Help! I might be scammed by Japan FX Group...

Hello I got an employment offer from Bethany Phillips [email protected] about 15 days ago to work as a Administrative assistant for Japan Foreign Exchange Group.
At any time during several mails we exchanged while I was asking what was the job about, they specified about any bank account I should use to receive money and then to transfer to.
This is what they explained to me:
"Main buisness idea of the company is providing way for clients to foreign exchange currencies via the Western Union by using safe and quick payment methods such as an wire transfer, intrabank transfer, Balance transfer.
This enables customers to effect Western Union payments online without visiting Western Union exchangers.
Payment solutions from Japan Foreign Exchange Group enable users to enjoy an intrabank transfer from nearly all UK bank. For this purpose company are using constantly extending subagent network.
As of today, subagent network covers over 60 well-known banks. Assistant's obligations include a receipt of payment in a way most suitable for a client, and a transfer of money via the Western Union as soon as it may be possible.
Upon passing a verification within the system, a subagent registers its payment requisites and starts getting tasks.
An assistant commission fee is accrued for each payment processed. It may equal 3.00% to 4.5%.
The commission fee depends on the duration of an agent’s work in the system and a quantity of payments processed.
Average incomes of an assistant first months of his work at the company make up £1200-£3000.
In order to proceed please fill out this application form and submit it back to my email so I could forward it for the review at the JAPAN FX Group.
And for your verification, please, send us by e-mail scanned copies of documents that identify you (passport or driving license)."

After this I sent them the application form which contain a lot of my personal information (I can send it to you) and also copy of my passport
So after that I got an email with the contract that I am supposed to sign. When I first read it is when everything started to be a little bit weird to me, since the specified as the duties to open an account to get money from customers and to transfer it (I also got the contract if you need it), so I searched on the internet for fraud or scam and I found your page.
The Web they have as a link is not functional at all and the address is
http://www.jfxg.biz i.e. the Japan Foreign Exchange group

Thank I found your Web but they already have my data and passport copy... It is pity, please I need some advise about what to do now. I did not send the contract with my signature in, neither any bank account.

Thank you in advance for your help!

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Hello! I have received this email and I think it is the same situation:


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My name is Victoria, I am the manager of Home Jobs Agency, a leading recruiting agency for home based and part-time jobs. I email you with regard to the job seeking information you have recently posted.

Your CV has been obtained on the Jobsite UK database.
I'd like to propose you the post of Administrative Assistant available for your consideration at your preferred Location.

In a view of our client's, Japan Foreign Exchange Group, growth in the GB market, they are currently searching for new employees.
Specific education is not required to work at the Japan FX Group. Our client provides you with the part-time position, you are able work 2-3 hours a day at any convenient schedule mostly sitting in front of your PC.

The initial payrate varies within £1200-£3000 to be uplifted up to £8,000, and even higher bonuses for those ones making a good showing in some time.

Benefits :
-up to three employment hours per day ;
-commissions from business deals;
-social welfare;
-career growth ;
-interesting and exciting employment in the successfull company. -no charges and fees;
-no special skills needed ;
-flexible working hours - choose a convenient work schedule;

Please confirm your interest on the specified position or request additional information just by replying to this message.


JFX Group
a major Japanese financial corporation, the foreign exchange specialists operating within the Europe is a focused provider of global payments and processing. The company was founded in 1999 and has operations in Ireland, Malta, UAE, Spain, Scandinavia, United Kingdom, Australia and the USA.

See the company's official site for additional information:
http://www.jfxg.biz


Consider visiting our website for additional information:
homejobsagency.co.uk


This is NOT a telesales position.


This email was sent by Jobsite UK (Worldwide) Ltd.

Registered office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT.
Registered in England and Wales with company number 3097157. VAT number 243 5711 74.

NOTE* This email was not sent by Jobsite UK (Worldwide) Ltd. . The scammer stole the credentials of a legitimate job site in an attempt to give their scam some credibility. MW

Hello angelosbg and welcome to scamwarners.

Thank you for posting the email header as this confirms the email originated from a fake company. The fake site is using the registration number of a legitimate company.

www.homejobsagency.co.uk is in the process for being reported for fraud.

Thanks for posting the incident . I almost believed this Veronica Rhodes but have doubts w the client Japan FX...as to how come its website looks unbelievable. I also got the same letter. I wonder as to where they are located & their nationality. We had a local news before that there are group of Koreans caught by authority with their sets of computer hacking credit cards from all over the world.

Hello everybody! It is unbelievable how these people are everywhere and scamming so many victims. I hope I am not one of them since I was emailing with them until the point that I got the contract but I had already sent copy of my passport.
Below the email header

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From: Bethany Phillips <[email protected]>
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My name is Bethany, I am the manager of Home Jobs Agency, a leading recruiting agency for home based and part-time jobs. I email you with regard to the job seeking information you have recently posted.

Your Resume has been obtained on the Jobsite UK database.
I'd like to propose you the post of Administrative Assistant available for your consideration at your preferred Location.

In a view of our client's, Japan Foreign Exchange Group, growth in the United Kingdom market, they are currently searching for new personnel.
Specific education is not requested to work at the Japan FX Group. Our client provides you with the part-time post, you can work 2-3 hours a day at any convenient time mostly sitting in front of your PC.

The initial payrate varies within £1200-£3000 to be increased to £8,000, and even higher bonuses for those ones making a good showing in some time.

Benefits :
-commissions from business deals;
-no special skills needed ;
-no charges and fees;
-up to three employment hours daily ;
-career development ;
-interesting and exciting work in the successfull company. -flexible working schedule - choose a convenient work schedule;
-social welfare;
Please confirm your interest on the specified position or request additional information just by replying to this message.

JAPAN FX Group
a major Japanese financial company, the foreign exchange specialists operating within the Europe is a focused provider of global payments and processing. The company was formed in 1999 and has operations in Spain, GB, Malta, Australia, UAE, Ireland, Scandinavia and the USA.

See the company's official site for additional information:
www.jfxg.biz


Consider visiting our website for additional information:
homejobsagency.co.uk


This is NOT a telesales position.

This email was sent by Jobsite UK (Worldwide) Ltd.

Registered office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT.
Registered in England and Wales with company number 3097157. VAT number 243 5711 74.

Thanks for having this Web site and get people informed!

Hello everyone!
I have got that email,too. Sad to say but I sent my application form with passport copy as well...
Can they do anything with that my personal information?
Same like yoguini, I stoped when I saw the duties included in contarct, especially after "you will need to open bank account".

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Any suggestions what I could do now?
Thank You very much for help.

I got the same initial email as above, this time from Isabella Brown [email protected] and I was a bit puzzled as the job sounded good in terms of pay and hours worked, but it required no experience?

I googled the he company as the link they sent me (and the recruitment company link) didn't work and I found scam warners. Anyway, I emailed asking for more information and they replied with this:

"Our customer, JPN Foreign Exchange group (www.jpnexchange.com), currently seeking motivated and responsible individuals to attend the post of a 'Administrative Assistant'.

This remote position itself covers a broad range of directions an individual would have to perform. It's a part time position, which let's you perform your duties directly from your home location.

In the nearest future, our customer is planning to achieve the expansion of the company throughout the whole United Kingdom, providing local offices and departments in the vast areas, where payments, transfers and foreign exchanges are definitely in demand. Until then, they're trying to fill in personnel with new individuals, which will increase the efficiency of the services that are catering.

Definition:
o To plan, organize, direct and control payments;
o To provide technical expertise and assistance in the proper care;
o To ensure compliance with payment processing program;
o To perform other duties relative to assigned area of responsibility.

Ability to:
o Check e-mail several times a day;
o Open and operate with several personal bank accounts available in major authorized banks in your country.
o Develop schedules to accomplish the goals.
o Respond to emergency call-outs and take appropriate action.
o Maintain confidentiality of information obtained during the course of work.
o Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
o Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in matter of task
o Work independently with limited supervision.
o Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
o Plan and organize work to meet schedules and timelines in an environment with constantly changing priorities.
o Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Experience and Training Guidelines:
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.

Experience: Even the beginners are capable to manage this job.

Training: The training course and full support are available on request.

Benefits and privileges:
o Feasible career advancement opportunities.
o Fixed payout, resulting in £1200, monthly plus comission from each transfer.


In order to complete registration within our system, you need to go through our verification. In order to complete this we would need to verify your identity and sign a contract.
After completing these steps you will be forwarded to the JPN Foreign Exchange group manager that will contact you and you will get further instructions.
We usually allow 1-3 days at the average for verification process to be completed.
After that you will be able to start study and working at JPN Exchange.

If you are interested in this position please reply to this message to proceed to the verification procedure."

Hello willrobb and thanks for posting the information on these fake sites as this will help osthers avoid this scam.



Brand new sites just registered.

Domain Name: JPNEXCHANGE.COM
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.enom.com
Referral URL: http://www.enom.com
Name Server: NS1.VARIALHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS2.VARIALHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS3.VARIALHOSTING.COM
Name Server: NS4.VARIALHOSTING.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 04-oct-2012
Creation Date: 04-oct-2012
Expiration Date: 04-oct-2013

hjrecruitagency.co.uk

Registrant:
Arlene Johnston

Registrant type:
Other UK Entity (e.g. clubs, associations, many universities)

Registrant's address:
1340 Cranberry Lk. Rd.
Barrie
ON
K0M1S0
Canada

Registrar:
TUCOWS Inc [Tag = TUCOWS-CA]
URL: http://domainhelp.tucows.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 03-Oct-2012
Expiry date: 03-Oct-2013
Last updated: 03-Oct-2012

Like Willrobb, I had a very similar poorly written email appear in my Junk Folder today, and before hitting delete, I wanted to confirm my suspicions with my searches landing me here. As I thought, this is a total scam, and I was horrified to learn that some had responded with personal details. Oh dear, I hope they can take steps to protect themselves from any onerous ramifications. It seems to me that these people are African in origin, my initial suspicion of course being Nigeria. This conclusion is drawn by the not-quite-right English writing style characteristic of mails received from other Nigerian scammers, you know the ones I mean. It's all the same to me, I'm not getting sucked into their vague, non-sensical web of lies. For those curious to compare notes, the lies received from [email protected] are pasted verbatim below (with my real name removed):

Jobsite

Hello XXXXX XXXXXXXXX,

Max

My name is Isabella, I am the consultant of Home Jobs Recruitment Agency, a leading recruiting agency for home based and part-time jobs. I email you with regard to the job seeking information you have recently posted.

Your CV has been found on the Jobsite UK database.
I\'d like to propose you the post of Administrative Assistant available for your consideration at your preferred Location.

In a view of our client\'s, JPN Foreign Exchange Group, growth in the GB market, they are currently recruiting new workers.
Specific education is not required to work at the JPN Exchange Group. Our client provides you with the part-time job, you are able work 2-3 hours a day at any convenient time mostly staying in front of your PC.

The initial pay varies within £1200-£3000 to be increased to £8,000, and even higher bonuses for those ones making a good showing in some time.

Advantages :
-up to three employment hours per day ;
-no charges and fees;
-social welfare;
-flexible working hours - choose a convenient work schedule; -no special skills requested ; -interesting and exciting work in the successfull corporation. -commissions from business deals; -career growth ;


Please confirm your interest on the specified position or request additional information just by replying to this message.

JPN Exchange Group
a major Japanese financial company, the foreign exchange specialists operating within the Europe is a focused provider of global payments and processing. The company was founded in 1999 and has operations in Australia, UAE, Scandinavia, Malta, Spain, United Kingdom, Ireland and the USA.


See the company\'s official site for additional information:
http://www.jpnexchange.com



Consider visiting our website for additional information:
hjrecruitagency.co.uk



This is NOT a telesales position.














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Registered office: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London, W8 5TT.
Registered in England and Wales with company number 3097157. VAT number 243 5711 74.

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PATHETIC!

Hello

I got a similar one too. Good thing I am paranoid enough not to reply on these things. Pisses me off since I'm really looking for a job and then I get spammed with all this sort of crap...



----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <[email protected]

My name is Isabella, I am the manager of Home Jobs Recruitment Agency, a leading recruiting agency for home based and part-time jobs. I email you with regard to the job seeking information you have recently posted.

Your Resume has been obtained on the Jobsite UK website.
I\'d like to offer you the vacancy of Administrative Assistant available for ayou at your preferred Location.

In a view of our client\'s, JPN Foreign Exchange Gro up, growth in the United Kingdom market, they are currently looking for new personnel.
Specific education is not required to work at the JPN Exchange Group. Our client provides you with the part-time post, you are able work 2-3 hours a day at any convenient schedule mostly sitting in front of your PC.

The initial payrate varies within £1200-£3000 to be uplifted up to £8,000, and even larger bonuses for those ones making a good showing in some time.

Advantages :
-commissions from business deals;
-career development ;
-no special skills requested ;
-flexible working schedule - choose a convenient work schedule;
-social welfare;
-no charges and fees;
-up to three employment hours per day ;
-interesting and exciting work in the successfull company.

Please confirm your interest on the specified position or request additional information just by replying to this message.

JPN Exchange Group
a major Japanese financial company, the foreign exchange specialists operating within the Europe is a focused provider of payments and processing. The company was founded in 1999 and has operations in UAE, Ireland, Australia, United Kingdom, Malta, Scandinavia, Spain and the USA.

See the company\'s official site for additional information:
www.jpnexchange.com


Consider visiting our website for additional information:
hjrecruitagency.co.uk

This is NOT a telesales position.