Friday, February 10, 2012

Is this a work at home scam?

This is the email I received from an email application I sent in response to a Craigslist (yes, Craigslist) posting for a data entry clerk. I think it's a scam especially since they provided no contact information (phone # or address of the "company." There's no real way to look up the company and I couldn't find them on the BBB website. Besides, look at the application on the bottom. Can't they just get that info from my resume? I just want to see other people's opinions just in case since I really need a job. Here's the response I received:







Dear Applicant,



Thank you for submitting your resume and cover letter for consideration of the position recently posted on craigslist. We are currently in the early stages of our hiring process, and while we found your resume properly titled and your cover letter virtually free of misspellings, Your resume was warmly received and reviewed by the company's hiring department.



Rusty Tech. is in need of a representative urgently to attend to customer's to enter the daily entry for the production of the company. I believe with your resumes you are most suitable person to fit in the position and the kind of personal that the company is looking for.



Job Description:

The primary goal is to provide local customer support to our clients within North America. This includes providing convenient payment options and informing them of shipping and the terms of sale.

You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service via email.



Your Duties Will Include:

Collecting Local Payments

When a buyer in the US decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: Local Certified Check / Money Order.The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers and certified checks are the options that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.



Managing Data:

Along with the payments received from buyers you will receive details for the sales.

The details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.



Forwarding of the Payments

Once you receive %26amp; process each payment, you earn 10% of the amount received and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.



Correspondence

You will submit a brief reports, weekly reports, and monthly reports. Weekly and monthly reports are to be done in Excel format and are to summarize all transactions completed within the week, or month.



Here is an example of a brief report:

Date: May 29, '11

Buyer: Josh Mike

Item: 2 Laptops

Item Price: $1500

Your Commission 10%: $ 150

Transfer Fees: $ 50

Total Forwarded: $1300

Reference Numbers: 23497839



Fees, and Transferring Procedures

All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks, you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments through wire service.



Salary:

You will receive a salary of $900/2weeks aside the commission on every payment processed.



Personal Information (Complete the form below to apply)



First Name:

Last Name:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Residential Phone Number:

Mobile:

Present Job (If Any):





Respectfully yours,



Mr. Richard Bos.



Rusty Tech.Is this a work at home scam?
This is money laundering, pure and simple. You can go to prison for this. They will send you counterfeit checks/money orders
Read this girl's story http://www.kirotv.com/money/16091642/det鈥?/a>
There are thousands of similar stories every month but most don't end up in the press

DO NOT send these people ANY personal info and forward it to the FBIs IC3 division
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

A real company does not ask people they have never met to handle any finances - by law these would have to be processed through a business banking account. If you use your personal account you are committing tax evasion, bank fraud and felony money laundering

This scam has been around for years - does this look at all familiar?
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtop鈥?/a>
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=126鈥?/a>
Absolutely a scam - don't touch it. Those "payments" you'd get from "customers" would eventually bounce, and you'd be out the money you had forwarded.



Real common scam try.



It's not like NONE of the jobs on Craigslist are legit, some are, but most are scams.Is this a work at home scam?
SCAMIs this a work at home scam?
You may have heard the saying "If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a ...." ". I'd say that your initial reaction is correct. It wreaks of "scam". You may find the article below informative.



http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/con鈥?/a>
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