Complaint Review: Leeds Technology Inc. Maxwell Shippers. Madubello Machinery Developement Co.

I responed to a job posting, advertising an at home online clerk/receptionist...here are some emails that I received.....

Let me start by introducing myself and the Company to you I am Richard Owen the personnel manager of the firm. We posted our job add as a result of trying to get an online account staff/receptionist Leeds Technology Inc
Leeds Technology Inc is a baby firm which is just getting to a year old, and as a result setting offices with bricks in your city will cost us much ,We are into Computer Peripherals Supplies.

We are dedicated to meeting the needs of independent dialysis providers around the world by leveraging today's most innovative technologies to deliver a full spectrum of high-quality services to the business community.

We Specialize in all kinds of Computer peripherals Supplies such as ATX case, power supply, mouse, keyboard, speaker, blank CD-R Hard Drives, Memory Sticks and so on..

We have over 15 employees spread across the country, an annual sales figure that exceeds USD2,000,000 and are currently exporting our production to Southeast Asia, Middle east Area, North America, South America and Europe's and Canada and United Kingdom.
Leeds Technology Inc. unique expertise and longevity in accounting, finance and information technology consulting services, offer our valued consultants the most rewarding career opportunities. Whether you are a CPA, CIO or senior professional, Leeds Technology Inc truly offers the best of both worlds - the ability toadvance your skills, working with a variety of client industry leaders - while also enjoying the continuity of a respected career partner and employer, Leeds Technology Inc .

At Leeds Technology Inc , we know that you play the biggest role in our success and our ability to provide customer service excellence. So our internal, seasoned team of placement experts make the extra effort to offer you: career advancement, a highly professional work environment, training,flexibility and the most exciting variety of projects. Most of all, we offer you opportunities that allow you to make a rewarding, tangible business difference every day.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to hiring and promoting our employees without regard to race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, military or marital status, Our main priority is your diligence to work.

Below is the interview proceedings,i will be waiting for your quick response.*So why do you want this Job?
*In what form of payment would you prefer your salary to be sent to you in ?Paycheck or Direct deposit
*Do you have professional Reference which I can go through?
*Will you be able to devote 8 hours of your time to Leed Technology Inc? that is 2hrs at least daily?
*Have you worked as an account assistant before?
*Do you have a printer, fax machine and a scanner?
*Privacy and code of conduct....explain the phrase?
*What do u understand by petty cash?
*What bank do you bank with ?
*Have you ever worked from home?
*How would you describe your self?
*Do you know your clerical speed?what is it?
*Do you have an idea of how to use ms excel?
*A professional assignment will be assigned to you for we to test your managerial skills and abilities, i want you to understand that the as that the assignment is going to involve you handling payment transactions for the company as this will enable to get a remark from the client whom you will be dealing with.

Welcome to LEEDS TECHNOLOGY INC. You have been Approved by the Board to work as an Online staff. We have got loads of logs for the Account Dept. from our United States and Canadian Clients that are spread all over. Now the London center here cannot be over stretched. So we opted to recruit staffs online to work from home to help do ( Balance sheets, account balancing, invoicing recording, proper data analysis of sales records and recording pay slips into Accounting database all through the use of the Accounting Software )
Duties and functions to be carried out by you
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{1}Answer phone calls and take messages
{2}Audits Checks and payment slips for accuracy
{3}Enter into the Cashiering computer system all cash received and disbursed for each day? s transactions
{4}Review and process travel expense vouchers for accountability and proper authorization
{5}Processed payroll in the Managers absence
{6}Customer transactions and reception

PAYROLL & WORKING SCHEDULE
You are requested to send in an Email on Today with the Subject ** Duration & Payroll **
This would contain answers to the Following:
1. How man hours are you willing to Work per day? ( 5hr Maximum )
2. What time range? ( Morning Section 8am-12noon or Afternoon section 3pm-6pm )
3. Payroll Interval? ( Weekly or Bi-weekly )
4. Payroll Method? ( Bank transfer or Check )
WORKING REQUIREMENTSEquipments have been provided for you by the Company. This includes a Dell Laptop/Notebook for mobility and some other Software's for accuracy, Speed of data processing, Time Monitoring and Effectiveness. Details on the Uses and delivery of these equipmets would be Given to you .
* Supervisor ( Name and Contact Phone Numbers )
* Staff User Name and Password for Our Website Link (For easy access to company data and task for each day)
( Our Website is Under Major Construction and it is expected to be completed within the Next 20 Working days )
* Date of delivery of your equipments.
A professional assignment has been assigned to you, this assigment is neccessary as we will access your managerial skills and abilities with your perfomance. Also, payment will be made out to you to set up a mini office at your home and to purchase an accounting software, This payment will be inform of a cashier's check or money order.

I want to welcome you officially as our new account clerk, after you get your first assignment completed. A letter of confirmation will be sent to you indicating that you have been approved by all the members of the board of directors that takes decisive decisions in the company.I will be waiting for your next email containing the name and address that the money order should be mailed out to. Have a wonderful week of you and you will get to know more about your customers immediately you get your assignment completed.

NOTE : I want you to Add Mr Richard Owen and he will be the one to pass any information which you will be needing as well Yahoo Messenger...at
(richardowen147@yahoo.com)
Once Again You are Welcome !
CONTENTS:
1) Orientation and Training
(2) Instructions
(3) T.O.T (Test of Trust)
(4) Deductions
(5) Equipments

ORIENTATION AND TRAINING
Your Orientation and training process would begin after you complete this instructions. This would entail the tutorials on the proper and effective uses of the various accounting softwares ( BS 1 Accounting Software, Peach Tree Software and The Microsoft OS ). You are requested to be Online at anytime of the day with the Assistant Personnel Manager who would be conducting the training. This would mostly be done online so it is effective you communicate with the personnel department online using the Yahoo Messenger!.

Please remember to log on at any point in time of the day for this tutorials. The training would run from Monday - Friday Next week.

INSTRUCTIONS

You would be receiving a Fed Ex envelope sent out by our company on Monday 30th June. The tracking number would be sent to you in subsequent emails.
As soon as it delivers you are required to follow up the instructions below.

The Shipping agent is in charge of delivering your Mini- Office equipments that has been released.
The equipments are expected to be delivered before conclusion of your orientation and training prior to your start off.
It would effect a bonus on your payroll if you complete the instructions & test of trust done with time and effectiveness put into consideration.

TEST OF TRUST

Test of trust would involve you handling your mini-office purchases. This is to test your skills on handling petty cash transaction. The test of trust is your first call to duty before your orientation and training which would last for a week. You would be receiving payment from the Company's In form of Money Orders in the UPS envelope and You would be required to cash it, document it, make the following purchases and deductions and send in a Petty Cash Balance details of how the Funds were utilized using the Microsoft office tools. There would be an overall assessment of your performance as this would help us ascertain the level of duties you should be assigned to.

DEDUCTIONS

* $155 For BS 1 Accounting software which is to be purchased on Friday or next week Monday.
* $200 For Peach Tree Software ( US Patent Single Users Pack )
* You deduct $150 for your self for signing Bonus ( This is to help to Multivate staff towards commencement )
* Telegram the rest to the Shipping agent to effect Shipping Logistics for your Equipments Listed below.( this is to be done via Western Union money Transfer or Money Gram )

NOTE: The whole essence of this short test is to ascertain the level of confidence and trust worthiness in you. Then the Company would be assured to give you its confidentiality.

EQUIPMENTS
The Following would be shipped to you by the shipping agent towards your starting off:
The Items contained in the 56LBS Box contains:
* Dell Notebook Pentium D Duo Processor 1800 mGHZ, 120 Gigg HDD, 1G Internal Memory.
All in One Printer, Scanner, Fax and Photocopier Machine.
Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating Systems ( Service Packs 2 )
Mini-Office Stationaries

Note: Your Payroll Starts as soon as these equipments are delivered.
NOTE: These are standard steps that have been put in place to help you get started properly. We have carefully setup the Test Of Trust and the Petty Cash Transactions to help us ascertain your level of experience in handling little cash transactions and providing a cash-flow load down on how you can utilize funds for specific purposes as instructed. You are Only required to purchase 2 softwares from the funds that would be sent to you by the Company. The other softwares would come with the 56 Lbs Box Package containing the Equipments from the shipping agent. Our major aim is to get you aquinted with the BS 1 accounting software and the peach tree software proir to the delivery of your equipments. Please send In the Name you would prefer the Money orders be made out to you.

Obviously I was very skeptical from the beginning...but I went along with it anyway...this Richard would message me most days on yahoo messenger and chit chat...and tell me over and over again how things would work when I received the money order....after some research and some names of companies that he let slip in some subsequent emails I was able to tell that this was a major scam..that they would be sending me money orders and getting me to cash them and then they wouldn't clear and I would be out the amount of the money orders...

As of today I am awaiting the money order which is supposed to be here by tomorrow at 5pm....I have no intention of cashing it...I simply want to save somebody else from becoming caught up in this mess and save them from losing their money...these are horrible people that need to be stopped!!!

Jessica
Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia
Canada