Seriously thoughtful PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS!!!

[Alphapheemail]

There has been an explosion of internet scams since people figured out how to rip innocent and desperate people over the net.

I have been almost duped by these scams. They come in all shapes and sizes... but the key thing to look out for is:

MONEY WIRING/TRANSFERRING

This key thing should set off your alarms!!!

Ignore the promises, the easy money... If this were true they would not be emailing you!!!

This recent example was sent to a friend who is trying to find a job (easy targets...)

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Mark Allen <barambe20022@gmail.com>
To: Jennifer
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:03:36 AM
Subject: Re: Administrative Assistant

Our Company Name is Dawissa,We are a swiss based trade association
that deal in the sales and distribution of wrist watches.
The primary goal of the Administrative Officer 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.

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: pay pal, 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.
Here is an example of a brief report:

Date: August 8, '06
Buyer: Laura N. Smith
Item: Movado Watch
Price: $ 1,921.27
10% Commission : $ 192
Fees: $ 85
Total Forwarded: $1644.27
Forwarded to: Margo Narenzo, Barcelona, Spain
Reference Numbers: 2349783981
- 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.

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:
City:
State/Province:
Postal Code:
Residential Phone Number:
Mobile:
Regards.

Mark Allen

Please be careful... if its too good to be true.... then it is...

[RickyMaveety]

My view is:

1. If I get a job offer that I didn't apply for ..... trash;
2. Anything from Nigeria .... trash;
3. Any and all credit offers .... trash;
4. Any and all pharmacy offers .... trash;
5. Any and all offers to make my pen1$ bigger .... trash;
6. Any and all chain letters .... trash.

I don't even bother to look at them, just check mark and trash. Some, I mark as spam so I never have to look at them again. If I ever have a friend go to Nigeria on vacation, they can pretty much be assured I will not see any emails from them.

[Alphapheemail]

Some people are on to it... but some aren't...
She called me all excited and to see what I thought... and i IMMEDIATELY told her to forget about it...

[Dr. Drib]

This is serious enough and justification enough for me to post here, as well.

I want to give thanks to Alphapheemail for bringing attention to members of MobileRead concerning these scammers, scumbags, and bottom-breeders.

They feed off the elderly, the innocent, the desperate and the ignorant.

Thanks again, Alphapheemail for your good advice.




Don

[Bilbo1967]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This is serious enough and justification enough for me to post here, as well.

I want to give thanks to Alphapheemail for bringing attention to members of MobileRead concerning these scammers, scumbags, and bottom-breeders.

They feed off the elderly, the innocent, the desperate and the ignorant.

Thanks again, Alphapheemail for your good advice.

Don

'bottom-breeders' - is that even possible?

Do you mean 'bottom feeders'?

Seriously though, general rule of thumb for me is that if it looks too good to be true, it almost certainly isn't true.

[Alphapheemail]

Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

'bottom-breeders' - is that even possible?

yup... the low-life's that deem it necessary to make more of them...

[Alphapheemail]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This is serious enough and justification enough for me to post here, as well.

I want to give thanks to Alphapheemail for bringing attention to members of MobileRead concerning these scammers, scumbags, and bottom-breeders.

They feed off the elderly, the innocent, the desperate and the ignorant.

Thanks again, Alphapheemail for your good advice.




Don

no problem. the more people that know the better!!! they disgust me!
I cant post the email that i sent to the guy who ripped me off on this thread... but in the end i I told him that I hoped he got eaten by a lion...

::Hear me roaar::

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Good rule of thumb:

...whoops...

I almost started to provide info on how to recognize such a scam. Unfortunately, people would then find that info and apply it to their next scam. So I'll just say, if it was sent to you unsolicited through e-mail, and they don't reference an agency AND ID information that you recognize (like Monster.com job #x or account #y), forget it. If they do, contact them through that agency.

[DixieGal]

Just for general purposes, remember that you will not be emailed by people who want to give you money or take it away. (Lottery and/or IRS) And your bank will never never ever send an email and ask you to click a link and enter your information.

I'm frequently confused by the offers to increase the size of both my penis and my breasts. ;-)

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

Good rule of thumb:

...whoops...

I almost started to provide info on how to recognize such a scam. Unfortunately, people would then find that info and apply it to their next scam. So I'll just say, if it was sent to you unsolicited through e-mail, and they don't reference an agency AND ID information that you recognize (like Monster.com job #x or account #y), forget it. If they do, contact them through that agency.

Right, and I have found out about scams a couple of times by calling. Not the number on the email! Look up the bank or whatever in the phone book and call them directly.

One day last year, we got a letter in the mail with a check for a small amount, something like $400. Since we were not expecting money, I called the bank that the check was written on. Sure enough, it was a scam. The check was stolen, and all of the bouncing checks were just to harrass the company from whom they were stolen. In other words, if I had deposited it, it would have overdrawn the company's bank account if it got past security. It was simple harrassment using stolen company checks and stationary, so that the company was having to deal with the bad checks all day. It's still in a file at home, don't know why I'm keeping it.

[Angst]

I always like to reply to these scammers and tell them it will cost $85 for me to set up a company to handle their request. Would they please send me certified cheque for the full amount before I can help them!

The most inventive scam I have come accross was a (snail mail) stating YOU HAVE WON up to $10,000. Please call this 900 number to claim the PRIZE YOU HAVE ALREADY WON.

Reading the small print there was one prize for $10,000 and 1,000,000 prizes of $1 each. The call to the 900 number cost $9/minute at an average of 3 minutes per call. $27 to find out you've won $1.