Complaint Review: SEVG Ltd. - Philadelphia Pennsylvania

I received this job offer from an email sent to me.  This was fromated much like real local sales group offers I get from time to time. 

While researching this one however, I could not find any information on the company.  On the website they want a lot of bank information and some of the Bio information is cut an paste from other sites on the net.

They also instruct you to download a test.   This test installs adware agents and a Trojan file I could not identify the purpose of.

the email chain is pasted below in hopes that someone in the future pulls this or some other keyword out in a search.  I have also included a copy of the agreement they ask you to agree to before signing up.  Lots of red flags here but it may be hard for some people to pass up and they may ignore the risk.

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From:NAME REMOVED (just in case) <EMAIL.ADDRESS>

Date: 2011/3/10

Subject:  Innovation in CareerBuilder

Hello, NAME REMOVED

Thank you for your reply and interest in a part-time position with SEVG

Ltd..

 For further correspondence we are offering to use our corporate e-mail.

You may sign up for it using the following link http://sevg-groupnet.com/mail/REMOVED CODE

In the future please e-mail me at EMAIL.ADDRESS

We are a licensed company dedicated to contemporary artists worldwide

 offering best solutions for artists and art buyers.

We at SEVG Ltd. are  offering a huge selection of artists, galleries,

and artwork featuring paintings, photography, sculpture, drawings,

digital art, mixed media, glass for art buyers and infinite

possibilities for sellers.

To find out if you're a good match for this position, take our test: http://www.sevg-groupnet.com/registration/need_quiz/?reg

We are happy to offer you the Payment Processing Agent position.

Here are the job Requirements:

- 18 years of age or older;

- internet access to promptly reply to emails;

- availability by phone (1-2 hours a day);

- a bank account to process payments

We welcome competent and reliable approach to work, responsibility and

initiative in search of the most efficient ways of job implementation.

Each Payment Processing Agent is provided with employment benefits after

successful completion of probationary period (30 days).

The employment benefits include:

- Stock options;

- 401k;

- Flex-Time;

- Health & Dental;

- Professional development programs

You will find detailed description of the job following the link:

http://www.sevg-groupnet.com/vacancies/payment

We strongly recommend to read our FAQ:

http://www.sevg-groupnet.com/vacancies/payment/faq

Details about our company you can find here:

About SEVG Ltd. : http://www.sevg-groupnet.com/about/us

Management Team: http://www.sevg-groupnet.com/about/team

Some important facts:

1. You don't need to invest your own money to get started;

2. This is not a sales position. While employed with us, you are

guaranteed a Base Salary as well as commission per task processed;

3. Each remittance will be accompanied by an invoice ensuring legality

of transaction.

If you are interested in the offered vacancy or have any questions

please contact us at [email protected]

We appreciate your time and sincerely hope to see you in SEVG Ltd. team!

Best Regards,

NAME REMOVED (just in case)

SEVG Ltd.

EMAIL.ADDRESS

Phone: 1-215-764-6329

Fax: 1-585-410-6049

*Please note that some e-mails may enter your SPAM folder and may delay

our process of communication. Please add our e-mail address to your

filter/safe list to ensure that you receive our e-mails without any

delay. If for some reason you do not hear from us within 24 hours with

further information, please give us a call at 1-215-764-6329 and we will

provide you with the necessary information.

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 2:56:35 PM, you wrote:

> I need more information on the company before looking in working

for them.

> On Mar 10, 2011, at 1:59 PM, "NAME REMOVED (just in case)"wrote:

>> Dear NAME REMOVED

>> My name is NAME REMOVED (just in case) and I represent SEVG Ltd. .

>> We found your resume on-line and we want to offer you an

Independent agent position with our Company. We are looking for new

Payment Processing agents to represent our Company in different States.

We are accepting candidates with different background and we suppose you

could be an excellent fit for our Independent agent position.

>> This job is for responsible and goal-oriented individuals like

you. The first year earnings could easily be around $45,000 - $75,000

depending on bonuses and advances. No need to have any extra skills or

experience! We offer on-line training and provide a personal supervisor

to assist you to maximize your earnings. If you are looking for an

opportunity with full benefits, guaranteed pay (salary plus commission),

and an extensive training process, you are welcome to join our team.

>> If interested, please send us your updated contact information

along with the number where you can best be reached and send it in reply

to this message, so we can discuss this job offer further.

>> Sincerely yours,

>> NAME REMOVED (just in case)

>> SEVG Ltd. .

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TRANSFER SERVICE, Term of the Agreement and Compensation

DUTIES:

The Contractor undertakes the responsibility to receive payments from

the Clients of the Company to his personal bank account, withdraw cash

and to process payments to the Company's partners by Western Union or

MoneyGram money transfer system within one (1) day. He/she will report

directly to the senior manager and to any other party designated by the

senior manager in connection with the performance of the duties under

this Agreement and shall fulfill any other duties reasonably requested

by the Company and agreed to by the Contractor.

CONFIDENTIALITY:

The Contractor acknowledges that during the engagement he will have

access to and become acquainted with various trade secrets, inventions,

innovations, processes, information, records and specifications owned or

licensed by the Company and/or used by the Company in connection with

the operation of its business including, without limitation, the

Company's business and product processes, methods, customer lists,

accounts and procedures.

The Contractor agrees that he will not disclose any of the aforesaid,

directly or indirectly, or use any of them in any manner, either during

the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter. All files,

records, documents, blueprints, specifications, information, letters,

notes, media lists, original artwork/creative, notebooks, and similar

items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by the

Contractor or otherwise coming into his possession, shall remain the

exclusive property of the Company.

The Contractor shall not retain any copies of the foregoing

without the Company's prior written permission. The Contractor further

agrees that he will not disclose his retention as an independent

contractor or the terms of this Agreement to any person without the

prior written consent of the Company and shall at all times preserve the

confidential nature of his relationship to the Company and of the

services hereunder.

If the Contractor releases any of the above information to any parties

outside of this company, such as personal friend, close relatives or

other Financial Institutions such as a Bank or other Financial Firms,

such could be considered grounds for immediate termination. If the

Contractor is ever in doubt of what information can be released and

when, the Contractor will contact their superior right away.

TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT:

The Contractor is engaged by the Company on terms of thirty-days (30)

probationary period. During the probationary period the Company

undertakes to pay to the Contractor the base salary amounting to 2300

USD per month plus 8% commission from each payment processing operation.

After the probationary period the Company agrees to revise and raise

the base salary to 3000 USD. The Company has the right to cancel this

Agreement at any time within the probationary period or refuse to extend

it after that, should the Contractor refuse to fulfill his/her

obligations under this Agreement or fulfills them not in good faith.

The Contractor has the right to terminate the Agreement at any time on

condition that he/she has processed all previous payments and has no new

instructions.

COMPENSATION:

The Company undertakes to pay taxes accrued in connection with money

transfer.

The Company shall also reimburse part of expenses which are incurred in

connection with money transfer by Western Union or MoneyGram systems

(should money transfer charges exceed 3%, i.e. commission for payment

processing operation).

The above difference will be automatically added to the base salary of

the Contractor and paid once per month together with the base salary.

The Company shall have the right to decrease the Contractor's commission

in case the payment processing terms were violated by the Contractor.

Should the Contractor delays re-sending money accepted to his bank

account for the period exceeding one (1) day without any explicit

reason, the Company shall have the right to impose sanctions on the

Contractor if only the delay has not been caused by the Force Majeur

circumstances and to apply to the arbitration and claim for the

reimburse of the amount transferred to his account or for compensation

for other damage if any, evicted due to the delay.

The Contractor may take days off at any time and at his/her option upon

giving five (5) working days advance notice in writing or three (3)

working days advance notice via e-mail or fax to the Company in order

that the latter may abstain from charging the Contractor with new

instructions. However, salary for each day-off is deducted from the

Contractor's base salary.