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Employment Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers

Employment Advance Fee Scams Being Sent by Online Scammers

Online users are asked to beware of fake employment email like the one below. The fake employment emails are advance fee scams. The scammers send fake emails to their potential victims and ask them to send their personal information. Once the scammers have received their potential victims' personal information, they will ask them to send money in order to receive so-called information regarding their employers.

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An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.

An Employment Advance Fee Scam

From: RHODA TRADERS <employment.team1011@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 3:39 AM

Subject: JOB OFFER

GOOD DAY,

This is the EMPLOYMENT TEAM of RHODA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY located in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. And the Company is offering a Part Time job and we are willing to pay $2,780USD every 21 days and it would never affect your current job and you going to work when you are at home from your current job. The Company is not requesting for any money from you but only need your 100% Honest and Faithfulness and you are also receiving an upfront payment of $180USD before getting started. If you are willing to work as a Part Time or Full Time worker with the Company, kindly get back

to us: employment.team1011@gmail.com

YOUR DUTIES TO THE COMPANY.

The Company will send to you boxes containing Wall Fittings, you are to open them and count the number of Wall Fittings in each boxes and get back to us with the report. A FedEx Agent will come

to your location to come to pick them up and you wouldn't be ask for any fee or taxes because the Company has make arrangement for all. The FedEx Agent will come with the names and address of our

client that needed the boxes, so you don't need to paste anything on the boxes. Each time the boxes arrive to your doorstep, all you will need to do is to open and count the numbers of items in

each and get back to us with the report, so whenever our clients needed them, we get you informed and let you know when the FedEx Agent is coming to pick them at your location.

YOUR TAX.

Due to the lost we had in the past from some unfaithful and dishonest Company representatives in the Europe, Africa, Asia and American the Company now collaborated with the IRS, and this is

why you details and information are very important to us and necessary. In case we have any problem concerning you are uncompromising, dishonest and unfaithful, we can quickly update and forward your details and information to the IRS and inform them you are trying to en lop with the Company's money they can help us to get you and get our money from you. If you are okay with this job offering, get back to us with the Information required as shown below:

Full Names:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Home Phone {include time to reach you}:

Cell Phone {include time to reach you}:

Present Job:

Country:

Gender:

Age:

Email Address {That You Check On Daily Basis}

Is This Your First Online Job:

Nationality:

We will want you to get back to us with the information needed so that we can give you a full update about the payment and keep you registered with the Company as a Representative in the State.

Looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.

Best Regards.

EMPLOYMENT TEAM.

RHODA INDUSTRIAL COMPANY

49 FEATHERSTONE STREET

LONDON

EC1Y 8SY

UNITED KINGDOM

+447024044516

+1 (504) 249 8368

Fax Number: +1 (701) 540 0614

employment.team@rhodatraders.com

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Apr 23, 2020 at 8:53 PM by
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"From: www.LinkedIn.com
Date: Thursday, 23 April 2020, 8:57 AM 0000
Subject: LinkedIn Job Approval Qualification.

Greetings to you my Dear!

We have received your mail. We are writing to you this letter from LinkedIn Board Department.
Please find the Attachment below download it and go through it Very well.
After reading this mail kindly reply back to us immediately.
LinkedIn Job Approval Qualification.

Best Regards
Mr.Reid Hoffman
Foreign Service Manager
V9J5 3R Chicago, Illinois, United States
Whats-App 34611369253
Tele 14132474758
E-mail:Infocustomer-consultant.com
Address: 525 W Monroe St #200, Chicago, IL 60661, USA"

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Here is another scam:
"From: Caroline Sohnen
Date: October 11, 2019 at 1:52:53 PM EDT
Subject: Re: Indeed Inquiry

Hello,

Thanks for your response, I appreciate your interest to work as my Personal Assistant/Errand Runner. My name is Caroline Sohnen and my Husband is Joseph Sohnen, I am 53 years old. I am into Estate Management. I'm a Venture Capitalist maintaining established business correlation with diverse companies within and across the globe. We are also into buying and selling of Art collections. My present-day engagement and successive business expansion demand the role of a Personal assistant who will help support my workload in order to establish timely delivery of services and attendance to Important matters. The sensitivity of this position warrants the officeholder to be upright, responsive, accountable, trustworthy, emphatic, persevering and honest. We will be on a business trip for 2-3 weeks in Ontario, Canada, I need someone to start working for me prior to my arrival and can give me these services: Running errands within your city like paying off bills, picking up orders at stores when needed, making reservations, etc. For every week assignment, I will always give a clear set of instructions on what you are required to do for me and I promise it will always be nothing hectic. I am looking for someone that is ready to start the job as soon as possible, this job is flexible so you can do it wherever you are and I don't mind you doing all of the tasks during your spare time.

Mostly you will work for 2-4 hrs twice a week. I will start with $500 as your weekly salary. I think that is a good salary for a start and I really need you to start today or tomorrow if you are ready to work, also if you can work with little or no supervision, for now, email me with the following information so I can reconfirm your readiness to get started. This is just an illustrative message, soon as I'm back in the states in three weeks time, I will arrange a proper meeting for us both, during which proper documentation will be done. I have a couple of things you could assist me with at the moment if you will be within reach for me which could act as a good start to our working relationship. Am attaching a picture of my husband and me just for you to know us before we meet.

DO CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POSITION AND COMPLETE THE DETAILS REQUIRED BELOW.

Full Name:
Address :
Apartment Number (If any) :
City, State & Zipcode :
Cell Phone Number:
Age:

Regards,
Caroline Sohnen"

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Sep 29, 2019 at 9:53 AM by
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Here is another scam:

"From: UNICEF REGISTRY
Date: September 28, 2019 at 6:45:49 AM PDT
To: "unicef.r-mail.com"
Subject: LETTER TO UNICEF SELECTED AMBASSADORS.
Reply-To: UNICEF REGISTRY

UNICEF GHANA
4-8th Rangoon Close
P. O. Box AN 5051
Cantonment
Accra, Ghana.

Attn: Ambassador Select.

LETTER TO UNICEF SELECTED AMBASSADORS.
Greetings from UNICEF. On the behalf of the United Nations Children Fund(UNICEF) we wish to inform you that your name was in the Vetted list of candidate that Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of World Health Organization (WHO) submitted for Appointment as the UNICEF New National/Regional Ambassador as the field coordinator. I am very happy to inform you that you are among the selected person, which the secretary general of United Nations Hon. António Guterres, has assign and also the Executive Director of UNICEF Mrs. Henrietta Holsman Fore, has given her acknowledgement on your appointment as UNICEF Regional Ambassador as Field coordinator In Central and West Africa. Below are the Benefit, Allowance, Entitlements and Salary Involved.

Benefits and Entitlements.

Ambassador’s benefit for family, friendly, work-life, and diversity policies, and UNICEF is committed to maintaining a balanced gender and geographical representation. Other Benefits and entitlements include:
• Annual leave
• Dependency allowance
• Medical and dental insurance
• Pension scheme
• Rental subsidy
• Education grant
• Home leave
• Life insurance
• Paid sick leave
• Family leave
• Family Visit
• Maternity / Paternity adoption leave
• Special leave

Salary and Allowance.

Below is the line-up of your salary, your salary is a post adjustment salary. The post adjustment salary includes a monthly base salary multiplier and takes into account cost-of-living factors and exchange rate fluctuation as well as inflation.

Salary of $65,000.00USD
Health allowances $5,550.00USD
Traveling allowance $7,300.00USD

Which is sum up to $77,850.00USD, that you will be receiving monthly, besides you will be given a compensation of $80.000.00USD, a grant total of $157,850.00USD will be your first payment, also a good furnish Apartment and a private SUV of your choice. Moreover, you will be able to set up a refugee camp or Orphanage home in your own residential country with the UN Certificate of permit that will be the issue to you. Ambassador selects, upon your earnest reply/acknowledgment of this mail Kindly request for the registration form. NOTE: This appointment is done privately, is not meant for the general public, you are thereby under oath not to use any of this mail contents, or to forward this mail to any third party, failure to adhere to this warming is punishable by the law. We do hope you will cherish this position given to you.

Best Regard,
Ambassador C. Andrei
unicef.r-mail.com
Registry Department,
Accra Ghana."

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Aug 23, 2019 at 7:13 PM by
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"From: admin-japannuclearjnfl.ga
Sent: August 19, 2019 6:50 AM
To: Recipients
Subject: RESIDENT PAYMENT AGENT PROGRAM

Hello,

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited(JNFL), a petroleum base company is currently interested in employing your services as a Business Administrative Consultant – Outsourcing. We are sitting on a $320 million venture dealing for Jet A-1 aviation fuel storage farm and heavy equipments, Initial construction services are still in progress.

It is time to initiate the next step in the process. Would you like to be involved? You could work full-time or part-time and keep your current Job. I contacted you after going through your profile and feel convince I can work with you. Salary and responsibility will be discussed directly with you if interested.

Sincerely yours,
Toshikazu Sendo
toshikazusendo01-gmail.com
toshikazusendo-japannuclearjnfl.tk
Japan Nuclear Fuel, Ltd (JNFL)."

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Aug 1, 2019 at 7:26 AM by
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"From: song shao
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 7:11 AM
Subject: Service Inquiry

Hello,

I am writing to inform you that an Hong Kong base company (WAH MEI TAT INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD) Director of Recruitment had looked up on your LinkedIn profile and has instructed us to contact and retain your services as our Company's Independent Representative in North America region.

This is not a full time Job and therefore, it will not interfere with your present job or other business commitment and it offer competitive salary and commission.

Kindly Contact us for more information if interested.

We look forward to working with you.

Regards,

Song Shao,
HR Manager
WAH MEI TAT INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD."

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"From: Eugenia Walsh
Date: July 29, 2019 at 6:01:03 PM MST
Subject: Russell Willig, c23193

Dear,

I am Eugenia Walsh. Blockchain Liberty Group is an Advisory Service for financial consulting. We announce a competition for a Business Manager position. We are looking for a Manager, because use of requested banking services and purchase of btc are time-consuming and expensive. Manager will have to receive remittances from our clients and process them. Thus, we need neat, motivated, honest and ready to make his career employee.

Main duties of a Manager: orders registration; tackling customers’ emerging issues;
editing clients’ accounts; deals monitoring; providing solutions that take account of the needs of our clients;

Employment type: telework/part-time
Monthly salary: 3600 (2500 during the probation period).
Working time: 8-17 hours per week (flexihours).
Training: one month.

Please note that this job offer is for US citizens or persons with permission to work in the US only.

We are waiting for your response to this invitation. Let us know when you will be able to start your duties. Please write us for a set of application documents.

Sincerely,
Eugenia Walsh"

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