Is this "job" illegal?

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There is this company or something that are asking you to take money from their clients from another country and then keep 15% of it and give them a 5% fee and then return the rest to the clients…it sounds shady but they try to explain…

[b]Due to a high success of our company in trading fields(at least 800.000
satisfied clients),and
also to some various complains concerning the large period of time to
accomplish payment
transactions between US and Europe,we have decided to draft US
personnel in order to facilitate
this process.
In order to be able to charge the client we have to keep the supplier’s
identity secret so we will
redirect the client’s payment to you.After you will receive the payment
and keep our
errand(15%),you have to send the rest of the money to the supplier by
using his preferred payment
method.

We can attach,on your request,a picture which will provide you the
business’s steps :

1.Our company invested and invest in all the major trading markets.
2.The supplier contact us with a offer.
3.After a review is made we decide if we (or not) engage on promoting
their products.
4.A contract is made between supplier and our company.
5.The clients contact us in order to purchase these products and after
they’ll sign an agreement
contract,we’ll start the transaction.
6.We redirect the client’s payment to you and after you’ll keep our(and
yours) earnings,it is your
obligation to transfer the rest (85%) .
All the transfer fees will be supported by the supplier.
Our company will never ask you to support or to invest a penny from
your own pocket.[/b]

Are these guys legit???

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It’s a scam so I’m telling you now to delete it and ignore it.

There’s a dozen such ones out there, I got this today

3

hmmm, yeah, i mean i admit the company sounds shady but then they contacted me thru a legitimate job search website engine thingamajig after I posted my resume and they guarantee a base salary of at least a thousand dollars or something like that…but then what does this mean:

4. Due to the high taxes concerning the transfer of money between US
and Netherland,you have to
keep our fee until the amount will become more than $1000 .

???

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:unamused:

5

Please take SIATDs advice. Don’t become a statistic. :slight_smile:

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PG,

You’re always a sucker in the other guy’s game… What would happen if you responded would be additional ‘set up fees’ payable in advance to them. Delete it and count yourself lucky.
Post to the site you were in what has happened if you can.

Think about it. If there was a ton of money to be made, do you really think they would have to advertise on the net to find people?

JT

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PhilosophyGirl:hmmm, yeah, i mean i admit the company sounds shady but then they contacted me thru a legitimate job search website engine thingamajig after I posted my resume and they guarantee a base salary of at least a thousand dollars or something like that…but then what does this mean:
4. Due to the high taxes concerning the transfer of money between US
and Netherland,you have to
keep our fee until the amount will become more than $1000 ."

Kropotkin: My advice is to run far and run fast. Don’t
answer or deal with these people again. They are looking for suckers.
Don’t become one.

Kropotkin

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At first, i thought it was a bank…That sounds about right: take 20%, return the rest.

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Heh, its funny. There was a story on a news program called ‘A Current Affair’ here in Australia and it had almost that exact letter.

Apparently, its some kind of scam that originated in Nigeria. They get in contact with someone, even get their full names and addresses to make it look really legit, with the promise of giving you a 10% [Varies] cut in money exchanges, due to taxes.

Just to make sure you’re serious, you have to send them money first or some crap like that. They lure you in with promises of quick, easy, big bucks, and in the end, they suck you dry.

I’d say stay well clear of these guys.

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Let them send you some money, why not. But don’t give them anything ID wise. That will be a paradox, how can they send you money without your bank account number, name etc…

Don’t fall for this. Way better to set up your own scam if you really have your heart set on scamming.

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…and we all wonder “who would ever fall for such a thing”… :unamused:

IT’s A S-C-A-M!

The probability of it being a vallid deal is below 0.001%.

PG, you really do crack me up sometimes (no offense)… #-o

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THAT IS DEFINATELY A SCAM!
When they say ‘use you to redirect the money’ they mean ‘please give us your bank details.’
And if it’s not then it’s money laundering, using some random sap on the internet as a fall guy.

If it sounds even slightly shady, DUMP IT IMMEDIATELY! Anyone can post jobs on legitimate job sites, including con artists.