DFS FURNITURE UK <[email protected]

This scam is designed to appeal to those who need a part time job, they will have you cash cheques for them and forward money by Western Union to them, this is a particularly nasty scam that can not only leave you out of pocket many thousands of dollars (pounds) but can also land you in jail

Never ever cash a check for anybody and especially somebody you have met online

At this stage I am unsure if the email address has been spoofed to make them appear to be from a real company with website or if they have set themselves up with a fake site, I am leaning towards the site being legitimate and not being any part of the scam but we will soon see

You will see other examples of the same scam Here

Edited to add after a little checking, the site is legitimate, the job offer is not and the people trying to scam you are in no way part of the company mentioned

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: DFS FURNITURE UK <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 2:34:38 AM
Subject: Part Time Job Offer!!!

Our intended partner,

Greetings and best wishes to you.DFS sales Ltd Uk wishes to bring to your notice that the job opening of an oversea agent who shall collect and management our funds for us for the purpose we would instruct on how the funds will be managed.You are welcomed if you wish to fit into this position as our agent in your region.

DFS Furnitures, have a project at hand to establish various Mini-market structures in some parts of the Mexico, Americas , Canada & Sub Regions in Europe for the purpose of exhibiting our goods and services .,we shall have you to manage a particular outfit of ours in your location if you have the qualifications and capabilities.

You will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of contract for which payment for your services will be made, subject to your satisfaction. Basic payment for services will be:-For the first 90 days,Representatives will receive 10% commission on every transaction processed. After the 90 day period, comsmission will increase to 15% on turnovers collected from our customers.

For more information and further proceedings, please reply with the following details-

NAME IN FULL :.........
COMPANY NAME: .....
FULL ADDRESS: .......
STATE:............
ZIP CODE:........
COUNTRY:.......
MOBILE:.......
HOME TEL: .....…
FAX: ...........
EMAIL ADDRESS: ........
WEBSITE: ..............
OCCUPATION: ...........
BANK NAME :.......
AGE: ............
MARITAL STATUS:.......

I look foward to hearing from you.

All replies should be forwarded to: [email protected]


Thank you in advance.


Yours faithfully,
Mr Cardle Ian (Director of Finance/Sales)
DFS Bentley Moor Lane,Adwick le Street
Doncaster DN6 7BD South Yorkshire.
London,United kingdom
Tel: +44-704-576-5861
Fax: +44-7005-931-252
Website: http://www.dfs-online.co.uk

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[AlanJones]

The website is legit.

DFS are a major furniture retailer in the UK. If they were wanting to go into business in other countres, they would have the banking capabilities to do this. They would not need individuals to cash cheques on their behalf.

[AlanJones]

Here's another scammer also using the name of DFS

Received from: "kenhuwba dejazzd.com" <[email protected]>
Reply-to: [email protected]
Subject: Vacancy Notification From Dfs Furniture UK.

Vacancy!
Work from home with DFS Furniture UK. Contact Mr. Peter Woods on [email protected] for more information.
Regards,
Ken Huwba,
Announcer,
Dfs UK

[AlanJones]

Another DFS related check scam (possibly in response to the email above)

Received from: dfs furnitures <[email protected]>
Subject: DFS FURNITURE LTD.
IP Address: 41.191.108.130 Nigeria

DFS FURNITURE LTD.
Registered Office;
101 knightsbridge,
London, SW1X 7XS.
Phone Number : +447024073653.

Greetings to you,

You are welcome to the job department of Dfs Furniture.

Thank you for your information sent to our company. I have been directed by our board of directors to contact you as regards the publication made. Due to the language barrier, All employment enquiries are processed by me.

We know you must being wondering how we got your email address. Participants were selected anonymously through a private ballot system (computer ballot) from over 35,000 companies and 55,000 individual e-mail addresses all over the world. At the final draw your e-mail address emerged as one of our luckyrepresenatative.

As earlier stated in the e-mail you received from our company, you have all possibilities to make good money from home by assisting this company. There is no start-up cost or any other fee to begin working with us.

Our company is recruiting individuals for the post of a payment representative to the company. Due to government policies, most of our customer outside the United Kingdom finds it difficult to make payment to us for goods purchased. So we decide to recruit individual who can stand as a payment representative to our company in their country of residence.

We need you to establish a medium of receiving payment from our customers/clients in the United States , Canada well as europe.

The rationale for this is not far-fetched, here in China, we have a very slow process in receiving and making payments abroad and this tend to pose hinderances in dealing with our customers and associates abroad.

Before we can proceed with you, we will like you send the company your personel information to enable us update you on our company server. You are required to send us the below verification form.

FULL NAMES:...........................................................
FULL ADDRESS:..........STATE , CITY, ZIP/POSTAL CODE..........................................
OCCUPATION:.............................
CELL PHONE NUMBER:........................................
LAND LINE NUMBER : .................................
NAME OF BANK :................
FAX:................................. (If any)
COUNTRY:.......................................
E-MAIL:............................................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INDIVIDUAL:
..............................................................
..............................................................
..............................................................
____________________________
As soon as we receive a copy of your VERIFICATION FORM, we will then send it to our payment processing department for acknowlegdement and also we will inform our customers/clients in United States and Canada to contact you whenever they are ready to make payments.

Please understand that in any payment made through you to us, you will be entitled to 10% commission from every payment made by clients. This is put in place to take care of your running cost and miscellaneous activities.

Our client can send you a certified cheque of any amount depending on the kind of purchase he has made. Also he can send payment directly to your bank account, credit card via bank wire.
You will be entitle to 11% of any payment cleared by you.

Please note that we are not involved in any kind of illegal activity and we believe you are a legit person too. You are about to be handlings the companys affairs and we will want you to be legal and legit .

Our company will be responsible for any tax paying.

Thank you for agreeing to work diligently with this company.

I will await your response.

THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

Regards,
PETER WOODS,
DFS PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.

If you read the email carefully, you will see where the scammer has forgotten to update his script fully.