Barrister Harry Mcdonald Esq Scam

And here's yet another scam...

Law Chamber Principal Attorney
Harry Mcdonald & Associates
44, Kofo Abayomi Avenue,
Victoria Island,
Lagos-Nigeria.

Dearest,

Before I proceed I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust,

I am Barrister Harry Mcdonald, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.Steve Anderson. who used to work with Agip Oil Company in Nigeria.

On the 21st of April 2003, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu Express Road.

Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident.Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client in a Bank.

Fortunately, the Finance House where the deceased deposited the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) knows me very well and has ask me to present some one to claim the fund left by my late client as they all know I am his attorney.

Consequently, the Bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to claim the US$15 Million (Fifteen Million United States Dollars only) in their custody within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Bank.

Upon receipt of the fund,I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will share the money in this order: 60% will be for me, 40% will be for you. I have all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we may make with the Bank.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through my alternative email address:(harrymcdonald025@yahoo.co.jp) for further details.

Yours Sincerely.


Barrister Harry Mcdonald Esq)
Principal Attorney.

Sarah Smith London England Scam

Wow and here's a sad sob story scam from another person in my yahoo email box:

Dearest Friend,

I am writing you from the tears, sore and pains in my heart to let you know the reason why I picked you for my proposal. I am sincerely sorry if I disturb your privacy with my proposal; firstly I will start by introducing myself. My name is Sarah Smith; I'm 25 years old, I school and work as a cloth maker after my studies, I live in London England. I am the only daughter of my parents, my father died in an auto accident on his way to see my sick mother where she was admitted for breast cancer treatments. My mother gave up when she heard about the death of my father in same hospital where she was admitted, May their soul rest in perfect peace, amen. Before the death of my father he willed his Real Estate & Gas station business to me and a sum of Ј50,700,000.00(Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling). After the death of my parents I find it difficult paying my school fees, feeding and taking care of myself as a lady as no one is left to guild me.

I went to the bank where my late father deposited the fund for me to make some withdraw out from the account, I was not grant access to draw from the account due to the clause that was placed on the money by my late father before his death, saying I must be 30 years of age before I will have access to claim the fund by myself or if I am married before the age of 30 my husband will be eligible to collect the money for me or if I could present a trust worthy person to the bank as my relative the fund will be given to the person on my behalf. But today I am only 25 years old I have no access to draw from the account till I am 30 but as things are with me now, I might also lose my life since I can't feed well which is the reason why I am contacting you to help me, Please I am pleading with you to stand in as my husband to claim this fund or if you are married already and still wish to help me by standing as a relative to claim this fund for me I will be more than happy to tell you more on how we are to proceed.

Please write me on this e-mail address :sarah.smith.112@live.co.uk


I will be waiting to hear from you,


With Love


Sarah Smith.

House Lamido Investment Project Scam

Well, I will have to say...the scammers from Nigeria are getting a little bit smarter than before. Now I have this offer below:

From The Desk of: Engr. House Lamido. Date: January 21, 2011
Email address: engrhouselamido@yahoo.co.jp
URGENT INVESTMENT PROJECT
Dear Sir,

with esteemed regard and confidentiality, we send you this information. We are members of a five man Contract Review Panel/Task Force, set up by the Federal Government to review and recommend to the government, completed contract projects in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Aviation (FMTA) Project at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (FCT), and Port Harcourt International Airport - Omagwa (Rivers State), and furthermore, advice on payment procedures to prospective beneficiaries.
In the course of carrying out this vital assignment, we realized that huge amount of money US$72,530,000.00 (Seventy Two Million, Five Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) is currently floating in the FMTA account with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which we found out that their existence is as a result of over inflated invoice from various contracts, which till today remained unclaimed. We therefore have decided to transfer this money out of the country for our own benefit. It is this inflated amount in the sum of US$72,530,000.00 (Seventy Two Million, Five Hundred and Thirty Thousand United States Dollars) that we seek your assistance to pay through your channel by including your name in the schedule for payment.

The Federal Government of Nigeria, is currently short listing names of successful contractors whose contract job has been fully executed and commissioned, between 2007-2010,in order to effect their payment, as this is one of the top priorities in the agenda of this present government.

We want to seek your assistance with respect to facilitating this opportunity to enable us include your name among the successful beneficiaries of the confirmed contract payments.

We have made elaborate consultations and agreed unanimously on investing this money into a profitable business in your Country through your able assistance and cooperation. Upon the successful confirmation of the money in your custody, we agreed that you shall hold 25% of the total sum, and you shall advice on the area of investment you will put in our share of the money. We are still in service, so, you shall be in control the investment on a five years period agreement.
Be 100% assured that all we shall do shall be legally guided as you are guaranteed of your protection and no risk on your part. This business will last for about 14 working days, if you give us your maximum cooperation.

We look forward to your response and indication of positive interest to work with us in this once in a lifetime opportunity. If this proposal interests you, please send your full names and telephone numbers to us, as we have to engage in a brief telephone discussion to give you more information concerning this transaction.
Thank you in anticipation of your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Engr. House Lamido.

Sadid Abid Halabi Scam For Business Operations

Below is another scam by email:

Dear Beneficiary,
I am currently seeking means of establishing my business interest in any business sectors and if you think you have a solid background and an idea of making good profit in any business sector in your country, please write me for possible business co-operation.

am ready to facilitate and fund in any business that is capable of generating 20% annual return on investment (AROI). Looking forward for a possible business collaboration with you. , If you are interested in making this business a success Reply me via email: sadidhalabi@rediff.com with the details of the following

1. Your full Name,
2. Address or full Company address
3. Your identity such as, international passport or driver's license 4. Your contact phone numbers and fax

And i will call you shortly so we can proceed..
Regards,
Sadid.

Sour Tour Manager Job Scam Amir Salinas

I've been missing in action to finish up a temporary job I started a few months ago. But I'm back now and this job scam was just too good to pass up from

Below is the email scam from Amir Salinas [dialsvo4x2u@yahoo.com]:

Good day.

Travelling agency "Sour Tour" has a vacancy position as "Tour Manager".
Sour Tour was founded in 2001, its head office is located in Sweden. We are one of the best 10 tourist agencies in Europe. We have been working in USA since 2002.

About Job. You will be official representative of our company in USA. All you have to do is to support our american clients during their tours in Europe. We don't ask for any special knowledge from you. Our manager will train you and will be glad to help you any time. We appreciate employees who take responsibility for their work. Your monthly salary is $4000 USD but later it can differ. It's a part-time job, you have to work 3-4 hours daily.

We give you an opportunity to get job, after 3 months of hard work we review the results. If our clients are satisfied with your work, your salary will be changed and you will be promoted. So your career depends on your hard work and your will to have a job.


If you are interested in this job you can contact us through e-mail. After that we will send you particulars of the job.

Have a happy day.

Anyone have any doubts this job is a scam?

JobNab Is A Fake Job Website/Organization

I just received a somewhat friendly but not real employment opportunity from www.jobnab.com. It's a scam as well offering you an opportunity to return to college but not having a real job offer in the first place.

I must go to work but I will post more on this later tonight or tomorrow.

Until then be careful of jobnab.com, if you have any doubt, simply "google" jobnab and see all the results.

Have a good week everyone!!

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