Postal Letter

Can anyone help me determine whether this job application is some sort of scam?

I applied for a part time job - description: Part Time Assistant, 20 hours a week London Contract / Permanent We are currently recruiting outgoing individuals to work in our team in financial sector. We are not looking for people with loads of experience (although this would be useful), but we are looking for people with bags of personality, great presentation and an ability to interact with new faces. We offer: - Excellent pay - Flexible working hours - Full training REQUIREMENTS Strong attention to detail. Excellent analytical and problem solving skills. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). Excellent organizational skills. Excellent follow through skills. Service oriented. because I though it might fit my personality. Today I recieved this E-mail: Hello, Thank you for your recent application to our advertised vacancy. My name is Martin Atkinson and I am INF Consulting Company's HR Manager. INF Consulting is US based company with head office in Dallas. From this year we are expanding to the UK research and consulting market and therefore opened position of Junior Financial Manager in our company and I am glad to offer you this role. As our UK Junior Financial Manager you will be responsible for receiving payments from our UK customers and making payments to our partners. All details, training and instructions will be provided to you by your Senior manager daily for each transfer. You will be also completing some other types of administrative tasks. At current we DO NOT have office in London. Therefore this position is home-based, you will be working for us remotely doing your job duties from home within preferred time of work. The job is contract based. Salary offered: For the first month we offer 1250 GBP as first month is your probation period. After the first month your salary is subject to increase according to your month results. NOTE: During first month for your and our convenience funds for WU transfers will be loaded to your bank account, we will pay +3% of all payments processed (to cover bank fees, travel expenses and etc) So your total salary will be 1250 GBP +3% of all processed payments. If this job offer is acceptable for you and you wish to apply then you should continue with the application procedure completing following steps: 1)Confirm that you wish to apply for the position providing me following details Name: Surname: Address: Town: Postal code: Land line phone number: Mobile phone number: Work hours preferred (08.45-12.00 or 12.00-15.00): 2)Email me your passport photocopy for verification purposes. 3)Sign job agreement (It will be sent to you after your passport photocopy is received and verified) 4)Set up bank account which you will use to receive funds 5)Start working Looking forward to your reply Regards, Martin Atkinson, INF Consulting Company There is a website for INF consulting, although it is sketchily detailed. I am concerned by the lack of detail on the actual work, and the fact that the grammar and use of language on the mail is not as expected. However, other than a passport copy, there is no request for any detailed personal information - bank accounts etc... Can anyone offer advice? Best Regards, Tariq

Public Comments

1. It's not real. NO company would ever ask a complete stranger they had never met in person to open a bank account or handle financial transactions for ANY reason. This is called money laundering and tax evasion and you can go to prison for this And DO NOT EVER send a copy of your passort to anyone for any reason - this is identity theft