is this true or a scam?

Question

Hello!

My name is Aleksey Pogidaev and I am a team leader of a web development
company in Moscow, capital of Russian Federation. We develop high-level
databases and provide support for Western company's web sites for
the Russian spoken market.
From time to time we also perform consulting projects for American
companies. Our accountant advised me to employ an honest and reliable
US resident to be our intermediary, because it would get us more
streamlined way to receive payments from my American clients.
That's why we ask you for your assistance in facilitating transfer
of funds to be received from our USA clients. For your work we offer
you a set percentage of the total funds transferred. Based on the past
incomes, we expect the gross payments by amount about $8,000 - $15,000
per month, which would give you about $1000 per month for you
in commissions and require about 1-3 hours of work per month with
absolutely no investment and no hassle for you. I'm sure; this will
become
a good regular source of earning for you for almost no effort.

Yours truly, President, RBC Soft LTD.

Answer 1

hey I've heard of this scam..... don't do it.....what they do is send you a check to put into your account. the account is real and the check is real however its usually stolen check and you put it into your account and receive up to $8000 or 10% fee. Once the check clears you send the funds to the RBC "company" and then the real company files fraud, grand theft, forgery, and receiving stolen property charges against you. You go to prison and "RBC" is no where to be found....
my personal preference is I can do without up to $8000 dollars owing the bank up to $100,000 dollars and 10-20 years in prison.... you can make your own decision of course

Answer 2

Why would you ask. Surely you can agree that $1,000 per month in commissions for only 1-3 hours of work is a great deal. The fact that they selected you out of all the people in our country is a great honor. I am also sure that you can see that a great communicator like Aleksey has a great chance to sell high-level databases for Western company's web sites. What company would pass up a chance to do business with a Moscow company that hired you to handle their affairs?

Answer 3

An absolute scam, there is no way they would have enough trouble to find people to work 3 hrs a month for that salary to send emails trying to get people to do that work. If anyone heard of that you would see reports of chaos on the streets in the news because of people queing to get that job !!!

Answer 4

let's see. They're apparently cold calling for employees, because they can't find employees to work 3 hours for $1000 any other way. Does this give you a clue?

If you reply, I guarantee they will be asking you to send them money in one form or another very soon, possibly as a refund on a money order which will later turn out to be fraudulent.
Yes, it's a scam

Answer 5

Scam

Answer 6

Scam

Answer 7

Dear Sir/Madam:
This offer, though it sounds really resonable, exibits a little scam
to Americans who might be taken up with this.
Maybe you could provide some background into your Firm along with references.
It may be best if you advertised in one of our larger American
news papers. Or better yet hire a personnel firm to fill this position.

Answer 8

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. Why would they offer you this "job" without knowing who you are? They're going to send you counterfeit checks to deposit and send back to them. When it's all over, they get the money and you end up with a negative balance in your account.

Answer 9

SCAM. They usually deal with fake demand drafts and fake Money Orders.

Remember anything which is too good to be true is a scam.

Answer 10

There are many scams pretending to be a legitimate site. It is usually true that it's a scam.