Every day we get at least, AT LEAST 10-20 if not more – spam emails. We get them for products like viagra, the acia diet pill, sites that are not for all ages (if you know what I mean).
We get spam emails telling us WE have won the lottery (which we never even knew we were eligible for). We get the emails from the sick and dying who want to leave us ALL their money.
We get emails from others who want to solicit our aide in getting monies out of a country. And of course we get the spam emails wanting us to take on a part time job – at no cost to us, by the way. All we have to do is cash bogus checks and money orders, then send the larger part of the proceeds to parts and people unknown.
Here is just one of the scam emails I got today:
International Chemical Company
2628-48 N. Mascher St.
Philadelphia, PA 19133
ress.iccs@live.co.ukDear Applicant,
Would you like to work as an Accounts Receivable Officer for an Online Company seeking immediate employment of officers in this position?
Your duties will be
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1 Receive Payments from our respective clients In form of Checks
2 Cash the check on our behalf
3. Deduct 15% and send the balance to us via Western Union or Money gram
4. Forward the remaining 85% to the information that will be provided
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If you are liable to do what is listed above, then you have secured a well paying job for yourself, and you have become part of a company that is one big happy family, Please kindly send us the followingFULL NAME :
ADDRESS :
CITY :
STATE :
ZIP CODE :
PHONE NUMBER (LAND and CELL)
SEX :
AGE :
PRESENT JOB :
E-mail :
We will be looking forward to reading from you
Regards,
International Chemical Company
2628-48 N. Mascher St.
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Sometimes these scammers have thought things through, dotted all their ‘i’s, crossed all the ‘t’s and then others, well, they not only need help with their grammar, but the whole content is laughable….
In this particular email I received, I could not help but think – ok, the company says they are ‘online’, soooooooooo - WHY aren’t they managing their receivables on line also? Ever heard of a "Merchant Account?" "Paypal?" Doesn’t matter what country money is coming or going to, there’s a way for legitimate business people to do business and exchange funds online.
If they are online, why didn’t they give us the website address? AND- WHY when the REAL company is ACTUALLY online, why, oh why, is this clown using a free ‘live’ email account out of the U.K.?
WHY? because this email, like all the others are a scam…. If you want to believe that this is a real opportunity, then please – GOOGLE the company name and contact THOSE people – OR follow this link and read about someone who fell for it and now owes the bank a lot of money – http://antifraudintl.org/showthread.php?t=23301
Do NOT fall for these scams! Legitimate job offers are not randomly mailed out to a list of ‘undisclosed’ recipients.
~ Jennifer Fisher
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January 12th, 2010 at 3:17 am
Latest version of this company profile being abused.
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International Chemical Company
2628-48 N. Mascher St.
Philadelphia, PA 19133
Welcome,
If you have access to a computer, and have up to three hours spare time per-week. you can get paid, would you like to work part or full time online, and get paid weekly? If yes, then please read carefully.
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ABOUT US
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At International Chemical Company (ICC), our mission is to be the best supplier in the world as measured by associates, customers, and suppliers. We aspire for unequivocal excellence in all aspects of our company and make it our social responsibility to distribute high-quality, genuine products for drawing, stamping, forming, cleaning, rust prevention, machining and grinding, roll forming and mass finishing
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JOB POSITION
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We are currently seeking part or full time employees for our ever-growing Accounts Receivable Department. Through extensive demographic research, we have discovered a wealth of untapped human resources that, for one reason or another, need the freedom to work from home. If this sounds like you, please read on, and consider becoming part of our company family.
Note that no form of investment of is needed from you and this job will take only 1-3 hours of your time per week.
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JOB RESPONSIBILITY
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The position of Accounts Receivable officer entails the following duties: coordinate payments from our clients, receive payments which come in form of certified checks or united states postal money orders, process payments at your local bank, and forward 85% of funds received to the proper branch office, as instructed. The remaining 15% is your wage. Since this position is need-based, you will have plenty of free time while enjoying a good income.
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REMUNERATION
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Every assignment in form of payment received from clients, you\’re entitled to 15% which excludes the cost of processing western union to any regional office accountant ________________________________________________________________________
INTERESTED APPLICANTS (HOW TO APPLY)
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Interested applicants should reply with full name, full residential address, phone numbers, and email address, so that one of our Human Resource Managers can contact you through email, with an approval letter if the management decides you\’re a successful candidate. Please specify the best way to contact you in your reply email.
We appreciate your interest in International Chemical Company.
Mario Morgan,
Human Resources manager,
International Chemical Company
2628-48 N. Mascher St.
Philadelphia, PA 19133
January 14th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Allen, Thank you for updating us on the latest version of this scam.
~ Jennifer
February 4th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Hello to everyone. My name is Aleisha Johnson. I am a stay at home mother of three. I attend college online. I dont know what I was thinking, trying to get a job online. This past week I was almost scammed by this companie that isnt even real.(INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL COMPANY). Be logical when someone is trying to give you a job online. Most likely it is a scam. I applied for the job of this company ICC. I put my appt. in and it was sent that day. The next day I recieve a note in my email, congrats you got the Job. My Job was supposably to spend 1-3hours aweek taking peoples orders, then in my home mail box I would recieve there money grams. The steps were to 1. Take it to the bank. 2. cash it 3. take 85% out for the company So I would get to keep 15% which would have been $250.00. The two money grams were each $860.00. so they would have gotten over $1400.00. From what I found out the money grams were false document, but they could have been cashed. Suppose they had been cashed what would have happened Ill tell you. All the money that would have been cashed the bank would have contacted me and I would be reliable for paying them back all of the money that had been given. When you see that a company wants you to handle there money please do not believe it, they don’t know you why do you think theyed do that “ BECAUSE ITS A SCAM.” Don’t let people fool you they just want your money. And another thing some people can even go to prison because of chasing things like this. Don’t get caught up in the mess. People need to be aware of this because Our government can’t do anything about it. So it is OUR job as citizens to take this into our own hands. We need to be teaching our kids in school how to detected a scam. It needs to be recognized on TV. This is important because people are losing money everyday. Some close to me told me about an elderly man that was scammed out of 80,000 dollars. That was his retirement money. Well in age he now works at walmart. Let my voice be heard Please everyone we need to stop thinking in our own lifes. And start thinking about others who dont know what to look for. My email is aleishaN2008@yahoo.com You can send me your comments. Thanks for reading.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hello Aleisha,
Thank you so much calling me this morning and then taking the time to share your story with others so that they might be able to save themselves from becoming a victim of these criminal acts.
I think you put it very well when you said:
“When you see that a company wants you to handle there money please do not believe it, they don’t know you why do you think theyed do that “ BECAUSE ITS A SCAM.” Don’t let people fool you they just want your money. And another thing some people can even go to prison because of chasing things like this. Don’t get caught up in the mess. People need to be aware of this because Our government can’t do anything about it.”
Thanks again for speaking out against these scammers.
~Jennifer