Company Representative scams, Payment Processing scams and other Employment scams.
by mateegg Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:14 pm
Hey guys first post here.

I applied for a order processing position for a food distribution company. Checked out their website (http://www.derbyfoods.ru) which seemed pretty suspicious. Anyway I got contacted by their HR Director. He offers me the job and provides the following information:

The schedule is flexible and you will establish the exact schedule every Monday for the following week,
together with my colleague Erika Andersen, the order support manager.
You will work around 4 hours per day which can be morning or afternoon hours. You will be receiving the
notifications from us regarding active orders, order validation and the effective payment processing.
You can also choose a custom timetable, to work less than 5 days per week.

After the first month you can request another evaluation, if you would like to switch to the
Full Time employment contract with a fixed base of $4850 AUD per month, plus daily commission.

As basic requirements for the Order Assistant position, you must be able to check your email regularly for
new orders, reply to validate the orders received, and send confirmation reports after the orders have been
processed. You will also need a bank account where you will receive the payments made by our existing customers.
You are not required to find new customers, to advertise our products, or to provide customer support.
As our Order Assistant you will only process the payments made by our existing clients.

Here are general step-by-step instructions for the Order Assistant position:

- In the afternoon you receive the notification emails from us regarding the next day's orders
- You reply to confirm that you have received the order details and the processing instructions
- On the next day, you receive the payment in the bank account that you have established for this purpose
- After you have confirmed the payment received, we proceed to shipping from our central warehouse
- You retain your commission from each payment, and then send the amount due to our headquarters
- After each payment has been processed you will send us a confirmation report to validate the order.
- You are paid daily for the orders processed.

You will have a Fixed Salary of $2450 / month, paid fortnightly plus 11% commission of the orders processed.
- The Fixed Salary is paid directly into your bank account on the 15th and on the 30th of each month.
- The 11% processing Commission is paid on a daily basis, the same day the orders are processed.


This all seemed pretty peachy apart from the part where I need to set up a bank account for this. After a bit more correspondence he sent through the employment contract (which I can show if it would help to credit or discredit this place)

I should also mention that the companies TFN is provided, and upon doing some checks it seems to be a valid running business, matching the address provided.

Name of Employer: DERBY FOODS PTY. LTD. ABN# 86 009 033 612 - Rockingham WA 6168 Australia

Yet I can't help but be quite suspicious about all this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dan
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by Tim Atem Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:29 pm
It is a scam - no legitimate company would require their employees to process payments using their personal bank accounts.

This is a money mule scam, you can learn more about these scams here:
Employment scams: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=44

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by Katec123 Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:35 pm
Hi Dan,

My name is Kate. I have had the exact same thing happen, with the exact same company and exact same people (Erika and Alexander) I found the job add on gumtree, in my sheer desperation to find work. I did my first order last night and I am also extremely confused. I have recently moved to Brisbane, from New Zealand, and I am terrified that it is dodgy. It all sounds to good to be true, and they didn't even want to speak with me before I started. Seems strange that they would entrust this money to someone they haven't even spoken with. When I try to get in touch with Erika, they say she is not avalible, and that she will call back, but she never does. To peachy to be true, I called the ATO and they said they feel it's dodgy. What happened in your situation Dan?? Did you ever get to the bottom of it or find out any more info, could really use any other info you have.

Cheers,

Kate. :)
by Bryon Williams Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:42 pm
It is a scam - no legitimate company would require their employees to process payments using their personal bank accounts.

This is a money mule scam, you can learn more about these scams here:
Employment scams: https://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=44

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by Fede84 Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:07 am
hi Kate I actually got the same email from the same company because I applied yesterday on Gumtree too,
and I'm really scared about it! please can tell me what happened on the end???
Because I don't know what I have to do...
by Bryon Williams Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:08 am
It is a scam - no legitimate company would require their employees to process payments using their personal bank accounts.

This is a money mule scam, you can learn more about these scams here:
Employment scams: https://scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=44

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by vonpaso xlura Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:30 am
derbyfoods.ru does not appear to exist. Please post the email you got, with complete headers.

... ni los estafadores heredarán el reino de Dios. 1 Cor. 6:10
by Fede84 Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:33 pm
The schedule is flexible and you will establish the exact schedule every Monday for the following week,
together with my colleague Erika Andersen, the order support manager.
You will work around 4 hours per day which can be morning or afternoon hours. You will be receiving the
notifications from us regarding active orders, order validation and the effective payment processing.
You can also choose a custom timetable, to work less than 5 days per week.

After the first month you can request another evaluation, if you would like to switch to the
Full Time employment contract with a fixed base of $4850 AUD per month, plus daily commission.

As basic requirements for the Order Assistant position, you must be able to check your email regularly for
new orders, reply to validate the orders received, and send confirmation reports after the orders have been
processed. You will also need a bank account where you will receive the payments made by our existing customers.
You are not required to find new customers, to advertise our products, or to provide customer support.
As our Order Assistant you will only process the payments made by our existing clients.

Here are general step-by-step instructions for the Order Assistant position:

- In the afternoon you receive the notification emails from us regarding the next day's orders
- You reply to confirm that you have received the order details and the processing instructions
- On the next day, you receive the payment in the bank account that you have established for this purpose
- After you have confirmed the payment received, we proceed to shipping from our central warehouse
- You retain your commission from each payment, and then send the amount due to our headquarters
- After each payment has been processed you will send us a confirmation report to validate the order.
- You are paid daily for the orders processed.

You will have a Fixed Salary of $2450 / month, paid fortnightly plus 11% commission of the orders processed.
- The Fixed Salary is paid directly into your bank account on the 15th and on the 30th of each month.
- The 11% processing Commission is paid on a daily basis, the same day the orders are processed.

The main advantage of this procedure is that our clients are able to deduct the 10% GST, and also the local
transactions are not entitled to pay the 16% customs duties, therefore the final prices are cut by nearly 74%.

My colleague Erika Andersen from the ordering department will be your direct supervisor and she will provide
online assistance and support for the first orders, until you learn the procedures.

Don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions, I want to make sure you have understood the job description.
Also let me know when you are ready to start, to send you the employment Contract


I didn't replied yet!
by Tim Atem Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:51 pm
It is a money mule scam - do not reply. No legitimate employer would have you process orders using your own bank account.

Employment scams: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=44

====================================
PLEASE DO NOT TELL A SCAMMER HE IS REPORTED HERE!

Learn what a scam is and how to protect yourself
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by vonpaso xlura Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:18 pm
What email address was it sent from?

... ni los estafadores heredarán el reino de Dios. 1 Cor. 6:10
by Katec123 Mon Apr 04, 2016 5:38 pm
Hi All,

So, in regards to this scam, here is what happened to me since my last post. I knew something wasn't right with it, when you put two and two together, it was all wrong. So I went to the police, and they told me to go to my bank (Commonwealth) and talk to them about it. So I went there, and turns out that apparently the money had been stolen, and they were trying to use me as a money mule to hide their tracks to ensure they don't get caught so they can send the stolen money overseas. Please PLEASE don't engage with these people, don't reply to them, and for goodness sake, go to your bank, they will take away the money (and the commission) and send it back to the rightful owners of it. I was lucky because I hadn't spend any of the commission, because it could have been potentially bad if I had. They can persecute you as a money mule, because they see it as playing your part in the crime (whether or not you are aware your even doing it) I didn't get in any trouble because as soon as I knew it was weird I went to the bank, you won't get in trouble if you do the same but I can't stress enough to go to the bank about it if your already involved and have transferred money. They also closed my account and started me up a new one, because the scammers can take money out of your account (amongst other charming things such as identity theft ect) So it IS a scam, and do NOT get involved with them for your own sake!! Hope that helps guys, might save you some stress at least.

PS: when I emailed Erika and told her I knew it was a scam, she quickly became aggressive, and started telling me she was embarrassed of me, and started throwing contradictory facts around, EG. Derby foods is registered with the ATO but saves 75% in tax because of doing it this way. Yeah right -what a load of sh*t! -BEWARE people!!
Cheers,

Kate
by VincentFajardo Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:26 am
It is good that i saw this post now. Im about to start the orders from them. I got the same email and same persons. What if i received the money for the orders? Where will i take them? And what is the proofs needed by the bank?

Mr xxxxxxxx

My name is Alexander from Derby Foods Ltd. HR department and you have applied to our job ad on Gumtree.
We are a public food company headquartered in the UK, and we supply nutrition actives and ingredients for
the food and beverage markets (restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and food processing factories)

In order to reduce the employee costs and provide fast and convenient payment options to our customers, all
our sales are processed directly by our Order Assistants.

Therefore we currently have the following opening:

I. ORDER ASSISTANT
- Part time Contract - 4 hours/day (Mo-Fri) - 20 hours/week
- Base Salary $2450 / month, and 11% commission from orders paid daily.
- Main Tasks: processing the payments made by our local customers, order reports and confirmations.
- Flexible working hours, internet connection is required.
- (it is not a sales job, so you are not required to find new customers)

This is an entry level position based in Sydney. We provide full training and complete instructions before start.
In order to begin let me know your availability schedule, and I will send you the full job description and details.


Regards,
Alexander Filipovic

HR Director
Derby Foods Ltd.



Regional Distribution Center
Rockingham, 47 Dixon Rd
WA 6168 Australia

Derby UK Headquarter
160 Charlotte Rd
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
S2 4EP United Kingdom

Derby Russia Headquarter
Diamond Hall Business Centre
Olimpiyskiy ave. 14
Moscow 129090 Russia
by Bryon Williams Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:51 am
Any money you receive will be stolen money. The thief/scammer will want you to money launder it for him.

Basically send him the stolen money. You will be the only one caught because you are using real information.

If you have given him you bank account. Notify your bank of the scam and show them the emails.

What email address did he use? Does he have a website?

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