George asks…
Does this Craigslist Job seem like a scam to you?
Hello,
Thanks for responding back to my job posting i am looking to hire a
motivated Clerical Assistant/Bookeeper/Payroll Clerk Workers and to
support me as a personal assistant. This individual will be
responsible for assisting me with the day to day operations of the
department in working 3 to 4hrs 3 times a week from home. Experience
is not necessary to be successful within this position as i am
willling to train the right candidate. This position offers $300 per
week plus benefits for a start, which we can discuss at the time you
decide to interview.I work as an intermediary between lot of company
printing packaging and dispatching of checks billed to their clients
but currently the work is getting way too much for me which makes it
take almost all of my time not letting me take care of my own personal
life …. so thats why i am seeking the work of a personal assistant
so that the job could be minimized for me .Your job is to
print,package and dispatch of checks billed to clients,names and
address of clients would be sent to a business email that would be set
up for you and you are mandated to print the checks to the
satisfaction of the clients you are to fill airway bills or print ups
online labels and affix on envelopes which belong to each checks and
you drop them off at a nearest ups drop box close to you three times a
week .For you to start this work you would need to get the following
working kits
A working perfect computer at least pentium 3 (you should have that)
A working perfect laser printer or Inkjet printer (You should have that too)
VersaCheck Gold 2010 $79.99
G7 Productivity Form #1000 Blue Graduated 250 $19.99
G7 Productivity Universal Refill System $39.99
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Total $139.97
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All this would be gotten at any office max store close to you and Note
this Job is not a Full time Position and is best for people who has a
day job who just need to do something aside and earn good income from
home email me back so to know if you are fully interested
here is a link to preview all what you are going to need
http://www.officemax.com/technology/software/accounting-finance-software?refineName=Brand&refineValue=G7+Productivity&view=list&history=crmr26sw|categoryId~10004^categoryName~technology^parentCategoryID~category_root^prodPage~25^region~1@798ltkp7|categoryId~294^categoryName~Software^parentCategoryID~cat_10004^prodPage~25^region~1^refine~1@xf86ae4b|prodPage~15^refine~1^region~1^categoryName~Accounting+%26+Finance+Software^categoryId~371^parentCategoryID~cat_294
Sincerely
The Hiring Manager
Brian Dowdall
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2nd EMAIL
Hello Johnny, Thanks for emailing me back you are interested in working with me i am available to chat with you online on yahoo messenger jprocessor@yahoo.com,google talk brookmorison@gmail.com ad aol jobprocessor@aol.com also please let me know how soon you can start the work and when you would be able to get the supplies please email me back asap
Thanks Brian
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He says he’s from germany
kenspong answers:
Stay clear from this ….
K
Jenny asks…
is this a job scam? help please!!!?
this is the email response that i got…
Thanks for getting back to our posting and knowing more about our
company. Experience is not necessary to be successful within this
position as we are willing to train the right candidate who is Honest,
Trustworthy, Reliable and able to work hard who will handle the
printing of my Co-Workers Payroll-Check and Dispatching them on
payroll list of the company co-workers and which will be done under
the authorization of the company in which we will be made for you to
dispatch the Payroll-Checks to our client various destinations through
Courier services like Ups, Fedex and we will take care of the shipping
and handling of the payrolls you are dropping off, And you can do this
anytime
Your task are:
Printing and Dispatching,
so we will like to know if you will be trustworthy enough to entrust
you with our clients vital information, please we want you to be sure
that we will be paying you $1350 monthly salary for a start, if you
performed very well, we will increase your salary to $1600 as your
performances impress the company after a couple of weeks you get
started so, please get back to me today to know your interest in the
job. You will need the below materials for the payrolls printing .. So
if you are ready, here are the list of materials you will need to
start the job..
This is a part time and work from home position.
Materials Needed for Job
1)… A good computer system with fast internet connection. { must have}
2)… Colored Printer { must have }
3)… Versa Business check form #3000 or form #1000 (2 to 3 boxes)
4}:…Versa check Gold 2012 software
5}…Letter sized regular/standard envelopes (BROWN COLOR)
This materials stated above are less sold in any local store in your
city which are: Office depot,Office Max or Wal-Mart, Best Buy or
Staples and also you will be reimbursed for the money spent on the
check papers when paying your salary the same week/month you get
started..
BENEFITS/WAGES
1 – Wages/income/Salary is $1350 Monthly – Including tax.
2 – Entitled to a car loan worth $3,000 after 6 months. (You apply and
we process it)
3 – Bill allowance is $100 Monthly.
4 – A free training session on how to use the software programe
P.S – You don’t have to be a genius before you can do this job,it is
easy and more comfortable to do.But it requires intelligence.
So i will want you fill the below employment form to get started:
1) Full Name: ………………..
2) Contact Address ………………..
3) CITY: ………………..
4) State: ………………..
5) Zip code: ………………..
6) Age: ………………..
7) Sex: ………………..
8) Current Job: ………………..
9) Marital Status ………………..
10) Cell and Home Number # ………………..
11)Yahoo Messenger ID….(COMPULSORY)
PAYMENT TERMS
1). How will you like to get paid? (Monthly)
2). Payment Method? ( Western Union or Money Gram)
*Note: I can best be contacted by email or chat with me online on my
yahoo im my screen name is { micsteve2000 @ yahoo . com ). I will be
expecting your response soon.
*FYI : This is a real and legit work we have FBI license and we are
given the right to trade within the United State Community.
I Await your response soon..
Copyright © Usa Processing Inc…
www.usapaynj.com
All rights reserved.
Thanks
U.S.A Head Office
USA Payroll,
Usa Processing Inc
458 3rd Avenue
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002-2258
kenspong answers:
100% scam.
There is no job, no legit company called USA payroll and NO the FBI does NOT give out a “license” or “right to trade” by the “United State Community”, whatever that is.
There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money and maybe your freedom.
The next email was from one of the scammer’s fake names and free email addresses and will demand YOU buy the software, check blanks and ink out of YOUR pocket. Then you print fake checks for the scammer, send them out on a stolen UPS/FedEx tracking number to his list of potential victims to cash and send the scammer their money via Western Union or moneygram.
Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.
Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his ‘potential sucker’ list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.
Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don’t bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn’t worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.
Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.
6 “Rules to follow” to avoid most fake jobs:
1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one.
2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order.
3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.
4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone.
5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram.
6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.
Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed ‘red flags’ and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.
If you google “fake check printing job”, “fraud Western Union money mule scam” or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.
Mary asks…
Today I got an email from Correll Group Ltd…Does anyone know anything about this…is it a scam?
Welcome NAME,
Our recruiters looked through the resume that you recently posted online. After an initial review of your skills, you are considered to be a quite successful candidate for the Financial Forwarding Coordinator position.
If you are interested in getting new experience, starting a new career, or simply receiving better pay, we would be happy to take you on. Now we are offering the part-time position of Financial Forwarding Coordinator.
Company we are representing is small but respectful in IT Outsourcing market which is situated in United States. Our system is perfect for managing IT networks and corporate IT organization who are interested in reducing complexity and increasing productivity.
Your compensation during the training period will be $2,300 per month, plus 8% commission after each transaction. Your total income will be around $4,500 per month. After the probationary period, your base compensation will increase to $3,000 per month, plus 8% commission.
Our goal is to spark your interest. In the present economy, our vacancy offers on-line training, support, and a pay scale comparable to entry-level positions that normally would require a regular 40 hour work week. I hope you will get back to me with your questions.
If you are interested in an agent or management opportunity, please contact us at HER EMAIL to schedule an interview.
Our recruiting managers will contact you within 2 business days.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Sincerely,
HR Recruiter
kenspong answers:
100% scam.
There is no job.
There is only a scammer trying to steal your hard-earned money.
The next email will be from another of the scammer’s fake names and free email addresses pretending to be the “secretary/assistant/accountant” and will demand you cash a large fake check sent on a stolen UPS/FedEx billing account number and send most of the “money” via Western Union or moneygram back to the scammer posing as the “supply company” while you “keep” a small portion. When your bank realizes the check is fake and it bounces, you get the real life job of paying back the bank for the bounced check fees and all the bank’s money you sent to an overseas criminal.
Western Union and moneygram do not verify anything on the form the sender fills out, not the name, not the street address, not the country, not even the gender of the receiver, it all means absolutely nothing. The clerk will not bother to check ID and will simply hand off your cash to whomever walks in the door with the MTCN# and question/answer. Neither company will tell the sender who picked up the cash, at what store location or even in what country your money walked out the door. Neither company has any kind of refund policy, money sent is money gone forever.
When you refuse to send him your cash he will send increasingly nasty and rude emails trying to convince you to go through with his scam. The scammer could also create another fake name and email address like “FBI@ gmail.com”, “police_person @hotmail.com” or “investigator @yahoo.com” and send emails telling you the job is legit and you must cash the fake check and send your money to the scammer or you will face legal action. Just ignore, delete and block those email addresses. Although, reading a scammer’s attempt at impersonating a law enforcement official can be extremely funny.
Now that you have responded to a scammer, you are on his ‘potential sucker’ list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.
You could post up the email address and the emails themselves that the scammer is using, it will help make your post more googlable for other suspicious potential victims to find when looking for information.
Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don’t bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn’t worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.
Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.
6 “Rules to follow” to avoid most fake jobs:
1) Job asks you to use your personal bank account and/or open a new one.
2) Job asks you to print/mail/cash a check or money order.
3) Job asks you to use Western Union or moneygram in any capacity.
4) Job asks you to accept packages and re-ship them on to anyone.
5) Job asks you to pay visas, travel fees via Western Union or moneygram.
6) Job asks you to sign up for a credit reporting or identity verification site.
Avoiding all jobs that mention any of the above listed ‘red flags’ and you will miss nearly all fake jobs. Only scammers ask you to do any of the above. No. Exceptions. Ever. For any reason.
If you google “fake check cashing job”, “fraud Western Union scam”, “check mule moneygram scam” or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.
Thomas asks…
Can someone refer me to a legit safe paid online surveys?
I was recently close with someone who was temporarily out of work. He spoke to me about how his friend referred him to a website that gave him safe and legit surveys to fill out. He said he got paid $100 dollars from them. The money came in the mail and everything. He did say he had to fill out TONS of surveys but it was indeed legit and came through with what it promised which was money for filling out surveys. I personally know most of these are scams and instead of money they try to pull that whole point system on you. Where you accumulate a certain amount of points and redeem them for gift cards (or so they say). Anyhow I emailed him asking him to send me this website but around that same time his mother got very sick and he jetted to Puerto Rico, so at the moment I’m unable to get a hold of him. I work a 9-5 and need so extra income to pay off some bills. I get Lots of down time at work and was hoping that someone can please give me honest legit websites where they only pay you for filling out surveys. Not points or gift cards just money. Please only refer me to websites that you yourself have been on and experienced first hand. Thanks so much in advance.
@Josh, Thanks. I spent some time on that website and I really like it!!!!!!!! 
kenspong answers:
Here is the info on the survey sites I use your certainly not going to get rich doing them, but if I am messing around on the internet I will do them in my free time. Do not give anyone your SSN there are lots of sites out there that are legit and they do not need this info from you. Nor do you have to pay to join.
My favorite is Pinecone Research. You have to have an invitation to join though. So look around for some on the internet and you’ll find one usually. They send one or two surveys a month. All surveys are pretty short and at least $3 each. They are great though cause you will have a few days or a week to answer the survey if you don’t check your email religiously. Then they send a check in the mail pronto or you can choose to have it put in a paypal account.
Survey savvy has a great referral program if you know people who will join you get money for surveys they complete also. Once you decide to get your payout you just request it and you get a check in the mail in a few weeks.
I have also tried American Consumer Opinion. They pay by check in mail for each survey completed (the ones I did were $4-5 each, but I have not been able to complete many of their surveys (very few).
Surveyspot has tons of surveys most of which you only get an entry into a drawing (which I have never won). However they do have many paid surveys also. You can just go to their site everyday and answer surveys you don’t have to wait for them to be emailed to you (they are also emailed to you).
I was a member of your2cents, which became toluna. Someone above mentioned it. I have had a few problems with it recently and may “unsubscribe”. I have spent time completing the surveys and then they never show up and credit me my points. This has happened 3 times in past month. They send a TON of surveys tho and I have gotten a check in mail from them so I think overall they are legit.
Most pay a few dollars per survey completed so it is best to use several. You also need to be a regular email checker because if you don’t respond to the survey fast enough they have met their quota.
If you would like to give me a referral credit use the link in my profile for survey savvy and the other sites I use are listed there as well. Good Luck!
David asks…
I have a question for stay at home moms!?
Has anyone ever heard of DATA ENTRY JOBS? I have seen it on Yahoo HotJobs and was wondering IF anyone has heard of it or has been using the site here is what they say about it. I would like to know if it is possible that it could be a scam but could anyone tell me thanks!
Do Data Entry online by working at home. Your earnings start at $300/day and up to $1000/day, depending on how much data is processed. Click below to apply!
Benefits/Income
Make a stable income by doing simple data entry online
Part Time Expected Income: $4,500/month
Full Time Expected Income: $10,000-$15,000/month
No need to commute to work
Work at home
You have no boss
Requirements
an internet connection or access to the internet
Experience is not needed however, you need to be able of working from home
Basic typing skills
We ask that you put aside 30 – 60min/day
We do NOT require any special skills, previous business experience or education
Anyone can register and begin working immediately
Click below to apply!
Many of our employees are work at home moms, students, unemployed individuals and former retirees.
How Does This Work?
Your earnings start at $300/day and up to $1000/day, depending on how much data is processed. This is a work at home opportunity and we are looking for individuals who are willing to work from home. No experience is needed, we will take care of the training. Paychecks are guaranteed on the 1st and 16th of each month. Full time/part time positions are available now.
Thousands of companies have contracted their data entry needs to us. As a results, we need to hire more individuals to help us process that data. Large fortune 500 companies need forms written up such as, receipt forms, brochures, customer lists, e-mailing lists, etc.
About Us
Data Direct Jobs has been in the business of data entry and data processing for over a year. We have contracted many people and have lead many to success. Check out our website to register for the opportunity and to find out more information about us:
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Although hotjobs.com has reference to job placements, this offering is for a Work at Home business opportunity and is in no way to be construed as a job offering. There is a one-time registration fee of $37. The incomes presented are applicable to the individuals depicted and are not a guarantee of your income nor are they typical. Each individual’s success will be determined by his or her desire, dedication, effort, ability to follow the training of our system and personal talent.
kenspong answers:
NOPE. You never need to PAY to get a job. Scam, girl.
Contact some local companies, see if they need any secretarial work that could be done at your home. Or put notices up at a community college or university that you will type research papers.
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