Scam Alert! Job offer emails are NOT from me.

Today I’ve received three emails offering me a work at home job. Imagine my surprise when I saw who it was from… ME! Apparently someone is using my email address to send out their spam messages.

The subject lines were: “Hi!”, “Vacancy #761″ and “Re: Offer 947″. If you get an email that looks like it’s from me with a similar subject line, just delete it! They are NOT from me. This is the same money laundering scam that I’ve written about a couple of times.

Here’s a copy of one of them:

Greetings.

Our company is pleased to offer you a well-paid part-time vacancy for the position of administrative assistant/sales support. You’ll work at the convenience of your home, part-time.

We are well-regarded food vendor founded in Eastern Europe also represented in Canada and Costa Rica
and trades in their production to customers throughout the world.

Candidates for the job should possess excellent organizational skills as well as the ability to efficiently multi-task. Ideal candidates have a strong focus on day-to-day operational excellence, and a personal style that builds trust, and inspires loyalty. The candidate should be motivated, proactive, be able to learn and adapt quickly.

Other duties of the Administrative Assistant/Sales Support include, but are not limited to:
Processing payments performed by our customers including mainly bank transfers
Providing efficiency of money transactions
Delivering a thorough record of settlements made
Preparing financial statements
Managing your own client base

Compensation:
Basic salary of $2500 after a month probation period
5% extra for successful transactions
All expenses connected with banking transactions and Western Union settlements will be settled by the firm

Please note: Vacant position can be applied exclusively by the US residents of ages of 25 and over.
If you are willing to receive details about this vacancy and our enterprise, don’t hesitate to e-mail me Jenifer@somecompany.net

Obviously, it wasn’t really from “somecompany.net”, I just don’t want to put the email address in this post. Anyway, I did a domain lookup on the domain in the email and it’s registered to someone in Russia. I can assure you that I’m not located in Russia.

Two out of the three emails were identical and the third was similar. So, how can you know if an email is really from me? Because every email that I send out to my subscribers contains my contact information, including my mailing address (I live in Fort Bragg, California). I also personalize the Help Desk area at the bottom of each message with the name your subscribed with. So, just check for that. If it’s not there, it’s not from me.

Tags: Scams, work at home jobs