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30 September 2006, 19:30

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Akmo Trading is one of the leading companies selling home appliances
and electronics since 1998 year. The main activity of the company is the
import and distribution of consumer electronics.

As a result of our decision, we have opened new financial manager
positions and have got a special proposal for you: it is a unique
possibility to get a High-Paying job. You are not required to be skilled in this
type of sales/marketing business.

Actually you will be our representative and a middleman between us and
our customers from your country. A lot of our customers who wanted to
buy electronics from our company were dissatisfied with the terms of
delivery. International wire transfers to our country usually takes 3-7
business days to arrive. We have a solution to solve this problem. A lot
of well-known and respected companies use similar solutions to expedite
the process of payment. We have established a network of agents in some
countries, so our customers could make the payments to our agent's
account from the same country. This type of payment diminishes the terms of
delivery twice or more, helping us to become even more popular all over
the world.

Main requirements for our representatives:
18 years or older.
Honest and Responsible.
Ready to work 1-3 hours per day.
PC knowledge.
Internet experience (minimal).

What are our major benefits?
1. You can earn up to $3000-4000 monthly.
2. This job is absolutely legal.
3. You can do the Work easily without leaving or affecting your present
job.
4. You won't have to spend a lot of time with this job. It take just
1-3 hours per day.
5. No experience required.
6. You do not need any capital to start.
7. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a real possibility
to become managers.

Join to US Today!

Visit our website for more info: www.akmotrading.com

Nyla

30 September 2006, 20:46

Well spotted. It's not just a likely scam, it is indeed a scam commonly known as the Company Representative or Process Payments Scam. The payments are generally forged/altered checks, forged/altered money orders, or in some cases, payments from victims of other scams. You're left holding the bag when the bank discovers you have passed a forged payment or that the other victim has reported the scam to the police.

Not only that, but the statement about "other companies" doing it is a lie, as well. Even if the payments were legitimate, you and the company would be committing money laundering. I'll see if we can't get this website shut down. That's a little less likely, given that it has a Russian host.

Nyla

30 September 2006, 21:01

Well, since I'm in a "what the heck" mood, I tried an online Russian translator, in the hopes that a simple explanation will get them to look at and possibly shut down the site. I won't be holding my breath, but it's worth a try. Hopefully my online translator hasn't resulted in my saying anything accidentally offensive.

Hello,

I am sorry, but I do not speak Russian, I speak English. I am using a translator to write this. Your company is hosting a site called http://www.akmotrading.com/ which advertises a scam. They get innocent people to receive forged checks, redeem them, and send money by Western Union. Then they are in trouble with the bank. Even if the checks were valid, it would still be a crime, money laundering.

Please look at the site and see if it violates your terms of service.

Thank you.

Привет,

Я сожалею, но я не говорю на русском языке, я говорю на английском языке. Я использую переводчика, чтобы написать этому. Ваша компания принимает гостей за участком, названным http://www.akmotrading.com/, который рекламирует жульничество. Они заставляют невинных людей получать подделанные чеки, искупать их, и посылать деньги Западным Союзом. Тогда они в беде с банком. Даже если бы чеки были действительны, то это все еще было бы преступление, отмывание денег.

Пожалуйста смотрите на участок и видьте, нарушает ли это ваши сроки обслуживания.

Спасибо.

enforcnthelaw

1 October 2006, 00:01

Dear Sir/Madam,

H & S International Limited is a chinese textile company.We produce and distribute clothing materials such as batiks,assorted fabrics and traditional costume worldwide.We have reached big sales volume of textile materials in the Europe and now are trying to penetrate the US market. Quite soon we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in the US and other countires and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact is that despite the US market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US?

The international money transfer tax for legal entities(companies) in china is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%.There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is 7% .That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our textiles in forms of(cheque, paypal or bank wire transfers) and to resend the money to us via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.This way we will save money because of tax decreasing.

JOB DESCRIPTION?

1. Recieve payment from Clients

2. Cash Payments at your Bank or a Check Cash Store

3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed.

4. Forward balance afer deduction of prcentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send (payment either by MoneyGram or Western Union Money Transfer).

HOW MUCH WILL YOU EARN?

10% from each operation! For instance: you receive 7000 USD via cheques or money orders on our behalf. You will cash the money and keep $700 10% from $7000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 10%, hough later it will increased up to 12%!

ADVANTAGES

You do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home or office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $4000-6000 monthly depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start.You can do the Work easily without leaving or affecting your present Job.The mployees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.

MAIN REQUIREMENTS

1)18 years or older

2)legally capable

3)responsible

ready to work 3-4 hours per week.with PC nowledge e-mail and internet experience (minimal)

And please know that Everything is absolutely legal. If you are interested in our offer, please reply to the following email address for quicker response,mail me directly to my personal email address:hs_textileint@rediffmail.com. Thanks for your anticipated action.And we hope to hear back from you.

Very Respectfully,

Mr. howard smith
President,
H & S International Limited

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This is simply for your information. Knowledge is power with these types of financial scams. Always be alert....and remember "if it looks too good to be true....it probably is."

Nyla

3 October 2006, 16:49

Much to my surprised delight, the Russian webhost has notified me that they suspended the account that set up the scam site www.akmotrading.com