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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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I got this email today...haven't seen anything like this. Obviously it can't be legit...anyone see or hear about this before?

this was the email it was sent from: brilliantsolutions.brills@gmail.com

Dear, Ryan xxxxxxx,


Our web-site is designed for the operations of buying, selling, and exchanging E-gold, , Pecunix, E-bullion, and other e-currencies.
Operations occur within 1 (one) business day. We have local branches in Sweden, Germany, Findland, France, and Latvia and Estonia.

We have received your resume from www.Monster.com , reviewed it and are interested in you as an employee.

We are currently looking for a few qualified individuals to become members of our team. If you are looking for
new experience, new accomplishments in your career, and are willing to receive better salary you are welcome to join our company.

Job Description:
The task of the Transfer Manager is collecting payments (to your Bank or PayPal account) from customers in timely manner, transferring them to our office in Sweden via Wire Transfers or MoneyGram, and to solve issues associated with thesetasks.
If you don't have bank account, our manager will find nearest bank, and open a new checking account there.
All fees will be paid by our company.

Every payment order will be accompanied with detailed instructions. It is a part-time from home job.
We are offering to you a commission based position. You will get 8% of each processed payment immediately, right after you accomplish the task.

General requirements:

* Applicants must be of legal age;
* Good communications skills;
* Any experience in customer service sphere is appreciated;
* Willingness to work from home, take responsibility and achieve higher goals;
* Experience in Internet usage;
* Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations;
* Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word is a plus.

Salary: $700-$1400 per week

This job will allow you to:

* work efficiently from home;
* increase available personal time;
* get financial independence for less time than it's usually required;
* develop high self-respect and esteem.

Working hours are flexible. You can choose to perform the work when it is convenient to you.
The general requirement is to spend 30-60minutes a day for the work.

You will need to check your e-mail 3-5 times a day to see if there is any work for you.


You are not required to pay any fee for becoming our employee.

If you are interested, please reply to this message and We will provide you with full information about this position and our company . (web-site, licenses, etc.) , as well as answer your questions.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:09 AM
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"You are not required to pay any fee for becoming our employee"


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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 09:19 AM
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we'd like to hire you to launder money. In the process we'd like to steal all of yours.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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Wait a sec...the country of "Findland" is involved...this must be legit...didn't even spell my last name correct either
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by s2000raj,Feb 5 2008, 10:19 AM
we'd like to hire you to launder money. In the process we'd like to steal all of yours.
Classic scam, also used for fraudulent ebay purchases. You become part of an international conspiracy from the comfort of your own home. The best one that I saw was with a "hot" eastern european woman who just needed some help moving and relabling a few packages...but she loved him...
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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I got something similar like that. They wanted me to process checks through Western Union and then after I got a confirmation e-mail, they wanted to to process the checks to my own bank instead. I sent a reply to the person and no response so definitely a fake.

Here's the website they are using

http://profiweb-studio.com/careers.htm
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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I dont open emails like that. If i dont know who it is, it goes in the shitter.
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