This is one of the oldest scams in the book as far as I been told. The reason I am reporting this is because this is bigger than one little company. There is an entire enterprise built around this scam.
I'm sure you've all seen them before, companys outside the US or someone outside the US wants you to accept payments for them so they may avoid the taxes for out of country transfers. You see scenarios given ranging from ones like this, to my little girl is overseas and I want to get her back home, etc. The first thing they do is ask for all your personal information like a drivers license photo. This is so they can commit identity fraud. They use the information to create fake accounts, like ones with FedEx, that will help further their scam.
Now if you come across one of these and decide to take the risk, do NOT accept checks as they will be fraudulent. If you're lucky enough to get a wire transfer, atleast you know the funds are there. However, if you're bank cashes this check for you, even though they say alloted time has passed for it to clear, when that check bounces back, YOU will be responsible for the funds taken and wire transfered. Thats exactly what happened to me. I thought that if the bank cleared the check atleast, that the money was in the account it came from. Well, I found out that I was wrong. Now I'm in the hole for this money.
The thing that makes this even worse is that this is a whole network designed to entrap people that need jobs, and need money. InstantHumanResources.com is a company that will pull resumes from places like Career builder and Monster and tell you about jobs that sound great. Homebased internet jobs where you can work from home and earn over $20 an hour. They have you go through the application process so they can get your information and lure you into a false sense of security. But the REAL purpose is to see the other jobs that are posted on the site, and it is ridden with scams like that one I mentioned. So this is about two companys and I will post a second report in the name of InstantHumanResources as well.
Rose-Household Textiles is one of the probably hundreds of DBAs created just for this purpose. They even have a website.
Another kicker to this is that they even tried to stick me with the postage costs from FedEx is took to mail me the fraudulent check! I received a bill from FedEx for $24 for the package. FedEx was great and was very familiar with the scam and billed it back to the sender. Unfortunately that sender is probably another victim of identity fraud. The FedEx rep was even able to name the city in Nigeria that they asked me to send the money to. So thats another clue, apparently Nigeria is the haven used to create fraudulent account from DBAs to even credit cards that are opened, money taken, and then closed the next day.
So while you're applying for jobs, be careful. Trying to better yourself and getting employment over the internet isn't even safe any more, unfortunately.
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