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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:59 pm

Hi all -
Wanted some feedback if you think this is a scammer. Looks like the company name checks out and a legit website...

But the e-mail has alarm bells going off...

Sent : Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:30 AM
To : [email protected]
Subject : New offer availible now

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Greetings!

�MURAKAMI� Lumber Company which is situated in Japan is looking for a person on
the post of the Remote Financial Manager in USA. Some time ago our company
entered American market. Each year MURAKAMI sells thousands of cubic meters of
wood such as birch, oak, pine, fir, asp and many others to our world business
partners. Now MURAKAMI is increasing the stuff and you may have a good chance to
join our team. We are looking for hardworking, serious and willing to learn
persons. You don�t need to have professional skills. We have looked through your
profile and consider you as our potential employee. If you are interested in
this job, please send us your resume and we will contact you as soon as we get
it.

The manager of MURAKAMI Company.
Shiro Tochigi.
Please contact us:
[email protected]
http://www.mr-lb.co.jp/en
US support: (646) 233-3510

Have I got a live one here??? Smile

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:00 pm

Scam alright. Your job will consist of putting bad cheques through your bank account for them, sending them the cash (minus a %) and getting into trouble when the cheque bounces.
The fact that it is an unsolicited job offer and this 'big company' are using a yahoo email addy gives it away too.
The name and website are just to add legitimacy.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:02 pm

Looks like a typical job offer scam. Read the stickys and make sure to bait safe.

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

Lots of signs that it's a scam:

1. He's using a yahoo address, not a mr-lb.co.jp address.
2. He's using "The Bat!", a mail client that scammer's love.
3. The originating machine in the headers gave a highly unusual name, and seems to have been using a reserved address.
4. ""Financial Manager" is a fancy name for someone who receives checks and sends the money out by Western Union less a few percent commission.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:03 pm

Its all so wrong, spelling, syntax etc. Its a scam guaranteed. Give it a go and see where you end up.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:19 pm

Sefton Dundridge wrote:

Its all so wrong, spelling, syntax etc.

That's pure gold compared to some of the stuff you get to read here on the forum. But still scam.

Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:51 pm

thud419 wrote:

2. He's using "The Bat!", a mail client that scammer's love.

Why do they all love The Bat! so much? I've noticed the viagra spammers are also fond of it, to the point where there's SpamAssassin rules penalizing messages from The Bat! I looked at the website, and it seems very odd and really nothing special. Does it have some particular quality that's they find useful? It's a definite sign of a less-than-legitimate message, though.

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

Back when I was on the Mandriva mailing lists, one thing Linux newbie's complained about more than anything else was that The Bat! hadn't been ported to Linux. I've never used it myself, but it has a fanatic following.

Yes, I'm fairly sure they weren't all scammers Wink