i know this is off topic but i need to know if this is a scam

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

ok i was applying for jobs off of yahoohotjobs and one job wrote back. Here is the email they sent:

Dear Employee,
You are getting this email in regards of the resume you sent to us from Yahoo Hotjobs for Employment Position posted on the largest employment site Yahoo Hotjobs.
Your resume has been processed and due to some certain factors you have been picked as one of our Candidate.
Your administrative duty would be that you become our Customer Service & Account Recievable Representative (CSARR) and it's a work from home job.

This application is for the position of Customer Service & Account Recievable Representative (CSARR) in Crystal farms Inc ® and the job will require that the CSARR receives Checks or Money Orders payment on behalf of Crystal farms Inc ® from clients and customers who have made purchases via post or telephone and proceed in cashing at Bank or any check cashing facilty. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving this problem. The salary is a minimum of $450 per week depending on number of transactions handled, more than a transaction can be handled a week. All transactions will need to be recorded.

If you are still interested in this job, you will need to provide us with your Full Name, Full Address (Including City, State and Zip code No P.O Box), Age, Current job, Cell Phone and Home Phone.

Applicant should also be HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY

This job position is limited so it is advisable that you reply soon.

Regards

[FONT=georgia,serif]Human Resource Manager
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,serif] Crystal Farms Inc®

this seems kinda fishy. Does anyone have any kind of experience with this kind of email?
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Harvey Dent · Dec 23, 2007

scriptwiz05 said:
ok i was applying for jobs off of yahoohotjobs and one job wrote back. Here is the email they sent:

Dear Employee,
You are getting this email in regards of the resume you sent to us from Yahoo Hotjobs for Employment Position posted on the largest employment site Yahoo Hotjobs.
Your resume has been processed and due to some certain factors you have been picked as one of our Candidate.
Your administrative duty would be that you become our Customer Service & Account Recievable Representative (CSARR) and it's a work from home job.

This application is for the position of Customer Service & Account Recievable Representative (CSARR) in Crystal farms Inc ® and the job will require that the CSARR receives Checks or Money Orders payment on behalf of Crystal farms Inc ® from clients and customers who have made purchases via post or telephone and proceed in cashing at Bank or any check cashing facilty. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount involved. We have decided to open this new contract -to-hire job position for solving this problem. The salary is a minimum of $450 per week depending on number of transactions handled, more than a transaction can be handled a week. All transactions will need to be recorded.

If you are still interested in this job, you will need to provide us with your Full Name, Full Address (Including City, State and Zip code No P.O Box), Age, Current job, Cell Phone and Home Phone.

Applicant should also be HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY

This job position is limited so it is advisable that you reply soon.

Regards

[FONT=georgia,serif]Human Resource Manager [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,serif]Crystal Farms Inc®[/FONT]

[FONT=times new roman,serif]this seems kinda fishy. Does anyone have any kind of experience with this kind of email?[/FONT]

Did the Human Resource manager not include their name?

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

Ps: i did a google search on Crystal Farms Inc and they have a website with phone numbers. actually a few sites come up with their name listed so it seems like its a legit company. just dont know if this job seems normal or could be someone posing as them. just wanted opinions from some of you guys. thanks :monsters-[FONT=times new roman,serif][/FONT]

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

Minnetonka said:
Did the Human Resource manager not include their name?

yes he did, I just didnt include it. thanks

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

and one more thing, here is a link to their website:
http://www.crystalfarmsga.com/

guys let me know if I should respond to this email. thanks.

TTinCO · Dec 23, 2007

Fishy...very fishy IMO

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

TTinCO said:
Fishy...very fishy IMO

im thinking so too but when i go to their website, its looks professional with contact numbers and email addresses, the history of their company and other things. thats why im on the seesaw here. I dont really understand why they need someone else to cash their checks though?

TTinCO · Dec 23, 2007

Go ahead and look into it, but you know as well as I do that they aren't going to pay someone $450+ a week to do something that they very easily do for free.

Scam

PO69 · Dec 23, 2007

The pay is only $450 a week! That isnt very much if you ask me!

But you do need to be carefull off of all of the job websites. You will get all sorts of bogus job offers from both sites. Most of them will ask you to fax them a resume with DOB and SS number included along with a DL

DollarDay · Dec 23, 2007

This is another one of the Nigerian scams.

They pick a well know name company and impersonate the HR director, company president, etc.

They then have you receive bogus checks (fraud with correct acct # and info but never authorized by the check writer - you will see a lot of business accounts and you won't think much of it because they will say they are selling business to business - and sometimes business checks take a long time to bounce becuase the business may not be checking their account every day, fraud checks that way overdraw the writers accounts or checks with account #'s that don't even exist). You can basically go to any office supply company (office max, office depot, staples) and buy the software called checkwrite, the "magnetic ink" and the paper stock that is used for about $250 total.

They have you then forward them the money - in most cases before the checks truly clear, as it can take a long time for some checks to come back, and bam, the bank then comes back to you for the funds. You don't have the funds because you've bank-to-bank wired or sent the funds by moneygram, etc and you're screwed.

If you are familiar with the other Nigerian scam where you send money to get an "inheritance", I have heard of this scame being played in conjunction with the inheritance scam and then since you received the money on behalf of the fraudster you are not linked with them and can end up with a criminal record as well.

DO NOT DO THIS OR EVEN RESPOND TO THE EMAIL. Expect a lot of other emails very similar to this to come from other companys as your email address gets passed along to "the crew".

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

PO69 said:
The pay is only $450 a week! That isnt very much if you ask me!

But you do need to be carefull off of all of the job websites. You will get all sorts of bogus job offers from both sites. Most of them will ask you to fax them a resume with DOB and SS number included along with a DL

i agree the pay sucks but i liked that it was from home so I could still watch some games while working.

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

baccy said:
This is another one of the Nigerian scams.

They pick a well know name company and impersonate the HR director, company president, etc.

They then have you receive bogus checks (fraud with correct acct # and info but never authorized by the check writer - you will see a lot of business accounts and you won't think much of it because they will say they are selling business to business - and sometimes business checks take a long time to bounce becuase the business may not be checking their account every day, fraud checks that way overdraw the writers accounts or checks with account #'s that don't even exist). You can basically go to any office supply company (office max, office depot, staples) and buy the software called checkwrite, the "magnetic ink" and the paper stock that is used for about $250 total.

They have you then forward them the money - in most cases before the checks truly clear, as it can take a long time for some checks to come back, and bam, the bank then comes back to you for the funds. You don't have the funds because you've bank-to-bank wired or sent the funds by moneygram, etc and you're screwed.

If you are familiar with the other Nigerian scam where you send money to get an "inheritance", I have heard of this scame being played in conjunction with the inheritance scam and then since you received the money on behalf of the fraudster you are not linked with them and can end up with a criminal record as well.

DO NOT DO THIS OR EVEN RESPOND TO THE EMAIL. Expect a lot of other emails very similar to this to come from other companys as your email address gets passed along to "the crew".

yeah I had a friend almost fall for another scam. Thats what made me fishy on this one. I wonder why they wouldnt think that some people would just keep the money and not forward it to them. then when they got busted, they can say they sent it to whatever address the original scammers sent them. I wouldnt do that but, some people. damn. ok then. thanks for the heads up.

4625 · Dec 23, 2007

Sounds fishy, but you could just break down and call some of the contact numbers you've located on the website for verification. . . .

whalewager · Dec 23, 2007

its a scam...no more comments needed...close thread

BlackBart · Dec 23, 2007

There are a couple of legit gigs like this, but very few. I have a neighbor that does call center work out of her home, but I don't remember for what company. My wife knows, I think. S

JGSB · Dec 23, 2007

YAHOO is a hot bed for all types of scam artists.
Based on the fomat of this business proposal, I believe it is a scam.
This is a format commonly used and I have seen it before.
No Bullshit- this one fits the profile.
Pass on this one.

ProPokerPlayer · Dec 23, 2007

Ya know when you read the very 1st kine and the mother ****** doesnt even use proper grammar you might want to say to yourself ughhhhhhhhhh...............THIS IS A FUCKING SCAM.
No wonder these guys keep doing this there are at least 3-4 people right here in this 1 thread who would fall for this shit that anyone with half a brain can see is fake in the 1st 10 words.......I missed my calling, i coulda been a helluva scammer...another day another regret i guess.

Betallsports · Dec 23, 2007

Not too sure if this is a Scam.....

If you go to this Link...You will see and get all the Info you want

http://www.hoovers.com/crystal-farm...ev&cm_cat=Google&cm_pla=Free&cm_ite=Factsheet

I Trust Hoovers on Anything !! I would use the Contact information from there..

Good Luck !

BradtheBloke · Dec 23, 2007

hey everyone. thanks for your help. I appreciate it.

kfox · Dec 23, 2007

Scam. Recently read about a guy who took a similar job. Cashed a certified check for $2500. took 10% for himself and forwarded the balance to the company. When the check bounced he was out $2250. forget it.