Fake job offers from UK - Identity theft


22/04/2005
Below is an example of a recent criminal message being sent to various online trade companies. The emails being received vary, but the general theme is a job offer and the request for your personal information and cooperation.
WALTERS COMPANY
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MANAGER,
WALTERS GATE COMPANY,
IMPORT AND EXPORT,
LONDON,
ENGLAND.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Our company has obtained your contact details from well established recruitment bureau. We thought that you could be attracted to part time work from home position with our well established company.
My name is Laura Brown,Accountant general Walter company.My company is based in Europe.My Company deals with import and export, construction and general servicing of refineries. We import construction materials like Drilling machine, underground pipes, and pumping machine for refineries and general maintenance of petroleum refineries. We also supply materials for Borehole construction into America and Canada.Our offices are mainly in Europe and Asia. For more information about our company and business, please explore our website:

www.walters-import-export.8m.com

*Update new website http://www.waltergateexport.com/

Please examine the information below concerning our company and your job description.
There are 3 positions for trustworthy individuals to assist in creation of our virtual local presence in your area. Someone, who is accepted for this position, will perform these tasks:
1. Set up an effective local office: receive the correspondence from our company or clients to his/her residential address, answer project related e-mails, and perform a limited number of phone calls / customer support. This office could be your residence; the only requirement is that you should be able to receive mail.
2. Assist general managers to make the financial transactions from the clients. Our manager will inform you when the transaction is expected to arrive.
3. Inform our executive on influx of the payment.
4. Forward the payment to the patron at the end. The directions will be given for each case. You will work along our managers and will have direct contact with them.
To continue with the application process please fill in our online application:

1.Full Name.
2.Full Contact addresses.
3.Phone and Fax number.
4.Date of Birth.
5.Year of Working Experience.

Your confidential details will be used only within Walter Company. Every perspective employee, who suits our requirements, will be contacted by our companys executive to carry out a basic phone interview. During the phone interview you will be able to ask any questions you might have.
contact:laurabrown_2005@excite.com
laurabrown_2005@linuxmail.org
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Laura Brown.
+447901538619
Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:10:43 -0500
IP Address: 192.116.154.233 X Forwarded For: 192.116.154.233
Country: GB
Host: Port: 13918
The letter is being sent out by West African gangs based in London and links the victim to a fake company website. You can visit the genuine Claybourne Walters Company ‘About Us’ page that they have tried to mimic here http://www.claybournwalters.com/About.htm. The Claybourne Walters Company is a reputable company whose information has been stolen by these criminals, though the names and details have been changed, in the hope of masking their deception.

The notorious Nigerian 419 scam email has made the public wary of any business propositions with links to Africa and for this reason the current trend is to mask the African background of the scam by covering the website with pictures of European and Asian faces. This method is also being used in other online fraud cases. The criminal’s intention is to gain the victim’s personal identification for illegal immigration purposes coupled with possible illegal drug importation and money laundering activity through the victim. Many of these international syndicates are involved in international narcotics and human trafficking and should be considered extremely dangerous.




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