Another Scam

This was an e-mail from a cragilist job offer

alexey" <[email protected]

Hello Job Seekers,
Can you work as a mail dispatcher? I own a small shipping
business and I tend to operate a high cost of operation and I want to
cut down my expenses by employing someone in each state of USA.someone
who will be getting mails in bulk and open the bulk mail and dispatch
them in units to there final destinations in there respective
states,for example, the cost of sending each mail is $36.00 by UPS and
we want to send out 100 mails, that would be $3,600 which is to costly
but we have a solution whereby, we ship the whole 100 mails in one
package at the rate of $600 to you in your state and when you get
it,you will open it and send the mail individually through USPS which
will be $7 to $10 each and you can see the we will have a savings,$600
for bulk shipping plus $10 times 100 making $1,600, you can see we
have saved $2,000, so please I need you to work for me on a part-time
basis, and you will be paid $2,200 every month. You will be provided
with funds to dispatch the mails upfront, you will be provided with up
to $800 to $3,400 as a running fund for dispatching the mails,
sometimes, it may be packages of goods that you will be receiving and
sometimes you may be required to pay for shipping fees out of the
funds we provide to you to pay another freight forwarder when we need
the service of another freight forwarder, the items you will be
re-mailing or shipping will include letters, office materials and
office equipments, I want to assure you that you will never use your
own money for any expenses and you are not require to buy anything to
begin the job, it is a straight forward job opportunity so please let
me know if you are interested. please do have a nice day.
Regards.

Yes, Leiaza, you're right. That's another scam, similar to the one you were involved in. Good job for spotting it and thank you for posting it for other people to find.

Thanks for posting it.

Well spotted and posted Leiaza. Well Done your information will alert and save others.

Here is another similar scam - which I suspect is from the same scammer.

Reply to:[email protected]

Hello!!
How are you doing today? Would you like to work from home and get paid weekly ?
My name is Alexey Zaitsev and have been doing artwork and paintings since i was a child.That gives me about 23 years of experience as an artist and artwork seller. I am now resident in the UK and now run my Gallery and Arts store Bliss Arts in Manchester.

I am presently looking for a book-keeper in the United States/Canada.
My North American clients make payments for my works and paintings every week in form of Bank Account Wire Treansfer .which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so i need someone in the United States/Canada to work as my representative and assist me in processing the payments from my clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary.

I graduated from Ulianova art factory of the USSR Union of journalists in 1983.My speciality is book graphics.My artworks have been bought by the Institute of
Russian economy and culture (Illinois, USA), by a private Gallery in Madrid (Spain), by the Russian Embassy in Ireland and Hungary, by "Rank Xerox" the
Representation in Moscow, by "Bayer AG"company. My artworks adorn many private collections in Russia and abroad: in the USA, Germany, Great Britain,
Sweden, Italy, Turkey, France and other countries as well as the office of the first Russian President Boris Yelzin.

All i am searching for now is a reputable company or capable individual that will help establish a medium of customer service/relations in United States and Canada. I will like you to look up my webpage http://www.artrussia.ru/artists/artist_s.php? id=421&foa=f to view some of my listed works which will put you in a very right shape and get you more conversant with my work.Most of my transaction and sales are done on phone to ensure the best customer care/relations and i will be refering my North American customers to you and they will send Payment to you first before the onward shipment of artwork to the customers.Most of my customers in the United States and Canada usually get to see my artwork from the online Russian Arts Adverts and many other refferals from satisfied collectors.

I intend to place as many adverts as possible in USA and Canada both online and print adverts.My Clients will be instructed to Transfer the payments into your bank account or visa or master credit card and you get them cashed in your bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and forward the balance to my Gallery in the any branch by Western Union/Moneygram money transfer. So all I need from you is your willingness to handle payments and North American sales and forward your information to my clients in the States or Canada and
they will contact you before they issue payment in form of Wire Transfer then send it via bank to bank and in case whereby the customer comes from you you will get 25% of sales.
I am aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, the extra charges you might incur to is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary.
Please if you are interested get back to me so that i can have your bank or your visa or master information to wire you the money because i have many customer for now who owning me some money.

NB:Please Kindly make sure you reply through my direct email below

[email protected]

Thanks and I await your soonest response.
Warmest Regards,

Alexey Zaitsev.
Arts Manager.
Bliss Arts UK.
301 Greenside Lane,
Droylsden, Manchester, M43 7RZ
United Kingdom..
+447024011031