WTF is this? Doesn't quite seem like a scam job.

[Jaepheth]

You know what they say; "If is sounds too good to be true, you better jump on that opportunity before someone else does."

 

[BoomerD]

http://www.joewein.net/fraud/spam-payment-jobs.htm#intro

Please be aware that:

No legitimate company will use bank accounts of private individuals for processing payments from its customers.
No legitimate business will pay 5% and more for international money transfers (for example, $250 out of $5000), when banks provide such services for only $30-50 per transaction and businesses and individuals can set up their own bank accounts in other countries if needed.
No legitimate company uses private individuals to receive parcels and remail them.

http://derad.typepad.com/onlinecrimebytes/2006/07/beware_job_offe.html

More to the point about the OP's email:

http://exposingemailscams.blogspot.com/2011/02/mercet-group-job-scam-tanya-jones.html

http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2055069


In other words, this sounds like a tremendous opportunity...and I think the OP should jump on it while it's still available. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Mark R]

Probably sending in more than 10K and sending out smaller amounts to leave you with the tax bill since 10K+ are reported directly to the IRS.

No. You only pay tax on the 'profit' you make. So, if this was legit, you would only pay tax on your 'salary' and 'commission'. On your tax return, you would report 'income' and 'expenses' and only pay tax on the difference.

However, all transactions above a certain limit ($10k) get reported, and 'suspicious' transactions smaller than that get reported.

Accounts with this type of 'suspicious' activity, get flagged for investigation of possible money laundering or other criminal activity (e.g. drugs, for tipping-off the DEA, etc.)

The idea is to remove attention from the crooks' bank accounts. This way, all the red flags come up on your personal account. By the time the cops trace you, and investigate you, the crooks will have abandoned the accounts that you sent the money to. This way you get all the trouble and inconvenience of getting your private dealings investigated so closely that even a colonoscopy looks modest.

 

[BeauJangles]

http://exposingemailscams.blogspot.com/2011/02/mercet-group-job-scam-tanya-jones.html

Holy crap people are stupid.

 

[Macamus Prime]

A who-is check shows that this New Jersey company has a website owned by,... someone who doesn't seem to be living in New Jersey.

And the fucking site was opened up 2 months ago. Total scam. Also, investment firms never use you a mule. They just take your money and play with it, in hopes that they make more of it.

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