This one is directed at those who are interested in working at home.
I respond to many of these offers because they provide grist for my web site mill.
I know better than to expect anything productive to come from them. Most of them are just multi-level marketing schemes, others provide work that pays seventeen cents per hour.
This one is different. It’s outright crooked.
Whereas it’s apparently new and fresh I reported it to the FBI and I’m writing about it to warn the unwary. “Caveat Emptor- Let the Buyer Beware?
If you get this E-mail DO NOT ANSWER IT. Any time you are asked to send money via Western Union avoid it on general principle.
The way these scams work is they send you bogus checks or money orders. After you have sent them GOOD MONEY the checks bounce and you are out of luck.
This is a well-publicized scheme but it wears many disguises and fools a lot of people. It’s almost impossible to catch the perpetrators as they generally operate from overseas.
I’m publishing their e-mail exactly as I received it and you can find a lot of information on this and other fraudulent schemes on: www.caveatemptorus.com
Original correspondence
"My name is SMITH KELVIN and I own a company thatsells textile and fabric material in London, I am looking for atrustworthy representative in the united states that will aid as alinkbetween meand my clients over there.{USA}.
I saw your advert and I would like to know if youare interested.Please reply only if you will like to work fromhomepart-time and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting yourpresentjob. (PAY IS GOOD)
please do get to me ASAP through the email{ mrksmith1305@yahoo.com }for further inquires.
Thanks..
SMITH KELVIN
Managing Director
S & K LIMITED
+44-703-191-9236
My response
GEORGE W. CANNATA" wrote:
Smith Kelvin:
Yes, I am interested. What are the details?
George W. Cannata
Their reply
Thanks for your response and i would like to know if you really like to work from home,
S & K LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the states, so i want to know if you willlike to work online from home, getting paid weekly without leaving orit affecting your present job?
I am presently running a textile and fabrics firm i inherited from my late father and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the states
My company produces various clothing materials,expensive and high quality batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costumes which we have clients we supply weekly in the states.
My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of money orders which are not readily cashable outside the US {JUST BECAUSE THIS US MONEY ORDERS CAN ONLY BE CASHED WITHIN THE US} so we need someone in the states to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and i will pay him weekly salary{YOU WILL BE PAID 10% FOR EACH TRANSACTION AND WE NORMALLY GET PAID 3 TIMES A WEEK FROM OUR CLIENTS}
All you need to do is receive this payment from our client in the states, you can call the verifying bank to confirm the funds or you can get it cashed at the bank and then deduct your weekly pay i.e 10% and forward the balance to the company down here via western union money transfer. You will keep all western union transfer receipts used and forward them to us from time to time, you will also record all transactions on your computer both offline and online in case of any emergency references.
We would have told our clients to send the moneydirectly to US via money gram but it has been a tradition for them to pay us via US MONEY ORDERS and the person that used to help us cash the MONEY ORDERS before i.e {our former representative} has been relieved. Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed at the bank, (tax charges on your account will be deducted from our pockets not yours, so you dont have to worry about that) and then deduct your salary and foward the balance to the company via money transfer method i did mention earlier on.
So all i need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in the state and they issue payment in form of MONEY ORDERS then send it via courier or mail to you.
i will need your full name, address and phone number so we can foward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company representative in the states
I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU HAVE TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT
AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION.
Thanks and i await your response.
SMITH KELVIN
Managing Director
S & K LIMITED
+44-703-191-9236
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