Is this a scam?

Lrv2885 on 05/05/2014 - 14:48

Got an email today from guy offering a job, I find the whole thing to be a scam.

Email which I got:

Today at 1:46 PM

"

*XXX Financial Services Limited,
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
Auckland, 0600, New Zealand.

Hello XXXXXX,

XXX Financial Services Limited is pleased to offer you a job as a Payment Protection Manager in Australia. We have found and carefully reviewed your CV at Seek job's board. We trust that your knowledge, skills and experience will be among our most valuable assets.

Why we need Payment Protection Managers

When buying-selling operations via the Internet are concerned, the buyer and the seller don't know each other and are placed in different corners of the world. Therefore, it is important both to the buyer and the seller for their transaction to be made safely. Payment Protection means receiving money concerning the transaction by a reliable, experienced, impartial person - our Payment Protection Manager. He will hold all the money until all the terms of the deal are satisfied and only then release them to the intended receiver.

Having a Payment Protection Manager in every country we can quickly transfer funds inside a country without wasting time on the international bank transfers, and continue our rapid growth rather than overwhelming our own bank account with inbound and outbound transactions leading to severe hold times and possible service interruption. It is time that is of significant importance to our clients.

As a Payment Protection Manager your duties will include:

  1. Route and input all payment instructions received by mail, fax or electronically in a timely and accurate manner.
  2. Control work flow on a daily basis to ensure deadlines are adhered.
    1. Monitor and control of required reports.
  3. Basic knowledge of online payment systems.

Should you accept this job offer, per company policy you'll be eligible to receive the following benefits:

  • Salary of 32000 $AUD/annually, paid in monthly installments (approx. 2700 $AUD/month) by your choice of direct bank transfer or cheque.
    • Bonus up to 7% from the amount of each processed transaction.

This job doesn't take more than 2-3 hours a day, so you may combine it with your personal activities.

HOW TO APPLY:
If you would like to find out more about the position and apply please reply to this e-mail and our hiring manager XXXXXXXXXX will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

We at XXX Financial Services hope that you'll accept this job offer and look forward to welcoming you aboard.

P.S. Please note that due to a high response we are getting for our positions, it may not always be possible to personally reply back to you with feedback in the same day.

—
Yours sincerely,
XXX Financial Services team.*"

General Discussion

Comments

  • indium on 05/05/2014 - 15:24

    Sounds like a good opportunity. Where did you submit your resume so I can also apply?

    • CI on 05/05/2014 - 17:33

      Please don't

  • [Deactivated] on 05/05/2014 - 16:04
    +4

    XXX Financial Services Limited… good to see the adult industry is branching out.

  • altomic on 05/05/2014 - 16:44
    +4

    you didn't even apply for this job and it is being offered to you.

    this is your lucky day.

    and all those people out there complaining about how hard it is to get a job.

  • Davo1111 on 05/05/2014 - 17:23

    seems vague. Delete and move on

  • jnewau on 05/05/2014 - 17:28
    +4

    Welcome to the world of money laundering!

  • kiamsup on 05/05/2014 - 17:55

    NEVER look at this twice. Delete and move on. Seriously, scammers are LOSERS.

  • 2ndeffort on 05/05/2014 - 18:55

    Advanced fee fraud. If you were stupid enough to respond to this you would receive the next part of the script. Eventually you will receive something asking for some 'Administration fees' or 'Setup Fees'. This will be made to sound trivial as it will be a very short term formality in order for you to get to the massive unbelievable 'bonus' or other gravy that is just 'out of reach'.

    If you were to compound the problem by actually sending any $$ you would never see it again. They might just disappear with the money or they might stick around and tell you about a 'snag' that would require more money etc etc.

    • cwongtech on 05/05/2014 - 19:01
      +1

      Advanced fee fraud. If you were stupid enough to respond to this you would receive the next part of the script. Eventually you will receive something asking for some 'Administration fees' or 'Setup Fees'. This will be made to sound trivial as it will be a very short term formality in order for you to get to the massive unbelievable 'bonus' or other gravy that is just 'out of reach'.

      I think it's actually a money laundering thing they're asking him to do.. because from what the description says, OP is going to be used as personal escrow/middleman of a "legitimate" transaction.

      • 2ndeffort on 05/05/2014 - 19:25
        +1

        The criminal gangs literally smash out thousands of these as spam. They make up any story they can to make it sound legitimate. If they send out enough they will eventually hook somebody.

        It would be a very sophisticated operation indeed if they were trying to 'launder' money using total strangers. I find it hard to believe they would risk any of their actual money (if they have any) with strangers. These low lives prey on people that are desperate enough to risk what little they have in the hope of doing a little bit better. At least this one is written in readable English and there is no references to praying on the bible etc.

        If you head across to www.419eater.com and have a read on some of their case studies it will give you a good idea about how this game works.

        Oh and I've also seen about 20 different variations on this one with slightly tweaked versions of the same script and altered job descriptions/pay/bonuses/working hours etc etc Those other ones were all advanced fee fraud.

  • lololo on 05/05/2014 - 20:47

    Check their name here http://abr.business.gov.au/

    • Peace Maker on 05/05/2014 - 21:24

      ^ this won't necessarily help. Anyone can search and use the identity of a legit business.

  • Peace Maker on 05/05/2014 - 21:23
    +1

    They'll ask for your bank account details to receive 'payments' which you then forward to them via a wire service like Western Union. Police follow the money trail back to you.

    The 'payments' you receive will generally be from eBay fraud or similar that the scammers give out to conclude bogus sales.

    Steer clear and share with others in your social network. Spreading the word will help educate others about scams.

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