Employment Scammer - [email protected]

From: Clementine Hurley <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Subject: Employment in leicester
To: Michelle Banks


Greetings Michelle Banks

My name is Clementine Hurley . I am a manager of leicester Employment agency.
Our customer ,Praha Wines the largest Czech wines exporter in the world is hiring sales manager in UK.
private information has been looked through and we made a decision that you can be a appropriate candidate for the position .
During the first month the applicant will undertake a training period.

Responsibilities include:
* transferring the funds further to the company's branches by various money transfer systems;
* Performing other duties as assigned by the organization;
* Work collaboratively with management and administrators to prepare and generate management reports and perform analysis;
* drawing monthly statements and invoices;
* keeping record of each received transaction;
* Participate in professional development activities when available;
general features for applicants:
* Familiarity with working online, Internet and e-mail skills;
* readyness to work from home, take responsibility, make and achieve aims;
* Prior client service experience is a good bonus, but not a must ;
* Effective interaction with customers ;
* Ability to create good administrative reporting;
* fairness, responsibility and promptness in operations;
Working as a sales manager , you will get a monthly wages of GBP 1500.00 and additional bonuses.
If you are interested in this position ,and you want to know more about it and undertake a small interview, please fill in an Application Form and send it to us.

Your candidacy will be considered in the next 24 hours.
If you have any questions regarding our company and this offer, please do not hesitate to contact us.
During the application process you will be assigned to one of our HR managers.

All the best .

I received this email too, and as I've applied to websites that allows employers to check you email, I thought it was from one of those. I contacted them on friday and recieved the following email today, which makes me think it could be a way to launder money.

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy.. Here is a brief job
description:
When our company just opened in 2004 we planned to sell only Moravian
wine, but now we are selling wines and spirits from 47 countries over
the world. Our head office is located in Prague, but we have offices in
Russia, USA, and Poland as well.
For the last couple of months there have been loads of orders for our
production from the UK shops, restaurants, and hotels. That is why we
decided to hire a couple of representatives to work for our company in
UK. If you become an employee of our company your main
responsibility as a sales manager will be to deal with already existing
clients and expand our market and look for new clients as well. There
will be an office opened in London in the beginning of June, but you’ll
probably have to go there just once in a month just to submit the
reports. For the rest of the time you will keep in touch with them by
phone and by e-mail. But we decided to start hiring the representatives
now so that by the time the office opens we can have a fully trained
team. So I don’t think there should be a problem if we start your trial
with us being situated here in Czech Republic and you being in the UK.
For the first month you will be provided with some training which will
be carried out probably personally by me, I will be on the phone with
you practically every day, and you will try to start working as well,
you will try to start taking orders from our customers and sometimes you
might even deal with finances if the order will be successful. The thing
is that sometimes there are some situations when there is an urgent
order, but it takes more than 5 working days to complete an
international bank transfer. So sometimes it is easier when a client
sends the payment straight to our local representative, and the
representative sends it to us by one of the money transfer systems. For
these purposes, corporate bank account will be opened for you as soon as
we open the office. Before that time you might be asked to receive some
minor payments to your account. As well as that you will need to read
some literature about wines and spirits. I will send you the literature
as soon as we start working with you. As well as that we will provide
you with login and password for the corporate e-mail address for you to
lead the correspondence with our clients from the UK.
So if you are interested in a trial please read the Employment Agreement
attached to this letter, sign it and send it back by e-mail. Our
director will sign it here and send back to you within the next couple
of days, so that we can start the trial ASAP.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to write me the e-mail
and I will be glad to provide you with all the necessary information.

Best regards,
Karel Vitek,
General Manager.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prague Wines Co.
Phone: +420 226 259 775
Fax: +420 227 204 931
Website: http://prague-wines.com

Welcome here Kitten1968

Yes, you are right. This is a money laundering / processing scam where you will be the middle man to receive payments from other scam victims, and foreward these payments to the scammer. A legitimate company would never work this way. There is no real job, it's just a scam! The website is likely to be fake aswell, our experts will investigate it.

i am glad i saw your post i was contemplating signing a contract with these guys but then i felt uncomfortable about the personal account being used to transfer money on behalf of their business plus their list of wines shows a want of descriptive detail - i hope no one falls into this trap

Hi there kitten1968,

I am really interested in the headers of that email, could you please post them here? If you are unsure about what headers are or how to find them, just tell us which email provider you use and we'll explain. Those headers contain valuable evidence for us to get the site offline. Thanks!

Hi I tried to get the header but unable I use hotmail.co.uk

Hope this is the email header you need, there was also a document attached which I cant seem to forward onto you



Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:32:20 +0400
From: [email protected]
To:
Subject: Re: Employment in Newcastle upon Tyne

Dear ,

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you for your interest in this vacancy.. Here is a brief job
description:
When our company just opened in 2004 we planned to sell only Moravian
wine, but now we are selling wines and spirits from 47 countries over
the world. Our head office is located in Prague, but we have offices in
Russia, USA, and Poland as well.
For the last couple of months there have been loads of orders for our
production from the UK shops, restaurants, and hotels. That is why we
decided to hire a couple of representatives to work for our company in
UK. If you become an employee of our company your main
responsibility as a sales manager will be to deal with already existing
clients and expand our market and look for new clients as well. There
will be an office opened in London in the beginning of June, but you’ll
probably have to go there just once in a month just to submit the
reports. For the rest of the time you will keep in touch with them by
phone and by e-mail. But we decided to start hiring the representatives
now so that by the time the office opens we can have a fully trained
team. So I don’t think there should be a problem if we start your trial
with us being situated here in Czech Republic and you being in the UK.
For the first month you will be provided with some training which will
be carried out probably personally by me, I will be on the phone with
you practically every day, and you will try to start working as well,
you will try to start taking orders from our customers and sometimes you
might even deal with finances if the order will be successful. The thing
is that sometimes there are some situations when there is an urgent
order, but it takes more than 5 working days to complete an
international bank transfer. So sometimes it is easier when a client
sends the payment straight to our local representative, and the
representative sends it to us by one of the money transfer systems. For
these purposes, corporate bank account will be opened for you as soon as
we open the office. Before that time you might be asked to receive some
minor payments to your account. As well as that you will need to read
some literature about wines and spirits. I will send you the literature
as soon as we start working with you. As well as that we will provide
you with login and password for the corporate e-mail address for you to
lead the correspondence with our clients from the UK.
So if you are interested in a trial please read the Employment Agreement
attached to this letter, sign it and send it back by e-mail. Our
director will sign it here and send back to you within the next couple
of days, so that we can start the trial ASAP.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to write me the e-mail
and I will be glad to provide you with all the necessary information.

Best regards,
Karel Vitek,
General Manager.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prague Wines Co.
Phone: +420 226 259 775
Fax: +420 227 204 931
Website: http://prague-wines.com

No, that's not the header. This is how you can find them when using hotmail:

* Go to your inbox
* Right-click on the email of which you want the headers (don't open it)
* Click on 'View message source'

A new window will open with the headers. Your own email adress may appear in it a few times so be sure to check them. Thanks!

Hi everyone...I have recieved the exact same email...I realised it must be a scam cause ive been searching for jobs for nearly three years now and never in my life did i get posted by email a contract to sign before a single interview face to face or even on the phone. CAN YOU HELP ME CAUSE I INITIALLY SENT BACK THE APPLICATION FOR WHICH ASKED FOR EDUCATION HISTORY...PREVIOUS EMPLOYEEE AND REFFERENCE, NAME AND ADDRESS. im woried they could do something with that. What should i do about the email sent now which is a s follows: (should i just delete the email and not reply ever to any emails from the scammers ever in the future?? i havent signed the agreement and sent it back. Just the initial application. Im guessing others did this initial step too to get to the second email response. Are we safe. What should we do. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you. PS the website of prague wines is up and running currently. its listed below. can someone shut down the website??


Thank you for your interest in this vacancy.. Here is a brief job
description:
When our company just opened in 2004 we planned to sell only Moravian
wine, but now we are selling wines and spirits from 47 countries over
the world. Our head office is located in Prague, but we have offices in
Russia, USA, and Poland as well.
For the last couple of months there have been loads of orders for our
production from the UK shops, restaurants, and hotels. That is why we
decided to hire a couple of representatives to work for our company in
UK. If you become an employee of our company your main
responsibility as a sales manager will be to deal with already existing
clients and expand our market and look for new clients as well. There
will be an office opened in London in the beginning of June, but you’ll
probably have to go there just once in a month just to submit the
reports. For the rest of the time you will keep in touch with them by
phone and by e-mail. But we decided to start hiring the representatives
now so that by the time the office opens we can have a fully trained
team. So I don’t think there should be a problem if we start your trial
with us being situated here in Czech Republic and you being in the UK.
For the first month you will be provided with some training which will
be carried out probably personally by me, I will be on the phone with
you practically every day, and you will try to start working as well,
you will try to start taking orders from our customers and sometimes you
might even deal with finances if the order will be successful. The thing
is that sometimes there are some situations when there is an urgent
order, but it takes more than 5 working days to complete an
international bank transfer. So sometimes it is easier when a client
sends the payment straight to our local representative, and the
representative sends it to us by one of the money transfer systems. For
these purposes, corporate bank account will be opened for you as soon as
we open the office. Before that time you might be asked to receive some
minor payments to your account. As well as that you will need to read
some literature about wines and spirits. I will send you the literature
as soon as we start working with you. As well as that we will provide
you with login and password for the corporate e-mail address for you to
lead the correspondence with our clients from the UK.
So if you are interested in a trial please read the Employment Agreement
attached to this letter, sign it and send it back by e-mail. Our
director will sign it here and send back to you within the next couple
of days, so that we can start the trial ASAP.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to write me the e-mail
and I will be glad to provide you with all the necessary information.

Best regards,
Karel Vitek,
General Manager.


Prague Wines Co.
Phone: +420 226 259 775
Fax: +420 227 204 931
Website: http://prague-wines.com

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT.doc

Hi Michael

Here is the header you needed, any more info you need let me know, i also have copies of the attachments do you need them too?



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Excellent! No, I won't be needing the attachments. I have all evidence I need to report the domain Thanks!

Welcome makaveli,

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. The scammers ask for the resume, job history, etc. because it makes them look more like real employers. They don't actually care what's in it, as all they really want is someone to cash their fake checks or launder their scam proceeds. You may see an increase in the number of scam offers, but that's about the extent of it.

Our site killers are working on getting the site closed down now that they have the headers they need as evidence.

HI GUYS I JUST GOT ANOTHER EMAIL FROM A FAKE EMPLOYER...IT LOOKS VERY SUSPICIOUS...ITS FROM A UNPROFESSIONAL EMAIL ADDRESS. ITS OFFERING A MONTHLY SALARY AND ITS ADDRESSING MY NAME DIRECTLY IN THE EMAIL. IF YOU GET THIS EMAIL DO NOT RESPOND TO IT AS AN EMPLOYER. ITS ANOTHER SCAM GUYS. tHE FOLLOWING IS THE EMAIL I RECIEVED, IF YOU SEE IT, BIN IT STRAIGHT AWAY.....

Greetings

I represent a company which is brand new and nevertheless respectful in art promoting market of the UK. company provides services of unification and communication among masters of art area and individuals interested in art works.

I am happy to extend this application opportunity to you. This position does not require any specific experience, and agents are hired on a part-time basis for a one-month probationary period. During this period, applicants will receive online training and support.

Salary during the training period will amount to approximately 1500 GBP, and you will be entitled to a commission of 8% on all of your transactions. You will also be eligible to take part in our benefit program.

Requirements are: internet, phone and e-mail availability, ability to work 2-3 hours a day Monday through Friday, and PC user skills.

Candidates should send their electronic application to [email protected]. The application should include your full name, your contact number, residence/mailing address, and best time for any needed phone conversations.

Sincerely,

Jason Graham
SMART LLC Company

Hello, i have the same problem with this "company" Prague Wines. The thing that worries me is that i gave them my NI and ID copy, what should i do next? I feel horrible i didn't do my research properly about this so called "company". I really like to hear you answer as soon as possible. Thank you

Please kindly post a header or the full email first sent to you with email address.