Complaint Review: Excel Logistics Network

Initially I was contacted by a woman named "Lisa Adams" offering me, based on my resume the following position:

Title of the position: Logistic Project Manager
Department: Special Projects
Reports to: Regional Project Manager, USA
Salary/Type: $75,000/year/Full time
Work hrs: 9-00 AM 6-00 PM (local time), Monday - Friday
Full Benefit Package: performance bonuses, health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, 401k.
Description: working on projects in area of transportation and warehousing of heavy industrial equipment.

Look through details on our web-site http://excellogistics.net just to be more informed.

Let me introduce you some of most important duties, qualifications and skills.
Duties:

    Transportation planning. You would be involved in evaluation, assessment,
     design and sitting of transportation/storage facilities.
    Developing and monitoring transportation schedules, tactics and plans.
    Tracking shipments and reporting to our/client operators
    Customer support (9-5, Mon through Fri)
    Negotiating with customers and suppliers
    Additional organizational duties

Qualifications:

      Bachelor degree (or above) in Business, Management
      4 years (or more) working experience in a project management
      Office-equipment skills

Skills:

      Understanding of technical documentation
      Good communicational skill
      Customer oriented skills
      Ability to produce/develop clear and understandable technical documentation

Our primary screening process helps us to choose the most convenient person for the most convenient job.

This process consists of several stages:
1.      Resume selection
2.      Pre-training assessment
3.      References verification
4.      Phone interview
5.      2 Stages of Training
6.      Employment

Training process consists of two stages:
First stage takes 4 weeks + 1 week for the final test. On your first stage you will receive a salary $2,000-$4,000/month.
Salary may vary and depends on your results. Minimum is set at $2,000, but you can get bonus if you show over-average results.
For 4 weeks you get 4-5 page studies every day Monday through Friday. You study at home, up to 30 minutes a day and pass the
test every Friday. Second stage depends on your first stage and final test success, but youll get your paycheck after the
training course and it wont depend on how you pass stage 1. Paychecks are sent anyway. For stage 2 you will be invited you
to one of our offices for a week of brief introduction course and final interview. And the last thing is the final interview.
You become employee, if you pass.

You will work out of your home for next 6 months, unless you live in New York. We will provide all equipment you will need.

Once again, please note that

      Everything, including the training, is free; you will not pay for anything
      After training course you will get paycheck
      You dont have to invest your own money

If youre interested and would like to apply, please contact me by mailing to ladams@excellogistics.net
I will share the rest of details and instruct you how to apply.

You can contact me by phone or e-mail 10 AM 6 PM New York hours (EST).

Thank you in advance.

After filling out an Application and signing a "Pre-Contract agreement",  I was approved to begin the four week training process.

After a week of receiving material and a realtively easy test, I became more suspicious, so I "Googled" all the names on the website, emails, and contract, and sure enough a Scam-exposing site called the Bogus Barrister displayed the exact same application questionaire that I hade received.  However I continued to play along without revealing any personal critical information.

The hitch is that if you perofrm well on the tests, you not only get $1000 per week for training, but also a shot at some "contractual" work.  You would purchase and ship whatever goods they propose, charge it to your credit card, or pay up-front, then they would reimburse you with a check, including your commission amount to keep.  However the check is no good and will bounce, leaving you without a prayer of getting paid.