Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk at ANDREW ARTIST LIMITED

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Hello ,

How are you doing, this is a awareness to let the public know that we have a job opening for the position of Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk at(ANDREW ARTIST LIMITED). Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly?(ANDREW ARTIST) specialize in serving the entire countries and a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected Paints including Paints and Arts decorating.

ABOUT US:

Our Company, Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principles have been developed to reflect not only our day-to-day work on our core business. Strategies are to guide us through the challenges and opportunities that come with global expansion and rapidly changing markets.

Visit our website for details: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html

Job Description

Your primary task for now, as a representative of the company is to Coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items. They order for about 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through, Cashier Check, Poster Money Order. Based on the amount involves we have decided to open this new contract-to-hire job position for solving this problem.


Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):

1. Payment will be issued in form of Cashier Check, check or Poster Money Order to your name and send to your address by our customers.

2. You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has been sent or Wired by our clients.

3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income ($500usd weekly). But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We will consider your application if you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start Running our branch office in your state. Get back to us with below information so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers.

EMPLOYMENT FORM

Reference No: - LSLCA/2031/ 8161/05
Batch No: R4/A313/2-60
Full name:....................................
Address (not p.o.box): ....................................
City: ...................................
State: ....................................
Zip: ...................................
Country: ....................................
Home Phone:....................................
Cell Phone: ....................................
Email: ....................................
Gender: ....................................
Age: ....................................
Profession: ....................................
Nationality: ....................................

Thanks for Your Total Understanding

I wait your full details ASAP,

(Job Processing Unit)

Payments Instructor
Susan Hays.
(ANDREW WOODS ARTIST)
United Kingdom,
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html

This is a typical job scam.

Several things show this is a scam.

1. First, look at who it says it is from: [email protected]. Checking this email address shows: DomainDoesNotExist - Email address domain does not exist. First clue this isn't real.

2. Next, if you click on the link at the very bottom of the email: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html, it takes you to a legitimate website. However, look closely at the domain name: andrew-wood.com, whereas the address they are saying this email is from is: andrewwoodsartist.com. So at a quick glance, if you happen to look at the legitimate website, you would think this email address is associated with the real site. BUT IT IS NOT!

3. If you look at the reply address: [email protected], this is what email address is used if you click on the 'Reply' button on your email. Now why would someone who owns his own web site, shows his contact address as [email protected] have a free gmail address to reply to? He wouldn't! This is how scammers use legitimate businesses and their web sites to help make their scams look real.

Let me make it clear, Andrew Wood and his web site http://www.andrew-wood.com is not involved with this scam!

4. Next to the actual job scam:

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):

1. Payment will be issued in form of Cashier Check, check or Poster Money Order to your name and send to your address by our customers.

2. You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has been sent or Wired by our clients.

3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income ($500usd weekly). But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We will consider your application if you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start Running our branch office in your state. Get back to us with below information so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers.

A google search on that whole text will show you how many times the exact or similar text is used: Clicky

4. In addition to explanations here on our website about job and representative scams, there is an excellent site here that helps explain what they are: http://www.fakechecks.org/ What will happen is they will send you a check and then ask you to cash it and send the 90% to back to them via Western Union or MG. However, (to quote someone that explains it really well):

If you tried to cash a check from them, what would happen would depend on how "good" the fake is (and it is a fake, without question).

If it is a really bad fake, the teller might recognize it, or might try to run it electronically and find it is fraudulent. If it is a better fake, or uses a stolen but real routing and account number, it will pass this first stage. The bank will deposit the money to your account and will start the process of collecting the money. If they discover the fake in the first 5 days, the money will likely never be credited to your account. If they don't, the funds from the check will be put in your account, while the check is still in processing. BUT--and here's the big catch--in a few days to several weeks, when it is finally found to be fake, the bank will debit your account for the check, plus any fees, including overdrawn fees if it pushes your balance to negative. If you sent money to the scammer as requested, you have no way of getting it back from the scammer, and you are going to lose all the money that was sent, plus whatever fees you are charged.
BUT --and this is the fun part- passing a fraudulent check is a crime. You can be arrested and tossed into jail.

This is just a scam! There is no job that allows you to sit at home and cash checks without doing any real work.

Here is the same scam, only it's for an "Account Manager" for a Christian Ministry. This is an email response I received after responding to a job posting describing an Account Manager list in the area of sales:

From: Rodney Bradley <[email protected]>
To: Xxxxxxxx<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:29:47 AM
Subject: ABOUT US/OUR MISSION/ JOB DESCRIPTION DETAILS/(REQUIREMENTS)PLS READ CAREFULLY



Dear Kxxx,


Our Mission

The mission of Hope zone International is to restore the lives of orphans in partnership with churches, corporations, organizations and individuals who have a passion to help needy, parentless children.with a focus on program planning, policy development and practice through consultation, training, information/research and resource materials aimed at supporting organizations in their efforts for continuous program improvement. Additionally, the Center offers resources toassist with every phase of the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews.




OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORTS AREAS INCLUDE:

Our Commitments

Building awareness of the despair faced by children around the world and the ways in which their needs can be addressed.

Providing resources that meet sustained spiritual, physical, social and emotional needs of children under our care.

Sharing the message of the transforming power of Christ's love through words and action to each child.

Implementing the Biblical principle of caring for widows through involving them in our orphan care homes, when it is possible.

Partnering with other organizations to maximize efficiency through specialization.

Fostering development efforts that bring about self-sufficiency of individual homes and the children raised in them.

Maximizing the giving power of donors and sponsors through partnerships, matching grants and auditing programs.

* Donating of christian bibles,books and other varieties to the Orphanage home.
* Job opportunity FULL/PART to receive all donations from donators worldwide repack them in a box and drop them at the nearest UPS office there UPS will have them shipped to there appriopriate location(orpahanage home)where they are being needed.



JOB REQUIREMENT:

*PRINTER(PRINTER) :YOU NEED A PRINTER TO PRINT OUT SHIPPING LABELS THAT ARE
TO BE PASTED ON BOXES BEFORE DROPING THEM OF) *YAHOO MESSENGER: YOU NEED THIS TO CHAT WITH OUR ONLINE REP SO HE/SHE CAN HAVE YOU NOTIFIED WHEN TO EXPECT DONATIONS

PAYMENT METHOD:

THIS JOB PAYS $1500 A MONTH AND IT DEPEND ON HOW YOU WANT YOUR PAYMENT TO BE
MADE,OPTIONS ARE(CHECK/MONEY ORDER/DIRECT DEPOSIT/WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER)PLS REPLY TO THIS EMAIL WITH THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR
PAYMENT AND DELIVERY SENT TO, AND ALSO REPLY WITH THE PAYMENT METHOD YOU
PREFER
VERY IMPROTANT:

IMPORTANT: FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY AND TO BE FULL
REGISTERED YOU MUST ADD (recruitersmissionary)TO YOUR YAHOO
MESSANGER LIST,HE/SHE WILL BE WAITING TO HELP YOU OUT INCASE IF THERE IS ANY
QUESTION.

"Embracing partnerships that build strong foundations for Child Welfare Adoption"

REV SISTER.BRENDA ALSEPT

Hi austinredhead39 and welcome to ScamWarners.

So smart of you to recognize this as a scam. The best thing to do is delete the email and have no further contact with this scammer. Do not give any personal details or account information to them.

I see by googling the email addy Clicky, it has a hit on Craigslist and has already been flagged for removal. Now your post here will help google pick up this scam format and warn others.

Inventory Manager needed
Date: 2009-07-22, 6:05PM EDT Reply to: [email protected] ... please email us :[email protected]. Compensation: GOOD; This is a part-time job. ...

The scam in your email is a bit different that a job/check scam, but a scam nevertheless. It is for a re-shipper. The scammer will have items shipped to you and then have you repackage them and send them on to another foreign country, typically a West African nation. The goods are usually paid for from stolen credit cards or other victims, and if you are paid, it will be from a fraudulent check.

These scams are very common with romance scammers; they will have their love victims re-send them the stolen goods because for whatever reason they can't have them sent directly to them. This woman on a dating site recieved the same email but with a different reply address: OkCupid post. And then when I do a google search on that email addy ([email protected]), it shows up all over the internet posting about a very shady 'job' offer. Clicky

Always a scam!

Same scam as the Andrew Artist scam posted above, but now using the name Henry Fox and the email address [email protected]

from Henry Fox <[email protected]>
to xxxxxx
date Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 6:27 AM
subject Update. WORK FROM HOME

Hello,
How are you doing, this is a awareness to let the public know that we have a job opening for the position of Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk at (ANDREW ARTIST LIMITED). Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? (ANDREW ARTIST) specialize in serving the entire countries and a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected Paints including Paints and Arts decorating.

ABOUT US:
Our Company, Our Vision, Values, Mission and Operating Principles have been developed to reflect not only our day-to-day work on our core business. Strategies are to guide us through the challenges and opportunities that come with global expansion and rapidly changing markets.Visit our website for details: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html
Job Description

Your primary task for now, as a representative of the company is to Coordinate payments from customers and help us with the payment process. You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items. They order for. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through, Cashier Check, Poster Money Order. Based on the amount involves we have decided to open this new contract-to-hire job position for solving this problem.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Payment will be issued in form of Cashier Check, check or Poster Money Order to your name and send to your address by our customers.

2. You must be checking your email every day to know when payment has been sent or Wired by our clients.

3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you'll get good income ($500usd weekly). But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We will consider your application if you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start Running our branch office in your state. Get back to us with below information so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers.

EMPLOYMENT FORM
Reference No: - LSLCA/2031/ 8161/05
Batch No: R4/A313/2-60
Full name....................................
Address: ....................................
City: ...................................
State: ....................................
Zip: ...................................
Country: ....................................
Home Phone.......................................
Cell Phone: ....................................
Email: ....................................
Gender: ....................................
Age: ....................................
Profession: ....................................
Nationality: ....................................

Thanks for Your Total Understanding
I wait your full details ASAP,
(Job Processing Unit)
Payments Instructor
HENRY FOX
(ANDREW WOODS ARTIST)
United Kingdom,
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.andrew-wood.com/index.html

Apparently this person has changed his ad on craigs list to needing a personal assisatant...
below is the copy of the email sent to me when i applied...

Hello , Applicant Am very sorry for getting back to you late , have been having a verybusy day , I received your confirmation e-mail. I am glad to hear fromyou as regards the Personal Assistant position. I would love to meetup with you to talk about this job but I am currently away on abusiness trip but there is a test which i will like you to go throughbecause i need a capable Personal Assistant.I am in Ireland so therewill be no interviewexcept for the form you will fill below. 1.Have you ever worked as a Personal Assistant ? 2.Can you communicate effective and efficiently? 3.Will you be able to run errands 2 hours per day for and will beneeded 3 days per week? I will prepay you in advance to do my shopping. I will also have mymails and packages forwarded to your address. If you will be unable to stay at your house to get my mails, I canhave it shipped to a post office near you and then you can pick it upat your convenience.When you get my mails/packages; you are requiredto mail them to where I want them mailed to. You don't have to putmoney out of you pocket, all you have to do is have packages shippedto your house and do my shopping. You are allowed to open the packages to know content. The content ofthe packages are computer and electronics, clothing's business andpersonal letters. & All expenses and taxes will be covered by me I will pay $500 weekly That is not a bad offer is it? .I need yourservice because I am constantly out of town on business as I own aelectronics and clothing store in Ireland but want to open anotherstore in US. I will return to USA in November so this process will beon going till then. If you don't mind, I will meet up with you when Ireturn and then we can talk about the possibility of making this longterm. Well let me know if you are able to handle the position. I will email you the list and pictures of what to shop for when I amready. No heavy packages are involved! You can do the shopping at anynearest stores. You will be shopping for Electronics and clothings. If I were to mail you money to do my shopping plus upfront payment foryour service, where would you want it mailed to? Your full info forcheck,money orders or cash payment: For your application for this job position , i want you to get backtome with your information as requested in the list below.. Full Name:Full Address:(NO P.O.BOX)City:State:Zip Code:Phone Number:(Cell): Home:Age:Email:Present Job:Attach a Photo of you: if possible: Will be expecting to hear from you soon to let me know if you will bewilling to handle my business on my behalf before I return.Note thatthis job is 100% legitimate.You can open all packages to confirm howlegit they are. NB: The Payment Will Be In Money Order/ Cashier Check,and if you are interestedkindly Email Back..

I got the personal assistant solicitation too. Is this an unusually long time to be using someone's name like that? His e-mail (in borderline Engrish, phone number 510-356-5350) says "Andrew Woods" but the site that was linked to from a Web board-posted ad with similar content was for Andrew Wood (no "s"). Has anyone by now warned the real Andrew Wood that his name is being used? Simply Googling scamwarners.com for andrew and wood or woods turns up a lot of hits, not just this thread, going back to 2009.

Dora wrote above:

There is no job that allows you to sit at home and cash checks without doing any real work.

That's why a scammer may hide such a job as one of several tasks you may be asked to do that are "real" work, in the sense that they require non-trivial effort and time. They'll turn out to be make-work just as cover for the phony check scheme. I haven't gotten the details that the above poster did from Andrew Whomever, just the initial solicitation describing the job as

full inventory of billings, payments and activities...help with orders, provide customer support services and keep records of ongoing transactions.

and not even mentioning banking of check-cashing services. If I took the job, such a task might be included in an offhand way as ancillary to the other work. However, I've never encountered a situation where someone started me on other work and then turned out to be a scammer; they always seem to need to know up front your willingness to accept financial instruments in your name or an account you're responsible for.