does anyone know if these job offers are real?

Question

REAL?
"We are glad to offer you for a job position at our company WENTWORTH TEXTILES INC . This is in view of our not having an office presently in the USA.
We presently run a textile and fabrics industry in the UK"

Answer 1

They are absolutely not real. What will happen is they will get you signed up to cash their checks and then western union their part of the money to them with you keeping a percent- 10% is what I got offered. You will get a check, take it to your bank and deposit it to cash it, take out their portion to western union to them. About a week later the check you deposited will bounce and you are stuck becasue you already cashed and withdrew the money to western union to them. I get those things all the time and play along with them long enough to get an idea of the scam they are running. You can usually put the person's name that writes you + scam in your browser line and see the exact same email you received. I enjoy playing with them just to screw with them- but never believe anything is for real- they are just out to scam you.

This is the one I got that closely matches yours...
Dear Sir/Madam,

Would you like to work online from home and get paid weekly ?
T & N Fabrics and Textiles Limited needs a book-keeper in the state, so
I
want to know if you will like to work online from home and get paid
weekly
without leaving or affecting your present job?
THIS IS SAFE AND LEGAL.
My company produces various clothing materials, batiks, assorted
fabrics
andtraditional costume which we have clients we supply weekly in the
states.

My clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of
Money
Orderswhich are not readily cashable outside the United States, So we
need
someone in the States to work as our representative andassist us in
processing the payments from our clients and I will pay HIM/HERweekly
salary. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS IN
THE
STATES, GET IT CASHED IN YOUR BANK THEN DEDUCT YOUR WEEKLY PAY AND
FOWARD
THE BALANCE TO THE COMPANY DOWN HERE VIA
WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. Our payments will be issued out in your
name
and you get them cashed in your bank, deduct your weekly salary and
foward
the balance to the company via Western Union Money Transfer. AS SOON AS
WE
CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU, I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE
YOU
THE INFORMATION TO SEND THE FUNDS TO THE COMPANY VIA Western Union
Money
Transfer.


Prospective finance co-ordinators should forward the following info to
my
email :
1.Full names
2.Phone number/fax
3.Full contact address( not P. O. Box) to include city, state and
zipcode.
4.Marital status and Age
5.Nationality


I WILL EMAIL YOU A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT FROM OUR COMPANY WHICH YOU
HAVE
TO REPLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER AND A SCANNED COPY OF YOUR
IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT. I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.


Warmest Regards,
Brian Thorpe.

It is all a scam and don't fall for it. After all- how hard would it be for their customer to wire the money directly to them instead of using you for a middle man to cash the check!

Answer 2

Yes....it is a SCAM. All "payment processing" offers are scams. They would send you a check that would look perfectly real but it would be fake. It will bounce 10-14 days after you send the money out of the country. This leaves you on the hook for the check and possibly even facing criminal fraud charges.

Answer 3

Sounds like a scam to me using a legitimate business name; I'd check the e-mail address thru yahoo to see if they are legit.

IS the e-mail from a wentworth server? Or some free mail service like Yahoo or MSN? Real offers don't work that way

Answer 4

If they want you to collect money from their "Customers" in the US and then wire them the money, then it is a SCAM.

The checks are fake and they will bounce after you have wired the money out. You will be liable for paying the bank back.

Answer 5

No, of course they aren't. They sound like phishing scams.