Housetrip.com money mule scam?

So I have been offered a job that matches the usual money mule scam.
My position is "Finance Officer" and I will have money deposited in my account that I will transfer with western union to them.

The person offering me the job claims to be from housetrip.com, with an email address of [email protected]. (doesnt match domain name suspicious?).
They say that I never have to give them my bank info because the money is sent by email interac transfer so it is safe because I deposit the money through email.
I was going to call housetrip.com to find out if they can confirm this job but there is no number to call.
I dont see why housetrip would need to hire a third party to do this for them. Cant people booking a trip just pay with credit card or online payment directly regardless of what country they are in or going to?

So is this job a scam?
Thanks

Well spotted.

No legitimate company would ever trust, or be allowed to trust, company money to an employee's bank account.

You could give HouseTrip the good news that their name is being used by fraudsters here:
https://support.housetrip.com/hc/en-us/ ... _id=120738

[AlanJones]

housetrip.club is an email only fake domain. Please can you post the email you received from them, together with the headers (remove all your personal details), so that we can get the domain reported.

Domain Name: HOUSETRIP.CLUB
Domain ID: D2044886-CLUB
Sponsoring Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 69
Registrar URL (registration services): whois.opensrs.org
Domain Status: ok
Registrant ID: TU3AQUOTHOQVP2IF
Registrant Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0141439530
Registrant Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0141439530
Registrant Address1: 96 Mowat Ave
Registrant City: Toronto
Registrant State/Province: ON
Registrant Postal Code: M6K 3M1
Registrant Country: Canada
Registrant Country Code: CA
Registrant Phone Number: +1.4165385457
Registrant Email: [email protected]

Name Server: NS2.MASTERHOST.RU
Name Server: NS1.MASTERHOST.RU
Name Server: NS.MASTERHOST.RU
Created by Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Last Updated by Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Domain Registration Date: 2015-09-30T15:46:22Z
Domain Expiration Date: 2016-09-29T23:59:59Z
Domain Last Updated Date: 2015-09-30T17:12:08Z

I am not sure what information you need -

HouseTrip Ltd <[email protected]>
reply-to: HouseTrip Ltd <[email protected]>
to:
date: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:46 AM
subject: Re: FINAN​CE CLER​K NEE​DED J​ob Open​ing vacancy on Indeed

Hello,

We would like to confirm that we have received your reply. With reference to your Resume we are pleased to announce that you have qualified and you have been appointed as a Finance Clerk.

Please read the Job Description attached to this email. If you have any questions concerning the Job Description or you require any other information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

If you agree with the job conditions please reply to this email with your confirmation. After that we will contact you for further instructions.


Kind Regards,

Ann

Ann Powell
Manager
HouseTrip Company
housetrip.com

Second email -

We are pleased to confirm your being employed by our firm in the capacity of Finance Clerk. You will report directly to Ann Powell, commencing with your start of employment on the date of signing the Contract.
Your salary shall be $1200 per month. You will also be covered by the standard group benefit plans and fringe benefits explained to you (5 of every completed order approximately $2700 - $3200 per month).
It is understood and accepted that the employment relationship we have agreed to is an at-will relationship, and that it may be ended by either party, at any time, and for any reason.
If you agree this letter sets forth our understanding, please sign the enclosed copy and return for our files (please print the Contract of Employment out, sign it with your hand, scan it ( or take a photo) and send it back to us by email).
We look forward to your joining the company.



Kind Regards,

Ann

Ann Powell
Manager
HouseTrip Company
housetrip.com

Monday, October 26, 2015

They also sent an employment contract with this info -
HouseTrip Limited, ("Company"):

Head office address: 525 E 80th Street, NY, New York, 10075

Canadian office address: 380 Wellington St, London, ON, N6A 5B5,

Canada

And they are using this phone number - 1 417 283 4147

We need complete headers. Received, In-Reply-To, X-Originating-IP, everything. Remove your name and address. Also if you sent an email to housetrip.club and got a response, post the email you sent, with complete headers (which may not include any Received headers), and the response, with complete headers.

housetrip.com is registered for 12 years and is unlikely to be fake; the scammers are piggybacking on it with the email-only domain housetrip.club, which is located in Russia.

Thanks! housetrip.club is in the process of being reported for fraud.

Its a scam, I was just offered the same job... if you read deeply its just makes no sense, depositing company money into your own bank account via etransfer?? lol I personally will be reporting to housetrip this ann powell who was that same lady that approached you also. Be aware!