Anandtech Detectives: I need your help!

Phoenix15

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I found a job on hotjobs. It is for a company called Global Post based out of Finland. They are a remailing service. They state that you will recieve $24 per box that you recieve, repack and ship out per there instructions. I have filled out the application online and recieved this reply:


Good day!
My name is David Bishop, manager of the Customer Assistance Department of the Global Post company.
Our company is engaged in correspondence managing, distributing different goods worldwide, buying and reselling these goods.

Description of Goods :
- Consumer electronics of different kinds;
- Sport equipment;
- Luxuries;
- Home computers and computer components for desktop systems, notebooks, PDAs;
- Office equipment;
- Mobile equipment (cellular phones, pagers, GPSs etc.);
- Car parts (small car parts);
- Clothes;
We don?t operate with goods which contain materials and technologies restricted
for export/import.
We plan to expand our activities and we are looking for smart people to train for
an assistant/manager position.Thank you for your application.
Job description:
People who get this job will have to follow these instructions:
1. Receive the correspondence from our company to his/her home address.
2. Report to our manager (every candidate will be included on the manager list)
3. Repack received items following the instructions which our manager will
send to you.
4. Receive money from our company for shipping and payment for each
shipped out package. The Money transfer method is described below. We offer $24 for each shipped out box. We'll sign a contract for a long-term partnership (6 or 12 months), by mail. You will receive prepaid USPS labels
so you are not responsible for s/h fees.
5. Fill in the forms and papers which will be shown in our managers instructions
(you will receive an e-mail instruction for each box).
6. Ship the package out using the specified shipping method (at this time we
use mainly EMS. Every USPS office can ship it with EMS Global Express.
7. Check your e-mail 5-6 times per day (every hour is welcome)

Please advise:
The source of the information about this open position ( a person, an e-mail letter, a newspaper, an ICQ message)
Could you describe educational background and professional experience, and your current position.
Is anybody at home during the business day to receive the parcels?
Please feel free to ask us any questions you may have.

Thank you,
David Bishop,
Global Post



I responded with all the info he requested and recieved this reply:

Hello!


Thank you for your apply. I am quite prepared to offer you a job with us.

You will start on $24 per box.
First time we will start with not expensive goods.
Do you have a fax machine? Some documents must be signed and faxed before we start.
You should fax a copy of your ID to verify provided postal information.
Also we'll sign the contract for a long-term partnership (for 12 months).

Here is the contract:

http://global-post.biz/contract.doc


Please read, print, sign it and fax with your DL at: 408-834-7804


As soon as your signed contract is received, you'll be added to our postal database within 3 days and one of our managers will contact you.

Also please create dedicated e-mail account at yahoo.com for our business only. We need it because the information about new going packages sends to you automatically and many mail systems distinguish these messages as a spam and block them. That is why you can't receive our messages. Please send me your new yahoo email.
Thank you,
David Bishop,
Global Post

The only thing that bothers me is sending a copy of my drivers license. I can see that they need to verify that my addres is correct and many jobs I've had before have asked for a copy of a DL during the application process. It's just a bit unnerving whizzing that out into cyberspace. Has anyone ever heard of this company or one similar? I know this will not be a big money maker but it could be a little side project bringing in a few extra bucks. WHat do you guys think I should do?

 

akshatp

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LOL This will not end good

Edit: You dont need an "AT detective" to tell you to steer clear of this... My 2-year old nephew who doesnt read or write yet can tell you that much!
 

Vette73

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Originally posted by: akshatp
LOL This will not end good

Edit: You dont need an "AT detective" to tell you to steer clear of this... My 2-year old nephew who doesnt read or write yet can tell you that much!

/thread
 

Jeff7

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Whois info

Registered to someone in Russia.


Good luck with that. :)

I'd expect it to be cheaper and more efficient to use a warehouse or multiple warehouses, you know, like how everyone else does it. Amazon doesn't send packages to individuals, only to have them repack them and ship them somewhere else.

Sounds more like they're trying to make stolen/illegal goods untraceable, at least back to them. That, or they're just phishing for personal info.
 

kranky

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Oct 9, 1999
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It's likely that the scam works like this.

They scammers buy things online with stolen credit cards and have it shipped to you, because shipping overseas raises a lot of red flags. You resend them overseas to the scammers. The scammers either pay you with a stolen credit card, or don't pay you at all, but invent an endless series of excuses why you haven't been paid yet (government red tape, error in account number at the bank, officer of the corporation is on holiday and his signature is needed, etc. etc.) and the excuses will continue until you stop sending them the stuff.

Run away.
 

akshatp

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Originally posted by: kranky
It's likely that the scam works like this.

They scammers buy things online with stolen credit cards and have it shipped to you, because shipping overseas raises a lot of red flags. You resend them overseas to the scammers. The scammers either pay you with a stolen credit card, or don't pay you at all, but invent an endless series of excuses why you haven't been paid yet (government red tape, error in account number at the bank, officer of the corporation is on holiday and his signature is needed, etc. etc.) and the excuses will continue until you stop sending them the stuff.

Run away.

They already had a Dateline series of shows on this. More likely than not, this is exactly what is going on here OP. Run!
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: akshatp
Originally posted by: kranky
It's likely that the scam works like this.

They scammers buy things online with stolen credit cards and have it shipped to you, because shipping overseas raises a lot of red flags. You resend them overseas to the scammers. The scammers either pay you with a stolen credit card, or don't pay you at all, but invent an endless series of excuses why you haven't been paid yet (government red tape, error in account number at the bank, officer of the corporation is on holiday and his signature is needed, etc. etc.) and the excuses will continue until you stop sending them the stuff.

Run away.

They already had a Dateline series of shows on this. More likely than not, this is exactly what is going on here OP. Run!

Saw the same show. I think the dude (who was married and the wife didn't know because he was also "in love" with the shipper) went $40k into debt. It was comical and sad at the same time.
 

akshatp

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: akshatp
Originally posted by: kranky
It's likely that the scam works like this.

They scammers buy things online with stolen credit cards and have it shipped to you, because shipping overseas raises a lot of red flags. You resend them overseas to the scammers. The scammers either pay you with a stolen credit card, or don't pay you at all, but invent an endless series of excuses why you haven't been paid yet (government red tape, error in account number at the bank, officer of the corporation is on holiday and his signature is needed, etc. etc.) and the excuses will continue until you stop sending them the stuff.

Run away.

They already had a Dateline series of shows on this. More likely than not, this is exactly what is going on here OP. Run!

Saw the same show. I think the dude (who was married and the wife didn't know because he was also "in love" with the shipper) went $40k into debt. It was comical and sad at the same time.

Very comical.. did you see the state of that guy? Did he *really* think that some young hot chick was actually in love with him??? Haha you are right it was sad, but I was laughing at him the whole show
 

AnyMal

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Originally posted by: kranky
It's likely that the scam works like this.

They scammers buy things online with stolen credit cards and have it shipped to you, because shipping overseas raises a lot of red flags. You resend them overseas to the scammers. The scammers either pay you with a stolen credit card, or don't pay you at all, but invent an endless series of excuses why you haven't been paid yet (government red tape, error in account number at the bank, officer of the corporation is on holiday and his signature is needed, etc. etc.) and the excuses will continue until you stop sending them the stuff.

Run away.

Since they're asking for a copy of his driver's license they willl likely open a PayPal account in his name as well as get some credit cards.
 

PokerGuy

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Hahahaha... I can't believe you actually even went beyond "Good day!" to realize it's a scam. Hopefully you didn't send them any personal information and you can chalk it up as a lesson in common sense.