New email scam for online accountant - Beware

@sedel1027 (17846)
Cupertino, California
January 31, 2007 11:23pm CST
I haven't seen this one, but have seen others like it. If you have ignore this FYI. TAMAR BANKS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD 18 York Way, Scoff ford Area, Oxford, L349HA, 44(0)702-408-1941,44(0)7024062542 URGENT REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED. ATTESTATION: I'm Tamar Banks,Human Resources head of TAMAR BANKS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD Based in Oxford,UK, I want to know if You would like to work online from home and get paid without affecting your present job? Actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as online book-keeper.Our website is currently under construction and which should be ready in the month of February 2007.Your Job description is as follows: 1)You would receive payment on our behalf from any of our various clients which would come in the form of cashiers checks,travelers checks and money orders. 2)You then get the payments cashed/deposited at your bank. 3)As soon as the payment has been cleared by your bank,you deduct a commission of 10% of each payment you would be receiving on our behalf which you are entitled to as been our representative. 4)You thus send the remaining funds back via western union to details you would be given as soon as it has been confirmed you have received payment.Our payments will be issued out in your name as we would inform our clients to do.Therefore the following details would be needed from via email. 1)Your Full Name: 2)Your Current Address: 3)Your City & State: 5)Your Zip Code: 6)Your Phone Numbers: 7)Your Age: 8)Your Occupation: 9)Your Nationality: According to how you have been briefed earlier by a qualified representative of this establishment. You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on a particular order and forward the balance payment via Western Union Money Transfer and MONEY GRAM to any of "TAMAR BANKS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY LTD" Group regional warehouses that will be given to you later.We have series of arrangement with the FBI in Washington, in attempt for anyone to run away with our funds,definitely the law will catch-up with him, and he will definitely face the consequences. We would notify you as soon we confirm that one of our clients has mailed out payment to you.also if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as to terminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict. PLEASE SEND REPLY ASAP TO (tamarbanksfabric@aim.com) TAMAR BANKS.....
2 responses
@joanna07 (110)
• Ireland
5 Feb 07
hi, i am ashamed to say i nearly got scammed by this this is where i need your help my lot people!! i received a check and i never cashed it i said to them i am not goin to and they keep askin me for money forthe inconvenience of sending it ( a load of rubbish!!)i said i will send the check bak to them and that i have no money! if they keep emailin me what do i say now its a pain, and i am definitly not goin to pay the idiots or cash their check. i have ideas of what to say but can someone help me
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
5 Feb 07
Just mail them back the check and tell them if they keep contacting you, that you will contact the authorities about their illegal activities.
@Sailor (1160)
• United States
2 Feb 07
There are many of these from all over the UK and Africa. I even sent one an e-mail back telling him that it seemed weired that all of the oil officials seemed to have been on the same trian or plane in Africa and it never made the news.