ING Insurance Job Offer Scam

[nisha]

hi.
I have received the same message few weeks ago and i replied.
they have sent me a message with all the details of the job as well.
i have given my informations and all the details they asked for.
then they replied me saying that the job consist of 3 tasks adn the first one is to send money to a customer via western union. they send me about £1900 and that a 3% commission is for me so that i can send the rest to the client. i did finish that task and i am waiting for the second task from 3 days. the manager told me she will send it to me on monday (today) but i still did not receive anything.
i beleived on the job a lot but i am scared after reading all those messages.
do i have to stop here or what can i do??
i am confused now!!!
please help.
thank you.

[Katharina]

Hi nisha,

I am so glad you found us.

You have been sent a fake cheque and already cashed it.

Now you need to go to your bank immediately and tell them. Print out the email correspondence with the scammer so the bank can understand what happened.
Sadly, the bank will take the money you sent to the scammer from your account. I am so sorry for you. And I hate the scammer.

Please understand that you must do this first thing tomorrow morning. Don't wait until the bank finds out and calls the police.

[nisha]

hi katharina,

thanks for your reply.
i did go to the police but they said that there is no crime and there is nothing to worry about. i also talked to my bank and they said everything will be sort out.
thank you very much for your help and thanks for this website.

PLEASE DO NOT BELEIVE THOSE MESSAGES LIKE ME... i am the proof that it IS a fake one!!!!

[Dotti]

Nisha,

I'm very glad to hear that things worked out ok.

Most banks are willing to work with customers who were scammed, as long as they know the customer was not a knowing accomplice. That's why it is very important to keep the emails, and make sure it is clear that you are trying to do the right thing, as you did.

Banks tend to come down much harder and be more likely to press charges if the person is (a) not a current customer (if they opened the account to deposit the checks) or (b) if they have any reason to believe the person knew the check was fake and continued anyway.

[ivp]

I have received exactly the same "Job Offer" for the position "financial assistant" from "Amanda Davidson" ING Funds. I received the e mail through the TOTALJobs website (it has become more and more "useful" for this fraudsters. Funny enough only fraudsters have contacted me through TotalJobs website. Seriously thinking to delete my account)

To the people that have sent their details and have replied: please excuse me, but I just cannot believe that people reply to this job offer. Please! ING is a bank, they will never do such an informal job offer! There is a recruitment process for any decent type of job in any decent company. Just that is a RED flag to begin with. Then in the "very informal and not professional contract" the last line says: you must have one or more bank accounts huh? why? that is a BIG RED FLAG, alarm bells. Then, just as excercise, when you try to reply to this e mail, the address is: [email protected]!!!! SCAM straightaway. I know we are looking for a job and it can be a lenghty process but to reply to these kind of offers without question and without doing some research is just unbelievable.

Anyway, I contacted the ING crime team and this is their answer:

Thank you for your note below

I can confirm this is an attempt to commit fraud and trick members of the public into disclosing their personal details.

The fraudsters are using the ING Direct brand in an attempt to add a degree of legitimacy to their activities.

We have been aware of this activity for some time and have referred it to the relevant authorities, however we are powerless to prevent it as this is an unknown individual sending out emails from an unknown source that happen to reference ING Direct.

From the tone of your email I believe you are aware this is fraudulent but I strongly recommend you have no contact with these people


Many thanks

Financial Crime Prevention Analyst | INGDirect
410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1RH