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Kozak

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US GAF I need your help and advice.

I just received an awesome/amazing/unbelievable (for a 19 year old) job offer and am starting a trial period tomorrow.

The companies name is THL and apparently they deal in luxury goods.

So I'm gonna give you guys the agreement they sent me. I don't really care what you guys do with the agreement. I've already read and signed it and it doesn't have my name on it so I'm safe.

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=47136301115633962028&gk=laptop

Thats the link for the agreement.

I just received a phone call from someone and I start tomorrow and they sound dodgy as fuck. When he made a mistake on the details I provided them and I corrected him he let out the most awkward chuckle I've ever heard.

Just so you guys know I have given them my account details but the account I have given them has no money in it and is not a credit card so they can not overdraw my account.

You guys probably saw in the agreement but I work for 3 hours a day, 5 hours a week and for my first month I get paid 1,800AUD + 5% commission. After the first month my base salary increases to 2,900AUD + 5% commission.

What do you guys think?
 
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Nice head office:

 
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Kozak

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So wtf to do? They forward me funds they received illegally and I keep a percentage and send them the rest?

So I'm basically the middle man in an illegal scam, except they're not scamming me they're paying me to help them scam people?
 
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Kozak said:
So wtf to do? They forward me funds they received illegally and I keep a percentage and send them the rest?

So I'm basically the middle man in an illegal scam, except they're not scamming me they're paying me to help them scam people?
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Money laundering. Have a nice time in prison.
 
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Kozak

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Cereal KiIIer said:
Money laundering. Have a nice time in prison.
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Now I feel bad for posting that agreement cause some guys gonna jump on it and make millions :\
 
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Could be an importer guy with a warehouse or something. Work for cash, try not to get nosey, and if you hear something that sounds like fireworks, but it isn't the 4th of July, get on the and try to get in the fetal position under some cover.

Did you ever ask what kind of "luxury goods"?

So you'll be emailing and making collections notice calls? Hmm.
 
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cartoon_soldier

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Kozak said:
Now I feel bad for posting that agreement cause some guys gonna jump on it and make millions :\
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Dude, it's a scam, plain and simple.

Nobody here can force you to take or quit the job.
 
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Kozak

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Yeah, get out of whatever you got yourself into fast.

Should have posted on GAF first :(
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I'm not really in it. They have a bank account with no money in it with no ability to overdraw the account.

Haha I can't get caught if I don't do anything from here right?
 
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LordCanti

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Kozak said:
So wtf to do? They forward me funds they received illegally and I keep a percentage and send them the rest?

So I'm basically the middle man in an illegal scam, except they're not scamming me they're paying me to help them scam people?
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Well shit, this is going to be incriminating evidence later.

Hopefully "luxury goods" isn't a euphemism for "Asian and Eastern European sex slaves"
 
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MorisUkunRasik

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Kozak said:
So wtf to do? They forward me funds they received illegally and I keep a percentage and send them the rest?

So I'm basically the middle man in an illegal scam, except they're not scamming me they're paying me to help them scam people?
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It's not laundering, they have no cash to begin with. This is usually how these kind of scams work:

They send a check that will bounce or they will cancel, you send them a cashier's check which is guaranteed money.

So if it's $1,000, you get a grand, you forward a grand and BAM! Your account is overdrawn $1,000.00 after they cancel the original check or it bounces.

So you end up overdrawn $1,000.00 plus overdraft fees.


Avoid at all costs. Might want to warn your bank, or close the account as soon as you can. If you receive a check in the mail and they ask you to deposit just shred it up.



edit: I accidentally said twice the original amount which was really dumb, I've been up too long.
 
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AMUSIX

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Kozak said:
Just so you guys know I have given them my account details but the account I have given them has no money in it and is not a credit card so they can not overdraw my account.
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They can still damage you greatly with that information, as well as use your account for things other than what you might agree to.
 
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Kozak said:
I'm not really in it. They have a bank account with no money in it with no ability to overdraw the account.

Haha I can't get caught if I don't do anything from here right?
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You need to close that account immediately.
 
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cartoon_soldier

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Kozak said:
I'm not really in it. They have a bank account with no money in it with no ability to overdraw the account.

Haha I can't get caught if I don't do anything from here right?
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They have your bank account information, a lot can be done.
 
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Kozak

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MorisUkunRasik said:
They send a check that will bounce or they will cancel, you send them a cashier's check which is guaranteed money.

So if it's $1,000, you get a grand, you forward a grand and BAM! Your account is overdrawn $2,000.00 after they cancel the original check or it bounces.

So it ends up being twice the original amount plus overdraft fees.


Avoid at all costs. Might want to warn your bank.
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So what if I do nothing at all? They forward the 1000, I refuse to forward that. They cancel the check, they move on cause they realised someone tipped me off?
 
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Kozak said:
So what if I do nothing at all? They forward the 1000, I refuse to forward that. They cancel the check, they move on cause they realised someone tipped me off?
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Call your fucking bank. Do it right now. Do not post again in this thread until you have called your bank. We are trying to help you.
 
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LyleLanley

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Kozak said:
I'm not really in it. They have a bank account with no money in it with no ability to overdraw the account.

Haha I can't get caught if I don't do anything from here right?
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At the very least I would talk to your bank and get them to change the details of your account. Oh and in the future, if it's too good to be true then it probably is. Out of curiosity did you ever have any sort of interview?
 
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AlexMogil

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Holy shit.


Do you have a washing machine at home? Because you will be doing a lot of laundering.

And you might get visits by international agencies.
 
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LordCanti

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Kozak said:
So what if I do nothing at all? They forward the 1000, I refuse to forward that. They cancel the check, they move on cause they realised someone tipped me off?
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Get your bank account number changed. Have no further contact with them.
 
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Keikaku

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Kozak said:
So what if I do nothing at all? They forward the 1000, I refuse to forward that. They cancel the check, they move on cause they realised someone tipped me off?
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You need to, at the very least, tell your bank that you, you know, gave your account info to a bunch of scammers. C'mon man :|

EDIT: On the upside, after a blunder this dumb hopefully you won't fall for something this obvious again. Hopefully.
 
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MorisUkunRasik

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Kozak said:
So what if I do nothing at all? They forward the 1000, I refuse to forward that. They cancel the check, they move on cause they realised someone tipped me off?
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It's usually done with physical checks, because electronic wire transfers are way harder to fake unless they have some banker working for/with them.

Your best bet is to close the account.
 
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...Why did you even go through with this?

You just created more trouble than anything
 
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LyleLanley

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Thinking about this more, did you really expect to get paid $1800 - $2900 for doing 3 hours of work a day?
 
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Tenck

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You had a nice run OP, but your good times are over.

Can I have your GAF account after they're don sucking you dry? I'll give you $1.
 
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Copernicus said:
Job: Do activity 1 for $X.

Activity 1 produces $4X.

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Do activity 1 for $0X because activity 1 requires activity 2-100 to make any money.
 
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Kozak

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Tenck said:
You had a nice run OP, but your good times are over.

Can I have your GAF account after they're don sucking you dry? I'll give you $1.
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Sucking me dry of what money brah? If I had money I wouldn't have taken this job.
 
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LordCanti

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Kozak said:
Sucking me dry of what money brah? If I had money I wouldn't have taken this job.
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Why do you have a bank account with no money in it anyway? Aren't there minimums you have to meet in order for the account to stay open?
 
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magichans

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Kozak said:
I just received a phone call from someone and I start tomorrow and they sound dodgy as fuck. When he made a mistake on the details I provided them and I corrected him he let out the most awkward chuckle I've ever heard.
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That must've been one freaky chuckle if that's what got you thinking it was a scam.
 
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Kozak

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LordCanti said:
Why do you have a bank account with no money in it anyway? Aren't there minimums you have to meet in order for the account to stay open?
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I'm a student so its basically all free and any money that goes into that account goes straight into a savings account which accumulates interest.


magichans said:
That must've been one freaky chuckle if that's what got you thinking it was a scam.
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It was.
 
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