Online Job Scam?

Flyonthewall

OP you seem to want more facts as proof it's a scam. Not sure why, but here you go.

So, their address is Bockenheimer Landstraße 19, Frankfurt, D-60323, Germany. If you google this address it does not come up with their company. It comes up with Allianz Global Investors GmbHand.

They give no phone number. Very bad sign.

You can look up web site domain details. However, I can't find out anything on the site that gives all the details (names, contact details, country, site start date, site expiry date etc. Nothing).

What I did find was on another site. It states that the site IP location is Moscow. It is registered to a person (not company). Name listed is stephan wannemaker and below that it states the organisation is douglas consulting and services gmbh. It does list them as being in Germany. The organisation listed is in Dusseldorf so the two don't match for location.

The name given doesn't come up when you search that and the original company (Douglas Financial).

To sum up:
Address: Not theirs.
Phone number: Doesn't exist
Web site domain: Details on one lookup site not public, on other nothing matches up.

Job: Money laundering scam
You will lose out and if caught the blame will be on you as you are basically the one who will be laundering the money. There's no way they're going to believe you didn't know, especially with this thread.

mootonandy

Slinky wrote: »

Why on earth would anybody running a legitimate business need to shuffle their money through your bank account?

They said its supposed to help people selling their shares on the LSE pay less tax.

maninthestreet

mootonandy wrote: »

They said its supposed to help people selling their shares on the LSE pay less tax.

So Tax evasion? Surely you aren't still considering this 'job' to be
genuine?

Flyonthewall

mootonandy wrote: »

They said its supposed to help people selling their shares on the LSE pay less tax.

Well they're hardly going to tell you it's a scam and if it all goes wrong you'll probably be the first person they come after!

As already said, sounds like tax evasion.

theoretica

Sonds to me more like generic scam (money in, you pay out, money in bounces) disguised as tax evasion.

If it seems too good to be true it probably is.

mootonandy

This is a c&p of the email they sent me which also seemed fairly professional and the phone number seemed real too since it had an answering machine which seemed to be from the company on:

You were looking for a work at home at TotalJobs.com!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

My name is Raymond Clair. I'm a Employment Manager of the Douglas
Financial. Our Company is located in Frankfurt, Germany and we offers you
job position in your area.

Having studied your CV, we are glad to inform you that our HR Department
have an interesting a job position for you with a good salary in your
city.
You can work from home and maintain permanent connection with our head
office in Germany.

At the moment the vacancy (Temporary/Contract Employment) is open and you
can apply even today.
The whole process takes 1-3 days and then you can start a new job for our
Company.
We will provide you with Employee's course and will give you detailed
information about our Company and offered services.
You study all the employee information and sign a contract. That makes you
an official employee.

The basic salary is 1,891 GBP per month + 8% everday commission.

HOW TO START THE JOB:

1. Read the job description document a file attached and answer with your
approval/agreement words.
2. We'll send you the Employment Agreement and application form that
you'll need to fill in and send us back.
3. Our HR Department will call you to discuss job details and send you
instructions you would need.
4. You will be informed about approval by e-mail.
5. I'll be your Regional Coordinator and you will keep your contact with
me. My job is to help you with any questions and be a manager between you
and customers.

I'm looking forward to receiving your reply!

For more information, please visit our website douglasfinancial.de

*****************************************
This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential
information intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is
addressed. If
the receiver is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any
distribution, dissemination, or copying of the letter is strictly
prohibited. If you
have received this e-mail in error, please contact us immediately. The
sender of
this e-mail accepts no liability for any damage or loss in relation to its
unauthorized use.
*****************************************

--
Best regards,

Raymond Clair
Employment Manager
Phone: +1 (800) 690-6460
Fax: +49 (0) 69 25577541
Head Office:
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 19,
Frankfurt, D-60323, Germany

DCFC79

I agree with everyone else stay clear of it if you want to keep hold of your money.

Annisele

That email isn't "fairly professional" at all - it's riddled with errors.

But even if it was perfect, the situation still screams scam. I haven't looked at the website, and I've no idea if it's a real firm - but even if it is, the situation is still a scam.

It's quite easy to set up a gig pretending to be someone else. If I sent you an email on behalf of Barclays, you could easily check that Barclays is a real firm - it is. But if I'm asking you to move money around on Barclays' behalf, you know I'm scamming.

mootonandy

Annisele wrote: »

That email isn't "fairly professional" at all - it's riddled with errors.

But even if it was perfect, the situation still screams scam. I haven't looked at the website, and I've no idea if it's a real firm - but even if it is, the situation is still a scam.

It's quite easy to set up a gig pretending to be someone else. If I sent you an email on behalf of Barclays, you could easily check that Barclays is a real firm - it is. But if I'm asking you to move money around on Barclays' behalf, you know I'm scamming.

You're right, it is full of English errors, I only scanned it TBH.

redpete

No matter how much extra information you provide mootonandy you won't convince people here that it is a legit process and you should stop trying to convince yourself.