Interesting … can I get more detailed information?

Thanks and have a Great Day, John

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by khaas Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:13 pm
Hello,
The domain "bestjobcandidate.com" is not a domain at all. AOL offers the domain name as part of an e-mail address domain that you can choose. The web site you go to to get these e-mail domains is https://my.screenname.aol.com. Instead of having an e-mail address @aol.com you can choose other domain names like bestjobcandidate.com. Another one is luckymail.com. They have a list of domains you can choose from in differnt categories. The bestjobcandidate.com e-mail domain is in the group called Business and Finance. The Business and Finance group also offer interestedinthejob.com, focusedonreturns.com, netbusiness.com along with a bunch of other domains. I was also sent an e-mail for employment from someone using the bestjobcandidate.com domain. It was the same exact e-mail that said they are looking for someone in North America to help process their payments, etc. They promise to pay 10% commission on each check you cash along with $1,600 per month. I went ahead and replied to the e-mail to see what would happen and what they would want me to do. They are going to start sending me checks that I need to cash and send the amount of the check minus my 10% commission to the company Albion Technology Solutions LTD. Obviously, the checks aren't any good and they want someone to deposit the check into their bank account and immediately send the amount of the check to them via Western Union. That way, they get the money before you (or your bank) finds out that the check is not any good. One of the questions they asked me when I said I was interested in employment is how long have I had my bank account. They said they are looking for someone who has had a bank account for a long time so that payments can be processed faster. Basically, they mean that they want someone with a bank account that will allow them to deposit the check and withdraw money from the check immediately. New bank accounts make you wait up to 5 days before you can withdraw the funds from a deposited check in order for the bank to make sure the check is good. They are assuming that a bank account that someone has had for years will let the person cash the check and get the money from the check right away. I'm actually supposed to be receiving my first check to cash this week. I'm taking the check to a check cashing place so that they can verify that the check is bad. The last e-mail I received said that depending on how quickly I "process" the check and send them their money will help them decide how many more checks I will receive and be able to process. The faster I process the payment and send them their money, the more checks I will receive to process and in turn, the more money I will make :D They actually sent me a contract and everything. The contract states that they will pay me 10% of each check I cash along with $1600 per month. The contract also states that they will reimburse me for travel expenses and any fees I incur for processing the checks (i.e. returned check fees, overdraft charges, etc.). Obviously, the contract isn't as good as the paper it's written on. When I receive the first check and take it to a check cashing place, I will post what happened. Like I said, I'm positive the check is not going to be any good. Or, as the person stated in one of the e-mails. the first check is only going to be for around $500. After I process more checks, the amount of the checks will increase up to $3000. They might send me a good check or two to build up my confidence that the business is legitimate and then send me a $3000 check that's bad and they'll make $2,700 ($3000 mimus my $300 commission). If they send me 2 good $500 checks and only lose $100 total, (payment of my 10% commission) it would be worth it to make $2,700 down the road. Like I said, I will post what happens when I get my first check to process. Stay tuned...
by Ralph Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:32 pm
Hi Khaas

Welcome to Scamwarners,

Thank you for posting this information.

There are a couple of points I need to make, firstly, I have never heard of the early cheques being real but I guess it is possible although unlikely, scammers dont like to take the risk of losing the $500 that a person could take off with.

Please also note that we do not recommend emailing scammers and especially giving them your details so they can send you cheques. Scammers have been known on many occasions to make death threats and when they know where you live it isn't so funny.

If you are interested in baiting scammers, you might like to visit www.419eater.com where you can learn how to bait safely and cause maximum disruption to scammers jobs
by tscott Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:40 pm
Hi Clair and khaas....

in replay to your message i receved the almost the same thing but with some differences read the following
their the same in almost every way, just different names. however i have responded to this e-mail and have recived a check in the mail. i cashed the check and it went though,
i am now "VERY" leary of this after reading your post, and not sure if its a scam or not.. as of now i have found no other resemblances(some yes but not quite the same) to any other scam, as they have not to this point asked for anything, but just the money...
i am still "VERY" leary of this and WILL not proced any further..
This to me just sounds to good to be true, witch in most of the scams seam to be..
so far i have not lost anything but gained $282.00
I recomend not to answer the e-mail.. as im still waiting for the other shoe to drop...

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Message from Careerbuilder: You have a new message
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:43:15 -0700

Dear Candidate,

We have read your resume on http://www.careerbuilder.com and we have decided to offer you a job in our company. We are currently looking for Representatives in the United States.

The Representative will closely work with our Financial Department to process payments and manage the orders we receive as well as acting as a key conduit for those transactions.

This is a new concept: Commissions without sales!!

Representative will receive payments, process the transactions and keep records as well as making the necessary money transfers

The advantage to work at home at your leisure for only one hour per day during work days

Requirements:

Great attention to details and well organized, with good communication skills both verbal and written

US citizen or permanent resident or green card holder

Clean criminal record

Benefits:

Attractive bonuses and commissions with each order

No contact necessary with our clients

Salary and commissions:

Commissions totaling up to at least $6000.00 every month from $1,600.00 base monthly salary + 10% commission from every processed order

Please let me know if you are interested so I can give you more information.

Human Resources Department
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From: [email protected]
To: Romoved member email address - Ralph
Subject: RE: [1] Message from Careerbuilder: You have a new message
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:12:34 +0200

Dear Tom,

We are glad that you showed an interest in an opening in our company. My name is Mary Hamilton, and I am the HR Manager of Total Systems Solutions LTD. I would like to say a few words about our company and its area of activity.

Our company was founded in 2005 in United Kingdom, Total Systems Solutions LTD is one of the largest equipment selling companies to millions of our customers -- businesses, groups and individuals and processing payments. The Total Systems Solutions LTD logo is a trusted symbol of dependability. Naturally, you have great expectations regarding your career and that means you will need plenty of room - to grow, to explore your potential and to realize your goals. HR Manager of Total Systems Solutions LTD needs a responsible, honest, self motivated and reliable individual to work for the company as our Representative in USA. This is in view of us not having an office presently in the USA. You don't need to have an office and this certainly will not disturb any form of work you have going at the moment.

You don’t have to pay any fees to get this job. Nobody will ask for your bank account, credit card or social security number.

Because of the today’s situation on the financial market, there is a vacancy to be filled in our company; the job opening is that of a Legal Representative within the US. This opening will help our company to reduce taxes that we are obliged to pay to the government each month. And we offer you one of the highest salaries on the market today and the minimal expenditures of time!

Presently with the amount of orders we have we cannot put them on hold for fear of losing our customers, secondly we cannot cash these payments from the US soon enough, as international checks take about 28 working days for cash to be made available here in London UK. We lose about 75,000 USD of net income each month because we have money transfer delays. Your task is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales.


We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer (usually through FEDEX).The customer receives and check the products, after this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. We accept all forms of payment but most of our customers pay using Bank Checks and so in order to solve this problem and not lose any of our customers we have decided to open this new job position. This job is legal according to the U.S. legislation as it is today.

Your tasks are:

1. Receive payment from our customers.
2. Cashing the checks at your existing bank account.
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on each payment processed.
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to. (Payment is to be forwarded by Western Union Money Transfer).

Local money transfers take barely a few hours, so it will give us a possibility to get customer's payment almost immediately. For example you've got 3000.00 USD, you deduct your commission: 300.00 USD and then send to us the balance: 2700.00 USD. In the first month you will have 15-20 transactions after checking your background records, 3,000.00-6,000.00 USD so you may calculate your income. For example 20 transactions each around 3000.00 USD gives you a total income of 6,000.00 USD plus your basis monthly salary is 1,600.00 USD. Total: 7,600.00 USD per month and after establishing a close co-operation with us you'll be able to operate with larger orders and you'll be able to earn more. You will also deduct fees that are related to this job (gasoline, western union fees, bank commissions etc) from our balance, not from your salary or commissions. The checks will vary from: $500.00 to $3,000.00. We will also send you a 1099 Form for tax deduction on your part.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your existing bank account, we don’t accept newly created bank accounts, because it slows the cashing process. Deduct your percentage and forward the balance to the company attorney manager via western union money transfer, the name will be given to you later after cashing a payment. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You'll have a lot of free time doing another job; you'll get good income and a regular job. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be an earnest assistant.

Next step:

If you feel that you are a serious and earnest worker and you want to work for Total Systems Solutions LTD, please reply to this email and answer a couple of questions:

1: Are you comfortable having large amounts of money (up to $3,000) in your possession while outside your home?

2: Do you have a good bank account record/history?

3. How old is the account that you are planning to use for cashing checks from our company?

4: Have you worked in this line of work for processing payments? (processed checks for another company). If yes please provide the period, what company and the reason you do not work for them any longer?

5: Do you have a criminal record?

We wait for your answers and if you meet our requirements, in the next email we will send you the representative contract.

Mary Hamilton <--mary hamilton eh?!.... ok.... and im Chuck Norris
Total Systems Solutions LTD <-- this company dose exist but only as "Total Systems Solutions" and not in UK-
Fenchurch Avenue <---- is a reall adress, and in the UK----
City of London, EC3M <---------what the?-----
United Kingdom
FAX 011-44-784-798-3452<---\
| wow same numbers as yours, hummmmmmmm.......
FAX 011-44-998-345-8798<---/

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We started your first transaction. You will receive the payment today or tomorrow directly to your address provided via USPS.

ID: FTR328-0912;
Payment method: Check;
Value: $2,820.00; <-- got the check, and cashed it, the check did not bounce.(not saying to do it) wonder who they robed to get the money???
Delivery time: 1-3 days;
Client: Dwight and Lori Maurer;
Attn: WT 6200-TL

The product (WT 6200-TL) was already delivered. Only after you process this order will you receive more checks to process. We cannot send you more than 1-2 checks in the first week. Exception is only if you process orders very fast (36 hours). In this case you will receive many orders.

You do not need to deposit the funds into your bank account. You need to cash the check and withdraw the funds from your account, take the money with you and send to our employer via Western Union.

Due to the fact that in this period we need more cash flow we have a promotional offer for you. You will receive a $100.00 bonus for sending the funds to us from a check in under 36 hours from the moment you receive it (not including weekends). You will deduct the bonus from our 90%.

PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FULLY AND VERY CAREFULLY:

After you cash the funds please deduct your commission (10%) + $100.00 bonus. Also deduct all the other fees involved from cashing the funds and transferring the money to us from the remaining 90% and send us the balance. After you have completed the tasks above, scan the Western Union receipt and send them by e-mail to us. To send the funds to us you have to:

1. Go to http://www.westernunion.com and click on Find agent location to find the nearest Western Union office. There is a $999.00 limit is for on-line (website) transaction. You can send the money with cash from the nearest Western Union office. Please use the website locator ("Find Agent Location") to show you a Western Union office near your location. Then you have to go there and send the funds to us.

2. Go to the Western Union office and send the funds to us as a money transfer. When the Western Union employee asks you if you know the person that you are sending the money, you have to respond 'Yes'. It is their policy after 911 and if you respond 'No' they might not complete the transfer and that will cause delays. If they ask you why you are sending the money reply that is in personal interests, same applies if they ask you what your relationship with the receiver is. This is our Company employee that you are sending the funds to. Also, as we keep your information from other parties and never gives it out to anyone so we would like you to do the same and keep our relationship private.

3. When you send the money, please calculate the final fees that Western Union will ask you and send the payment without the fees amount.

Here you have all the info that you need in transfer to make the payment:

Please fill in the following info under Receivers when you will complete the Western Union form:

Receiver First Name/Last Name/Address: Manuel Dimaggio

Country: UK (UNITED KINGDOM, ENGLAND)

You need to send the total - cashing fees and WU fees. Please be very careful and verify if the Western Union employee wrote the correct names for sender and receiver because they make mistakes very often and so we can prevent a lot of problems that would cost us all time and money. After you will make the payment, you will get (two numbers containing 10 digits) the tracking numbers.

YOU MUST EMAIL US:

1. The exact name and address of the sender of the money (the sender name and address you wrote on the form at that you used at Western Union to send the money. This is a must, it is your info that you wrote on the Western Union money transfer form and it is needed to pick up the money)

2. The Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) very carefully please!

3. The total amount without fees in Pounds. Please ask the Western Union employee what was the total amount sent in Pounds after the conversion.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE US THE 3 INFORMATION WE NEED SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEE CAN PICK UP THE FUNDS

Before you send the information you can verify here: https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/order ... try=global if the information is correct.

Your fast response is appreciated. As soon you will send it you will start receiving the next two checks.

Thank you,
Support department
by Dotti Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:56 pm
i cashed the check and it went though,


I'm not sure what you mean about the scammer not asking for anything but the money--that is exactly what would be expected. In scams like this, all the scammer wants is cold hard cash. That's what these scams are all about. There is absolutely no doubt that this is a scam.


One of two things has happened, and both make you party to a scam, distributor of fake checks, or both.
If the check was created by your lad or by someone working for him--It passed initial examination, and the bank issued the funds as required by law. But, if it made it through the first few days, most likely it was written on a phished account, and the real account holder is most likely going to discover this sooner or later, and will report the check to his bank. The bank will not only take the money back, they will likely charge you additional fees, and you could actually be charged with passing fraudulent checks.

If the check is truly real (less likely scenario), it was sent by a victim who believed the check was being sent for a legitimate purpose. When the victim realizes he/she is being scammed, fingers will point straight to you, the person who received and cashed the check. You could actually be charged as an accomplice in the scam, and/or with money laundering.

The best thing you can do is contact your bank, let them know that you now realize you were being scammed, and let them get it sorted out. It's also a good idea to file a police report (though they can't arrest your scammers as they are halfway across the world). You don't have to do these things, but if you stand by and do nothing, that other shoe may land on you hard.

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by tscott Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:15 pm
I'm not sure what you mean about the scammer not asking for anything but the money--that is exactly what would be expected.


that they wanted the money from the check, not from me...
true that they other victume could point it to me. however... i had no contact with that person, at all, so the buck wont stop here, and i will turn over everything i have to the invetagators....
by The Enchantress Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:30 am
Cheque/check or money order scams

There are many variations on check scams and we have more information in our specific scams section. The most popular are overpayment for goods, investor scams, and the company agent or representative scam. If you have been asked by someone you don't know to cash a check, money order or traveller's check and send on the proceeds or goods, please act with extreme caution.

The basics are that the scammer asks the potential victim to receive payment (whether for goods being sold, investment, or from a "customer" of the scammer) and to forward all or part of the proceeds. The check/money order is fake, forged or stolen. The scammer hopes that the victim's bank will not realise initially, and will clear it. The victim sends money on, the bank later realises and debits the victim's account, and the victim has then lost the money sent on. The bank will almost certainly not be liable, and the victim may also find that their account is closed and/or that they are arrested or investigated by the police for money laundering.


Please note that seeing as you have already cashed the cheques, DO NOT delete the emails from the scammer, if the police investigate, and there is a very high likelyhood they will, the emails may be your only defense.

Cease all communications with the scammer immediately. Hang up if the scammer calls you.

Report the scam to your local police.

Do not accept any deliveries that are from the scammer or that you are not expecting. If you receive a check or something similar (such as a money order) take it to your bank or local police and tell them you think it is fake.

Do not panic. Whilst scammers are criminals and some of them are dangerous, the risks are negligible if you simply stop communicating with them. If you are in any doubt about your safety, report your concerns to your local police, who will be able to advise you.

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by Ralph Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:53 am
TsScott

Please stop what you are doing immediately and take note, I have huge concerns about what you are doing and your belief of how the law works in regards to these scams.

People have gone to jail for cashing cheques sent by scammers, they have also lost huge amounts of money, this is very serious, do not take it lightly.

The cheque you received is fake
But it is YOU who cashed it
YOU are responsible for cashing it
Yes, somebody else broke the law by sending it to you
But he is likely to be sitting in an African internet cafe or a cheque mule

Please do not forward any money,
cease all contact with the scammers
Ignore any emails or phone calls from them
Be mindful that they may impersonate the police or they may begin to threaten you.
Go to your bank where you cashed the cheque and explain, be open and honest with them and you will not have too many problems.

Depending on the outcome with the bank, you may be well advised to go to your local police with copies of the emails and explain to them what has happened.

If you try to hide anything from them they will see you as the person of interest.

We are not saying any of this to scare you but we have seen many others like you end up in loads of trouble and out of pocket by many thousands of dollars.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask

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