Not sure if this is a scam.

I've been on the job hunt for a while, which leaves me in the unfortunate position of applying for so many jobs I can't remember them all. Just today I received an email with a job offer, it looks like some of the money laundering scams I've seen in the past, except where they were normally rife with poor grammar and spelling errors, this one seems halfway presentable. here is the body of the E-mail I received.

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Torry Stewart [email protected]
1:18 PM (2 hours ago)

to me



Hi, <DELETED FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES>
Thank you for the submission.
We have received your resume and appreciate your interest in employment with us. I'm pleased to inform you that your skills completely meet our requirements for this position.

Please see the "Job Description" file for more details about the position. If you have any questions – ask me.
Fill the "Application Form" and send me an email with attached form.Use e-mail or fax: (03) 9923 6846

Note:
Please visit our website for additional information about company and services.

I will do my best to help you in any way I can.

Regards,
Torry Stewart

Beauty Invest Ltd.
Tel: +61 (02) 8011 4363
Fax: +61 (03) 9923 6846

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In addition there were two attachments, once was a pdf info sheet with some details about the 'job'

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Job Description

Vacancy: Accountant Assistant (Special knowledge in Financial Area and daily
presence at the office are NOT REQUIRED)

Vacancy type: Home-based
Working Hours: 9a.m. – 1p.m.
Salary: 800 AUD a week during probation period + daily bonuses – 5% per each
order. 1100 AUD a week is a full salary after the probation period.
Compensation: expenses on mobile phone communications, and expenses on
fuel if required.
Probation Period: 1 month.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Access to Computer with e-mail account and ability to check your e-mail box at least
twice a day;
• Basic knowledge of MS Office;
• Age 18+;
• Ability to work with printer and scanner;
• Sociability

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Our company is seeking a responsible assistant.

Duties include:
processing payments from our customers,
providing assistance to our accountant,
payment of expenses for our company.

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Obviously the whole processing payments thing is what got my attention the most, because I DO in fact have a financial background, but it's as a debt collector, not an accountant or banker, so I'm fairly sure I'm not qualified for this job if it were real.

along with that was an application form they asked me to fill out. I wont copy the whole thing, but it asked for my adress, name, and job history, they weren't asking for bank details or anything.

Anyway, I think this is some sort of money laundering scam, but it's better put together than I'm used to, so I wanted to see what someone else thinks, and also to raise awareness about this beautyinvestonline thing.

I'm also not sure if this is relevant, but for some reason their phone and fax numbers are located in different states.

Anyway, thanks in advance for any insight.

Oh I thought I might also add, I'm new to this site, If I stumble across any obvious scams, is there somewhere I can post them here to help anyone out?

processing payments from our customers,
providing assistance to our accountant,
payment of expenses for our company.

It is processing payment from scam victims or involves fake cheques. The cheques will clear after a few days and bounce 3 months later. Meantime you will have forwarded a balance, less your "wages" and "expenses" to the scammer using Western Union. Western Union is not available to businesses for making transfers. Same familiar scam except the make-up is different each time we see it.

I received the same Email today so it's probably a scam

It is absolutely a scam, there is no doubt about it. It is an attempt to recruit money mules for check fraud and/or money laundering, both crimes that can get the "employee" in a whole lot of trouble.

Yes I thought so, well thanks for the confirmation. I'm wondering, does anyone here know if there is an australia authority that handles such matters? as I hate to think that I just delete these messages and the perpetrator goes on to scam someone else.

Several days ago I contacted the police about a similiar but far more shoddy money laundering scam, they told me to delete the email and forget about it, which kind of has me peeved, especially since a friend I asked informed me that it is in fact state police that deals with such crimes in Australia.

Any help appreciated

Oh I thought I might also add, I'm new to this site, If I stumble across any obvious scams, is there somewhere I can post them here to help anyone out?

Yes. Post them in the categorized forums for advance fee fraud, lotteries, romance, etc.

Could you post the headers of the email? That'll help us get the domain shut down.

Don't expect the police to do anything about it; if you haven't lost money, they don't care, and if you have, it's really hard to find the perp, who's probably in Africa, when you're in Australia and the site is registered with a Florida address of a name-hiding service and a nameserver in Russia.

Hi oxyloged. About the only avenue open to you is the scamwatch website, whereby the report a scam option is available at the top of that webpage. Another window opens to complete an on-line form. Alternatively, each state has a Department of Consumer Protection, Office of Fair Trading or whatever it's called in your particular area. Whether it does any good, is another matter I'm afraid.