I was contacted by the above company via email and offered a position as a part time assistant bookkeeper. They said they needed a US representative to handle payments from their US customers. As part of my job I would be receiving payments from the company's customers. They said the reason for this was that it took too long to clear checks from the US. I was to deposit these checks in my bank account and then wire them the money keeping 10% for myself.
I emailed him back and said i was interested provided he could give me the following information;
The official name, address and telephone number for your main office. The country where your company is domiciled
I will need your articles of incorporation and the name of the agency they are filed with. Any business licenses you are required to have and the agency they are filed with.
Your most recent audited financial statement or the name of the accounting firm who prepares your statements
the address for your company's website
3 references from your US customers and their address and telephone numbers.
Well I never received this information instead I received a letter from UPS two days later with a letter with 2 USPS money orders in the amount of 925.69 from a different person named'
James Nui- 2401 Winfield
Warrenville, IL 60555
The Email instructed me to deposit them into my account. Taking out my 10% I was to wire via western union charges from the 90% and to provide Jason Brown with the 10 digit mtcn, senders name and amount sent. The balance of the funds to a David Cole in Guanzhou China. This was all being done without me accepting the position.
I went to the USPS website to the Money Order page. There they instruct you what to look for. The M/O's I had had all the right markings described by the USPS. Not being satisfied I called the USPS to verify the serial numbers on the money orders. They informed me that they were bogus. So the scam was to get me to deposit these bogus M/O's wait 24 hours then wire good funds from my account. I didn't deposit the M/O's because I'm not about to be paying for this scam.
The internet is rife with these kinds of scams. Any legitimate company is going to have a license, financial statements, a CPA/Accountant. or some way you can get good independent 3rd party validation of who they are.
Against Scams
Fort Bragg, California
U.S.A.
0 comments