Some email scams are a bit more sinister and clever, this is one such as that...
I got this in my email today:
TRAN EXPORT COMPANY LIMITED TRAN EXPORT CO.LTD
Effective management and marketing solutions
Attn:
I am {Sir}Terry Lee, Managing Director Tran Export Co., Ltd. We are an Export Company based in Hong Kong. Our company has obtained your contact details from well established recruitment bureau. We thought that you could be attracted to a part time job from home position with our well established company.
AIM: Project coordinator needed.Currently we are expanding and have a limited number of job opportunities available. There is no start-up cost or any other fee to begin working with us. We need you to establish a medium of receiving payment from our customers/clients.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO:
1.Set up an effective Relationship with our customer/client: This office could be your residence; the only requirement is that you should be able to receive mail and telephone calls.
2.Assist general managers to make the financial transactions from the customers/clients: Receive the correspondence from our company or clients to his/her residential address, answer project related e-mails.
ADVANTAGES:
You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office.
Your job is absolutely legal.
You can earn 10% of any Amount paid by our client/customers depending on time you will spend for this job.
You do not need any capital to start.
APPLICATION:
Your confidential details will be used only within our company. Every perspective employee, who suits our requirements, will be contacted by our company's executive to carry out a basic phone or email interview. During the interview you will be able to ask any questions you might have.
To continue with the application process please fill in the form below and send it back to our
email:[email protected]
First Name:
Last Name:
Occupation:
Company Name:
Age:
Mailing Address:
State:
City:
Zip code:
Tel.no:
Fax no:
E-mail:
Additional information about yourself :
Regards
{Sir}Terry lee,
Managing Director
(TRAN EXPORT CO.LTD)
TRAN EXPORT COMPANY LIMITED
The first thing that caught my eye is the name of the contact "Sir Lee" or, if you say it fast, "surly."
This is known as the "check cashing" scam. you are promised 10% if you will only cash checks and forward the funds on to the main company.
You might notice the contact email is an "aim" address! No real company would ever use an aim, aol, hotmail or any other such email address. They would use something like, "[email protected]" as their email address.
Also, when a company specifically says, "Your job is absolutely legal" that is a sure fire tip that it is not in any way, shape or form legal!