Saturday, October 1, 2011

Is this a scam?

Is this a scam?
i received this but im not writing back. Hello, Would you like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job if you have one? Richard Cook Limited, UK.. needs an individual in the United States of America/Canada who will be working for the company and I am willing to pay for every transaction, which wouldn't affect your present state of work. Someone who will receive payments on our behalf from our customers in the United States of America/canada. These payments are in form of Money Orders or otherwise and it will be made payable to your name, so all you need do is cash the Money Orders deduct your 10 % percentage and wire the rest back to me via Western Union money transfer. We presently run a Premier Furnishing Company sited in the United Kingdom and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/bookkeeper in the USA/CANADA. We specialize in making different kinds of furnishings,demonstrating creative ideas, colors, textures and styles for every room, orthopaedic chairs and high seats. We offer a high degree of personal service, on everything from an individual item to a complete interior design scheme, which has really expanded that we furnished overseas now. Our reputation as a premier furnishing store has been achieved by searching throughout the UK and Europe for the best ranges available. We have found unusual and original pieces from traditional French farmhouse furniture to clean Scandinavian design plus leading UK.. brands to suit every lifestyle. We have been selling our furnishings for the last four years. We have sold in showrooms and to private collectors from all around the world. We are always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our furnishings to people in the United States of America, some of our customers offers to pay with UNITED STATES POSTAL MONEY ORDER OR OTHERWISE, which is difficult for us to cash here in United kingdom. So we need someone in the USA/CANADA to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and we will pay on every transaction. JOB DESCRIPTION 1. Receive payment from Clients 2. Cash Payments 3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed. 4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to our office in the United Kingdom (Payment is to be forwarded by Western UnionTransfer). It wouldn't cost you any CHARGES, you are to receive payments which will be sent to you via Fedex courier services or UPS from my clients, which would come in form of a Money Order/Certified Cashier's Check in US PAYMENT then you are to cash it and send the cash to the Company via Western Union Transfer, all transfer fees should be deducted from the capital you are sending so you have nothing to lose. If you are interested, respond immediately by sending: FIRST NAME: SURNAME: HOME ADDRESS (PHYSICAL ADDRESS ONLY, NO P.O. BOXES): APT #: CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: COUNTRY: CELL NUMBER: GENDER: MARITAL STATUS: AGE: CURRENT JOB: What is your prefared mode of communication Phone/e-mail so that our clients will start making payments to you as the company's representative in the USA. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE FUNDS THROUGH TO THE COMPANY VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. I AWAIT YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE. Warmest Regards, John Watson Human Resources Manager Richard Cook Limited, United Kingdom
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1 :
Most likely a scam. Stay away.
2 :
yes
3 :
Its a SCAM in hope to CLEAN YOU OUT. You should use the SPAM button on your e-mail program, in hopes to eliminate those sorts of e-mail. If you are using a service like Yahoo mail, then using the SPAM button will alert Yahoo, so they block that sort of threat from everyone. Internet safety also means that you have to be smart. DO NOT open email from an unknown source or with an uncharacteristic SUBJECT. Teach your friends to BE SMART too. Good luck and Happy Computing!
4 :
They say if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Many things bother me about this, but most of all the customer will send you $, you will cash the money order, withhold your 10% and send them the rest?????Who does business like that. Be careful.
5 :
yes. it fake
6 :
Yes, it's a scam. No legitimate business would ever do business that way. The money orders you receive will be fake; they're looking for gullible people who won't figure that out until it's too late.
7 :
reply at once and tell them to kill themselves.
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9 :
A scam alright. Also probably Nigerian origin. If you respond, they start calling you and tell you to deposit the 10% of the check they will send you before even depositing it. After which you realize the check is fake too. This scam has been around even before the advent of email. Sometimes about lottery, sometimes about a deposed ruler and his stolen funds. Just delete the email or report it to Yahoo.