Phoney Job Scam- Otherwise Known as Money Laundering

It's not that this is the only one I got today, thus far (and it's still early) I have gotten 27 spam/scam emails today. I've got payments waiting for me in Alert Pay - which is pretty interesting since I do not have an account with Alert Pay.  I've got 3 people wanting to give me a loan. 

There are at least 6 emails claiming to show me the latest, greatest way to make money online.  I have received 3 emails from dying people wanting to give me their money.... and of course the job scam emails... work from home 2-3 hours a week.  We will send you checks and money orders, you keep a small percentage and send us the rest.  this one in particular wins the post for today because the scammer is offering (supposedly) a base salary in addition to the percentage we are going to take off the top of the phoney check.

I consider these to be a bit more dangerous than others ... but here's the deal - the scammer is not going to send you money that is good.  The whole plan is to get YOU to send him / her YOUR good money.

fromData Formation recruit@dataformation.co.uk
reply-to dataformation@live.co.uk

RE: JOB OPENING (HOME/OFFICE POSITION)

This email is from Dataformation. Our company is currently recruiting agents that can work as an online book-keeper.

I came across your email and brief profile through an email listing affiliated with the US chamber of commerce.
We are trying to expand our business to the USA, CANADA and AUSTRALIA. It has been quite expensive and stressful for our agents to catch up with meetings and receive payment from clients outside the United Kingdom. Whenever clients outside the United Kingdom buy software from us, we have to wait for our bank to clear the payment before we can send out the activation key. This sometimes takes weeks and thus affects the standards of our services. So we decided to contact you to work as our company Representative.
If you accept to work for us, you will receive $1200 (One thousand and Two Hundred dollars) as salary every month ending and you are also entitled to remove a 10% commission off every transaction you make.i.e payment collected for the company through you. You will be contacted by our clients for inquiries and for payment. All you have to do is cash each payment, deduct 10% and forward 90% to the companies account or as stated by the officer in charge.
Your Job is completely legal and we have a lawyer in place to answer all your legal questions.
If interested please reply with the following information and our customer care service will get in touch with you on phone or email.

Full Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Country:
Zip Code:
Mobile Phone Number:
Current Occupation:

Please note that you do not have to be a book keeper to apply for this offer as this is meant for all individuals above 18 that can speak English fluently.
You must also have access to check your email at least twice a day, because some of our clients will be contacting you by email and you must provide a mobile phone number.
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Regards,

Mike Bannon
Co-director
DataFormation Ltd
3 Kennedy Close
Lancaster
LA1 5ES.

It IS the same old story... but with a twist or two --- STILL it is a SCAM !  Do not fall for it.

~ Jennifer Fisher