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E-mail Scam:"Hello, We are looking for a payment officer in your area"

Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in Consumer/Business Services
by BBB of Central & Northern Alberta

BBB of Central & Northern Alberta warns there's a new email job offer scam, using a domain of canadaposition.com. The email starts by saying "Hello, We are looking for a payment officer in your area"

The following is a sample of the email:

================= sample ================ 

Hello, We are looking for a payment officer in your area.
This is a part time job / flexible hrs.
Your job duties will be to:
Process payments from our clients and send weekly reports on status of payments of transactions.

~This is in view of our not having a branch office presently in Canada,
also because of paypal and ebay policies wich is prohibit to work directly with residents of some countries.~

You do not need to have an office and you will have a free time doing your permanent job,
you will also secure a good income during the process.

The payment system has various rewards Requirements:
You need to have at least one bank account in Canada.
availability of 1 - 3 hours of spare time per day and internet access or mobile phone for communication.

message us to: Benita@canadaposition.com
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If you receive this email, don't respond or click on a linked email address, as may a phishing scam. For more information on scams and frauds, go to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (formerly known as Phonebusters)

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