Job offer, is it a scam?

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Not quite a Newb Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 51

Just had this in my inbox, presume it is a scam?

Made me ask, as we do have a Marks Electrical shop here in my home city!

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Reply-To: <[email protected]>
From: "Mark S. Lincoln"<[email protected]>
Subject: Account Receivable officer
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 10:27:18 +0100
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Attention:Sir,

We have a job opening for the position of Accounts receivable officer. Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly? We are offering this position to all interested applicants. Please carefully read through. This employment opportunity is targeted at providing part/full time job seekers, and also people who would like to be working from home, and get paid weekly. Send in your informations for more details
to [email protected]

Full Name
Contact Home Address Plus Zip Code (Not P O Box )
Phone Number
Age
Fax Number If Any

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this email will be appreciated.

Thanks for Your Total Understanding.

Mark S. Lincoln
President / CEO
The Mark Electric Company

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:11 am

Yup, it’s a scam. I wouldn’t’ trust anybody who is using a free email account

Also, the same format can be found in ScamWarners

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2350

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:13 am

Yes of course it is. Easy to check. Call you local store and find out if they have such a vacancy (that is if you are interested). Also you are very unlikely to receive e-mails from the President of a company. To have a president the company has to be sufficient in size. You can bait this guy and see where it takes you .. good luck in your job search Smile

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:15 am

100% scam. It will claim that they have problems collecting payment from foreign customers, and want you to bank checks (fake of course) and send them the proceeds (less your percentage) via WU.

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 11:21 am

This bit's a dead giveaway:

Quote:

Mark S. Lincoln
President / CEO
The Mark Electric Company

Lads never seem to get the fact that we put the Surname / family name second. Not that you should ever correct them. Wink

ETA: I'm wrong, but so is the lad:

Quote:

Marks Electrical is a dedicated and successful local business, which was started by Mark Smithson in 1987

ETA:

Quote:

IP address [?]: 210.32.137.42 [Whois] [Reverse IP]
IP country code: CN
IP address country: China
IP address state: Zhejiang
IP address city: Hangzhou
IP address latitude: 30.2553
IP address longitude: 120.1689
ISP of this IP [?]: China Education and Research Network
Organization: Zhejiang University

Not quite a Newb Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Posts: 51

Luckily I asked, I have since blocked the sender on my tiscali account, I happen to be in full time employment already, I may have a go at baiting, once I have read the stickies, and the Eater Uni, applied for a mentor, and opened a disposable email account which does not need SMS verification.

Then I will go give these scum HELL Twisted Evil