Is this something that you would do?

transaction assistant - email offer of work, too good to be true? probably and brought to the people of Mylot to weigh in on the whole idea
@Willowlady (10658)
United States
June 20, 2007 7:38am CST
Have received this in email and of course being skeptical I was wondering at the new twist that the bad guys could be taking in order rip someone off. Not me! I await your opinions!!!Dear Sir/Ma, Casual Position - Escrow transactions assistant Location: USA, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany Salary: Excellent earning potential - $25K to $60K OTE Benefits: Pension, Insurance, Free UPS shipping, and more! As a market leader and one of the world's largest organisations of its kind, we are expanding rapidly as we continue to pioneer the concept of technology assurance through our innovative range of Software Escrow and Information Escrow Solutions. Our company has a strong reputation within the escrow industry as both leaders and innovators of testing, security and consultancy solutions. As a part of our on-going expansion program we are seeking Transaction Assistants for our Escrow Solutions. Whether you are looking for a professional career or a part-time position we are right for you! We are the world's largest global escrow company, operating in more than 50 countries and territories and employing more than 10,000 people worldwide. As a part-time employee, you'll have access to the following benefits: More than $60,000 per year, Great starting pay and annual raises, Set work schedule and so on! BENEFITS: $25,000 â?? $60.000 a year. Great starting pay and annual rises. Direct deposit, You get your salary instantly. Lots of free time (â??as required" employment relationship). Perfect career opportunities. Set work schedule. Variety of shift options. Business experience recruiters look for. Weekends and holidays off. Paid vacations and holidays. Discounted stock purchase plan. Promotion from within. Training and skill building. Free UPS Shipping. - $3,800 per month You will be receiving more than 5 transactions a week. - You need 5-7 hours free during the week, not more You can advise the best time for transactions processing, in the morning: from 7:00 till 11:00 am or in the evening: from 3:30 till 5:00 pm. - Free UPS shipping You will be provided an NCC Group UPS ID card in your name. You will be using this card for mailing correspondence from UPS office for free on our companyâ??s behalf (we also allow to use it for shipping your own packages, after working through probation period.) - Comprehensive medical and life insurance for you and your dependents You will be receiving an NCC Group, Inc. Medicine card and all the paperwork in 2 weeks after successfully completing your probation period. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: You have to be honest, loyal, responsible and hard-working. You have to comply with all reasonable and lawful instructions provided to you by our company. You need 5-7 hours during the week for communication. Residential address to receive correspondence (if any). Computer w/internet connection, printer and e-mail. JOB DESCRIPTION: At this point we can offer you several ways of cooperation, which include, but are not limited to: As an Escrow Transactions Assistants you will be delivering escrow payments from buyer to seller. As you know, every escrow transaction involves seller and buyer. You will be collecting payments from buyers along with the instructions, subtracting your salary (which is included in the total amount of transaction meaning 10% in all transcation) and all fees applicable, and then forwarding the rest of the funds to the recipient using the method specified by the instruction. The main purpose is to provide sellers and buyers all over the world the ability of using their favorite payment systems (transfer methods). When customer initiates the transaction from your country of residence, we need to have a middle man (our representative) in your country to speed up the process, and shorten the way of the money by delivering the payment to the recipient directly. Also, we have to act as a third party to ensure that the seller actually received his payment. You will be provided with detailed instructions for every single transaction. To complete a transaction, you need to follow several easy steps below: Receive the funds into your personal (Bank ) account. So i will need your name and full address you which to be on the payment including where you bank. Wait for the instruction to appear in your email. Report your progress to the manager at least once a day (during the time of ongoing transaction). Follow the instructions our manager will provide you with, and send the funds out using the specified method. Transactions require to be completed in 5 business days (max). Your salary (commission) for regular transaction is 10% of total amount. We have a probation period - 1st month of employment. During this probationary period, we will be evaluating the employee's job performance and work behavior, as well as his/her character, conduct, and attitude that directly affect job performance. Throughout the period the supervisor will be documenting performance and conduct activity in the Employee Work Folder. If you complete this a probation period successfully, your salary will be reviewed and increased (up to 20%). Thanks for reading our proposal. We hope that you are interested and eager to start cooperation with us. Accept our apologies if this message caused any inconveniences to you. PLS KINDLY REPLY BACK TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE OFFER. Regards P.S: Kindly return this email if you are interested with your information. So the company could file your information as regarding to your salary and all other benefits. Your Name: Address: City: State: Country: Zip code: Nationality: Phone number: Email address: Best way and time to be reached:
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11 responses
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
21 Jun 07
Good Grief! Yet another twist on the old scam 'em if you can list. I can't believe they so blatantly request a person's bank account number. This "add" has alot of grammatical errors as well. Before they send these emails, they should at least have someone that knows the English language proof read.
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• United States
25 Jun 07
I'd be skeptical too. I sounds a lot like money laundry-ing to me. Before I would send them any info I would try to find out through the business bureau if they're legit or not. It sounds too good to be true and we know how that usually is. I'll check others answers to see what they thought too. Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. I'm extremely backed up. I haven't had a lot of time lately for the computer.
• United States
25 Jun 07
If it's not laundry-ing then I believe it's a scam to take all your money and/or your identity.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
I have been receiving a few emails like this. In fact the name on your emailses familiar. I don't believe a word of it, not one word. What they are most likely doing is attempting to get your bank account details. Then they can make an illegal withdrawal. There is no website with this offer, which always makes me suspicious. It is quite cleverly done really. I suspect some people are going to be fooled by this. It would be quite interesting to test it out by giving a fake bank account. Im going to check your other responses to this, as I'm quite urious as to whether anyone has pursued one of these offers.
• United States
20 Jun 07
LMAO its amazing what lengths crooks will go to, to try and snag you....Unbelieveable
• United States
21 Jun 07
I can't say for sure, but most likely it is a scam. If they really had a bonafide job listing they would not be apologizing for any inconvenience to you. And I have noticed that scam letters tend to use the word "kindly" a lot, and tend to address the recipient way too formally. The writing at the end about filing information as regarding to your salary sounds too stilted. Not saying that all the time scam artists are poor writers and not from here, but it is often a tip-off. Then they abbreviate the word Please as PLS. A formal job listing would have better professional consistency. If it is something you received directly in email, it is definitely a scam. If it was on a job board, more than likely it is a scam.
@navtech (1773)
• India
21 Jun 07
Hi, after reading this offer anybody will easily make out this is a scam. The person wrote this letter trying to take out personal information from the people. Please do not give consideration for this scam.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
20 Jun 07
Here is the deal - what you will do is receive a check from some one for say 20K, you get to keep 2K, so you are expected to transfer 18K to your employer immediately. What happens is the 20K check is bad. So your back will expect you to cover the 20K and you are also out the 18K that you transferred to them. it nets out you lost 38K on the transaction. This is a scam!!!
@winky73 (1404)
• United States
20 Jun 07
No doubt about it.....it's a scam. I've gotten so may of those and the only thing that ever changes is the name of the person or the company making those offers.I don't even give those kind of emails a second thought.....but mark them as SPAM right away. I guess not enough people are falling for the Lotto or Bank Funds ones anymore....so they had to change it up a bit.In the end it still comes down to the same thing.....they want your info and your money. So I say delete...delete....delete....
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
20 Jun 07
I never believe any of these scams. I actually press the spam button before I even read the whole thing. Anyone willing to pay me big bucks to do hardly anything at all, HAS to be a scam or illegal. It's a bunch of bunk...
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
20 Jun 07
This is a scam! I don't know why anyone would think that this is legitimate,but I am sure people fall for it. I would neveer give my bank account information out to a stranger. There are so many scams out there that people are using to get our money but luckily most of us have come to know that deals like this are not legal or legitimate.
@pallidyne (858)
• United States
20 Jun 07
That is definately a different twist. You know what I find hillarious in some of these scam letters? You have some supposedly originating from English speaking countries like the UK, Australia, the US, NZ, etc, and then have some odd grammatical errors throughout. Even when something sounds legit, grammatical errors like that trip off alarms in my head.