A letter from Belgium, that needs my assistance!!!! Is this a scam or what?
By cream97
@cream97 (29087)
United States
October 23, 2008 6:54am CST
I am too smart to fall for this. I have had negative results from an opportunity as this one before. Is this a scam or what? You be the judge..
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Henri Mitchell,Sales Manager of BASF
CHEMICALS .It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of
our organization BASF CHEMICALS.Our organization
is a leader in the Manufacturing and export of Chemical
and Gas products such as dyes and pigments,organic and
inorganic basic chemicals,fertilizers and nitrogen compounds,
plastics in primary forms and synthetic rubber in primary forms.
We deliver competitively-priced,quality products to our
customers in the Chemical industry.
Our Head office is in Antwerp, Belgium Europe with branches
all over Europe,parts of West Africa as well as Asia.
Over the years, we have been expanding our clientele to
the United States/Canada, South America, North America
as well as Asia and we Have gotten some clients over there.
We are currently looking for trustworthy Representatives
in your region that can help as a link between us and our
clients over there.You will be working as our payment
assistant in charge of collecting and processing Payments
from our clients.Since they will be making the payment in
checks or money orders made payable only in your country,
you will be collecting these payments, cash them at your
bank, then be forwarding the funds back to us.And for this
service, We agree to pay you 10% of every total amount you
collect from our clients.
BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
The average monthly income is about $4000....
You do not have to invest any of your personal funds
This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
You do not pay any form of taxes....
If interested,just click the reply button and respond with the following
information;
NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PHONE NUMBER(S):
Mobile phone:
AGE:
Occupation:
Best time to call:
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Henri Mitchell,Sales Manager of BASF
CHEMICALS .It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of
our organization BASF CHEMICALS.Our organization
is a leader in the Manufacturing and export of Chemical
and Gas products such as dyes and pigments,organic and
inorganic basic chemicals,fertilizers and nitrogen compounds,
plastics in primary forms and synthetic rubber in primary forms.
We deliver competitively-priced,quality products to our
customers in the Chemical industry.
Our Head office is in Antwerp, Belgium Europe with branches
all over Europe,parts of West Africa as well as Asia.
Over the years, we have been expanding our clientele to
the United States/Canada, South America, North America
as well as Asia and we Have gotten some clients over there.
We are currently looking for trustworthy Representatives
in your region that can help as a link between us and our
clients over there.You will be working as our payment
assistant in charge of collecting and processing Payments
from our clients.Since they will be making the payment in
checks or money orders made payable only in your country,
you will be collecting these payments, cash them at your
bank, then be forwarding the funds back to us.And for this
service, We agree to pay you 10% of every total amount you
collect from our clients.
BENEFIT IS AS FOLLOWS:-
The average monthly income is about $4000....
You do not have to invest any of your personal funds
This job takes only 1-3 hours per day....
You do not pay any form of taxes....
If interested,just click the reply button and respond with the following
information;
NAME :
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
PHONE NUMBER(S):
Mobile phone:
AGE:
Occupation:
Best time to call:5 people like this
34 responses
@rosettaresearch (1285)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Think about this logically. BASF is a major company -- it really is. They can afford to hire real accountants, payment processors, etc. Why would they contact you, out of the blue, to work for them? They can hire people to find people to do this work. They don't go out looking for payment processors themselves. Nor, would they hire someone they don't know to handle thousands of dollars directly. It just makes no sense. This is a scam to get your personal information to use for who knows what.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
23 Oct 08
So, as long as they get my personal information, that is how they get paid..? I am glad I asked, why me, because I really want to know why they are doing this.. Now, I know exactly why.. Using my personal information is just as cruel as the email that they sent to me..
@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
23 Oct 08
The things that seem odd to me are: The fact that they emailed a complete stranger(they must have bought an email list), there is no contact information, they're offering a seemingly important job to someone they obviously know nothing about, and chemicals from overseas is just a scary thing. I'm not sure I'd go for this either. Have you done any research on the name of the company though? I looked it up and it is a real company, but I'm wondering if it is someone trying to get your information rather than the company itself...www.corporate.basf.com and maybe drop them an email asking about the validity of this email. Good luck, if it's genuine it would be a good opportunity...
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I will use their company information, to look up if they are an actual business or not. When they emailed me, it entitled Undisclosed recipient.. My name was not on the email. So, they could have been emailing an axe murderer, and they would not have known this. They also need to be careful too, of whom they get involved with in schemes as this..
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
23 Oct 08
It's certainly is. Don't fall for such scams. If you have not requested this information than most probably it is a scam. Don't waste your time trying to find out what is it about and reveal reveal personal information about you.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
23 Oct 08
[i]Hi cream,
I haven't tried receiving emails like this but as I am reading it, I don't trust it! Just delete that! There are so much scam happening around, don't be a victim![/i]
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@tapnaroy12 (875)
• India
23 Oct 08
hi
my dear friend, if you haven't deleted this mail, delete it immediately and never believe in such mails. These are very obvious and well organized racket to make people fool and squeeze out money. I very often get such mails, and immediately delete those. Never reply. Take care.
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@ChloeStrawberry (285)
• Philippines
23 Oct 08
Anything that is too good to be true in the internet is a SCAM dear. Specially those that require your personal data. These are the work of the opportunists who have no heart for those hard working people who just wanted to earn extra. Please do not believe such. If you want to check it out, research the name of the company or the person. I'm back my friend!
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Yes, this is scam. All they want is your personal information.
They are preparing to make big $$ on you.
They may in fact send you a check with 10K asking you to send back only 9K and keep 1K as a profit of work done. If you cash the check and send your personal check with 9K, you are going to be 9K short, it takes about 2-3 weeks for banks to discover fraud.
Delete all of emails like this one.
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@kodalimurali (124)
• India
25 Oct 08
its perfect scam, even i to get this type of emails regularly
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@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
26 Oct 08
my first question to you about this letter is do you know anyone from belgium who is involved or had any dealings with this company?if no then do you have your email address listed on a site that has anything to do with working or selling the kind of roduct the company says they deal in ?if the answers are no then i advise you ignore and delete this evil mail from your box,if you send your details dont be surprised that another mail will come to you giving you a different offer that may be a lot more juicer than this but it will still be from the same person using a different identity,its a scam
@BYOLA2871 (4371)
• South Africa
26 Oct 08
you are lucky to have smelt there was a smoke around the corner because some other people in your situation would ahve jumped at this and ended up being scammed by these con artiste,just get more careful,they may come from yet another angle you never can tell ,they just dont give up like that.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
26 Oct 08
Yes, I am glad that I took precaution for this.. They tried to dress it up in another way, but I knew it was someone posing as them.. They are just wasting too much time on me. It is sad, when others give into to their temptation. I hope that what I have done will begin to set an example for others.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
26 Oct 08
Yes, as a matter of fact this morning, I had another email about the same thing.. It was formatted differently, and it looked very odd. So, I deleted it. And I reported it as scam. I know that this may very well be the same person just still TRYING to get me into a bind. I am smarter than they think that I am. I am far from being a fool.
@kg_gurl (220)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I'm also having the same problems. I also receive email like this and others about job opportunities or that I've won prices. There are some that I would like to reply to because they've used some well-known companies but before I do I usually check it out first and I would always find out that it's a scam. Now, as much as I'm tempted to give them the benefit of a doubt - I don't! It's always too good to be true because they want you to think it's possible but it's not. I hate it when I receive emails like this. Hope you will not have any problems. ~
@jensgeukens (373)
• Belgium
25 Oct 08
Definitely a scam.. If they really wanted to hire you as an employee they would have done it by a formal letter, not by email. So obviously a scam. By the way.. i'm from belgium and i never heard of the company before.
Greetz.
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
•
23 Oct 08
Hi cream97,
Please just ignore it at it is a biggest 'SCAM' of all, these people are from Africa, and they doing all the scaming all over the world, so please just ignore it, do not get involve in it and don't give out any information PLEASE!!!!
Tamara
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@tamarafireheart (15384)
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23 Oct 08
Hi cream97,
I am so pleased that you have done that and reported them, well done to you and hope you won't another of theose scams again. Hugs.
Tamara
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@divinegwapa (914)
• Philippines
25 Oct 08
Definitely a scam! It' just too good to be true. I mean, it's not that easy to earn $4000 a month. Just don't mind those emails and delete them forever. ;D
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Yes, it is very stupid that they do this.. That is why they are being overlooked and declined.. All they want to do is send fake money to me so that I can cash it and land right into jail. But, No I am smarter than that, I will not fall for their games..
@jwfarrimond (4473)
•
25 Oct 08
There are several ways in which that are attempting to con you. (1) They may be simply be trying to get hold of your personal information for identity theft, (2)they may actually send you money for you to forward on to another party less the "commission". This is money laundering and WILL land you in prison. (3) They may also send you a bank draft, which will be fake, in the hope that you will send the the money on as in (2) before you discover that the draft is fake. In which case, you will have lost that money.
In short, any email or other communication of this nature is an attempt at criminal fraud and should be reported to the police as such and do not attempt to communicate with these criminals in any way. No genuine international company has any need to use these methods for moving money.
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
24 Oct 08
This is money laundrying scam, you collect from their clients in the usa and wire the funds to them in united states courrency. Money they can't put in their accounts there so they trade it for usa money. Also when you send things back to them such as name and address they use these to make ids and drivers license in your name. You should immediately delete these when you get them.
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@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
25 Oct 08
I receive these type letters on a regular basis but they are scams and I delete them as soon as I receive them.. I am not sure how they work, nor do I care how they work, I just delete them.. I give them no information at all..
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@shortbunny1980 (127)
• United States
24 Oct 08
I was contacted for something like this and I called the FBI. It is a scam. they send you a check and ask that you cash it and send them the money. The thing is, these checks have been cancled or are fake. Then you have the money that you sent them and they cash that. It will cause you to go in the negative balance in your account and you get fees from the bank. The money is gone so you have to pay it back. DO NOT DO THIS!!!! If you do not trust me call your local FBI office. They will tell you.
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@cream97 (29087)
• United States
24 Oct 08
You are right, this happened to me once.. Last year, I was sent three fake money orders. They looked real. But Wal-mart told me that they were fake.. They both had high amounts.. I could have gotten into trouble.... That is why I am very cautious of things as this..
@lady_cayote (153)
• Philippines
24 Oct 08
Don't fall for this one. I've had a share of this kinds of emails too, asking for information and asking you to open a bank account so they can transfer the money to you...oh my...Be smart kid.
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