Authenticity of ABCA

macheyb

Hey,

Has anyone had any experiance of ABCA?
(http://www.a-bca.net/index.php?page=tmopen)
Is this a legitimate income source or simply another ellaborate scam?

I am hesitant to give them any personal information before being compleatly satisfied of their authenticity. What are the tell tale signs of a scam and what should I look out for?

Regards
J

krzychUK

I also received the following email:

"We have found your CV at Monster and would like to offer you a part time job that consists of receiving bank transfers and then making further payments to one of our regional departments.

Your commission as an agent is 6% of each transaction. The salary is commission based only and you will earn approximately £18000 per year. The hours for this work can be combined with any permanent or other part time job, the average workload of up to few hours a week. Please note that you can work from home but this job cannot be done online, you need physically withdraw-send money from nearest branches.

Our company's business is based on a peer to peer type network. This avoids high foreign taxation and cross board acquisition fees. If you are interested in our offer, please feel free to ask for details of the general provisions of the contract.

Kind Regards
Andrea Keller"

After I expressed interest (who would not like to make 20K a year ON TOP of regular full time job, while working only for a few hours a week?), I received:

"Hello,
Please visit this page: http://www.a-bca.com/tmopen
You need to do all steps written there to start working with us.

Best regards,
Andrea Keller
Abca HR Department"

So I did my regular check: typed in "abca scam" - no results. Then: "abc-a scam" and "abc-a" scam... and found the above post.

I did not give up, and copied their phone number ("44 800 471-5243") and pasted into the browser to find.... this website: http://www.bobbear.co.uk/acca.html

I think this answer your and my question, regardin their abc-a or abca credibility.

If anyone wishes to congratulate them this bright idea, 'her' e-mail is: andrea@mail-bca.com

If something sounds too beautiful, probably is fake. I hope that nobody falls for this one.

Cheers!

PacoB

Guys,

I actually carried out my first transaction with ABCA and the money is currently sitting in the Western Union. However, i have not given the number of the WU transaction back to ABCA yet. What actions should i take to avoid getting into any trouble with the law over this. Please advise...

Tombo

So is this a scam or not?

strawberryfluff

Hi Tombo,
Looking at the link provided by krzychUK above it seems it's a fraudulent site.

RaksP_2

PacoB wrote: »

Guys,

I actually carried out my first transaction with ABCA and the money is currently sitting in the Western Union. However, i have not given the number of the WU transaction back to ABCA yet. What actions should i take to avoid getting into any trouble with the law over this. Please advise...

Can you explain further as to how they sent the money to you, how you processed it etc.? If it has cleared through your bank account you potentially could keep the money but this may have legal implications later on.

If you are in any doubts contact your local police station before they contact you!!

kell.b

I would not have even considered this from the original job description as it sounds obviously like money laundering from the word go. What I would have done was contacted 'Monster' and made them aware of which 'companies' they are working with.
As they say, if it sounds too good .....

krzychUK

PacoB, as mentioned above, police would be a good a start, they must have anti-money laundering procedures ready. On top of that, I would talk to your bank rep and ask for advice.

lord_carter

Guys, this is is totally bogus! I was stupid enough to go ahead with accepting a "transfer" from them and subsequently sent it on through Western Union.

It all went fairly smoothly, until I received a phone call from my bank asking questions about where the money came from. Since they were not convinced by my story and I was unable to otherwise explain it, I have had my account closed!

It turns out that the money was stolen from someone else's account and transferred to mine. Highly illegal and, even if I had been able to explain exactly where it had come from, the account would have been closed anyway since it was a stolen from someone else.

I can't believe I was so stupid! This is obviously a money laundering scam and you WILL have your bank account closed if you go through with it.
I just hope I don't get a call from the Fraud Squad now....:eek::mad: