Job Scam?! ( Thoughts )

Obscura

Well-known member
So, since I'm in the perpetual search for a new job with stable hours, I came upon a job request. I initiated contact through email, along with my current resume/cover letter. Cause in the end, what's the harm.

What're peoples thoughts in regards to this? I think it's to good to be true. :laughing ( Also the company is situated in Hong Kong )

Detailed Job Description – Receptionist Position
The Company name is manny Plastics. We have established a strong reputation as a manufacturer and designer of technical trade extrusions for a number of industries. Using these base skills, we have expanded our offering over the years to include a range of specialist products including:
- Domestic fencing and decking
- Caravan verandahs and sundecks
- Roof walkways and safety decking
- Plastic Piling
- Tambour doors and shutter systems
- Wall protection systems
- Window & door systems

We have accepted your application for the job and We have your information in our database. The primary goal of the Administrative Assistant is to provide local customer assistant to our clients within North America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service.The HR Managers checked your resume and you have been picked as one of our possible candidates for Accounts Receivable Manager due to some factors of the Company, Your primary task would be receiving payments for our company and Customers. We are about to open a representative offices or authorized sales centers in some local city in the States. Your Accounts Receivable Clerk duty would be that you become our Account Receivable Manager (ARM) and its a contract -to-hire position which is a 1 month trial after which the position is made full time .Please be advised that we need total dedication for the job.

Your duties will include: Collecting Local Payments

When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.

- Managing Data

Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.

- Forwarding of the Payments

Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

Here is an example of a brief report:
Here is an example of a brief report:

Date: August 8, '06
Buyer: Laura N. Smith
Item: Plastic Wares
Price: $ 1,921.27
10% Commission : $ 192
Fees: $ 85
Total Forwarded: $1644.27
Forwarded to: Margo Narenzo, Barcelona, Spain
Reference Numbers: 2349783981

- Fees, and Transferring Procedures

All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.

Additional Information

Salary:

During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.
-Taxes
You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company.

Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments)

1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of free time doing another job, because this job schedule is flexible, you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you should understand it.

Please kindly fill your details below, so that you can get started.

Full Name :
Full Address (No PO Boxes pls):
City:
State:
Zip/Postal code:
Home phone :
Cell phone:
Recent occupation:
Gender:
Personal Email Address:
Bank name

Human Resources Manager
Manny Plastics LTD
 

maxandgrinch

Acquired Taste
How much are they going to charge you to get setup in their system?

Might have to brush up on some skillz - I can totally see you selling Hair Brushes, Combs, Mirror, Hair Curler, and Bathroom Sets. Don't you have a whole freezer full of willing product testers and interested listeners to test your sales technique on.
 

Obscura

Well-known member
Set up is apparently "free" , there are just some glaring things that just don't sit right. They haven't given me a physical office location yet, especially since the initial ad said there would be an office in downtown OAKLAMD.

Look, I know how to separate business from pleasure. There is no way I'm going to force these products upon my girls. :x
 

maxandgrinch

Acquired Taste
That's a total scam. But you knew that - or you wouldn't be sharing it, until you had it in the bag (not your dead hooker bag, the 'theoretical' bag).

The grammar is pretty bad too - the people I know that do business in HK could put most of us to shame with written grammar.
 

Obscura

Well-known member
No need to read the rest of it, I just C/P what I received :laughing

To many glaring possibilities, plus the end just screamed it. English is the language of the rest of the world, us western society hillbillies can't sling sentences worth shit all. :|

Though I am half tempted to send them a mish mosh of information just to screw with them.
 

Obscura

Well-known member
Ritch, Tortillas are so 05. Chili Cheese Fries are in now :thumbup

I know it's a job scam, thought I'd share it with everyone. Though I think this time around my dry sense of humor is pretty dry. :laughing
 

Removed 4

Banned
Never had a job ask me what bank I used on an application. Wonder if they would tell you what bank they used.

There is a Manny Plastics LTD in Hong Kong as per Google.
 
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Obscura

Well-known member
Full Name : Barry Manilow White
Full Address (No PO Boxes pls): 9412 E14 Street, Apt B
City: Oakland
State: CA
Zip/Postal code: 94612
Home phone : 1 415 228 0207
Cell phone: 1 650 998 1107
Recent occupation: Fluffer
Gender: Male ( Transgender )
Personal Email Address: rigobertoblystone62z@gmail.com
Bank name Washington Mutual

Should I send it or not? :laughing
 

Mike T

Ahahahahahaahahahahahaaha
:( i hate when im looking for a job and then find one...but you have to put up money to work....:(

i rather have a normal job where i go in, they pay me while i work, and im out :p
 

beavis

Well-known member
It is a scam. There can be 2 thing that can happen.

1. They will send you fake cashiers checks and will ask you keep your commission and return them the remaining amount of money. You will lose money

2. You can be helping out in a money laundering operation without knowing. Lets say A has to send money to D where both A and D are criminals. They are the one trying to launder money. They will hire B and C to collect payments. B and C are innocent bystanders like you. B doesn't C and C doesn't know B. They send it through a couple of channels to make it a little difficult to track. In this scheme, they will pay you money, but I doubt if it is 10%.
 
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