Scam!!!! What do you think?

[shecass]

My husband is currently job hunting and I've posted his resume online. Well we got this email today and it has nothing to do with his field. He is a maintenance supervisor/lead maintenance technician.

Sorry this is so long. I don't blame you if you don't want to read it all.

While I was reading this all I could think of was SCAM.

Good afternoon!

I am a manager of United Business Invest, Inc Company.
We are glad to inform you, that your resume has been successfully selected from hundreds of candidates.
Search passed on site www.careerbuilder.com And now we would like to suggest you to become our agent in the USA!
I am your personal manager, my name is Dmitry Astahov, and my task is to show you the ropes and to explain what is required from you.

Some information about United Business Invest, Inc Company.
General directions of “United Business Invest, Inc” are the following:
- Complex financial service of corporate clients;
- Financing international trade enterprises;
- Financing navigation business;
- Controlling of assets and private persons' fortune;
- Strategic consulting;
- Marketing service of operations clients, financial (non-financial) partners and agents organization
Strategically, we serve the following five categories of clients:

• Institutional investors
• High-net-worth individual investors
• Entrepreneurs
• Portfolio company management teams
• Clients that need investment banking or management consulting services


We help institutional investors and high-net-worth individual investors to make successful private equity investments to optimize their portfolio management.
Private equity is an asset class that offers investors unique opportunities and advantages. Our activities include all aspects of investment research and
analysis, due diligence, fund administration, in addition to maintaining the broad vision required to identify and capture private equity investment
opportunities wherever they arise.

Within the ten years’ experience “United Business Invest, Inc” and its enterprises have accumulated a great number of documents and certificates and worked out
methods of planning and schemes on how to work in tens of countries. “United Business Invest, Inc” is a professional member of over-the-counter market. Financial
risks are insured with Insurance Company.

Our company participates in the investment management on the territory of Russia. From February, 1 2006 we have begun work with the USA.
We have already clients from the USA who want to invest their capital in Russian industry. Therefore we help the American businessmen to carry out the
financial analysis of Russian market for more effective investment of their capital. At the request of the American clients we search for the most favourable
offers on work in the financial market of Russia. Thus we help our clients in the development of their business on the territory of Russia.

Now we want to explain to you a problem which arises at work with the American clients.

For work with the American clients and for business dealing in territory the USA under the American law our company has been registered
In Tax services of America. Now our company has all necessary documents and essential elements for work with the American clients:
UNITED BUSINESS INVEST, INC.
Address: 33 E YALE LOOP
IRVINE, CA 92604
Tax ID (FEIN): 330919210
Duns Number: 09-745-2606
Reference Name: CALIFORNIA UCC FILINGS
Date Provided: 06-29-2005
Therefore we pay taxes from all incomes in territory of America. According to the Tax Legislation of USA our company should execute the following rules:
1. Our company should have the financial representative who will be the resident in the USA
2. All financial operations should is carried out through the financial representative in the USA.
For payment of our services our clients can pay money directly to Russia, but it CONTRADICTS LAWS the tax Legislation of USA.
Therefore now the employee in the USA is necessary for us and now I want to offer you this post.
WE ACCEPT BANKER'S CHECKS, DIRECT TRANSFER OF MONEY TO HANDS, INTERBANK TRANSLATIONS, FOR PAYMENT OF OUR SERVICES. THE MAJORITY OF THE AMERICAN CLIENTS
PREFER TO USE CHECKS FOR PAYMENT OF OUR SERVICES. THEY CONSIDER THAT IT IS THE MOST RELIABLE, CHEAP AND CHECKED UP WAY FOR PAYMENT. AFTER CONSULTATION WHICH
WE GIVE BY E-MAIL OR PHONE, THEY MAKE OUT A CHECK. MANY CLIENTS ARRIVE TO OUR OFFICE IN MOSCOW AND AFTER WORK WITH OUR COMPANY THEY WRITE OUT CHECKS. ALL
THESE CHECKS ARE VALID ONLY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE USA. THEY CAN BE CASHED ONLY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE USA. WE HAVE BRANCHES ONLY IN RUSSIA AND CIS
COUNTRIES. THEREFORE ONE OF THE DUTIES OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGER IN THE USA WILL BE RECEPTION OF BANKER'S CHECKS FOR CASHING IN.
SOME CLIENTS WILL PERSONALLY ARRIVE TO YOU FOR PAYMENT OF OUR SERVICES.

Also I want to explain to you a situation concerning payment of taxes. You should not worry concerning payment of taxes from your incomes.
Because you should not pay any taxes from your incomes as you will be submitted as " Independent Contractor " and according to the contract
which you sign with our company, you will be exempted from all taxes.

If you agree to work in the quality of Financial Manager in the USA you will have price-work wages. These are 10 % from all incomes in the USA
(checks, bank operations, payment by cash). At the first stage of work every week you will receive checks for 8000 USD,
therefore your earnings will be not less than 800 USD per week. With the increase of the amount of our
clients in the USA your earnings will increase as well. It is a very favourable offer for you which you should not miss. If you disagree for this work,
please inform us as we have many candidates for this position but only ONE WORKPLACE which now is offered only to you.
Please give your answer during two working days. And now we hope for your consent as we require fair, responsible and respectable employees.


At present we have a small amount of clients in the USA as our company has only recently started work with the USA but by calculations of the marketing
department and according to the business plan in 3 months our company will have more than 30 clients in the USA.
Thus, in 3 months you will serve more than 30 payments from our clients (checks, bank operations, payment by cash) a month for a total sum not less than 70,000 USD, therefore your earnings will be more than 7000 USD a month.
It is not required a lot of time from you for this purpose. It is enough one hour a day for performance of work. More simply, when you act in the quality of
our financial manager, we will inform our clients about you and explain them that you are our financial manager in the USA.
Then our clients will choose a way of payment of our services:
1. payment by cash. They will come to you for payment. Now our company has no office in the USA therefore it complicates work.
But our company plans opening official office in 2007. Therefore in the future clients will arrive to this office.

2. BANKER'S CHECKS. If clients which cannot personally arrive to you that they will write out checks for your name and then will send
These checks to you by regular mail.

[shecass]

Sorry had to do 2 posts way too long.

Therefore further if our clients will write out checks for you and when you receive it,
you should cash money from the check, leave 10 percent for yourself and send the rest to the financial department of our company.
As you can see it is not difficult and rather profitable!
Also you have a choice! There is the second variant of work. But unfortunately you can engage in this work only after one-year employment in our company.
After you work in our company for 12 months, you can be promoted and become our ADVERTISING MANAGER.
To be appointed to this position in our company you should:
1. Work in our company for one year.
2. To conclude the contract with our company.
3. Arrive to Russia for training and consultation for the period of two months. All lectures will be held in English.
As we give you an interpreter, you will not have any problems in a language barrier.
(We will completely provide you with accommodation and meal). Our company will pay you 40 USD per day during your stay in Russia. You will live in the Hotel
Arbat in the center of Moscow.
Hotel’s address:
Moscow
Leninskiy Street, 23
(495) 961-2115
4. Receive a taxpayer number in Russia. Please do not worry about it. Our company will completely take all work on itself. This number gives you the
following advantages:
** When you retire, you will be paid every month from the budget of Russia 900 USD as a retirement benefit.
** You receive free of charge treatment in any hospital on the territory of Russia.

If you satisfy the above mentioned conditions, you will search clients who will be ready to invest into economy of Russia.
More simply, you are an interlink between our company and clients in the USA.
You will receive the salary at the rate of 15 percent from all the sum of funds which clients will pay to our firm. You will decide who is to be employed,
and what way. Your task will be search of clients! All stages of work with one client cost approximately 25,000 USD.
If you find 10 clients who will be ready to cooperate with our company, it will be easier for you to pass a curriculum in Russia. We will provide you with
the financial base for carrying out of advertising on territory of the USA.
Advertising will be carried out on TV, publicity boards, magazines, newspapers.
From ten clients our company can receive profit at the rate of 250,000 USD from which you can get 15 percent and it is 37,500 USD!
But this work will take you much more time. But now it is early to speak about it. Now you should know that in our company you are not at a stop!
You are promoted and increase your salary. We respect and remunerate our employees who are responsible for concern in the work.

All work will consist of the following stages:

1. You should fill in and sign the contract and EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION.
2. To send us by e-mail or fax:
A) a copy of the signed contract and the employment application.
B) Yours Photo ID(In a staff department of United Business Invest, Inc
will your personal labour book, therefore your photo will be attached to the labour book)
C) Copy of the ID documents (Driving licence, the passport or other)
3. After that you will receive a position of Financial Manager in our company.
At this stage we inform our clients about you. Some our clients will use checks for payment of our service,
therefore they will write out checks for your name.
There can be some clients will want to transfer money directly in your hands. But it will be possible only after that
As we shall send you a employer card of our company. You should present this card to all our clients.
Without this card our clients have not the right to transfer money directly in hands.
4. Other clients who will prefer to use checks, will write out it for your name and to send
On your home address regular mail.
5. We inform you how many, when and from whom you receive checks.
6. After you receive checks, you should exchange it for cash.
7. Then you should send money (90 percent from the sum) to our Financial Manager in Russia:
You should send all money on the bank account of our company in Moscow. It is settlement
The account of a financial department of company UNITED BUSINESS INVEST, INC.
For this purpose you should make SWIFT translation of ANY American bank.
For transfer of money you should use our bank essential elements.


** Transfer fee should be taken from the sum of the checks

If you are interested in our offer, please, write on my e-mail:

manager@unitedbusinessinvest.com

The contract on which it is necessary to put your signature will be sent to you, you should make a copy and send it back to us.
If you have a fax, please send your fax number. We will send it on your fax. Otherwise the contract will be send to you in the next letter. We need the full information about you.
IF YOU HAVE BECOME INTERESTED IN OUR OFFER THAT IN THE FOLLOWING LETTER YOU SHOULD SEND:
1) YOUR FULL NAME
2) YOUR FULL ADDRESS OF RESIDING
3) YOUR PHONE / THE FAX

We will be glad to welcome you as the representative of United Business Invest, Inc company in the USA!

Yours faithfully,
Personal Manager
Dmitry Astahov
e-mail: manager@unitedbusinessinvest.com
main website: www.unitedbusinessinvest.com
USA website: www.usa.unitedbusinessinvest.com
Tel: 7(495)589-1989

[red98vett]

BIG TIME SCAM ...there are thousands of them on the net. Now how anyone could fall for that one I don't know - but I bet people do

The scammers out there have perfected their 'art' and their sole purpose in life is to try to figure out ways to find someone who is looking for something too good to be true - and get as much money that they can from them - they have NO consience

[Peters]

how sad there are so many low lifes out there just trying daily to rip off innocent hard working honest people!

[BabyFidgette]

I didn't read the whole thing, but I think it's a scam too. As SOON as they ask for money it throws up a red flag for me!

[shecass]

Originally Posted by BabyFidgette

I didn't read the whole thing, but I think it's a scam too. As SOON as they ask for money it throws up a red flag for me!

I didn't read the whole thing either. I just read the first couple of paragraphs and had a good laugh.

[Jaspermom]

I did read the whole thing, and yes it is a scam. It is an amazing compilation of lies, and it is rather well written, so I bet some people do fall for it. Too bad...

[KFG]

I used to be a recruiter so I am VERY familiar with careerbuilder.com. The first red flag for me was not only that they were soliciting your husband for a job that doesn't fit with his current qualifications, but that it sounded like they had already offered him the job before even speaking to him. Then they said that when you are an independent contractor that you don't have to pay taxes, which also isn't true. You pay the government directly instead of them being taken out of your paycheck.

Has your husband gotten in touch with any recruiters? That's always a good route to take to get a job.

Good luck!

[mommiesboy]

In capital letters... RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK,THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM!!!!

[lksdolls]

This is a scam. You get a bogus check but looks very real. You cash it and keep 10 % and send the rest to the company. Then you find out that it's a bogus check after you have sent the money to the company. Not only are you responsible to your bank for the 10%, you are also responsible for the rest of the funds that were sent to the company. They have cash, you have nothing.