Miss Gullible

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I have my resume registered on Seek.com, so that employers can contact me about jobs. The other day I received an email, apparently from no_reply@seek.com. I contacted Seek who confirmed that the people who contacted me are nothing to do with them and do not use the website. Here is a copy of the email:

“Dear prospective employee,

We would like to inform you that after carefully reviewing your Seek job
application and resume we
have concluded that you would be a great candidate for the position that
Sinoco PLD is currently
trying to fill. Sinoco PLD is a medium sized company with over 100 employees,
due to the size
of our company and the competitive nature of cosmetic products manufacturing
and distribution
we require regional payment managers that will receive payments from our
customers on behalf of the
company to reduce the tax costs and time required for international bank
transfers.
The job requirements are:

- A land based phone line or cell phone.

- A computer with a Internet connection.

- E-mail, Internet and basic computer usage skills.

- A bank account within Australia.

- A couple of free hours per week

Salary Information: You will be paid 1000$ AUD every 2 weeks, and will
retain 5% commission on every
payment processed on behalf of Sinoco PLD. Considering the current volume of
customers within
Australia your commission will add up to 500-1000$ AUD per week.
Costs Information: Employee will never pay anything from their own pocket,
all taxes and fees
related will be fully paid by Sinoco PLD.

Trial period for this position is 1 month, time in which the manager
assigned to your
case will be monitoring your progress and will decide if you are the right
person for the job.

If you feel that you meet all the requirements please reply to our email for
further information
about the position in question. Thank you

John Hale, CEO of recruitment dep.
Sinoco PLD.”

What a load of baloney! Seek told me it is obviously a money laundering scam. It is a bit scary that the people have hijacked Seeks email, as someone even more gullible than me (does that person exist?) could get themselves in a real pickle.

I have read on a few forums of people who have fallen for scams like this and got in al sorts of trouble. Another scam to watch out for, as if there weren’t enough already.