Victim Location 65650
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
To BBB:
I received this email of business opportunity (farm a ‘gmail’ address-which my business is listed on). I responded requesting "details" of business, obligations on my part, and any financial obligations &/or potential gains. This is the return email.
(my thought is that (if this in fact a scam) I should double-check with you so that 1) I’d know if it Was legit; 2) if scam or phishing, then I should report it so that you could investigate or at least log.
Please advise me via return email-thanks!
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Re: Details?
From: Silver Oils
To: Harold
Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2017 9:10 am
*** ***,
My name is *** *** and I am head of the HR department from Silver Oils. We are very glad to see that you are interested in joining our team. Silver Oils is a greek company that produces and sells olive oil. Right now we are expanding on the US market and we are hiring financial agents to help us process the payment coming from our client. You can work part time (monthly salary $3,800) or full time(monthly salary $5,800). Besides the base salary which you will receive monthly, you will also get a 5% percent comission from every wire transfer that you receive and process. The work that you will be doing consists in whenever our clients will be buying our olive oil, they will be wiring the money to me, so you would have to withdraw the funds, keep 5% of it and for with the remaining balance you will have to pay bills for our company.
Please find in our signature our website’s address so you can find more info about the job and about our company.
If you are interested in applying for the job or hearing more info, please reply with your phone number and one of our representatives will call you.
Sincerely,
*** ***Â
On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:11 AM, wrote:
Let me know-thanks!
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Victim Location 91709
Type of a scam Employment
I was contacted about a job offer from this company silver oils. Here is what they said:
My name is Vanessa Vasco and I am head of the HR department from Silver Oils. We found your resume on indeed and we have a job offer for you. Silver Oils is a Greek company that produces and sells olive oil. Right now we are expanding on the US market and we are hiring financial agents to help us process the payment coming from our client. You can work part time (monthly salary $3,800) or full time(monthly salary $5,800). Besides the base salary which you will receive monthly, you will also get a 5% percent commission from every wire transfer that you receive and process. The work that you will be doing consists in whenever our clients will be buying our olive oil, they will be wiring the money to me, so you would have to withdraw the funds, keep 5% of it and for with the remaining balance you will have to pay bills for our company.
If you are interested in applying for the job or hearing more info, please reply with your phone number and one of our representatives will call you.
Also please find in our signature our website’s address so you can find more info about the job and about our company.
Sincerely,
Vanessa Vasco
I went on to their website after finding zero information about them on the internet, indeed, and Glassdoor. When I viewed their website and contact information, their address and name did not come up and when I called their HQ number, it directed me to answering machine about Ebay motors. Then I went to fill out the application under register like they requested and it just asks for your bank account number and information including a photo ID of myself to verify. So I replied to their ad with my number so I could have a representative call me. I looked up Vanessa Vasco and the internet and her picture is not an asian lady with a strong accent; which is who called me the next morning claiming to be Vanessa Vasco. This imposter on the phone then tried to get my bank account information as well, when I told her I am not interested in her scam, she hung up. The number used is 503-342-7239.