If you EVER EVER EVER find a job that asks you to do the following things, always check to see if they are a member of the BBB PRIOR to giving any personal info or applying for the job:
1. Receive money and transfer funds via moneygram or other transfer service
2. Open a dedicated bank account for your new "job" and then give them all your personal account information
3. Hire you "over the internet"
4. Have any affiliation with Nigeria
The company I am reporting is OBVIOUSLY a scam!!! I have been scammed before with a similar job description. I applied for a job, was asked for personal information over email, which I provided, then a few days later I received a $4,000 check in the mail. I was to cash the check, take out 10% as my commission, then send the balance, less money-transfer fees to an address in Nigeria. I took the check to the bank, opened up a new account, deposited the check, and was told it would be held to verify. I was a little skeptical about this "too good to be true" opportunity that had just paid me $400 bucks for absolutely nothing, so I started doing a little research. I had made a copy of that check, and looked up the company name that was on the check. After speaking with a representative of the company, it was determined that the check (which had an old address on it) was a fraudulant check and that my "job" really WAS too good to be true.
I contacted my bank and the police IMMEDIATELY and the check was stopped. A police officer came to my home and took a statement. I was then informed that had I taken the check straight to a Moneygram facility to cash and transfer, or had the bank rep caught the fake check, I would have been arrested and probably charged for fraud. Also, had the bank prematurely released the funds to my account due to my good banking history, and had I transfered the funds, I WOULD HAVE OWED THE BANK all that money, once they realized it was a fraud!!! I got away easy - my bank only charged me $20 to stop the check from being processed. I then sent a nasty email to the company that had hired me that I had contacted the police. I never heard from them again.
This company is the EXACT SAME SCAM. It may be a different perpetrator, but I GUARANTEE that you will be scammed if you give them any information and try to cash or transfer any checks. This company is NOT a member of the BBB.
DO NOT let their pretty website trick you... It almost tricked me, until I read the job description. This is not even worth trying!!! AND THE WORST PART IS - if you are googling for jobs - this shows up in the search results as legit!!!
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