Breguet Administrative assistant scam

I just got this this morning at @ 9:00AM (because I was looking for a job):

""Breguet is a french manufacturer of luxury watches. Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watch-making establishments and is the pioneer of numerous watch-making technologies. The primary goal of the Receptionist/Office Assistant is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.And also i seek someone who can be my personal assistant and act on my behalf when i am not in the country.So In your reply please indicate if you will be interested in been my personal assistant. This position is home based and communication will mostly be via Text,Calls,and Emails.

I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding. This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them.
Presently i am in Switzerland for the company representative meeting and i want my assistant to start work immediately and also in your reply indicate when you wish to start work.

Your duties will include:
- Collecting Local Payments
When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: Money orders, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.

- Managing Data
Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.

- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.

Additional Information:
Salary:
During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.

Taxes:
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company,Basic wage is $400 Weekly excluding Gas expenses and compensations.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
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 schedule is flexible, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.

Please kindly fill your details below, so that you can get started.

Personal Information

Full Name:
Address:
Apt #:
City:
State/Province:
Age:
Sex:
Postal Code:
Resident Phone Number:
Mobile:
The employee,acknowledged the Detailed Job Description
and signed___________ _____________________
(First Name and Last Name of Employee)

Kindly respond with requested details .Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.

Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.
Regards.
Financial Representative""

I was like is this real!! Then I searched the email it came from...That's when I found this site! So happy it was here! Thanks to all!

Welcome to ScamWarners YDONNA2 and thank you for posting this scam. Please post the email address the scammer used to send this message, it will help others who are searching to see if they are dealing with a scammer.

I moved this and game this its own topic.

I got an email on Craig'slist just like this! And it's from the email [email protected]
I'm so glad I found this on here because I was thinking it was real. This is the email I was sent..

Breguet is a french manufacturer of luxury watches. Breguet is one of the oldest surviving watch-making establishments and is the pioneer of numerous watch-making technologies. The primary goal of the Receptionist/Office Assistant is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.And also i seek someone who can be my personal assistant and act on my behalf when i am not in the country.So In your reply please indicate if you will be interested in been my personal assistant. This position is home based and communication will mostly be via Text,Calls,and Emails.

I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding. This position is home-based and flexible, working with me is basically about instructions and following them.
Presently i am in Switzerland for the company representative meeting and i want my assistant to start work immediately and also in your reply indicate when you wish to start work.

Your duties will include:
- Collecting Local Payments
When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: Money orders, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.

- Managing Data
Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.

- Forwarding of the Payments
Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures
All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.

Additional Information:
Salary:
During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.

Taxes:
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company,Basic wage is $400 Weekly excluding Gas expenses and compensations.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
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 schedule is flexible, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.

Please kindly fill your details below, so that you can get started.

Personal Information

Full Name:
Address:
Apt #:
City:
State/Province:
Age:
Sex:
Postal Code:
Resident Phone Number:
Mobile:
The employee,acknowledged the Detailed Job Description
and signed___________ _____________________
(First Name and Last Name of Employee)

Kindly respond with requested details .Once I have received your contact information, I will get back to you with the task for this week.

Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.
Regards.
Financial Representative
Robert Clouthier

Could you please post the headers of the email from globalincstaffing.com, along with an email, if any, that you previously sent to them? We need that to kill the domain. Omit your own name and email address.

I had something similar happen to me currently about an Administrative assistant job from Craigslist. I had gotten a response email from their HR dept who gave me the Yahoo! IM name and email address. And then the interview process started thru Yahoo! IM. They said it was a work from home job and I would have to go thru training for one week. I would get paid $25/ hour during training and then get paid $30/hour for regular pay. My first assignment was to put an ad on Craigslist for a job in NY but it didn't go thru. The ad charged me $25. The guy told me I would get reimbursed for the $25 when I get the check for all the programs necessary for the job. He also said I would get a new HP laptop and also some office stuff for the job. From the very beginning it sounded fishy but yet I have been in the military for the past 5yrs so I don't know how the job market has changed bc technology has improved since the last time I was in the civilian job force.

I just got this email and was like yea ah no. Creep. People are nuts. So I googled his name and sure enough I'm not the only one who thought it sounded fishy. If I'd have replied I'd of ended up like this...

I received this exact email. It came from [email protected] and it was signed from a Frank Jackson. When I couldn't find any info on him on Google I decided to start looking into scams. Glad I did!

I got a very similar e-mail after responding to a posting on craigslist.org:

Michael Redwood <[email protected]>

12:56 PM (1 hour ago)

to me
IN A NURTH SHELL
ROBERTA CALLEGARI JEWELS is an Italian fashion company manufacturing high quality jewelry boutique to medium-high. Low minimum quantities at a great value for money
All our products are certified by our quality 'Made in Italy" manufacturing performed in our laboratories of Valenza, in northern Italy.
ROBERTA CALLEGARI JEWELRY, founded in 2008, after a 20+ year experience in jewellery, is an Italian company that produces high quality jewelry with a remarkable style content.
In addition, our products are made by skilled Italian personnel mastering the best experience, our master goldsmiths are still running the modelling by hand with the style and "move" of the past. Our setters run completely embedding gems by hand, and are now using sophisticated microscopes for the most accurate precision. Our finishing of jewels is performed with high-end products, including palladium, rhodium, and 24k gold.All products are made from start to finish in Italy.

ROBERTA CALLEGARI JEWELRY products are designed along the latest fashion trends. We mainly offer rings, earrings, chokers and bracelets.
The same products can be made either in gold or silver. Usually our minimum quantity sale is 20 assorted pieces, for shops, wholesalers and importers.
ROBERTA CALLEGARI JEWELRY typically sells its superb products to wholesalers and retailers in various countries and regions. Specialty shops and boutiques are very enthusiastic customers, because of the minimum at affordable prices for our products of high quality Italian fashion. ROBERTA CALLEGARI products are also great for qualified Internet shops.

WORKDONE
Seeking a Personal/Office Assistant that can be trusted and reliable with the company funds.The job includes:

1. Payments collection from buyers in United States through an online auction from our sellers. Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales.These details will include our items of rings, earrings, chokers and bracelets sold, price, and buyer's information.

2. Forwarding of the Payments to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.All fees are covered by the company.The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received.
PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment.Basic wage is $400 Weekly plus additional 2,500USD per month.



Your Personal Information is needed for feedback purposes:

Full Name:
Address:
Apt #:
City:
State/Pro:
Age:
Sex:
Postal Code:
Mobile:
E-mail:

Kindly fill these details to get started.

Thanks
Best Regards.


Seemed pretty awkward at best, so i started looking up the company, and they're a real Italian company, but then I looked where his e-mail was coming from and ended up find this thread. :-/ Knew it sounded too good to be true.

Hello everyone,

I am also looking for some jobs and came across the Breguet ad on craigslist. I was emailed by Robert Clouthier and I see some post of it being a scam. I am wondering if anyone actually went through with it? Why is everyone reporting it as spam? Has anything happened in particular? I also googled it and came up with this website but nothing else. I googled the Breguet company and Robert Clouthier. I was also thinking "this is too good to be true" but I am wondering why everyone is set on it being a scam?

Looking forward to any responses.

Thanks!

Forgive me, I don't intend to sound sarcastic, it's just that I've seen this scammer 'magic trick' many times which isn't so easy to spot if you've not seen it before.

This is the faulty part.

PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS
Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.
Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment.Basic wage is $400 Weekly plus additional 2,500USD per month.

Companies have bank accounts and are legally obliged to collect their debts themselves unless they pass them on to a debt collection agency, for a fee. To do anything else represents a fraud and tax evasion. The person is a scammer and thief, not the company they say they are.

They'll want you to convert a counterfeit cheque they send you in to cash and then pay them by Western Union. The 'kicker' is that your bank pays you cash up front, as they are obliged, and then charge you back later. the extra 'kicker' is that you can be charged with passing counterfeit paper. You lose the money you pay out and risk legal trouble and your bank account getting shut down.

There is nothing in it for you except to lose money and get into a heap of trouble. Companies don't employ people this way, and not people who are supposed to be handling their payments. Think about it. It doesn't make sense.

For a scammer it makes good sense and a lot of money.

Thank you very much. I understand completely. I just wanted to make sure and check opinions. I understand completely how they want people to cash the checks and send money elsewhere. Thanks a lot for your time and explanation!! I'm glad a lot of people are smart enough to do some research before going into certain jobs or online found transactions.

HEADS UP!!!
The Breguet scam continues to propagate...

Today I responded to an employment opportunity request for a website developer position. The advertisement stated:
"Ecommerce Website (a-local-city)
I need a fluid ecommerce based website built for the buying and selling of virtual products.
• Location: a-local-city
• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
• Compensation: $17/HR"

I sent a response to the following email: "Ian @ hotcljob.us" which is actually a "vistaprint.com" website URI.

I received the following reply from "Edward Robinson <edrobin @ breguetincstaffing.com>" (BEWARE!!! --- breguetincstaffing.com DOES NOT HAVE A VALID DOMAIN!!! ):
"Dear Applicant,

Thanks for your response. Unfortunately the post you applied for has been taken but I have a position which may interest you.

My name is Edward Robinson, VP Human Resources of STARK BAKERY (STARK Family Bakery).
ABOUT STARK BAKERY.

Stark Family Bakery, owns and operates five regional bakeries, as well as a chain of some 50 bakery thrift stores, located in Washington, DC , New York, Philadelphia, Texas and more States. In addition to selling baked goods at its retail and thrift outlets, United States Bakery sells a variety of breads, pastries, bagels, donuts, and cookies to grocery stores, restaurants, food manufacturers and food-service providers. It also offers private-label services.

I'm looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable, someone with good understanding and working skills, and i have no doubt that you will perform as expected, Hence You are being recruited as my Personal Assistant !

** This position is home-based for now, and flexible while we relocate to our permanent office, Working with me is basically about instructions and following them. Job responsibilities will include but are not limited to: directly assisting me in all personal matters; maintaining company/Personal records, basic book-keeping, data entry.

** Running personal errands, supervisions and monitoring! Scheduling programs, flights and keeping me up to date with them. Acting as an alternative telephone correspondence while I'm away. Making regular contacts and drop-offs on my behalf. Handling and monitoring some of my
financial activities.

** Basic wage is $800 Weekly. (Not Negotiable)

STARK'S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Stark has stood the test of time by producing superior quality products, selling them at a reasonable price and providing commercial customers with the highest level of service.”. Stark has installed a new ingredient handling system that weighs and transfers ingredients pneumatically into the mixers. At over 1 million pounds of ingredients in use per week, this new system will increase production efficiency tremendously. The bakery will offer new jobs and we’ll have another opportunity to increase personnel when we open a new croutons line. The team worked together for more than a decade, successfully building on Stark' reputation for quality and expanding the company into one of the largest bakeries on the West Coast. Stark takes pride in being a good corporate citizen, contributing a payroll of $200 million in wages into the Northwest annually. He said "We value our employees and offer good wages and excellent benefits." In addition, Stark gives back to the communities it serves as a regular contributor to food banks, shelters and other non-profit groups as well as supporting colleges and universities.
I'm sure you'll understand I tend to have a very busy schedule at this point, meanwhile, the company distributed few computers to the missionary home (Foster care) in Canada. we got information that the computers all malfunctioned so i had to go there to supervise, hence, I am presently in Canada. I will be here for now till am through with them. It is my intention to task you with basic chores/duties while i am away.

Recall that this position is often not office based because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, its flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others, so it's a little difficult judging the exact number of hours you'll be doing per week. Your Weekly wage of 800 dollars is fixed, and not negotiable. I require a convenient, one-stop service to accomplish my personal and business tasks.

I hope we can meet up with the workload eventually, as I have lots of works piled up presently and a number of unattended chores which you can immediately assist me with. Permit me to use the coming days to test your efficiency and diligence towards all this, also to work out your time schedule and fit it to mine. I really need to find the perfect person for this job, I have no reservation that you can take up the challenge and on the long run we should have a relatively sound working relationship ! I am glad you are willing to work with me and I promise to be a good Boss, and not a demanding one. I require total discretion, honesty, and loyalty from you. I will arrange for a personal one-on-one meeting with you on my arrival. Be prepared to meet with me.
However, in line with the monthly Humanitarian obligation of the company which is central to visiting Canada, the company is donating gifts and several other items to the kids at the Foster home, while I am away, you will be handling this responsibility/duty on my behalf, and in my absence ! This is going to be your first assignment, Let me put you to test!

As for the gifts, and items to be bought for the kids, i will send you a list and description of the items, alongside delivery address when purchased. Note that you are not to use your personal funds, rather, the accountant will issue you a Certified Company Check to execute the task with, and complete the assignment.

DO CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POSITION BY PROVIDING THE DETAILS BELOW.

DECLINE THE OFFER BY NOT REPLYING, OR SAYING NO.

Full Name:
Address (not PO BOX) :
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Cell Phone Number:
Present Work/Position:

Upon receipt of the above details, you may become considered for the position, as this will enable me outline further task and duties as well as obligations for coming days. Your appointment takes effect from the first day you receive the first assignment.

Thank you once again for gracing this application, and hope to hear from you again.

Sincerely,
Edward Robinson. "

Stack up another scam instance! I hope someone somewhere benefits from our posts against these scams!

Well they are still at it This is what I got this morning, BRIGHT AND EARLY
The bad thing is they are using the name of a reputable company now. Vector is a marketing company and legitimate. I contacted them and they have no idea who these other people are and are pursuing an investigation. BEWARE THESE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUS SCAMMERS







Randy Josh <[email protected]>

6:25 AM (4 hours ago)

to me

Dear Applicant,



Thank you for submitting your resume for the position posted on Craigslist. We are sorry to inform you that the position has been occupied and our hiring process for that post is over. However, after your resume was reviewed by the company's hiring department. We found a position suitable for you to occupy till the end of the last quarter of this year. If you are able to handle this position well, you will automatically be selected for the position you applied for in the first quarter of next year as an existing staff of the company.

We are in need of a Personal Assistant; this position is home-based and flexible. Working with Vector Marketing Corporation as a Personal Assistant is basically about instructions and following them. Presently we are in need of two candidates that will be able to meet up with our timings. As a personal assistant, your activities amongst other things will include:



Duties and Requirements:



*Collecting Local Payments

*Scheduling programmers, flights and keeping me up-to-date with them.

*Handling and monitoring some of my financial activities.

*Processing weekly check payment.

*Filing, Faxing, Creating and sending out letters, scanning documents, some personal assistant duties for owners, and many other

*Managing expenses and invoices



Basic wage is $585 weekly.



I'm sure you'll understand we tend to have a very busy schedule. At Vector Marketing Corporation, our goal is to create an exceptional work environment because we think work should be fun. Note that this position is not office based for now because of my frequent travels and tight schedules, it's a part-time work from home for now and the flexibility means that there will be busier weeks than others. I would like to give you an immediate trial, so if you are interested kindly get back to me. As I have been checking my files and schedules and would need someone urgently to run some errands for me this week/next week, while I am away. I will have some funds sent to you to complete the errands and would get back to you with more information on that, get back to me with your Personal/Contact Details such as:



FULL NAMES:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP CODE:

HOME PHONE #:

MOBILE PHONE#:

SEX:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

PRESENT JOB:

Nationality: ___________________________

Current Job: ____________________________

Are you eligible to work in the United States? Yes ____ No_____





If you are under age 18, do you have an employment/age certificate? Yes ___ No ___





How often do you check your email: ______________





Days/Hours Available: Hours Available: from _______ to ______





What date are you available to start work? _______________







If you're interested you can e-mail me back for more information about the job.



Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response.





Yours Sincerely,

Could you post the headers of the email? It's an email-only domain, so we need the headers to kill it.