So I went poking around at the CareerBuilder Site and probably the best link that I found is the one I associated with the heading of this article (Click the Title of this posting). I went through all kinds of engine-saavy search gymnastics to try to find a place at CareerBuilder where I could send this message for analysis and potential anti-scammer action. You'd think CareerBuilder would care. Well, what I found would lead me to believe otherwise. Wake up, CareerBuilder, if you want to stay in business, you'll learn that you can't put protection off on your users -- your Customer Base. It won't be long before Employers seeking employees find out that there's too much network traffic devoted to fake contacts for their legitimate requests to be fielded. Then it's bye-bye CareerBuilder. I'm sure I'll shed a tear.
WE HAVE A PART-TIME JOB FOR YOU.
| Hello Ernest, my name is Luciano and I represent Italy-Dreams lt., a travel company from Italy - Europe,we are searching for a agent to represent us in the U.S. I came across your resume on CareerBuilder.com and would like the opportunity to discuss employment with Italy-Dreams. We have some outstanding opportunities available, and based on your qualifications, it appears you would be an exceptional candidate. Requirements: Resident of US. 1 hours free time within the work days Job Description Most of our customers prefer to pay us with personal or business checks or by wire transfers and we do not have an account in U.S.A that will clear this money. Here in Italy it takes 4-6 weeks and 25% to clear one single check, and 2-4weeks for a wire transfer. This is way we need your asistance. Your work will consists in receiving payment from our US customers and making further payments to our main office or to one of our regional affiliate departments. Agent's commission is 10% from each transaction. Each transaction will be made only after prior notification by phone call or e-mail. This is 100% legal and you don't have to pay any taxes. You are not required to have any extra knowledge or to be experienced in this business and this occupation can endow additional income to you and your family as it will not require more than few hours per week. If you want more details on joining our part time employees or for an immediate start please fill in the application form below, copy and send-it via email to italy.torino@hotmail.com. E-mail programs can easily mistake important messages for junk mail and automatically put them in the trash. To ensure our emails are delivered to your inbox without interruption, add our e-mail address to your address book. Please correctly fill in the fields below: <All the information thieves typically seek>
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4 comments:
Sounds like a money laundering scheme to me. Now I'm sure I'm not the first person that has asked this question...Why do they call it laundering when it is 'dirty' money? speaking of, have you watched "The Firm" yet?
Haven't caught The Firm yet: I'll probably have to liberate the time and the money at the same time. You made me feel guilty, so I may have to read the book first ;-).
Dirty money goes in, clean money comes out; that's why it's laundering. If you've stolen all the money (making it dirty) that's why you don't care about minor losses -- so you can gamble with it, and receive, say, the Casino's Money, which has not been soiled by your crime (and will not have the same serial numbers, etc.).
I got a very similar email with the same "Brasco" fellow. Instead, the company was Italy Spa but other than that the email was the same. At first I thought it would be cool to make quick cash but I too realized the possibility of it being money laundering. Finding this though basically proves it.
Wow! Way to abdocate all responsibility for your internet activities. There are several companies who's emails are being mimiced by people in different countries. There is nothing these companies can do about it except try to inform the consumer. And if your "engine-Saavy search gymnastics" were a little less keen, you might have noticed the customer service number that the bottom of EVERY PAGE on Careerbuilder.com (866) 438-1485. Try calling it. I've called and they usually answer in under 30 seconds. Funny thing is that I was calling about spam emails comming from them and they told me quite quickly that there are only 3 addresses they send from. If it isn't one of those emails, it is somebody trying to rip you off by looking like Careerbuilder. But let's take a moment to live in this little magical cloud city where you are mayor. How exactly would you stop someone in another country from making an email that looks just like yours?
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