Hartford Financial Services Fake Job Scam

And here's another fake job scam pretending to look like the reputable Hartford company itself. The email came from a dubious email address of hamel2002@msn.com and Farrah Stark, not from the Hartford company of insurance located in the United States. There are also typos in the verbatim email below leading me to know for sure this job is indeed a scam and fake.


Hello.

Established in 1810, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) is one of the largest insurance and investment companies based in the United States, with offices in the United States, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Ireland. The Hartford Europe GMBH is a European Division of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc , provider of life insurance, group and employee benefits, automobile and homeowners insurance and business insurance - as well as investment products, annuities, mutual funds, and college savings plans. After 200 years in business , The Hartford is known for its superior customer service and continued operational excellence.

We are currently recruiting for a junior accountant position. Entry level candidates and college grads that want to join a fast paced and growing company.


job conditions :

- Part/Full time employment with flexible schedule
- Compensation 2000k + 2% commission bonus/month (USD)
- An excellent growth platform and a great working environment
- Free Training
- No investments or sales involved

Job requirements

- 1 year data entry experience preferred
- Knowledge in accounting basics +
- Must pass a phone interview
- Need to open an account in the affiliated bank, authorized under the program “ International Asset Protection” by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.


JOB LOCATION: Work remotely with an ability to move to the convinient office location after the 2 month trial period.


If you are interested, please reply to : olakedi@gmail.com with your contact details. In the subject line of your email, please mention "Junior Accountant Apps"

All the best.

BDL Group International Fake Job Scam

Here's another generic company with questionable job descriptions offering me a job.

Below is the email:

We have selected your CV and desire to present to you a job opportunity in clerical and administrative services at BDL Group.The ideal applicant must possess outstanding communication skills, be attentive to details, and able to work in a fast paced working environment.

At BDL Int. we offer an encouraging working environment. The position provides an attractive performance related compensation as well as a base salary and the support of our global experts at all times. Flexible working hours, part time and full time available.
If you are interested in joining a group where input counts, please hiring@bdl-careers.com and we will forward to you further details on this offer.

Thank You,
BDL Int.

Shell International Lottery Scam Dr. Ellen R. Gomez

Below is an email saying I've won the Shell International Lottery:

GOOD DAY ESTEEMED AWARD WINNER,

SHELL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT SPAIN has just concluded final draws from it's periodical promotional program An exclusive list of thousands of individual and corporate bodies were picked by automated random computer search from the internet No tickets were sold. You emerged as one of the lucky winners and you are therefore entitled to a sum of €350.000.00 Euros Only .

See attachment for more details and procedures.

For the security purpose,a password is required to enable you view the
attachment.

Password: (boy).

Yours Faithfully,

Dr Ellen R.Gomez,
Online Coordinator for .
Shell Petroleum Company Spain.
No 72 Avenida Parque Grande,
Madrid Spain.
Email:shellpetroleumcompany@europe.com
:lotteryshell24@yahoo.com

There is a Microsoft Word document attached and when you open it up, you are prompted for the password above that I would read as (boy). However trying different variants of this password does not work. I wonder if the scammer did this on purpose to get you to email them directly and state password issues so the individual will have a valid email address to harvest elsewhere.

Be careful and watch out for somewhat poorly convincing scams that exist out there!!

John Paul International Monetary Fun Nigerian Scam

Here's another Nigerian scam email. I noted before and it still amazes me these individuals give an international number to call them on.

Below is the email:

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand for money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remain unpaid to you.

I am Mr.John Paul a highly placed official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It may interest you to know that reports have reached our office by so many correspondence on the uneasy way which people like you are treated by Various Banks and Courier Companies across Europe to Africa and Asia and we have decided to put a stop to that and that is why i was appointed to handle your transaction here in Nigeria.

All Governmental and Non-Governmental parasites, NGOs, Finance Companies, Banks,Security Companies and Courier companies which have been in contact with you of late have been instructed to back up from your transaction and you have been advised NOT to respond to them anymore since the IMF is now directly in charge of your payment. You are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with respect to your transaction as your fund will be transfered to you directly from our source. I hope this is clear. Any action contrary to this instructions is at your own risk.

Respond to this with immediate effect and we shall give you further details on how your fund will be released. Also call me as soon as you send the e-mail so that you will be given an immediate response:

Direct Hotline: CALL : +234-706-341-3029

Regards,
Mr.John Paul
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

CAMU Officer Fake Job Scam

Sorry for the lack of posts but I've been away visiting family in another state.

Here's an email that's not well written for a job that just simply does not exist except in a scam sort of way:

Dear Jobseeker

You were sent this notification because there is a match a recent posting at careerbuilder.
Prominent industrial and investment holding with diverse and flexible organization with operations in fields is presently hiring employees into its financial department.
There is an available part-time vacancy of City Account Management Unit in our business, that requires a obliged person. Our company, have a part-time vacant of CAMU Officer that require skilled individual to fit it.

Position requirements

- The candidate must be 21 or more
- US residents only
- Remote work
- Be available on the phone
- Know Microsoft Word

Expected income ratio can go up to 5, 000.00 $ - 10, 000.00 $ a week. Bonuses provided. There is no affiliation fees.

Email us.

Regional Sales Represenattive Scam Clio Armstrong

And here's another job scam...if there's any doubt it's a scam, just look at the salary offered for the position and the 30-60 minutes a day you are required to work at the actual job.

Below is that email:

Hello.

We are currently looking for a few qualified individuals to become members of our team. If you are looking for new experience, new accomplishments in your career, and are willing to receive better salary you are welcome to join our company.

Job Description:


The task of the Regional Sales Representative is collecting payments from customers in timely manner and to solve issues associated with these tasks.
If you don't have bank account, our manager will find nearest bank, and open a new checking account there.
All fees will be paid by our company.
Every payment order will be accompanied with detailed instructions. It is a part-time, work-at-home position.
We are offering to you a commission based position. You will get 8% of each processed payment immediately, right after you accomplish the task.

Requirements:

* Adult age;
* Good communications skills;
* Any experience in customer service sphere is appreciated;
* Willingness to work from home, take responsibility and achieve higher goals;
* Experience in Internet usage;
* Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations;
* Work in Microsoft Word/office


Salary: $1500 / month

This job will allow you to:


* work efficiently from home;
* increase available personal time;
* get financial independence for less time than it's usually required;
* develop high self-respect and esteem.

Working hours are flexible. You can choose to perform the work when it is convenient to you.
The general requirement is to spend 30-60 minutes a day for the work.
You will need to check your e-mail 3-5 times a day to see if there is any work for you.

If you are interested, please reply to : supdora@gmail.com.


Have a nice day,
Inter Steel

Jeremy Watts Horrocks Invest Ltd. Fake Job Offer

Here's another email offering another job that I am 100% sure does not exist. Notice the job gives a fake requirement that you must have "learning ability" to qualify for this position.

Below is the email:

Dear XXX XXXXXXXXXX!

We are glad to inform you that Horrocks Invest Ltd. company is currently hiring

new employees. Our company deals with direct investments of small and medium

businesses around the world and currently we are looking for a goal-oriented,

hard-working and responsible person for the position of Regional Representative.

This position is available for you. You will surely meet the company’s minimum

requirements:



-full legal age

-US citizenship or work permit

-confident PC user

-ability to meet the deadline when performing the set tasks

-hard worker

-learning ability



In order to proceed please submit your application in form of most

recent CV/resume via email (by replying to this message) once again

and confirm that all submitted information is correct and up-to-date

(your details will be treated in the strictest of confidence).

I assume that you would be able to start working as soon as possible.

Please confirm this. Also, during the next several weeks, please keep

us informed of any deadlines that you may be facing (pending job

offers, current employment obligations, etc).

Thank you and feel free to email me any questions that you may have

at this point by replying to this message. Looking forward to your

response.



(!) please note, that we use public mail server to ensure the

delivery of your request.



Have a nice day.

Horrocks Invest Ltd.

Response From Monster.com Regarding Fake Job Scams On Their Website

Below is a response from Monster.com regarding the fake job question I posed on the entry directly before this one:

Hello Xxxxxxxxxx,

Thank you for contacting Monster. My name is Rashana and I will be glad to assist you with this issue.

So that I may appropriately report this spam/scam email to the appropriate vendors, please provide me with the full Internet header information from the email. Instructions on obtaining the header information can be found at the following link: http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/19.html.

If you have any further questions or wish to speak with a Monster Customer Service Representative, please contact us at 1-800-Monster.

Thank you for contacting Monster,

Rashana
Monster Global Customer Service

Then I replied with the following email:

I am sorry but I deleted the emails. Is there anything Monster can do to screen these ridiculous offers of employment that are scams? Or is there a way to remove all my information so I won’t get contacted by those who say they’ve seen my resume or address on Monster.com who then send me these fake job offers of employment?
Thank you.


And then Rashana replied with the following:

Hello Xxxxxxxxx,

In order to ensure that you don't receive any job alerts, you will need to make sure that you don't have any saved job searches set up on your account. if you don't wish for employers to view your resume, you can change the status of your resume to private. Once you set your resume status to private, your resume will not be viewable by employers. However if you wish for your resume to be viewable by employers but wish to not have your personal contact information displayed, you can change your resume status to confidential. If changing your resume status to confidential, make sure that if you have any personal contact information within the body of your resume that you remove this information as well. In the case that you won't to completely remove your resume, you can delete your resume by following the steps listed below:

1. Log into your account
2. Hover your mouse over the "Profile and Resume" tab
3. Click on the orange arrow button listed under the "Action" tab
4. Click on delete
5. Confirmation deletion

You will have successfully deleted your resume.

If you have any further questions or wish to speak with a Monster Customer Service Representative, please contact us at 1-800-Monster.

Thank you for contacting Monster,

Rashana
Monster Global Customer Service

So I don't know what happened. I still receive emails that I've been discovered for fake job employment on Monster.com but my resume is missing. Could it be the scammers email the resumes around to get others interested in them to try their luck at scamming me or there is a database these scammers collect resumes on to prey on people like me looking for work? I guess I will never know but I am sure Monster.com just doesn't have the care or possible resources to stop scammers from looking at jobs. To them, anyone who pays them money can access all the list of resumes for review for these fake type jobs.

Letter Written To Yahoo/Hot Jobs About Job Scams I Now Receive

Here's a copy of an email I sent to Monster.com regarding email scams that I receive and continue to receive to my registered account with Monster.com and Yahoo Hot Jobs.

It appears now that Hot Jobs and Monster have joined together I receive far more fake jobs that are scams than ever before. Examples include an International Product Dispatcher making over $3,000 a month for one or two hours a day, Anthea Dales from Diamond Group Inc. with a potential job offer of over $3,000 a month shipping products from my home to other locations worldwide, and far more other lucrative jobs that are not legitimate offers of employment. I could start forwarding them back to Monster but I hope this is not the first time you have heard of something like this. Can monster do anything to keep these scammers from acquiring lots of my personal information I entrust to Monster.com that could possibly be used for fraudulent purposes or identity fraud? What is your take on this situation please? What can your company do to protect innocent people who may be emailed with scam offers that state they (scammers) have found my resume on Monster.com and want to solicit me for a job that does not exist? I'm looking for part-time or full time work myself. There should be an opening at Monster to screen jobs that regularly get posted that do not exist or merely seek to commit fraud on potential applicants. Thank you for any response you may have about this situation on fake job offers by email.


The next entry will be the official response from Monster.com

Nelson Emmanuel FBI Foreign Agent In Nigeria Scam

Here's another scam from a Nigerian posing as a real person. All you have to do is give him $90.00 of your money to get $80 million dollars.

And the scammers now have cell phone numbers. Amazing isn't it? They are really trying hard!!

Here's that email:

My name is Nelson Emmanuel I am an FBI foreign agent base in Nigeria,
I was assign by the (UN) united nation to send you your long term
over due payment the sum of $8.5millon, all you have to now is to
provide me the following information.

Name………………….

Address…………………..

Country………………

State…………

Occupation……………

Gender……………..

Phone number……………….

Note your $8.5m will be sending to you by casher check and you have
to pay the sum of $90 because it will be send to you by courier
service. Up on your respond I will provide you the information for
you to send the $90 through the western union money transfer today.
you can call me for more information ( +234-708-522-8570)

Kevin Miller Pound Group Inc. Job Scam Payment Processing Agent

I am very disappointed that job scammers have infiltrated Monster.com and Yahoo Hot jobs. Now I am starting to receive email notifications that companies have reviewed my resume and now want to hire me for jobs that do not exist. Or these jobs exist to serve as a scam because there is absolutely no way I can make money like what is described below and with such simple hours per day and week. I really wish I had the nerve to send all my personal information to secure fake employment just to take these scammers for a ride, but for now, I'm not nerve ready. I'd rather just expose the job as a fake job and sit back and hopefully help others from parting from any good money they may already have in favor of scams like the one below.

Any thoughts?????

Below is the fake job offer:

Dear Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,

After reviewing your resume online, we have decided to propose to you an employment offer to fill our Payment Processing Agent vacancy.

My name is Kevin Miller and I represent Pound Group Inc.

Our company is a well-known one. It was founded in the USA and deals mainly with recruitment of IT professionals.

The job we offer is a part-time position with a flexible schedule. On average, the working hours are 2-3 hours a day (Monday through Friday).
Our job requirements: Internet access and e-mail.

Successful applicants are offered a probationary period (30 days). All agents get unlimited paid training and online support. We evaluate the employees at least one week prior to the end of their training period.

NOTE: During the probationary period, termination can be recommended by the supervisor.

The pay is $2,300 per month during the training period + 8% commission from each successfully-processed payment. Total income is about $4,500 per month. After the first 30 days, your base salary will be increased up to $3,000 a month.
NOTE: After the probationary period you may request additional assignments or proceed a full-time.

If you are interested in the offer, please, contact me at pound.group.emp@gmail.com for the details.


_________FORM_______FORM________FORM_________
First name:______________________
Last name:___________________
Country of residence:___________________
Contact phone:_______________
Preferred call time:_______________
_________FORM_______FORM________FORM_________

Our representatives will reply within 48 hours.
NOTE: This is not a sales position.


Sincerely,

Kevin Miller
Pound Group Inc.

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Have a good weekend everyone!!

Addey Femola United Nations Office of International Oversight Services Nigerian Scam/Fraud

This is an interesting Nigerian scam on several levels.

(1) The person is Mr. Addey Femola...with a job title of United Nations Office of International Oversight Services. What kind of crazy Nigerian dreamed up title is that? I give them credit for it being original.

(2) The scammer to try and convince you he's on your side offers his cell phone number of +234 802 481 4161 which he says he just acquired in Nigerian. Yeah right.

(3) Notice the questions the scammer wants you to provide to them.

1. Your full name:--------------
2. Your home address:----------
3. Your contact phone number:-----------
4. Your Occupation: ----------
5. Your marital status/age:----
6. Your valid id card/international passport:--------
7. Home equity, (Yes) or (no)?

What is that, home equity yes or no? What kind of question is that? And your valid id card/international passport? What is it they are looking for here?

For a great convincing read (yet woefully a scam, please read the email in its entirety below. I will for sure give those scammers credit for trying to look more honest and less crooked but it's still a fraud for sure.

Here's that email:

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES
Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting And Investigations Division
From: Mr Addey Femola

This is to officially inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from London, after series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going on in these two nations.
I have met with President Dr. Good Luck Jonathan the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure you receive your fund in your account with some proves. Right now, as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to Ensure That Your Approved Fund Legal Papers Is Secured and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation Approved Fund Valid $10 M direct to you.
Approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. All you need to do is to furnish us your Identification (ID) and your direct cell phone to enable us cross check your information we have in our file here with us at the same time advice you on what to do to receive your fund. Sincerely, you are a lucky person. This is because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Williams Henderson from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account. Meanwhile, I have ordered the account to be deactivated until you apply for the reactivation by yourself, although the name that was used to post the fund for transfer is the Williams Henderson. Notwithstanding, you are advised to follow the below step to view the fund online that has been posted on! line which was ready for transfer

1. log on to www.skye-nig.co.cc
2. click on LOGIN
account id: xxxxxx
access code: xxxxx
1. Your full name:--------------
2. Your home address:----------
3. Your contact phone number:-----------
4. Your Occupation: ----------
5. Your marital status/age:----
6. Your valid id card/international passport:--------
7. Home equity, (Yes) or (no)?

I have a very limited time to stay here in Nigeria therefore; I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours. For oral discussion, call me on this number which I just acquired in Nigeria :
+234 802 481 4161

Sincerely yours.
Mr Addey T. Femola
United Nations Under-Secretary-
General for Internal Oversight.

James Collins Secret Shopper Job Scam

Below is another scam to my email in box and a secret shopper no doubt full of promises of $200 each week...yeah right. Scam, scam, scam. Below is the email:

Job Details

You will earn the minimum of $200 weekly by working as mystery shopper or us and your weekly pay would increase as we have verified you are capable.our employment packet includes business evaluation form, a training assignment which will be sending to you after you received payment for the assignment. Paycheck would be sent to you for the assignment by money order check or cashier check. you are to deduct your weekly commission (as will be instructed in future) which will be your wages, and the rest would be used for the assignment evaluation at the store that will be send to you and then you are to deduct your weekly commission (as will be instructed in future) which will be your wages, and the rest would be used for the assignment evaluation at the store that will be send to you.

Your Employment packet is as follows:

1. Business evaluation form: This is the form you are required to fill after you visit any shopping mall in your area, you would be given the store name and address. You are required to evaluate its customer service and quality control after their services are rendered to you.

You would require filling a form to rate the employee(s), the form would be given to you after the assignment evaluation.

2. Training Assignment: You are hired to evaluate the quality of services of the store or mall that would be given to you. You are needed to rate the employees. Please note, this is a part-time job activity.

Your First Assignment as a Mystery Shopper will be carried out at any Nearest Western Union Outlet to you, The Package that we have here for you contains a Payment (which carries Your First Assignment Commission, and the Fund to carry out the Assignment, Note that Your Commission on this first assignment will be $200 and wegive increament on each assignment you carry out successfully), All you will be doing is to get the cheque Cashed and Locate a Nearest Western Union Outlet to you and shop there like a Mystery Shopper, As a secret shopper your job is to detect any thing going on in the outlet. Make sure you memorize everything you see in there cause you would be asked some other questions when you return . Also you cant just walk out of the outlet without sending anything or you would be suspected, So that is why we sent you the funds to make the transfer(We will inform you with the information you will send the fund to), and also note that This First Assignment should not take More than 24hrs to carry out....ok?.

But before we send the Payment Package Out... We will like to confirm if this is ok with you, I mean if you will be able to carry out this assignment.. If Yes, Kindly email me If you are interested and willing to work with us, kindly email me the below details so that paycheck will be issue out in your name and then mail to your location.

Full Name:
Full Address (No P.O Box):
City,
State:
Post Code:
Cell Phone:
Age:
Present Occupation:
Alternate Email Address:

I will be looking forward to receive the above details.

Sincerely,
James Collins
Secret Shopper®

Kevin Babcock Scam Anderson, South Carolina 864-844-7697

Below is a recent twist to the Nigerian scams wanting to take your money:

Attn:

I am Mr. Kevin Babcock. I am a US citizen, 22 years Old. I reside here in 225 Hammond Cir APT C,

Anderson South Carolina 29621 United States. My phone number is 864-844-7697 and My drivers

license number is 102227086 . Am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those

that took part in the lottery in United Kingdom months ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid

over $5,000 while in the United States, trying to get my payment but all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to United Kingdom with all my claim documents, and I was directed to

meet Barrister Benedikt Caruso of Regent Chambers, who is one of the senior Barristers of Regent

Chambers and also a member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, I contacted him and he explained

everything to me. He said whoever is contacting me through email is fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my compensation payment. Right now I am the

happiest man on earth because I have received my compensation funds of 900,000.00 (Nine hundred

thousand great britain pounds). Moreover, Barrister Benedikt Caruso showed me the full

information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your email address, that is

why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they

are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister Benedikt Caruso.You have

to contact him directly on this information below.

Regent chambers

Name: Barrister Benedikt Caruso
Email: benediktcaruso@regenttchamberslaw.com
Tel: +44 131-208-4420

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that

your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and

they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I meet Barrister

Benedikt Caruso was just 300GB pounds for the paper works, take note of that. Once again stop

Contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Barrister Benedikt Caruso so that he can

help you to Transfer your Fund into your Account, instead of dealing with those liars that will be

turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete Your transaction.

Thank You and Be Blessed.

Mr. Kevin Babcock.