I sent out resumes through Craigslist last week. I got one response for a computer tech position. He gave me a description about the job and their website that his company is associate to. The website looks like its part of a big company. Now he wants me to fix 7 computers and ship it back to him. What do you guys think? He asked for my address and name so he can ship the computers to my house. Is he legit? the website looks legit so im thinking this is a real job. WHAT DO U THINK???
Here is the e-mail:
Hello,
Thanks for the swift response, Here are some few details you need for the job, We supplied 30 Pentium
IV dell laptops to the mission training home, after some couple of months we got an information that 7 of
the systems malfunctioned and results into crashing, first we made enquiries about how they all
malfunctioned and we found out that Below are the things needed to be done on the laptops;
(1.) Format Hard Drive
(2.) Install Win Xp or Vista with Service Pack 2 or 3
(3.) Microsoft Office Package
(4.) Recent Anti Virus Software with (Free Lifetime Updates)
(5.) Adobe Acrobat
(6.) Diagnostics of the entire system after to check hard drive, CD %26amp; DVD ROM, floppy Disk.
Get back to me with your total cost for the services of 7 units ( Labour Only). We would Include all the
necessary software's and licenses (Original) needed for the service installations and would be paying you
with a Certified Company Check, and I want you to know that the Laptops will all be shipped to your
location by our shipping agents, we will give you a totality of one week to finish up with the repairs after
which it will also be picked up by the shippers. This is a Contract Job which might lead to a full time
position with the company after you have successfully completed the first task within the specified time.
Kindly send me the following information's to have the payment mailed out to you;
Full Name:
Physical Address:
City:
State:
Zip code:
Cell phone #:
I am currently in Remote area in Tokyo and the phone service is very poor here, I'm online most of the
time as I am hard of hearing so I prefer we contact each other through E-mails, but if there is need for me to call, I will be glad to do that by using a hearing device. I await your urgent response so we can make
moving arrangements and delivery of payment as soon as possible.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Regional Operating Officer.
Walter Godwin
Action Aid International.
www.actionaid.org
18 minutes ago
- 4 days left to answer.
Additional Details
THIS WAS HIS FIRST E-MAIL:
Hello!,
I am Walter Godwin, the new Regional Operating Officer with the well known non-profit:- The Action Aid International.
Thank you for responding to the Advertisement.
My Office %26amp; I have reviewed your Resume' and we would like to arrange for a phone interview to allow a more personal and mutual exploration of the venture as well as the issues of the job that need to be specifically addressed.
The Action Aid Organization distributed a number of Computer Systems to a Missionary Organization in Tokyo, Japan whose objective was to promote and hold Computer Training Courses for the Children at the Mission Organization using these Computer Systems sent to them.
We received a report that all of these systems malfunctioned and as a result they are shipping the computer systems back to us for repair even though there are more technical nerds in Japan at the moment that need work in light of the recent devastation and tsunami that the Country has encountered.
Although the shipping rates and fees are exorbitant well beyond the actual value of the affected computer systems, the decision was made to have them shipped back to the U.S. so we could find an in-source resource to repair them in lieu of the far cheaper out-sourced sources available to us, as a global organization, in India, Bangladesh, or even Taiwan.
The Action Aid Organization is looking for a technically competent and caring individual to trouble-shoot and repair these systems accordingly so that they can be processed for shipment back to the Missionary Organization In Tokyo as soon as is respectfully possible.
Would you be available for this type of contact work and job?.
Please note that although the Action Aid Organization is a NON-PROFIT, the position is not and you will receive remuneration accordingly as the work is performed and completed.
Please take a moment to review the job details and if any questions or concerns arise OR if a need for additional clarifications is in order, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Regional Operating Officer.
Walter Godwin
Action Aid International.
www.actionaid.orgcouIs this scam??? give my ur take?
100% scam.
There is no job. That scammer does NOT work for that company, he just stole that website address to send to potential victims and pretend to work for
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 "computer shipping 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 offical 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.
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", "money mule moneygram scam" or something similar you will find hundreds of posts from victims and near-victims of this type of scam.
Look on Actionaid's own website - they have NO operations in Japan, NONE
I just called the head office in South African and they have NO employee named Walter Godwin and NO staff working in Japan
http://www.actionaid.org/about-actionaid鈥?/a>Is this scam??? give my ur take?
It's an overpayment scam.Is this scam??? give my ur take?
Yes, that is written in a way that indicates it is a scam. Many times when someone is scamming you through craigslist, they will write stuff back to you that says (to the effect of) let me know X and Y. Particularly this passage:
"Get back to me with your total cost for the services of 7 units ( Labour Only). We would Include all the
necessary software's and licenses (Original) needed for the service installations and would be paying you
with a Certified Company Check, and I want you to know that the Laptops will all be shipped to your
location by our shipping agent"
That is extremely indicative of a scam.
Also, notice the terrible grammar? That is usually also a giveaway. Most professionals at least would run a spellcheck over their response, and this one has lots of English Language irregularities.
Hope this helps!
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