There seems to be a new flavor of the Nigerian 419 scam. I got a strange E-mail this morning from what seemed to be CareerBuilder.
Dear Randy Aldrich ,
Our organization is involved in purchase, sale and exchange of Online currencies, such as and etc.
Our branches are located in Finland, Germany and Sweden. Presently we have an open part-time vacancy of Transfer Manager in USA.
We have found your CV at CarrerBuilder.com and consider that you meet all the requirements of proposed vacancy.
We are seeking for a competent person to join our team. If you are interested in possessing of new expertise,
start a new career and wish to receive a better compensation, we would be pleased to take you on.Vacancy description:
The work of Transfer Manager includes infrequent receipt of payments (via your bank account)
from US customers and subsequent transfer of funds via Wire Transfer Services to our company, and deciding side points connected with the job.
We will provide you with comprehensive instructions for each remittance.
You will surely enjoy a versatile experience of Transfer Manager?s position offered by our organization.Our organization will undertake for all the fees and side payments.
Our best candidate should:
- Have 3 ? 10 free hours per week
- Be honest-minded, responsible, punctual and operative in work
- Have excellent communications skills
- Be a competent PC user
- Have an experience in consumer service industry (preferable)
- Have an ability to work as a telecommuter
- Be a person aged from 21 to 65
We offer an average compensation of $700-1400 per week. Compensation is commission-based (you obtain up to 8 % of each completed transfer).
Take all the advantages of Transfer Manager?s position, such as:
- Universal esteem and self-respect
- Increased free personal time
- Financial sovereignty achieved in short terms
- Availability to work efficiently as a telecommuter, with a very flexible schedule
WE WILL UNDERTAKE FOR ALL THE FEES CONNECTED WITH YOUR EMPLOYMENT If you find the above agreeable with your character and personality,
and you would like to be a part of our team, please fill form on our site (EDIT: link removed to protect innocent).We would be pleased to provide you with comprehensive information (web sites, licenses and etc.) and also to answer all your questions.
This only made it through my CareerBuilder Gmail Filter (auto-archives everything from Careerbuilder) because it was from a bogus E-mail address.
Really this doesn’t look THAT out of the ordinary from the typical CareerBuilder spam except the several mentions of how “the fees will be covered by the employer” and the line:
The work of Transfer Manager includes infrequent receipt of payments (via your bank account)
If you see something like this please mark it as spam and don’t respond/reply/click any links.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.