The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois has released its top 10 scam list for 2007. Even though this is a regional list, it fits nicely with what we’re seeing here at Fight Identity Theft:
1. Check Scams
Would-be victims receive a check in the mail, allegedly for winning a sweepstakes, lottery or promotion. The check supposedly covers taxes or other fees (see the text of the letter below). Here’s how the scam works:
- You deposit the check in your bank.
- You then pay the fees described in the letter via a money transfer.
- Unfortunately there isn’t any prize money and your bank eventually will tell you that the check you deposited is a forgery.
- You now owe the bank the money ($2,998.65 in the example below).
- You try to track down the money you sent out via money transfer, which is just about impossible.
- The scammers are now richer and you are poorer.
Here’s a sample of a check one of our readers received in the mail. The scammers will often place a reputable company on the forged check:
2. Advance Fee Lenders
These frequently will contact people by phone after they’ve filled out an online loan application or have found an advertisement in a local newspaper.
This is a similar scam to the check scam described above.
3. Online Employment Offers
Offers that look for "shipping" or "billing managers," "payment processors" or anything with a financial sounding name very frequently turn out to be fraudulent listings that are, in actuality, looking for victims to commit money laundering.
Other bogus online employment offers request money for travel, work visas, etc. Some scammers don’t ask for money, but instead ask for your personal info (name, DOB, SSN, address, mothers maiden name) in order to steal your identity or sell your info to someone that will.
Be extremely careful when dealing with online employment. Don’t send money to anyone. Use a company’s main number and then ask for your contact within the company vs. just dialing direct to the number you’ve been given in order to verify your contact really works at the company you’re interested in.
4. Lottery/Sweepstakes Notification Letters
Epidemic in proportion, these are very much like the fake check scams.
5. Overpayment Scams
These usually are found in forms of online ads and typically in places such as Craigslist or other classified forums on the Internet.
Same kind of scam as #1 with a slight twist.
A check overpayment scam begins when a scam artist replies to the classified ad or auction posting and offers to purchase the item for sale with a check, then comes up with a reason for writing the check for more than the purchase price for the item. The scammer asks the consumer to wire back the difference after the check is deposited. Later, the scammer’s check bounces, leaving the consumer liable for the entire amount.
6. Mortgage foreclosure rescue scams
Scammers contact residents and offer them a desperate plan that is affordable and supposedly allows them to keep the home. Here’s how it works:
The scammers will offer to lower your monthly mortgage payment while also promising that in a short time you can own your home free and clear of any debt. The con artist claims to offer or arrange for a new loan but instead tricks the homeowner into selling the home to the con artist or a third party and agreeing to either lease the home back or purchase it back on a land contract. The con artist or third party will pay off the existing mortgage or take out a loan. If the scammed homeowner lived in the home for a number of years, he or she likely built up and is surrendering significant equity. Equity is the market value of the home minus the value of all mortgages and other liens on the home. The con artist now owns the home and has stripped or taken the equity out of the scammed consumer’s home.
Consumerlaw.org has a great pdf which covers this fraud in detail - http://www.consumerlaw.org/news/ForeclosureReportFinal.pdf
7. Marketing/Investment Scams
People are solicited by mail or e-mail and told they can make thousands of dollars working from home by buying a special kit, book or tape collection.
8. Inheritance Scam
An e-mail or letter is sent to the victim from someone claiming to be related to them, or from somebody that claims to know that the victim’s distant relative is either very sick or has died and left inheritance money.
9. Phishing Scams
Generally, e-mails are sent from what looks like a legitimate bank or financial institution, asking for confirmation of account numbers and personal information.
- See some examples of a typical phishing email - Paypal phishing scam.
10. Nigerian Scam
E-mails or letters are sent from someone claiming to be an official or agent from a foreign country, informing the recipient he or she is seeking a foreign company or individual into whose account they can deposit funds left over from government funds, a business bank transaction or a confiscated family inheritance.
- See some examples of a typical Nigerian Email Scam.
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Stephanie
January 16, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
I recently recieved an e-mail job offer for some Swedish company. They need someone in the states to handle there US bank accounts b/c as a Swedish company they can’t. They sent me an e-mail with all the details and then summed it up. I read it all and was still a bit confused about the job expectations. I may drag it out a little longer just to see what happens, but I won’t be giving them any personal info or money.
Stephanie
January 16, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
Here is the correspondence that we had:
Hello,
I represent recruiting company StaffDrive “(http://www.staffdrive.com).
I have found your resume on CareerBuilder.com
and we considered that one of our positions may be interesting for you,
according to you skills and background.
We have a vacancy for position of Remote Business Assistant.
This is part-time in-home position requiring 1-2 hour a day.
The minimum salary on this position is $1000/month.
If you are interested, I’ll provide you with all details
and we’ll consider you as a candidate.
if you are not interested, anyway please let me know
and we will try to find something for you.
Best regards, Astrid Jacobsen
Me:
Thank you for your offer, but I’m looking for a full time job.
The response:
Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for your reply, I’m glad that our offer is interesting for
you.
Let me provide you with some more detailed information about the
vacancy.
Our client from Sweden, Kreate Eve design studio, has applied to us
with a request to find a candidate for the position of Remote Business
Assistant. And we were authorized to take selection according to their
requirements and provide the candidate with all the details.
Kreate Eve provides european customers with wide variety of design
services for many years and has a great experience in this sphere.
Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop US
market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit in
US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for
European companies with the ability to sell products and services for
US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as
you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the
Europe). So they are going now to file an LLC in US. They will apply
to the company specializing in company formation in US. After the LLC
is formed, they will need a Remote Business Assistant, who is to
represent this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too
complicated, but actually the duties are quite easy.
Kreateve Eve is planning to create a Web-store for US company to sell
their original products online. To accept payments online, it will be
necessary to have a merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible
for European company, which has a merchant account in European bank,
to accept payments online from US customers (basically, it is
possible, but with a lot of limitations that make it impossible). So
the Remote Business Assistant, as a company representative, will need
to arrange a merchant account in US. Kreate Eve will provide him with
all necessary information and instructions. It is expected that the US
business unit Kreate Eve is applying for will have a business bank
account, but to the moment, they are not sure yet, so maybe Remote
Business Assistant will also need to arrange a business bank account
for the associated company.
So, the primary Remote Business Assistant’s duties are:
a. Business bank account and Merchant account maintaining and monitoring;
b. Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Kreate Eve by
fax or by mail (all expenses are reimbursed).
c. Being in touch with Kreate Eve’s representative by e-mail and folowwing
his/her instructions.
It will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
The Remote Business Assistant will get a commission, 5% on net profit
of the associated company’s Web-store.
The lowest guaranteed commission is $10000/year.
Please let me know about your decision about this applying to this
position and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Sincerely,
Astrid Jacobsen
StaffDrive Inc., http://www.staffdrive.com
Just a bit confusing
George
January 19, 2008 @ 9:52 am
I recieved one of the foreign company ” funds transfer job ” through monster.com. I guess these on-line job seeker sites are not safe. I assumed an inquire was routed through monster.com and screened accordingly.
Chris
January 21, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
I have not only received this one but at list 3 more and they where in reference to my Resume posted on Career Builder.
Anytime you are dealing with an out of country company you need to check them out and look at your liability and out of pocket.
Also you need to make sure they are not putting you in a position of breaking any laws.
Rick
January 22, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
I just got an email from staffdrive.com also. Thanks for posting this. Based on your experiences I’ll just trash it with no response at all.
Kelly
January 24, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
I just received the same set of emails from the Swedish company as mentioned above. I have yet to hear anything substantive back in return for the email I sent them. If it feels this creepy, then it must not be good.
Kelly
January 24, 2008 @ 8:49 pm
This is the agreement I was sent from the company (staffdrive). The English is non too great, and the contract is soooo nebulous as to be rediculous. It basically says that the employee has to do all of the company’s work for them, and pay for it to boot. They say they will reimburse the contractor, but don’t specify how when or in what manner. Too shifty for me.
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INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT
This Independent Contractor Agreement is made effective for all purposes and in all respects
by and between Kreateeve Solutions Inc. (hereinafter known as “Principal”) and
(hereinafter known as “Contractor”) who shall collectively be known herein as “the Parties”.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Principal desires to engage Contractor, on an independent contractor basis and
Contractor wishes to accept such engagement on the terms and under the conditions recited
below;
The premises having been considered and with acknowledgment of the mutual promises and
of other good and valuable consideration herein contained, the Parties, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRINCIPAL
the Principal shall provide Contractor with a business entity (Associated Company) to
manage;
the Principal shall develop and set up an e-commerce web-site for the Associated
Company and spend on marketing to bring customers and generate profit for the
Associated Company;
the Principal shall reimburse the Contractor for the expenses that Contractor can have
while maintaining performing his duties;
the Principle shall furnish the Contractor with utmost guidance and exhaustive step-by-
step instructions during entire period of Agreement effect;
the Principal shall neither use the Contractor’s personal and business information in any
unauthorized or illegal manner, nor share this information with any third party.
2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CONTRACTOR
the Contractor shall set up a merchant account in the name of Associated Company for
accepting payments from customers of Associated Company and shall maintain this
account;
if Principal has any difficulties with setting up a business bank account for Associated
Company, the Contractor shall set it up and maintain this account;
the Contractor agrees to share all information about both accounts with the Principal and
understands that he/she is not eligible to change, modify any account information without
a written notice to the Principal;
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the Contractor shall handle business correspondence and transmit it to the Principal by
fax, mail or e-mail;
the Contractor agrees to devote time, energy and ability sufficient to the interests of the
Principal, and to perform the Contractor’s duties in an efficient, trustworthy and business-
like manner;
the Contractor agrees to maintain timely and constant e-mail communication with the
Principal and comply with directives from Supervisor;
the Contractor shall not do or permit anything to be done to prejudice the market image of
the Principal’s product or the Principal itself.
3. REQUIRED CONFIDENTIALITY
For so long as Contractor shall remain engaged by Principal and for a period of one year after
termination of the Agreement for any reason, Contractor shall not disclose or communicate
any “Confidential Information” of Principal to any person or entity nor use said “Confidential
Information” for any purpose or reason other than the benefit of Principal. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, “Confidential Information” means (but is not limited to) any information
regarding Principal’s business methods, business policies, procedures, techniques, research
or development projects or results, sales information of any kind, financial information of any
kind, trade secrets or other knowledge possessed by Principal which is not generally known
by third parties. Also, “Confidential Information” shall additionally include, but not be limited
to, the follow information of Principal:
a. Price lists or other pricing information;
b. Customers information;
c. Sales strategy, tactics, or methods;
d. Information pertaining to products or services under development;
e. Internal company reports of any kind.
4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES
Independent Contractor shall report and pay to the proper state and federal agencies
self−employment taxes upon all compensation earned in performance of this Agreement. The
Parties agree that Contractor, for state and federal tax purposes, holds the status of
“Independent Contractor”.
5. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR COMPENSATION
For all services rendered by Contractor under this Agreement, Contractor shall receive a
commission of 5% on net profit of the Associated Company. The Contractor shall withdraw
his/her commission from the business checking account strictly upon Principal’s instruction.
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6. DURATION AND TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT
Principal shall engage Contractor commencing on the date the Agreement is signed by
Parties. There is no fixed date for termination of this Agreement and it shall stay in effect until
either Party gives proper notice to another and during ten days after the notice is actually
received.
Principal may terminate this Independent Contractor Agreement at any time “for cause”, the
grounds for which are defined below. In case of termination for cause, Principal shall have no
obligation to Contractor for compensation or any other form of benefit under this Agreement
except for compensation earned prior to the effective date of termination.
Principal must give actual notice of termination to Contractor to terminate the Agreement for
cause but may deliver said notice by any manner, either orally or in writing. Commission of
any of the following acts by the Independent Contractor constitute grounds for the Principal to
terminate Independent Contractor Agreement “for cause” under this paragraph:
a. Independent Contractor is charged with a felony crime;
b. Independent Contractor commits a crime of moral turpitude such as an act of fraud or
other crime involving dishonesty;
c. Independent Contractor fails to perform his or her duties in a competent manner;
d. Independent Contractor violates his or her duties of confidentiality and/or
non−competition under this Agreement;
e. Independent Contractor fails to comply with directives from Supervisors;
f. Independent Contractor commits any act or acts that harm the Principal’s reputation,
standing, or credibility within the community(ies) it operates or with its customers or
suppliers.
7. MODIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT
Any modification of this Agreement or additional obligation assumed by either party in
connection with this Agreement shall be binding only if evidenced in written amendment
signed by each party or an authorized representative of each party.
8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Each party acknowledges that he or she has had an adequate opportunity to read and study
this Agreement and to consider it.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF and acknowledging acceptance and agreement of the foregoing,
Principal and Contractor affixes their signatures hereto.
PRINCIPAL
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
___________________________________
___________________________________
Kreateeve Solutions Inc.
Name :_____________________________
By: Martin Hyvonen
Address: ___________________________
Title: President
___________________________________
Address: Frejgatan 13, 11479 Stockholm
Phone #: ___________________________
Sweden
Dated: _____________ ____, 2008
Phone: +46-46-288 52 67
Kelly
January 24, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
I also checked out KreateEve.com’s website and followed up with three of their portfolio representations. I can’t find any info on any of the sites I checked out indicating that KreateEve actually designed their site. I even called one of the companies and they could not verify that anyone but themselves designed their website. Just thought I would let you know.
Bonita Butler
January 29, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
Yoga Teacher services are also a target.
But anyone providing professional services can be hit with this variation:
A Request for services, a son/daughter coming to your area soon needs your service (yoga classes in my case) and a moneyorder or cashiers check arrives, the contact tells you there was an overpayment, please cash the check and wire the overage payment to some overseas address and account.
I just got these “checks” today and investigated through web.
Bobbie
January 29, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
I got the same one today from Staff drive for Kreateeve Solutions…….Thank you guys for posting, it looked suspicious, I just printed the “Contract” and Googled the company name and it let me right here to this blog..
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for saving me from potentially making a huge mistake.
Tonya
January 30, 2008 @ 8:57 pm
I actually went as far as to receive a money gram for “Toray Textiles” and listed a bogus name. Just wondering what I could do to bust this guy!!!
smarterthanscam
February 4, 2008 @ 8:01 pm
HERE IS ANOTHER SCAMMING EMAIL:
From: Lady Rebecca Thatcher.No:36 Old Shrewberry Street,London England. Beloved,i am Lady Rebecca Thatcher., suffering from cancerous ailment..Iused to be married to Sir Jeremy Thatcher an Englishman who is dead andresting peacefully. My husband was into private practice all his lifebefore he passed. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum ofTwenty Million Pounds (20,000,000.00 Million Great Britain PoundsSterling)which were derived from his vast estates and investment incapital market with his bank here in UK. Presently, this money is stillwith the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days tolive due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to thecancer. With this hard reality that has befallen me, I have decided todonate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from myhusbands effort to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans,destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children, barren-womenand persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.I took thisdecision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Please assureme that you will act just as I have stated herein. Hope to hear from yousoon.You can contact me through my personal email addressat:thatcher_ladyreb@yahoo.co.uk Stay Blessed. Sincerely yours, Lady Rebecca Thatcher.
G2
February 12, 2008 @ 11:16 am
THERE APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER ONE…PLANERA PROJECT SOLUTIONS associated with the same bunch of scammers…they didn’t bother to remove “Kreateeve Solutions Inc”; wanted me to add the “Planera Projects Solutions, Inc.” name in its place. They appear to be working with/through “TheCareerPlanet.com”. I’ve cut out the middle of the contract as it is available on an ealier submission.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT This Independent Contractor Agreement is made effective for all purposes and in all respects by and between Kreateeve Solutions Inc. (hereinafter known as “Principal”) and (hereinafter known as “Contractor”) who shall collectively be known herein as “the Parties”. RECITALS WHEREAS, Principal desires to engage Contractor, on an independent…………………….
IN WITNESS WHEREOF and acknowledging acceptance and agreement of the foregoing, Principal and Contractor affixes their signatures hereto. PRINCIPAL INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
PlaneraProgectSolutions Inc. Name : _____________________________
By: John Swanchen Address: ___________________________
Title: President ___________________________________
Address: Finlandsgatan 16, SE-164 74 Kista,Sweden Phone #: ___________________________
Phone: +46-031 799 59 48 Date: ______________________________
~J~
February 21, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
I receive at least 2 sorts of scam emails a day.
What I like to do is reply to their message by typing
“Your Under Investigation” in the subject line;
then sending them a similar scam email by
copying and pasting the same type of scam someone else
had sent me.
(Hoping it may scare them I know it will not make them
quit but possibly slow them down by having to set up
new addresses and such.)
G2
February 25, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Out looking for a job??– this is group (Stanford-Dale Recruiters)after your info to sell to 3rd parties. If you go to their site and to try to sign up or apply for a job,they take your info but let you any further to “veiw” their job bank!! Then you start getting all the crap offers! Hopefully, they give it some really bad dudes.
“From: JOBS Stanford-Dale
Subject: I saw your resume… please complete application. SD
Response to your resume posting.
We have received your name and email from your resume posting service while reviewing your information. We may have some job opportunities that will interest you.
Please go to: Stanford-Dale.com, Job page.
If your are interested in our open positions you can apply on-line.
To view jobs, click this link. Available Jobs.”
APPEARS TO BE TOTALLY BOGUS FROM A JOBS PERSPECTIVE
——————————————————————————–
Dragon
February 26, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
i received some e mail from swedish company about job ofer. Something fishy is going on here and i wont go on with it. it is kind sad that i cant even post resume online without thinking who might misuse it. i gues only way is old fashion way, go out look for hiring signs and newspapers.
CHAMIRE
February 27, 2008 @ 10:50 am
I THINK SOMEONE IS TRYING TO SCAM A COMPANY PLANERA PROJECT LOCATED IN SWEDEN , I DID SOM RESEARCH , THEY ARE TRYING TO SCAM ME, SAID THAT GOT MY INFO FROM CAREEER BUILDER.
CHAMIRE
February 27, 2008 @ 10:52 am
OH MY GOD G2 I RECEVED THAT SAME CONTRACT. THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP
joaquin
February 27, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
I got a brochure today on what to do. Very useful.
uncle kevy
March 3, 2008 @ 8:40 am
From: Elsa.Norberg@thecareerplanet.com
Subject: [SUSPECTED SPAM]Re[2]: Job offer
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:30 EST
Dear Kevin,
I am so sorry for my long reply.
Thank you for your answer, I’m glad that our offer is interesting for
you.
I want to give you more information about this job.
Our Swedish partner, Planera Project design studio, looking for
candidate for the position of Assistant Director. And we should to
find the candidate for this position use their requirements.
Planera Project provides their customers with wide variety of design
services for many years and has a great experience in this sphere.
Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop US
market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit in
US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for
European companies with the ability to sell products and services for
US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as
you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the
Europe). So they are going now to file an LLC in US. They will apply
to the company specializing in company formation in US. After the LLC
is formed, they will need a Assistant Director, who is to represent
this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too complicated, but
actually the duties are quite easy.
Planera Project is planning to create a Web-store for US company to
sell their original products online. They are provide this products
with online marketing, hosting, web development, print graphics or
support. To accept payments online, it will be necessary to have a
merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible for European company,
which has a merchant account in European bank, to accept payments
online from US customers (basically, it is possible, but with a lot of
limitations that make it impossible). So the Assistant Director, as a
company representative, will need to arrange a merchant account in US.
Planera Project will provide him with all necessary information and
instructions. It is expected that the US business unit Planera Project
is applying for will have a business bank account, but to the moment,
they are not sure yet, so maybe Assistant Director will also need to
arrange a business bank account for the associated company.
So, the primary Assistant Director’s duties are:
a. You should to register LLC. Planera Project will pay for all
process and you will receive $500 as soon as your LLC will be create.
Planera Project will register LLC for used on-line services.
b. Business bank account and Merchant account maintaining and
monitoring;
c. Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Planera
Project by fax or by mail (all expenses are reimbursed).
d. Being in touch with Planera Project’s representative by e-mail and
folowwing his/her instructions.
It will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
The Assistant Director will get a commission, 5% on net profit of the
associated company’s Web-store. The lowest guaranteed commission is
$10000/year.
Please let me know about your decision about this applying to this
position and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Sincerely,
Elsa Norberg
TheCareerPlanet Inc.
Robert Shaw
March 12, 2008 @ 1:39 am
We have been scamed by Phillipe Gonzalas he had notified my wife as the next of kin to Stanilus Holtmeier. Phillipe told us that he was the personal lawer and close friend befor he had died.Phillipe told us that befor he past he had deposited 16.8 million into a safe deposit company (Germinis Safe keepings) they kept asking for money for filing fee for the advicate we told him that we didnt have the whole amount he sed he would pay the remainder to the high courts.Once he had the proper papers he presented the papers to the vault co. The vault co called us to interview my wife to prove that she was a realitive so that we would pass theinterview Phillipe provited us with informotion about Mr. Holtmeier then they told us that we needed to pay the taxes on the vault so the vault could be released to my wife. I thank god that we only lost 250.00 befor we caught on to there scam….
Kerim
March 17, 2008 @ 11:52 am
I just wanted to add one more these scammers
Please dont believe these things
I dont know who would belive them.
Dear Kerim,
Thank you for your answer, I’m glad that our offer is interesting for you.
I want to give you more information about this job.
Our Swedish partner, Planera Project design studio, looking for candidate for the position of Assistant Director. And we should to find the candidate for this position use their requirements.
Planera Project provides their customers with wide variety of design services for many years and has a great experience in this sphere.
Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop US market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit in US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for European companies with the ability to sell products and services for US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the Europe). So they are going now to file an LLC in US. They will apply to the company specializing in company formation in US. After the LLC is formed, they will need a Assistant Director, who is to represent this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too complicated, but actually the duties are quite easy.
Planera Project is planning to create a Web-store for US company to sell their original products online. They are provide this products with online marketing, hosting, web development, print graphics or support. To accept payments online, it will be necessary to have a merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible for European company, which has a merchant account in European bank, to accept payments online from US customers (basically, it is possible, but with a lot of limitations that make it impossible). So the Assistant Director, as a company representative, will need to arrange a merchant account in US.
Planera Project will provide him with all necessary information and instructions. It is expected that the US business unit Planera Project is applying for will have a business bank account, but to the moment, they are not sure yet, so maybe Assistant Director will also need to arrange a business bank account for the associated company.
So, the primary Assistant Director’s duties are:
a. You should to register LLC. Planera Project will pay for all process.
Planera Project will register LLC for used on-line services.
b. Business bank account and Merchant account maintaining and monitoring; c. Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Planera Project by fax or by mail (all expenses are reimbursed).
d. Being in touch with Planera Project’s representative by e-mail and folowwing his/her instructions.
It will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
The Assistant Director will get a commission, 5% on net profit of the associated company’s Web-store.
Please let me know about your decision about this applying to this position and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Sincerely,
Hanna Berit
TheCareerPlanet Inc., thecareerplanet.com
Ellis Rowe
March 17, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
I don’t know why you think Planera Progect is scam - I work with them already 14 months and I have never had any problems with them. Anybody can prove me that it’s scam?
Jude
March 17, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
Planera Project is deffenitley a scam. They are a big waste of your time trying to have you open bank accounts.
If they our such a good company and reliable don’you think they should know how to use spell check. LOL
SCAMMERS!!!!!!!!
Rosa
March 21, 2008 @ 8:37 pm
How can you prove you have been working for them for the last 14 months?
Ellis Rowe
March 22, 2008 @ 12:28 am
I’m know, there are a lot of different scammers in internet and sometimes it’s very hard to distinguish the truth from lie. But how can you discredit company if you didn’t work with them? First mind is not always right!
Rosa, what proof you want? I was in their main office in Sweden in April, 2007 and had a personal meeting with John Swanchen (president of Planera Project). So, now I’m sure in my work.
Jude, they are people like you and me and they can make mistakes because they are people! And Jude, it seems you don’t know how to use spell check too, may be you are a scammer too?
Ellis Rowe
March 22, 2008 @ 7:39 am
Jude, we all are people and could make a mistakes. So you did a mistake in one word in your post, may be you are scammer too? Or you are blind and don’t see red lines under words with mistakes?
Rosa, I was in Planera Project main office in Sweden and had a meeting with John Swanchen (president of Planera Project Inc.) last year. Now I’m absolutely sure in this company and earn not bad money with them.
Now there are a lot of scammers in internet and it’s very hard to distinguish the truth from lie. But if you didn’t try to work with someone, don’t call him scammer, and don’t discredit company’s name, because you don’t have any proofs!
Ellis
March 26, 2008 @ 8:43 am
What kind of work are you doing for them?? How come they dont offer a telephone number to communicate with them?
Rosa
March 26, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
what kind of work are you doing for them???? Do you have a telephone number?
Rosa
March 26, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Ellis
In what state are you located???
Ellis Rowe
March 27, 2008 @ 5:55 am
Ellis, I sell Planera Project goods in internet. I think you didn’t asked them to give you phone number to communication. But they don’t communicate with candidates by phone, because there are many people who want to work with them and speak by phone to know more about the job.
Rosa, I sell Planera Project’s goods. Yes, I have phone. I live in Alaska.
Rosa
March 29, 2008 @ 10:21 am
Ella, i keep asking you to post your website. I guess it is not real like your are saying. Why do you keep erasing the question?
Alex
April 1, 2008 @ 11:51 am
I probably shouldn’t tip these clowns off, but notice how Ellis Rowe doesn’t use prepositions in his sentences? He/She should learn (the) English language better (if) you want to run (a) scam. This is a glaring red flag in the fraud industry. I worked for a large bank, I’ll spare the details, but this is something we were taught. A perfect example was the Nigerian government funds scam. Prepositions are hard to define and do not translate in certain languages, hence the choppy, incoherent speech. Pretty pathetic actually.
Alex
April 1, 2008 @ 11:57 am
P.S. Has anyone gone to planera’s website? They have a section in which you can send e-mail comments to the company. However, the submit button is not even a link, it’s simply HTML code that does nothing. You can even erase the word submit. I wish people would get an honest job or go to jail.
emowdee
April 1, 2008 @ 11:47 pm
Can anyone tell me about planera project and the career planet because i’m receiving emails from them too. Ellis Rowe, can you help with more info and maybe a phone number ? thx
emowdee
April 3, 2008 @ 9:51 am
i’ve already posted a comment in here and it git erased. planera project is definitly a scam. now i’m sure !!!
emowdee
April 3, 2008 @ 9:52 am
any one can prove me wrong???? i doubt it!
Rosa
April 10, 2008 @ 6:27 am
This is a scam. Notice how Ellis has not posted her comments and responses from my last request. Also, Please note there are many forms of the same name. This person and or company uses Ellis or Ella which is almost similar. We should all file a complaint to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center at http://www.ifccfbi.gov.
Rosa
April 10, 2008 @ 6:30 am
Actually the correct website is http://www.ic3.gov/contact/
AP
April 15, 2008 @ 8:16 pm
This is a scam. Received the same thing under Web-Site-Master and Planera Project names. I’m investigating if I can forward received email to FBI for them to take care.
AP
April 15, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
Here is a suggestion: go to http://www.ic3.gov (Internet Crime Complaint Center)and report the scam
G2
April 16, 2008 @ 8:19 am
Another Nigerian Scam…IP address originates there.
g2
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From: “Tara Linsley Bania”
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 5:03 AM
Subject: Apply For Loan!!!
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>
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April 16, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
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This is a scam. I have been receiving emails of winning the 2008 YAHOO BETA LOTTERY. This is a scam! UK MICRO SOFT is the email address.
Lady that is concerened
Jack
April 22, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
I received this today:
Dear Jack,
Thank you for your answer, I’m glad that our offer is interesting for
you.
I want to give you more information about this job.
Our Swedish partner, Web Site Masters design studio, looking for
candidate for the position of Assistant Director. And we should to
find the candidate for this position use their requirements.
Web Site Masters provides their customers with wide variety of design
services for many years and has a great experience in this sphere.
Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop US
market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit in
US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for
European companies with the ability to sell products and services for
US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as
you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the
Europe). So they are going now to file an LLC in US. They will apply
to the company specializing in company formation in US. After the LLC
is formed, they will need a Assistant Director, who is to represent
this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too complicated, but
actually the duties are quite easy.
Web Site Masters is planning to create a Web-store for US company to
sell their original products online. They are provide this products
with online marketing, hosting, web development, print graphics or
support. To accept payments online, it will be necessary to have a
merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible for European company,
which has a merchant account in European bank, to accept payments
online from US customers (basically, it is possible, but with a lot of
limitations that make it impossible). So the Assistant Director, as a
company representative, will need to arrange a merchant account in US.
Web Site Masters will provide him with all necessary information and
instructions. It is expected that the US business unit Web Site
Masters is applying for will have a business bank account, but to the
moment, they are not sure yet, so maybe Assistant Director will also
need to arrange a business bank account for the associated company.
The primary Assistant Director’s duties are:
- Register LLC.
- Open business bank account and merchant account for LLC.
- Business bank account and Merchant account maintaining and
monitoring;
- Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Web Site
Masters by fax or by mail (all expenses are reimbursed).
- Being in touch with Web Site Masters’s representative by e-mail and
follow his/her instructions.
This job will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
The Assistant Director will get a commission, 5% on net profit of the
associated company’s Web-store.
Please let me know about your decision about this applying to this
position and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Best regards,
Bill Broussard.
RecruitSolutions.org
Karl
May 6, 2008 @ 2:40 pm
Hi,
I too received the same mail today. I have a question to people who knows about these scams. What is that these scammers get by making us open the bank account..?? Please clarify
Common Sense
May 7, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
I think everyone on this page who even considered something like this is retarded!!! Obviously these are mass emails that are sent to any and everyone who posted a resume on Monster, CareerBuilder, etc… And they are all scams!!! Wow, that is surprising. I guess it shows the desperation and stupidity of the American people, so sad!!!
Annelie
May 8, 2008 @ 10:02 am
Wow!! This is the one I received from Recruitersolutions.org. I went far with them. I started the LLC and Opened up an account. Please, if there are anyone that went that far, please let me know what step you took to resolve your company registration and bank account.
This is really bad!!!
Dear Annelie,
Thank you for your answer, I’m glad that our offer is interesting for
you.
I want to give you more information about this job.
Our Swedish partner, Web Site Masters design studio, looking for
candidate for the position of Assistant Director. And we should to
find the candidate for this position use their requirements.
Web Site Masters provides their customers with wide variety of design
services for many years and has a great experience in this sphere.
Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop US
market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit in
US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for
European companies with the ability to sell products and services for
US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as
you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the
Europe). So they are going now to file an LLC in US. They will apply
to the company specializing in company formation in US. After the LLC
is formed, they will need a Assistant Director, who is to represent
this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too complicated, but
actually the duties are quite easy.
Web Site Masters is planning to create a Web-store for US company to
sell their original products online. They are provide this products
with online marketing, hosting, web development, print graphics or
support. To accept payments online, it will be necessary to have a
merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible for European company,
which has a merchant account in European bank, to accept payments
online from US customers (basically, it is possible, but with a lot of
limitations that make it impossible). So the Assistant Director, as a
company representative, will need to arrange a merchant account in US.
Web Site Masters will provide him with all necessary information and
instructions. It is expected that the US business unit Web Site
Masters is applying for will have a business bank account, but to the
moment, they are not sure yet, so maybe Assistant Director will also
need to arrange a business bank account for the associated company.
The primary Assistant Director’s duties are:
- Register LLC.
- Open business bank account and merchant account for LLC.
- Business bank account and Merchant account maintaining and
monitoring;
- Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Web Site
Masters by fax or by mail (all expenses are reimbursed).
- Being in touch with Web Site Masters’s representative by e-mail and
follow his/her instructions.
This job will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
The Assistant Director will get a commission, 5% on net profit of the
associated company’s Web-store.
Please let me know about your decision about this applying to this
position and feel free to ask any questions you have.
Best regards,
Bill Broussard.
RecruitSolutions.org
Nicole
May 8, 2008 @ 2:45 pm
I received email from RecruitSolutions.org from Hanna Krull. Eventually she sent a contractor agreement over and I immediately started researching the company (the ole too good to be true feeling abounds!) Oddly enough, I find this site. Above, someone pasted part of a contract and it had the name Martin Hyvonen. The address was something like Frejgatan 13, Stockholm. And this was a contractor agreement for Staffdrive. I though the info looked similar so I went back to my agreement and this is what I found:
Martin Muller (President)
Frejgatan 13
Stockholm
Same phone number, different company name, same legal doc. SCAMMERIFIC! Beware! I plan on copying these things into and email and sending it back to Ms. Hanna Krull for her Assistant Director position.
Good luck to everyone!
Moogie
May 9, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
You guys are freakin’ paranoid.
Andrew
May 10, 2008 @ 6:08 pm
Hi Annelie,
I haven’t started the bank account yet…rest all (received the docs..)is over… i have reached this far. How long its been since you opened the account..?? Did someone contact you..?
Eagerly awaiting your answer.
Andrew
David
May 24, 2008 @ 9:17 am
can someone tell me about FREEDOMFORTODAY.com based in FLA??
Chris
May 27, 2008 @ 7:52 am
Boxsets4less is a total scam. They have no contact info on thier website and send DVD’s that don’t work. BEWARE. Rip off site.
Jill
June 13, 2008 @ 9:20 am
I have been receiving emails from Toray Textiles telling me I am their new account rep in the US and how they will be opening an office in my state, but I would be working from home until they got the place ready to go….they said I will receive payments in the mail and I need to cash them at my bank, keep 10% and wire the other 90% to them by western Union to some guy in Kentucky. They are located in Europe! and I have asked them repeatedly to email me the companys address in my state that they are supposedly building as of right now! I am suppose to be recieving the check in the mail today…..I want to take it to the police dept though so maybe they can catch these guys!!!
BJ
July 6, 2008 @ 8:31 am
Here is another scam email from Recruit Solutions.
************************************
I represent recruiting company RecruitSolutions.org (http://www.RecruitSolutions.org).
I have found your resume on AtlantaJobsOnline.com
and we considered that one of our positions may be interesting for you,
according to you skills and background.
We have a vacancy for position of Assistant Director.
This is part-time in-home position requiring 1-2 hour a day.
The minimum salary on this position is $1100/month.
If you are interested, I’ll provide you with all details
and we’ll consider you as a candidate.
if you are not interested, anyway please let me know
and we will try to find something for you.
Best regards, Karla Anders
RecruitSolutions.org
Vastra Vattugrand 3c . 115 21 Stockholm Sweden
Treasure Loan Financiers Inc
July 16, 2008 @ 10:19 am
Attention Please,
I am Mr Richard Jefferson Treasure,the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) of TREASURE LOAN FINANCIERS
SUITES….with headquarters in the UNITED KINGDOM and branch in AFRICA…I wholeheartedly wishes to inform the general public that my company has decided to advertise it’s loan rendering services to as many trusthworthy clients at there that wants to get rid of all their financial constraints in their various business and personal lives regardless of the purpose of the loan…with just 2% as interest rates.If interested do not hesitate to contact my company via it’s email address “treasure.financiers@gmail.com” and awaits our wholehearted response.
Walter
July 27, 2008 @ 2:24 pm
I received an email from an Itre furniture rep supposedly. He stated that they needed someone to process payments for this furniture.
They stated it was legal and did not require any personal information besides name address, phone number, age, nationality and sex.
Has anyone else jad an encounter with Mr.Peter Southall.
tco
August 4, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
got another swedish scam from “ALAN STRAKOVSKI”….if something sounds too easy, it cant be true!!!
Thank you very much for your answer and for your interest to our
offer. I see you want to know more details about the job and please
let me give you more information.
First of all, I want to tell you a little about company that offer
this job is design studio Unique Design Solutions. This company
located in Sweden and they are looking for partner in USA to expand
business in there. More information about Unique Design Solutions you
can find at http://www.uniquedesignsolutions.org.
Unique Design Solutions provides their customers with wide variety of
design services for many years and has a great experience in this
sphere. Recently, the management of the company has decided to develop
US market, and for this purpose they need an associated business unit
in US. This decision is also motivated by having difficulties for
European companies with the ability to sell products and services for
US customers as well as intention to avoid heavy domestic taxes (as
you could know, Swedish taxation is probably one the heaviest in the
Europe). So Assistant Director will need to register LLC in USA and
represent this associated company in US. Maybe it sounds too
complicated, but actually the duties are quite easy.
Unique Design Solutions is planning to create a web-store for US
company to sell their original products on-line. They are provide this
products with on-line marketing, hosting, web development, print
graphics or support. To accept payments on-line, it will be necessary
to have a merchant account. Unfortunately it is impossible for
European company, which has a merchant account in European bank, to
accept payments on-line from US customers (basically, it is possible,
but with a lot of limitations that make it impossible). So the
Assistant Director, as a company representative, will need to arrange
a merchant account in US. Unique Design Solutions will provide him
with all necessary information and instructions. It is expected that
the US business unit Unique Design Solutions is applying for will have
a business bank account, but to the moment, they are not sure yet, so
maybe Assistant Director will also need to arrange a business bank
account for the associated company.
The primary Assistant Director’s duties are:
- Register LLC.
- Open business bank account and merchant account for LLC.
- Business banking account and merchant account maintaining and
monitoring;
- Handling business correspondence and transmitting it to Unique
Design Solutions Inc. by fax or by mail.
- Being in touch with Unique Design Solutions’s representative by
e-mail and follow his/her instructions.
This job will take 1-2 hours a day max to handle all of these duties.
I gave you information about primary duties of Assistant Director. But
during work may be you will have some different duties. For example,
if there will be problems with your merchant account you will need to
contact your merchant provider and fix that problems.
You’ll have to register LLC, banking and merchant account and you will
have to pay some fees for that. It’s not sign-up payment or something
like this. You just need to arrange your business before start work.
You will get compensation for all your registration charges with your
first salary right after your business will be arranges and your
web-store will be running in the Internet.
Unique Design Solutions offers you to start your own business in
partnership with them, that’s why you will need to register this
business, open banking and merchant account for your name. Your
relationship with Unique Design Solutions Inc. will be based on
Contractor Agreement and all responsibility for your business and for
all financial operations will be on Unique Design Solutions Inc.
The Assistant Director will get a commission, 5% on net profit of the
associated company’s Web-store. On the basis of Unique Design
Solutions’s experience, minimal monthly 5% commission is about $1000
and sometimes more, that’s why I wrote in the first message that
minimal monthly salary is $1000. Originally the salary is 100%
commission based.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask it, ok? I’ll answer
them with pleasure.
Thank you very much for your time and have a good day.
Best regaeds,
Alan Strakovski.
Excellent Offers Inc.
Thomas R.
August 7, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
This e-mail is being written after reading Mr. Robert Shaw’s comments. Similar to Mr Shaw’s comments, the proposed scam artist has a name of Pedro Calderon from Madrid. The relative has a first name of Stanilus, who died with his family. The inheritance is to be in excess of 10 Million , kept in a vault at Germinis Safe Keeping. The request is for almost 5000 Euro’s for paperwork to be done with the Spanish authorities and when I told the attorney that I couldn’t send a check at the moment, it started to get interesting. The attorney offered to put up most of the money, but I would have to put up something. The next morning, Germinis Safe Keeping called and said that I could put up 1/3 of the money, but not less ….and that the vault would revert back to the authorities if it weren’t claimed in 1 week. All of a sudden, the pressure was on and I started to become suspicious. After numerous searches, I found this website. Naturally I want the money, so I didn’t want to believe what I was reading. The scam is well thought out and we all want the money, but as they say if it sounds too good to be true… In my case, I’m thankful that Mr Shaw provided the information such as he did. The deceased has the same 1st name, a potential inheritance in the millions, the same safe keeping company (Germinis Safe Keeping), an attorney with a Spanish name and a request for thousands of Euro’s for paperwork, with the Atty. willing to provide help by reducing the initial amount the unexpected victim has to transfer to the safekeeping company. Mr. Shaw, it would be nice for the readers to know, how you first became aware that you were being scammed. I wasn’t 100% sure, until I read your comments. For me, back to the real world with no huge inheritance.
roflem
August 15, 2008 @ 6:18 am
Walter: its obviously SCAM !!! don t give out any identity data !
Craig Muller
August 22, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
Great Blog. These scams are popping up all over the place. My grandmother received a call from someone claiming they were from Medicare and she ended up giving away her social security number to them.
I look forward to reading future blogs.
Craig Muller
CHRIS
September 3, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
On June 10, 2008 the state of Connecticut passed a law concerning the confidenitality of Social Security Nunber, a driver’s license number, a state identification card number, an account number, a credit or debit card number, a passport number, an alien registration number or a health insurance identification number. It states any person in possession of such information must protect the confidentialty of such nembers, prohibit unlawful disclosure of such nembers and and to limit access to such numbers.
The violation of the above could result in a civil penalty in the amount of 500.00 for each violation. The penalty can not exceed five hundred thousand dollars. I have included a copy of the entire Public Act
Substitute House Bill No. 5658
Public Act No. 08-167
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) (a) Any person in possession of personal information of another person shall safeguard the data, computer files and documents containing the information from misuse by third parties, and shall destroy, erase or make unreadable such data, computer files and documents prior to disposal.
(b) Any person who collects Social Security numbers in the course of business shall create a privacy protection policy which shall be published or publicly displayed. For purposes of this subsection, “publicly displayed” includes, but is not limited to, posting on an Internet web page. Such policy shall: (1) Protect the confidentiality of Social Security numbers, (2) prohibit unlawful disclosure of Social Security numbers, and (3) limit access to Social Security numbers.
(c) As used in this section, “personal information” means information capable of being associated with a particular individual through one or more identifiers, including, but not limited to, a Social Security number, a driver’s license number, a state identification card number, an account number, a credit or debit card number, a passport number, an alien registration number or a health insurance identification number, and does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state or local government records or widely distributed media.
(d) For persons who hold a license, registration or certificate issued by a state agency other than the Department of Consumer Protection, this section shall be enforceable only by such other state agency pursuant to such other state agency’s existing statutory and regulatory authority.
(e) Any person or entity that violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, provided such civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any single event. It shall not be a violation of this section if such violation was unintentional.
(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any agency or political subdivision of the state.
(g) Any civil penalties received pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established pursuant to section 19 of substitute senate bill 30 of the current session.
Approved June 10, 2008
felix
September 25, 2008 @ 4:51 am
i recently received an inheritance notice from a law firm with lawyer named pedro calderon It was offered to me with 100% risk free option. i persued the option and asked for full identification of the lawyer that sent me the letter and asked for pedro calderon’s legal license numbers also. after given full documentaton also from the vault company i continued to keep faith that this was not a scam and i would inherit a large summ of money. there was an oath of affidavit even filed at the ministy of justice and the sum for the affidavit was in the amount of 1,835 EUROS, i still havent been asked for any fee to pay for these legal transactions, i am only assuminmg that the safe keeping company will be contacting me and then the pooh will hit the fan. literally, i am amazed at how legal these people made it look to be. The kicker was when i saw the oath of affidavit presenting me as the next of kin. I then asked the lawyer for full legal documentation to be notarized and sent to me certified mail. I havent recieved a reply to this request. I am only assuming that it is a scam. I still have hope, but realize that after reading comments from a couple on august 7,08 that this law firm may be bogus. I am going to keep this blog well informed as to the rest of the story as it still has yet to unfold
felix
September 25, 2008 @ 4:59 am
thank you thomas R, in regards to your blog dated august 7, 08, hope all is well, and yes they are still out there trying to scam people.
I will be contacting all the authorities and will also keep this blog page well informed regarding this recent very well planned sceme to somehow get blood outta my turnip, lol, also thanks to Mr Shaw. he originally was first to write blog that informed you. my regards and best wishes to all!!
Anonymous
September 26, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
SANI BELLO TRING TO SCAM ME SAYING I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO DIED AND I GOT MONEY COMING FROM AN OIL LEASE IN NIGERIA
roberta w d
October 9, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
i got an email from a br. kennith mrgos who said he had a client named stanilus woman who he and his family deid and that i was the sole relative of this person now germinis safe keeping is wanting a large amount of money that i dont have . it is the same letter that mr shaw got but only the last name was changed . where do i go with this letter who do i turn it in to?
Topher
October 10, 2008 @ 9:36 pm
My grandmother is currently being sent information on a daily basis via mail(first), phone calls, and emails stating that there are funds available to her from a deceasesd family member. These funds are being kept in Germinis Safe Keeping somewhere in Spain. She has not given this man any personal information as I have alerted her to the information I found on this site. The story is the same: money is there, inheritance, 12 million dollars in a “vault”, there have been papers sent for her signature, etc. The guy goes by the name of Manuel Blaz or Blas Manuel who is supposedly a “lawyer” for the deceased. Does anyone has a similar story? My family is luckily watching out for my grandmother and is making certain that NO personal info gets to this guy.
Allison Thomas
October 11, 2008 @ 4:23 am
We too had the Inheritance Scam dealing with Germinis Safe Keeping and a Barrister Chancellor Vizcaya in Spain. We had the same first name of our dead relative Stanilus different last name, whom himself and family were killed in the 2004 tsunami. Chancellor Vizcaya promised this was a 100% risk free. He also is “partners” in the Windrams & Associates law firm. All of the lawyer, law firm, and Germinis Safe Keeping are on the internet, but BBB says they do NOT exist. This man is pushy for a quick transaction, doesn’t want a third party (your lawyer) involved, and will not give a straight answer on anything. Documents were received from Germinis Safe Keeping and the “Minister of Spain”, plus an interview with Germinis on the facts that we were related with the deceased Stanilus, the lawyer e-mailed us some info on Stanilus, he told us what to say. This Mr. Vizcaya also told us he would help us come up with the 2,640 euros (approx. 3,600 US Dollars) for the vault release. We soon got the idea by him not answering questions, bad grammar, and aggressive behavior on how fast we could get it transfered.
Lianna
October 14, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
What do you guys think about this email? Anybody ever dealt with it? Scam?
Thank you for your interest in this position.
Here is a little about the company and the position. We are a growing company that was started by two friends who were not satisfied with the life their 9-5 jobs were giving them. This is a legitimate offer for self-motivated people wanting to make some extra income.
You have the flexibility to work WHEN you want and HOW MUCH you want and therefore dictate how much you earn. You can even work just evenings and weekends. This is a great way to earn income for stay at home moms & dads, college students, to pay off credit card debt, or just supplement your existing income.
Position Description: Your responsibilities will involve processing responses from online ads (this process is fully covered in the step-by-step training.) You may choose to work part-time or full-time, and earn $1000-$3000+ per week. You do not have to contact anyone by phone. All you need is a computer with a valid e-mail address and basic typing skills. Each ad takes approx. 15-20 minutes to process - you will have a virtually unlimited amount of ads so you may work as much as you want and at the time you choose. There is no contract to sign and the amount of work you choose to do is up to you. This opportunity has unlimited possibilities - a perfect option for stay at home moms or dads, college students or anyone who wants their work to revolve around their life, and not the other way around.
Compensation:
You will be paid $25 to $35 for each ad that you process, depending on the ad you choose. Payments will be made directly to you. The typical rep will make $60-80/day with at least 2-3 hours of work.
Method of Payment:
You will receive payment for each ad you process. You are paid for each ad you process as soon as you process it - you can choose to receive payment after each ad through check, or have the payments auto deposited bi-weekly. The amount of money you make depends on how much time you choose to put into it.
Training:
The training materials you will receive give you step-by-step instructions on how to get started. You may begin working the same day you receive your materials because everything is done online. You could get paid within an hour or two of receiving the training manual. There is no special software requirement; everything is done via the web.
We look forward to getting you started. Inquire further!
APPLY HERE
Lianna
October 14, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
What about that one? Sounds like scam, why would anybody need your credit score for a job?
Hello,
Thanks for the quick reply. The job is pretty straight forward. You
will answer the phone and may also be assigned other minor duties, but
we really need someone to answer the phones. When running errands you
will be provided with a company credit card.
Due to bad experiences in the past, before we can send you an
application, we need you to get a credit check.
We prefer you use FreeCreditReporting1.notlong.com to obtain this
information. When you submit your information, The Credit Company will
send you your credit check. When you email me your credit check I can
send you your application.
We have full and part time positions available. Send me your schedule
and how many hours per week you plan on working. Looking forward to
your response!
Sincerely,
Kevin Workman
Lianna
October 14, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
Or here’s another one:
Hello Sir/Ma
We have a job opening for the position of Accounts receivable position. Would you like to work form your home and get paid weekly? We are offering this position to all interested applicants. Please carefully read through. Hunt Oil Company is a well established Manufacturing Firm,That delivers high quality of oil and gas to some of the largest and best known companies far back in Europe ,the Regions Of America and Rest of The world for a long time. You will find our high quality oil and gas in the BEST products in the market today. We serve the entire United States, and a growing export market, particularly in the supplies of selected products. Superior products including Petroleum & Oil, & Gas.
Your primary task for now , as a representative of the company is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with processing the payment.You are not involved in any sales, Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to the customer. After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products,but in most cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items they order for.
About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving this problem.
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 is part time, you’ll get good income. But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are considering your application because you satisfy our requirements and we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our branch office in your state.
Get back to us with information below information , so that we can add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to our customers for them to send payments.
First name……………….
Middle name………………
Last name………………..
Address Line 1……………
Address Line 2……………
City…………………….
State…………………..
Zip/Postal code…………..
Age…………………….
Marital Status……………
Nationality………………
Home phone……………….
Cell phone……………….
YOUR PROFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL
Your response to this email is needed , so that we can reconfirm your mailing address details we haven our database. We will be updating you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to, after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and processed by you.
A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.
Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
Dr David McDonald
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Regional Manager,
Hunt Oil Company
Website: w w w . huntoil. c o m
STATUS OF YOUR RESUME !
Jim
October 20, 2008 @ 9:06 am
I received (what I believe to be) the same offer from Petter Southall/Itre Furniture to which Walter elludes to in his post on July 27, 2008 @ 2:24 pm. I actually responded with the info which was requested (i.e physical address, home, work and cell phone #s, current position,etc…but no social security/financial info). I have since received subsequent emails and today a call on my cell phone requesting that I confirm the info which I had previously provided…I have not responed to this confirmation request…Has anyone else experienced anything similar?