scam or not

[Unregistered]

We have a Job for you.
To a future employee,

An European trading company,located in Rotterdam Netherlands,is looking for US personnel in order to intermediate marketing transactions overseas.
Due to a large period of time concerning the payment transactions accomplished between US and Europe,our company is searching for staff,part time or full time.
The most important aptitudes required are seriousness in keeping in strict confidence the identity of our clients(our company's errand,including your salary,depends on that so the buyer's identity cannot be acquainted with the seller's),also promptitude on carrying out the tasks or our demands required to the matter.
The earnings in return for work are various,between $2,000 and $5,000 per month for only 3 hours a day.Depending on your time implication,seriousness and correctness,the earnings can be increased up to 300% .
If you are interested on a possible colaboration then then read the entire job's description and answer to all 5 questions mentioned:
Due to a high success of our company in trading fields(at least 800.000 satisfied clients),and also to some various complains concerning the large period of time to accomplish payment transactions between US and Europe,we have decided to draft US personnel in order to facilitate this process.
In order to be able to charge the client we have to keep the supplier's identity secret so we will redirect the client's payment to you.After you will receive the payment and keep our errand(15%),you have to send the rest of the money to the supplier by using his preferred payment method.

We can attach,on your request,a picture which will provide you the business's steps :
1.Our company invested and invest in all the major trading markets.
2.The supplier contact us with a offer.
3.After a review is made we decide if we (or not) engage on promoting their products.
4.A contract is made between supplier and our company.
5.The clients contact us in order to purchase these products and after they'll sign an agreement contract,we'll start the transaction.
6.We redirect the client's payment to you and after you'll keep our(and yours) earnings,it is your obligation to transfer the rest (85%) .
All the transfer fees will be supported by the supplier. Our company will never ask you to support or to invest a penny from your own pocket.

Requirements :
1. Elementary knowledge of payment transactions.
2. The possibility to accept at least one of this payment methods :

a) Paypal
b) Checks
c) Money orders
3. Promptitude in sending the payment to the supplier.
4. Due to the high taxes concerning the transfer of money between US and Netherland,you have to keep our fee until the amount will become more than $1000 .
5. Ability to send us our commission on request.

Earnings :

1.Our company charges every transaction with 15% :
a) 10% is your earning to every transaction
b) 5% is our company fee
2.After you sign our contract,no matter how many transactions you will intermediate, our company will offer you a minimum income of $1,000.00 per month .

Interdiction :

1.Not to fulfill the terms of confidentiality between our clients.
2.Delaying the payment to our suppliers,after you have already received the buyer's amount(in the most cases our company shall request you to transfer the payment in the same day after you will get your errand).
3.Impossibility of transferring our earnings on request.

Note : If you don't respect one of the terms mentioned above,our collaboration will be over.

Top 5 earnings for the last month :

Thomas J. David,CA - $14,140.00
Tim L. Fullerton,Fl - $11,028.00
Andrew Ziegler,CA - $11,010.00
Jeffrey Keegan,WA - $10,814.00
Nathan Reynolds,WI - $10,735.00

If you fulfil our demands and you want to become one of us then answer the following questions :

1.Are you interested on a Full time or Part time job?
2.If you work part time then let us know how many hours per day .
3.Are you collaborating with a bank right now(yes/no)?
4.What payment method(mentioned above) do you prefer ?
5.Do you have a negative background(criminal records) ?

[Nyla]

Scam.

The "company representative" email you referred is always a scam. The scammers send forged payments or faked bank transfers (checks, money orders, "flashing" a bank account) and ask you to cash the payment, keep a small percentage, and wire the rest to them, generally by Moneygram or Western Union. When the payment is found to be fake or forged, YOU owe the money to the bank.

Keep in mind that there is absolutely NO reason for a foreign company of any kind to ask you to "process payments" for commission. Companies in other countries have many ways of receiving foreign payments, such as direct bank transfer. None have a legitimate reason for hiring foreign representatives to take payments on their behalf. Even if you were actually receiving real payments from a real customer, you would most likely be guilty of money laundering.

[Unregistered]

i have already received credit from my bank, but i have not wired any funds yet... thanks... i going to attempt to get this guy

[Nyla]

First thing to do, then, is to contact your bank, and let them know you are pretty sure that the payment you deposited is fraudulent. It's probably best to take them printouts or offer to email them copies of the emails you received from the scammer. Let them know before they find out on their own (which could be weeks), because if they discover it, they might feel you were intentionally trying to defraud them and press criminal charges against you. Definitely don't withdraw the money from your account. I would suggest not withdrawing any money from your account at all until you've made them aware you were a scam victim and they say it's okay to begin using your account again.

If you notify them first and cooperate in their investigation, you shouldn't have any legal trouble. You will probably also want to file a police report as well.

However, you really shouldn't expect an arrest out of this. In all likelihood, the scammer is overseas and there is little to no chance of identifying him. The chances of arrest are even smaller. The police report is mostly a way to get on record that you were the victim, not the criminal or an accomplice. Also, cut off all contact with the scammer.

[topcop]

Generally speaking, Nyla is correct about an arrest. But if the scammer is identified and is in almost any country outside of Africa and some Asian countries, authorities in that country would like to have the information. If, for example, your scammer turns out to be Mr. Bill Jones from Amsterdam, the LE people in Amsterdam would very much like to have any info you could give them. Your local LE people should be able to help you out. Glad you did not get burned -- ;) tc