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VASTTHINK
May 27, 2012, 05:07 PM
I got an offer for a job, from "Insurance Broking Finance Limited". I went to their website, and everything looks legitimate.
How do I know this company is legit, and not an elaborate scam to get my personal information?
Below is all their contact information:
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J_9
May 27, 2012, 05:59 PM
Did you actually apply to this company for a job? If not, it's a scam.

Fr_Chuck
May 27, 2012, 06:10 PM
If they just sent you a email offering you a job, it is fake, if you contacted them, or answered a help wanted add it may be real.

If the job involves receiving money, checks and sending them to someone else, it is a fake.

dtf96
May 30, 2012, 08:51 AM
I have received the same offer from the same company, it involves receiving clients payments and then later sending money to the companys main branch. How can I verify that this is a legit business and position?

Curlyben
May 30, 2012, 10:30 AM
I have recieved the same offer from the same company, it involves recieving clients payments and then later sending money to the companys main branch. How can I verify that this is a legit business and position?
That would be Money Laundering and ILLEGAL in most civilised countries.

Fr_Chuck
May 30, 2012, 10:36 AM
It is very illegal, it will be one of two things, it is taking illegal money and funding it to another group. Normally what they do is send a couple good checks, then after a bit, the money orders or checks will be frauds after you send them 90 percent or 80 percent of several thousand dollars, they come back and your account is over drawn and you have to pay all that money back to the bank or they bank presses charges against you.

This is one of the most famous scams in the world

There are capitol firms that accept payments for people for about 3 percent, so any time you see 10 or more percent for merely receiving money you know it is a fraud.