Complaint Review: Scope Group Inc.

I received this email: From: scope.group.job@gmail.com Dear First Last,

Scope Group Inc. has announced a new job opening and proposes you to
join our team. Our company provides multiple services, including
financial and specifically escrow services for online auctions. Our
clients deal with large auctions such as ebay.com , yahoo.com and private auctions with a small number of clients.

All payments from our customers are processed via bank transfers. In
fact, we need to get payments for our products as soon as possible to
be able to provide our services quickly. The problem is that we are
unable to process customer's payments fast enough because international
bank transfers take about 7-15 working days to be completed. We lose
money because of delays and that's why we have opened new job position
for solving this problem.

Please note: this job takes 2-3 hours a day and gives much free time to
be employed elsewhere. We are looking only for applicants who meet our
requirements and can be successful employees in the nearest future.

Your functions:
1. Receive payments from our customers;
2. Deduct 8% (your commission);
3. Forward payments according to instructions to any of our offices.

Financial Agent position is offered on trial basis. During the first 30
days your base salary will be $2,300 per month, excluding percentage
from clients' payments. Also you'll be trained and instructed by our
personnel managers. After the trial period, base salary is increased up
to $3000 a month. NOTE: You'll be given a chance to start working
full-time or receive additional tasks.

Please fill in the form below with your updated contact information,

============FORM========== FORM==========
First name:_________________________ __
Last name:_________________________ ______
Country of residence:____________________ ______
Contact phone:____________________
Preferred call time:_____________________
============FORM========== FORM==========

and email it to: scope.group.job@gmail.com
NOTE: This is not a sales position.

We have found your resume at www.careerbuilder.com .
This letter confirms that your resume has been duly processed and your
skills meet our basic requirements for the Financial Manager vacancy.

Awaiting your prompt reply.
Susan White
I figured it was a scam, but emailed back anyway, because none of the information they requested was really private.  After about a week, they send me (from the same email address) this: Hello, 

You were interested in the Financial Agent position with Scope Group Inc.,
but unfortunately I haven't heard from you for a while.

You are one of two candidates who is eligible for the remaining two positions.
We have reviewed your resume and if you are interested we would like to extend
this vacancy to you.

Just to refresh your memory here are the links with the full job description:
http://www.scope-group.cc/e/ index.php?page=r_98
http://www.scope-group.cc/e/ index.php?page=r_19

Please let me know your decision within 2 business days for me to send you the
required application forms for this position.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Susan White
Scope Group Inc.
job@scope-group.cc
Phone: +1 6468459159
Fax: +1 6464789391 Again, they didn't ask me for anything, so I said, "Sure, send me the application", even though at this point it screamed 'SCAM!'.  Haha, I was one of the two candidates eligible for the two positions, on what basis?!?!... Hilarious.  This is when they sent me this: Hello, 

We appreciate your decision to join our company. Now applications are processed
online. It helps us to both save time and avoid all mail related delays. 

Procedure of a new employee registration with Scope Group Inc. undergoes three 
mandatory stages:

1. Please register at this link to receive a personal account in our online 
system: http://www.scope-group.cc/ member/registration1.php  

For prompt and correct use of all of the online functions, please refer to the 
online account manual at http://www.scope-group.cc/ member/manual/  

NOTE: As you will be receiving bank transfers for our international 
clients, please provide your bank essentials. To avoid unnecessary 
problems, please be very careful while completing this form. 

2. Download the Contract form at this link: http://www.scope-group.cc/ agreement.pdf  

Familiarize yourself with all the clauses of the Contract. Complete the contract 
form and upload its scanned copy into your Task Manager account (use login 
and password you have chosen)

The contract comes into effect since the moment of your Task Manager account 
activation. We would like to mention that electronic form of the Contract has the same validity as 
the contract signed personally by both parties.

3. For identity verification and fraudulent registration prevention, please 
upload a scanned copy of your valid ID or driving license into your Task Manager 
account (use login and password you have chosen). If you hesitate to send 
us copies of your documents, any utility bill will do, provided that your 
domicile is mentioned.  

We guarantee complete privacy of your personal data and would like to emphasize 
that our company strictly carries out its commitments as regards private information  
and confidentiality of private and business information protection. We make use of reliable 
means of physical, electronic  and administrative security with the view of 
protection of private information entrusted  to us. You will find detailed 
information on this matter in our Policy on Private Information  Security following 
the link: http://www.scope-group.cc/e/ index.php?page=r_16  

If you're unable to upload the documents into Task Manager account please use 
fax. Here is the number: +1 6464789391

Your Task Manager account will be activated when we receive all the necessary documents
from your side. After activation you will be contacted by your personal supervisor.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at job@scope-group.cc


Best wishes,

Susan White
Scope Group Inc.
job@scope-group.cc
Phone: +1 6468459159
Fax: +1 6464789391 Thanks for the offer, Susan.  But I don't think I am interested in giving you ALL of my personal information, including all of my bank account information, a faxed copy of my driver's license, etc.  Hahaha, good try!  Whoever made this one up actually did a lot of work and must have spent a lot of time to make it look legitimate. Basically, they want you to give them your bank account information so they can monitor transactions from their foreign clients, but really they just want to take your money.  The job never really made sense, but the site (http://www.scope-group.cc) looked reasonably legitimate.  You can click on the 'Our Partners' tab and see the numerous awards and partnership certificates they have.  The first was from the 'Government Finance Officer's Association' which is a legitimate association, for the 'Award of Financial Reporting Achievement'.  Too bad this association only gives awards to government entities.  Similarly, the Chamber Awards never issued them the '2004 Most Promising New Business Award', PayPal and WesternUnion likely have no idea what their partnership certificates are doing on the site.  All of the images are doctored, and actually look pretty doctored when you click on the images and look at them closely. Do not be fooled by this company or any other like it!  They operate under a number of different aliases.  Anytime you get an email from a company claiming they got your information from Monster, CareerBuilder, etc. be very cautious!