New twist on an old email scam

[SmokinDuck]

Got this today.

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Pam John, I am a Personnel Department manager in Global Shipping Agency Ltd and I would like to offer you a job of Customer Service Financial Assistant in our company.

First of all, I would like to make a brief review on our company. Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (GSA Ltd.) was formed in 1996, we are an International Shipping Company based in Hong Kong. We aim to deal with both the intricate logistics and freight forwarding requirements of major companies and PLC's as well as smaller companies and household removals. With everybody receiving the same high level of professional service - whether using our express air services or cheaper freight forwarding or groupage freight shipping services.



For more information, please visit our web-site http://shipbal.net/vacancies.php.

Today we would like to offer you a position of our Customer Service Financial Assistant with a prospect of a career growth.

In January, 2009 our Marketing Department started a research in the USA to determine the places with the highest customer activity. By the time research finishes, there will be up to 5 cities chosen, with the highest level of clients’ activity. We will be happy to offer you a position of a full-time manager at one of our newly opened American offices, once you perform well at a part-time position.

As for now, let me tell more about a part-time position of a Customer Service Financial Assistant.
At this position, you would be responsible to deal with the payments form our European customers; these can be companies or private individuals. You will be a middleman between our customers based in Europe and the regional branches of the company. Your mission will be to fasten the process of payment delivery, so that to help us get the payments in regional branches efficiently, deal with each of the customer orders in shortest possible dates, attract extra customers and improve company’s total profit.

Moreover, it is important to notice, that we work on special program under patronage of US Government for reducing cheap-contracts taxes. The reason we join that program is the European Union economic restrictions that affect us. If the payment is forwarded directly to one of our European accounts, our customers would have to pay another 25%-27% as a fee to the European government, which would make their expenses much higher. This 27%-Law was made by European Bank Association to protect the interests of European banks, but it affects us as well.

This is a step-by-step description of your responsibilities on a position during the approbation period:

You will have to deal with the customer payments, arranged by the Company Head Office for you. Our Head office will arrange every new coming payment with you in advance over the phone ( so that to make sure you are available) and then send you an e-mail with all the details that you might need, a step-by-step instruction, exact amount transferred, the name of the customer who made the payment and the details of the regional branch the money is supposed to be sent to.
So, after the customer makes a payment to your bank account, we will send you an e-mail with all the details of the payment. Once the payment is shown at your available balance, you are supposed to deduct your 10% commission first. Out of the 90% left you are supposed to deduct the related charges for the Western Union fee. The amount left after all the deductions are made is supposed to be transferred by Western Union to one of our regional branches (depending from and to what destination the transportation is required).

We use Western Union service to fasten the process of payment delivery – this I an instant money transfer service, and the money you sent is available for the receiver immediately.

As this is a part-time job position – you will get 2 payments a week to deal with during the approbation period and then up to 3-4 payments a week once we sign up a working agreement with you. Once you get some experience, you will probably need less than 1,5 hours to finish the whole task.

We offer that for the approbation period for the incoming customer payments you either use the existing bank account of yours or open a separate bank account for the company needs ( the amount of each payment on the trial period will not exceed 10000 usd). Once we sign up a long-term working agreement with you, we will assist you in opening a business account for the company payments as we will expect more payments of larger amounts to be arranged for you to deal with. The business account takes some time and effort to be opened, and so that not to lose time (as we are just going to test each other) we advice to start with some private account first.

The approbation period lasts for 2 weeks, which allows both of us make sure we are comfortable to deal with each other. We will sign up a pre-contract agreement with you, which will be valid through the approbation period only. Once the approbation period has gone through successfully, we will be happy to sign up a long-term working agreement for part-time employment on a regular basis with you. Some of our lawyers come to the USA every 1-2 months, so once a lawyer comes to the USA, we will arrange a meeting for you, for all the papers to be signed up.

This position offers excellent benefits and basic salary of $2000 a month, along with long term career progression opportunity. Apart from a basic salary, we also offer you a 10% commission out of each project you are dealing with, so that to encourage you to deal with more payments and keep your interest in finishing any new coming task in shortest possible dates.

Once you get more experienced and are able to come with your duties easily, you will be offered to take more responsibility on a position. Experienced managers normally do all the arrangements regarding new coming customer orders themselves – communicating with the customers and regional branches, making lists of transportations, authorizing each new customer order with the company Head Office, dealing with the payments and sending them to the final destination. These responsibilities involve more time to be spent, but as well higher earnings. For all the business calls to go through successfully, you will be equipped with an iPhone. As well we will cover your international call expenses.

If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to e-mail us.
We are looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.


Anyone wanna mess with them?

[G G]

nah not me.

[DPD6030]

Got this one today Now that's just low, passing yourself off as a Reverand.

JOHNSON ENGINEERING COMPANY,
26, V-Island Road,
Ikeja Avenue,
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

I am Rev.David Johnson from Canada, I have been an international
contractor that collects contract from Big Companies and countries, I got
involved in one contract in Nigeria which my payment was refused, I was
down and almost lose hope. After 2 years of this contract I later talked
to God to assist me in getting this money.

I made a vow to benefit someone with the sum of $900,000.00 draft payment
if my payment could be approved and to my surprise I was called upon by
the Nigeria Government sometimes last month that my contract file have
been looked into and it is ready for payment.I never believed it until I
was advised by my Pastor and later moved down to Nigeria and to my
unbelievable surprise I was paid this money.

Due to my pledge to God I have agreed to show the person that i will be
sending the $900,000.00 through ballot system on the internet which
happened to be your email so you are lucky.

What you have to do now is to get in touch with my secretary Mr Robert Dennis
and instruct him on how to send your $900,000.00 Bank draft to
you. BELOW IS THE CONTACT OF MY SECRETARY

Mr Robert Dennis
E-mail address:
office phone :+-

Send to my secretary your contact address and telephone number,let him
make arrangement for the shipment of your draft to your doorstep and also
you can give him a call to confirm your address.What I want you to believe
now is that this is the opportunity which God have promised you this year
so it is better you have it in time before it goes again from you so
contact my secretary in time.And for your information presently i am in
the United Kingdom for another contract so i want you to go into prayer
with me for the success of this contract. With Best

Regards,
Rev.David Johnson.

[hotreds]

Interesting he actually used Nigeria!

I get these a few times a month. Funny how much time and effort they give to gaining your trust with these stories,,,,so many scammers and all they need is one person to fall for these.

[DonniePaul]

Looks like I found a new job! How could it go wrong?



Cigary is right. It only takes one person to fall for it and the bottom feeders get their money.