Another Big Time Scam In The Making...Have Any Of You Gotten This?

@pyewacket (43903)
United States
October 23, 2007 10:08pm CST
In one day I've gotten the same basic email and I'm wondering if anyone else has gotten this too.....seems besides all the scams that are coming from Africa now they are coming from China...here's the e-mail in it's entirety ...uh, I've been deleting them...and will deleate this one too...but has anyone else gotten them? Here's the Email: CHAN MANUFACTURING ROOM 06-06,FLOOR 12B,LIJIN ASIA ENTERPRISES NO 19 WUNJINGROAD,SHANGHAI,CHINA Telephone: 0086-21-62313803 REGIONAL BRANCH:35, Rue Des Olivers Cotonou Republic du Benin Good day ,we got your email through an on line search.Chan Manufacturing is seeking a PAYMENT OFFICER. CHAN MANUFACTURING is a general trading firm with a history of 5years,and it is gradually becoming a small force in China.However,with the rapid growth and big changes in the era, we have been unavoidably led to a big revolution. Our company , in the coming days,will as usual continue to act as a Beijing local trader. We have products like *Copper Alloy & Aluminum Alloy sheet, strip and plate *Raw materials eg Aluminum,Zinc concentrate,Copper concentrate,Copper cathode Our company is putting every single effort to do the best in order to make a fresh start as a new general trading firm in the coming 21st century.Due to this expansion we have started receving orders from the UNITED STATES AND CANADA which we have not been able to process properly because we do not have a payment personnel over there,we are making efforts to set up a regional branch in the US/CANADA but before that dream of having a branch over there comes to reality,we will be needing you to work online for us as a PAYMENT OFFICER, due to the mode of payments by most of our clients in the states i.e most of them prefer to pay by cheque or money orders and this normally posse problem to us,thats why we will be needing a trust worthy US/Canadian citizen who will be our representative,and help us to :receive payments eg check or money orders cash such payment at you bank deduct your 10% commision and send the rest to any of our company regional branches Note that any charge must be deducted from the company's money,eg western union fee,tax arising from working with us,eg income tax and you are not to pay any up front fee what so ever at anytime,if anyone asks you for such money,pls decline. What we offer: Flexible program: two hours/day at your choice, daytime and evening time Work at home: checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time Professional contact team with very good support and communication skills Other highlights: no selling involved, no kit to buy,we won't charge you anything Monthly salary: $400 every two weeks to a total of $800 per month Commission:10% of every money order/check that is cashed instantly"cash in hand" or"cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount. EXAMPLE If you receive a check of$1,000.00 your net income is $100.00, our company supports any fees. You will process at least 2-3 orders perday and you will earn more than $200.00 cash in hand each day. REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER THE RATE THE HIGHER YOU STAND TO EARN DAILY. What we ask:Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internet access for sending and receiving e-mails,available means of cashing money orders/checks at your bank using your existing bank account. IMPORTANT: You must be over 23 years of age. US/Canadian CITIZENSHIP without any criminal record,we have a way of finding out because of our link with the FBI If you meet these conditions please contact us by replying this email to 'mark.fish00720@googlemail.com' immediately to receive a Representative Contract agreement. Note that Chan Manufacturing has the right to reject or accept any request Please fill up the spaces given below for quick delivery of payments if you get considered. NAME: ............................ MAILING ADDRESS:.................... AGE: .............................. STATUS:............................ STATE/COUNTRY:...................... TEL/FAX NUMBERS:.................... CELL PHONE:......................... OCCUPATION: ....................... NAME OF YOUR BANK:.................. We will never ask you for anything more then that,no credit card, passwords,account number ssn # etc. If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this information and never pay any money to anybody as this is not part of our request. Thanks Mark Fish Director of Payments Chan China Manufacturing -------------------------------------------- Gee...isn't it wonderful the scams that keep cropping up???
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26 responses
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I have been receiving an average of about 4 per week, pyewacket. I don't understand how these people can continue to operate when they have so many laws against this type of thing. I had tried reporting them at one time, but there are just too many to be bothered, so I am deleting them also.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
25 Oct 07
I used to report them too, but gave up...they do still seem to come through anyway
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
24 Oct 07
This is a scam. They are trying to get you confused through much writing. Delete it.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
24 Oct 07
Don't worry I did delete it
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
24 Oct 07
man you guys sure get a LOT of spam emails. I have a great spam blocker and very seldom does a piece of email along these lines slip by it. I hate getting things like this. I for one do not open ANY email that I do not know whom or where it came from. Better safe than sorry. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
25 Oct 07
I actually do have a good spam blocker, but some still manage to come through...then sometimes I have the opposite problem...I check my spam mail folder just in case, and sure enough, perfectly legitimate mail goes there==go figure
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• Canada
25 Oct 07
I have the same things happening, pyewacket. I get all of this junk in my inbox, and then when I check the junk folder (at times), I find something I really want, caught in there. You're fortunate regarding this, Grandpa Bob! I too have a good 'spam blocker,' but this still happens. I was told by someone very computer savvy, that this is because I have to 'allow' certain things, in order to use my e-mail that I love. I don't like the e-mail that comes with my provider, so have to put up with this. Oh well, I'll just 'keep deleting, and smiling.':)
@someonesmom (5761)
• Canada
24 Oct 07
Hi pyewacket, Like you, I get so many of these! I'm not sure if I've received this particular one, but they come 'daily' from Africa, UK, Netherlands etc. They range from ones asking me to be a business partner, to my being the heir to a vast fortune, from an unknown relative, and oh, I must not forget the ones where I've won a lottery. They come into 'both' my inbox, and my junk mail. I'm so fed up with deleting them, but (of course) that's what I do. Like you've stated, if only (even one) could be real, my financial stress would be over, etc. etc. I sincerely hope, that there aren't naive people out there 'actually' falling for this. All they'd have to do is to give out their banking info., and look out! One of them one time, wanted my street address, and private phone number. I 'shudder' to think what they wanted. Who are these people? I'm sorry for the rant here, but enough is enough from them, and I wish they could be stopped. They deserve to be prosecuted. Take Care.
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• Canada
25 Oct 07
Guess what? I get the ones for 'male enhancers' as well. So ridiculous, and annoying at the same time. Those inheritance etc. ones, must think 'everyone' is sooooooo stupid! I've been entering a 'legitimate' Reader's Digest draw for $5,000.00, every day for months, and can't manage to win this ... sigh. But I shouldn't bother with this 'real one' anymore, because I'm already so rich, and just need to pick my new business partner etc.;) Oh well, I guess we can look at these as 'our laugh' for the day, in some cases.:)
@ElicBxn (63194)
• United States
24 Oct 07
got it, deleted it, didn't think any more about it!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
24 Oct 07
Oh I did delete it...I got four in one day! The same shat
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@brendakaya (2332)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I don't know if I have gotten that exact one or not, but I've gotten alot similar. They're coming rom all over the place, now. I've been getting alot from the UK, as well Nigeria, and places. If I had the money that I've been winning on all these lotteries, shucks, I'm winning at least 10 different ones, everyday. I'd be alot richer than Bill Gates. I'd be able to buy him out, almost daily. lol Too bad it's not real. I could use some money. lol
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
24 Oct 07
Just once...just ONCE...wouldn't you like it to be real...heck I could use the money too...LOL
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@badkat83 (1620)
• United States
24 Oct 07
there is alot there to read but yes i get these every day. i wonder why someone cannot regulate the internet. it is crazy, i wish we could send all these emails to the internet police and they would all get arrested. yeah right.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
There should be a better regulation of the internet...with all the technology we have you'd think these kind of things would be eliminated.
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
24 Oct 07
yes, many, I delete it without reading, one of those scams posted on FBI site. it is so easy to find out that they are looking for information to be use for illegal transactions. they don't have to ask for more, they can buy ssn# on any site for 14.95 and you are screw forever.....they can also issue banking card tide to your account....
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
I know it's eerie that for about 14.95 one can get a LOT of info on us, including our ssn#
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
24 Oct 07
We have been getting something like this but from England! So more place they are comeing from and really about the same one with words changed around and different products. My duaghter is signed up fo rmonster job search and had her name in for data entry work from home and got one of these and she was so excited thnking she could work from home and this was all she had to do but then I read it an dbusted her bubble told her it had to be a scanm for surely those people could set up their own bank over here to to the proccessing also I didnt think she would want to use her bank account for this for they could get all she had which is zero but still they could mess it up big time any how she was very sad that someone would pull such a scam and through MOnster jobs at that!
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
28 Oct 07
she sure was !
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Gee..I've never got any from England..usually Africa or China...I bet your daughter was disappointed about the scam she got.
24 Oct 07
Hi hun, you are not alone. I have had loads of the Nigerian scam emails and a fair few from China too. I had a couple from Eastern European countries too, and I wonder why they think people are going to fall for these scams. They drive me nuts, to be honest, and despite all my care, I still get these wretched things. My delete button is getting quite worn out.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Your delete button isn't the only one wearing out...LOL
@rdurusan (624)
• Philippines
24 Oct 07
I receive a lot of email like that one,and the only difference is the country of origin.The email i receive comes from the U.K. and Nigeria.I always hit the spam button so that they will never be allowed to my inbox or bulk folder.The problem is another one will go to my inbox with a different name and the same modus operandi.My email address is yahoo.com and i think yahoo is not making the right precautions.
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@rdurusan (624)
• Philippines
31 Oct 07
Today,i checked my hotmail and to my surprise there is also the exact e mail i received from yahoo,what's going on.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
I have both yahoo and gmail, and I get these weird emails in both--in fact, one time checking my gmail I got the exact same two emails in both my regular inbox and in my spam folder..go figure
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I have no clue if this email came thru to me cause yahoo is pretty good at sending this crap to my bulk folder which I usually just empty w/o opening. Any that make it to my inbox gets marked spam w/o opening as well.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
I'm kind of surprised that this was in my regular mail and not my spam folder.
• United States
24 Oct 07
Hi Pye,...you know, I've received so many of these I can't count them anymore. It's really disgusting. I have my resume on a few job boards and ever since then that's all I receive are these junk, crappy, pi$$ me off scams from everywhere!.....And they all basically want the same thing......me to have something to do with collecting their money....it makes me sick. I removed my resume from all the sites and they're still coming. I just posted a new discussion about all these scams too, and a website that you can get information about them. Grrr these idiots make me mad!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
In the past I've reported these stupid scams, but it doesn't seem to do any good as more seem to crop up almost everyday---yes, these idiots make me mad too.. :(
• United States
24 Oct 07
Nope, haven't gotten that one yet, but haven't checked email in two days. Yes, the words change but the song remains the same. "We are a reputable company that cannot seem to accept money through legit channels. Please launder this money for us." Oh, please, most of the laarger banks, as well as Western Union have branches in China today. I had no problem whatsoever purchasing an item for my aunt's birthday using a check sent to a real Chinese company. This is not the 60s, China is open to international trade. And besides, comsidering the product they claim to be selling, most of their clients should be companies, not individuals, who would not be sending personal checks in payment. When was the last time YOU purchased $100 worth of sheet metal? These people depend on American greed. And it works, the lure of working at home and making $200 a day makes our brains go offline. Many people fail to use common sense. This one is almost as good as the "I want to give my sister a gift of $500, if you will send it to her anonomously, I will send you $200 for your trouble." Yeah, I got one of those. Right.. I'm gonna give my sister $500 but don't want her to know I gave it to her? And my sister is dumb enough to blithely not question a $500 mystery gift? As if her birthday is common knowledge to people living in another country? Give me a break. Unfortunately, these scams will not stop as long as there are people stupid enough to participate and get taken for their money, or worse, go to jail. Money laundering (and that's what it is) is a federal offense. The company won't be charged, the 'independent contractor' will. Any real company is not going to have ANY representative cash checks and rewrite them to send in. They will have the person send in the order and the buyer's check. Think about it, how can they guarantee any satisfaction at all if they don't have anything with my name on it to prove I bought something.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
LOL--uh, yeah, gee, I just got a $100 worth of sheet metal the other day..LOL--Oh I got that email to...about wanting to send a gift to a sister anonymously--it was actually through ebay that I got it...the guy wanted me to send the one item I was selling on ebay, plus $500 through Western Union to somewhere in Russia--again all anonymously...the only one who would have a traceable link with all this would have been me...uh, no thanks...not unless I want to be America's Most Wanted...LOL
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I haven't received one from Africa in a while but I am getting emails from the UK about winning their lottery, a lottery I never participated in. This is the first time I am hearing about one from China. Yeah, they are cropping up all over the place it seems.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I'm pretty sure I got the same thing, I think more than one of them too. Of course, I deleted mine, too. These scams are really ridiculous because you know there are people who fall for this garbage. Some may say you'd have to be stupid to do so but I won't pass that kind of judgment, I'll just say there may be some new to the internet and maybe a bit naive and gullible. It's a darn shame they're able to get our e-mail addresses to send this garbage. Annie
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
25 Oct 07
I have to admit when I was first new to the internet, one of the things I feel for, cause at the time I didn't have a computer was "You have won a Toshiba (or whatever brand) laptop computer..then one had to fill out thousands of survey things..never did get the computer then... :(
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@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Oct 07
Nope, haven't gotten this particular version... yet, anyway. I'm getting another batch of lottery "winnings", though.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Gee..I never get the winning lottery ones...drat...Hheheee
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
25 Oct 07
No I haven't gotten this one yet. Sometimes I like to email them back with nasty comments. Thats when I'm in a bad mood, and it helps relieve stress. Other days I think about giving them fake info. Just for the fun of it. because it is annoying getting these emails.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Oct 07
I wrote some rude comments back to one emailer calling them a fake and a liar. I got an email back that was very condescending in religous offerings. I contacted them again saying I was a police officer in the NSW police force of Australia and I haven't had any more scams in that email account since!
• Canada
25 Oct 07
I e-mailed a couple of them back, saying something like, "Just how stupid do you think I am?" It gave me 'a bit' of satisfaction. But then, somebody told me 'not' to do this, as they could infect my computer with a virus. I'm not sure if this is true, but I never did this again. The idea of giving them 'bogus information' does sound appealing though. Sometimes I'd just like to 'take them' for what they've done to 'steal' from anyone naive enough to fall for this. I wish something could be done about them. Obviously, this is a 'pet peeve' of mine, as I'm ranting again.
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@gmakesmoney (2923)
• United States
24 Oct 07
I've gotten a lot of weird scam emails like that one lately, what gives? Like one today that told me I won 2 million pounds and then said that was 30 mil USD and that I didn't have to put an entry in or buy a ticket because everyone on the internet was automatically entered. Right. Oh gee, let me give you my bank info right now so you can suck me dry and give me 30 million imaginary dollars!! If people would put as much brain power and effort into working as they do into scamming, they'd be a whole lot richer, a whole lot quicker.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
25 Oct 07
Well...think of it this way...maybe it's a weird form of Law of Attraction...heehhee
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• Singapore
24 Oct 07
It's a scam.Most of these people have gotten the money through illegal means and it is common practice to get the funds out from their home country,so that the authorities cannot trace the funds. I know bec Singapore is a safe haven for money laundering and many Indonesians park their funds here and buy properties and get away with that. It is sad but true. Cheers!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
25 Oct 07
I know its a scam...I just wish I knew how they turn up in my email
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