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Is this a scam: Bahamas Agent Job Offer
- 12-14-2008
- Categorized in: Is this a Scam, Most Commented
We received an email asking if a job offer by Bahamas Agent is a scam.
We have no information about this agent so far. However, we noted that the career page on the website does not have a job offer for agents working from home.
Another thing to check is the email address of the sender, make sure that it is from the same company by sending an email directly to them and asking for their direct reply. This helps to check to make sure that you are talking to who they claim they are. After that, we will need to find out more about the job offer.
If anyone has any information, leads, evidence or comments, please feel free to submit to through our comment section listed below.
16 Dec 08 Update:
We have updated this article and apparently the offer came from a scammer who uses a free email address.
The offer in this email is a scam, and is not from the real Bahamas Agent.
-----New Attached-----
From: Frank Power <mr.frankpower@yahoo.com>
Subject: Following step
Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXX,
We have received and successfully reviewed your resume. I am happy to inform
you that you are qualified for the position of Customer Service Representative.
I have received interest note. From this point of time you are on the way of
recruiting process. You will find one
attachment enclosed to this message:
1. APPLICATION OF EMPLOYMENT.DOC
All you have to do is just read, fill-in and send back to me via e-mail.
You should be very careful with
this document to exclude possible mistakes. The
next step of application process will be
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT sign and PAYMENT DETAILS form. Thanks for your time and
interest. If you have any other questions
or comments, do not hesitate to contact me at anytime. My job is to assist you
in registration process.
Best regards, Frank Power.
-----Attached-----
Subject: Is this job offer a scam
Question/Comment: hi, I would like to know if this company actually exist.. they have set up virtual office and want agents working for them from home. since I want to take this job opportunity. below is the information sent to me via email. Could you please check to see if the website is not part of any scams.
Thanks for all your help.
Here is the information. I could also send the application form /job description that was sent to me.
Frank Power
Bahamas Agents Ltd.
17 Renfrew St,
Glasgow, Glasgow City G3, UK.
Phone: +1 (800) 877-9712
Fax +1 (347) 602-9087
Business e-mail: info@bahamasagents.com
Personal e-mail for quick response: mr.frankpower@yahoo.com
The address of company web-page is www.bahamasagents.com
hello, im pretty sure without a doubt that i was scammed by a miss marshall babra who claims to be in the uk at the moment. she hired me for something the job posting didnt say. today she sent me the check that im supposed to deduct my pay from and send the rest to some guy. what should i do with the fake check and how should i handle this
I have received several similar responses from classifieds posted on Craigslist that are worded exactly the same though the main characters names are changed, i.e. Aaron Clark, Marshall Babra, etc. What is this scam? I have not been asked for money or SSN but their correspondence continues with nothing concrete. Obviously it's not a legit job offer but what it is exactly? Thanks to anyone who has information on these nutjobs.
Hello... I too was scammed this morning. Here is what I was told:
Thanks for your interests in the PA position, I will deeply appreciate all genuine efforts to help me monitor and keep up to date with all my activities. I most very often get my hands occupied because am working with many companies both states and outside,so it is imperative for me to have a worthy assistant who can monitor and keep me up to date with my activities. As my assistant, your activities amongst other things will include: Make travel arrangements and submit expenses for Attorneys Order office supplies, Running personal errands,Check Processing Filing documents,faxing,printing and typing letters Web research, Internet search skills and posting ads Quality communication etiquette skills and good organizational skills Serious sense of humor required and mandatory to work with me Ability to handle highly sensitive and confidential information Perform duties with accuracy, quality, and integrity You can only apply for this position if you own a printer and personal computer. Basic wage is $550 a weekly About me:
My name is Miss Marshall Babra , i have a family of 2 and i am a Eyak Technology .I travel alot,hence the reason why i need an assistant to handle affairs for me on the home front when i am away on business which is usually quite often. This position is home-based and flexible you can be in any location,working with me is basically about instructions and following them, my only fear is that I may come at you impromptu sometimes, I need someone who can be able to meet up with my irregular timings.There is also a very sensitive issue on trust and accountability which I believe will resolve itself as time goes on.
This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we should be able to arrange a proper meeting to get things started officially. I do have a number of things you could help me with this week if you will be available for me. This can act as a stable foundation to our working relationship. Note:This position is home base office work you can be in any location and work with me from your home/office. Let me know your interest if you are ready to work with me from your home/office Mon-Fri @ 10am
So Fill This Application And Email It Back Here Asap!!!
I got this exact one, and i did send my info now im not sure what to do... im scared actually... what should i do?
I just got this e-mail from: houskabicarpinelliqx@hotmail.com
They sent it to me through CareerBuilder.com
Looks like a pretty big scam to me...
Good day, (my name)
My name is Brian Serafini, I am a senior manager in a real estate company Bahama Mama Realty Ltd.
We are urgently looking for a customer service representative in the USA.
I have got a premium access to the Career Builder website and after looking through the resumes, I have decided to pick your CV.
If you apply for this position, you will have to work with our clients in the USA and promote our services.
The position has a fixed salary 3000 USD, it is not a telemarketing and no investments from you needed.
I have attached the official job description document to this letter.
You are free to ask any questions about it.
Have a nice day, Brian Serafini, Senior manager at Bahama Mama Realty
I just searched his name on google out of curiosity... wow.... glad I did....
Here is what I got....
First Email;
Hello xxxxxx,My name is Anthony Lacey, I am a senior manager at Bahamian RealtorsLtd. I am looking for a highly-motivated customer servicerepresentative for a remote part-time work in our company. We offerquite an attractive salary and a lot of bonuses.Today I have examined your CV at the Monster website and I believethat you are a right person for this urgent position.Just several words about Bahamian Realtors Ltd. Our main profile isselling various real estate in the Bahamas. Our trademark is famousfor its high-grade client service and support. Now we are experiencingdifficulties with our customer service in the USA and Canada, as we donot have even an office in these countries, and the amount of clientsfrom America is growing. So, if you apply, you will be a person, whowould promote our services in these countries and provide customersupport for our clients. It's a job for a responsible person and it iswell paid.Title: Customer Service Representative. Candidate's name: xxxxxx. Guaranteed Base Salary: $1500, paid bi-weekly, total $3000 permonth (w/o bonuses). Job Description is attached to this letter.I would like to mention that 3000 USD is a guaranteed salary and itdoes not include bonuses and comission from sales. You will alsoreceive a stable 15% bonus (from our profit) for every sold realestate.I am ready to answer your questions about this job offer. I lookforward to hearing from you as soon as possible.Sincerely,Anthony Lacey,Senior Manager atBahamian Realtors Limited
I then emailed him back asking for more information, because nothing was included in the email... and part of it suggested I should apply for the job, and part of it saying I had been accepted for employment. So I was confused and emailed him back asking for more info.
Got this response:
Hello xxxx,
I apologize, I forgot to include the Job Description in our letter. I have attached it now.
To apply for the job, please go through this 3 easy steps:
1. Open JOBDESCRIPTION.DOC (which is attached to this letter) and read it. Feel free to ask any questions, my job is to help you and to consult you.
2. If you agree to the terms of job offer, send me e-mail containing this text: " I, [your name] agree with the terms of job offer and want to apply to this position. "
3. Then I will send you application forms and documents within 48 hours.
If you have any questions about job offer, terms or conditions, please
do not hesitate to contact me directly, I will assist you at any step of recruiting process. I am very glad to see you in our team.
** the attachment didnt include any logos and is really poorly arranged***
disgusting......
This is the email:
Hello Sandra F,
My name is Anthony Lacey, I am a senior manager at Bahamian Realtors
Ltd. I am looking for a highly-motivated customer service
representative for a remote part-time work in our company. We offer
quite an attractive salary and a lot of bonuses.
Today I have examined your CV at the Monster website and I believe
that you are a right person for this urgent position.
Just several words about Bahamian Realtors Ltd. Our main profile is
selling various real estate in the Bahamas. Our trademark is famous
for its high-grade client service and support. Now we are experiencing
difficulties with our customer service in the USA and Canada, as we do
not have even an office in these countries, and the amount of clients
from America is growing. So, if you apply, you will be a person, who
would promote our services in these countries and provide customer
support for our clients. It's a job for a responsible person and it is
well paid.
Title: Customer Service Representative. Candidate's name: Sandra F.
Guaranteed Base Salary: $1500, paid bi-weekly, total $3000 per month
(w/o bonuses). Job Description is attached to this letter.
I would like to mention that 3000 USD is a guaranteed salary and it
does not include bonuses and comission from sales. You will also
receive a stable 15% bonus (from our profit) for every sold real
estate.
I am ready to answer your questions about this job offer. I look
forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Anthony Lacey,
Senior Manager at
Bahamian Realtors Limited
Dear XXXX,
My name is Anthony Lacey, I am a senior manager at Bahamian Realtors
Ltd. I came across your resume at Monster and I would like to offer
you a job in our company.
We are looking for a highly-motivated customer service representative
for a remote part-time work and are ready to offer quite an attractive
salary and a lot of bonuses.
Little information about Bahamian Realtors Ltd. We are selling various
real estate in the Bahamas. Our trademark is famous for its high-grade
client service and support. Now we are experiencing problems with
supporting clients from USA and Canada, as we do not have an office in
these countries or even a regional agent, but the amount of clients is
growing. So, if you apply, you will be a person, who would promote our
services in these countries and consult people about our services.
Title: Customer Service Representative
Candidate's name: Danielle Sacco.
Base Salary: $1500, paid bi-weekly, total $3000 per month, excluding bonuses.
Job Description is attached to this letter.
3000 USD is a guaranteed salary and additional bonuses are calculated
by our manager after analizing your success in job performance.
You will also receive a stable 15% bonus (from our profit) for every
sold real estate.
I am ready to answer your questions about this job offer. I look
forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Anthony Lacey,
Senior Manager at
Bahamian Realtors Limited
Just wanted to update this guys newest email addresses.
laceyanthony58@gmail.com
bahamianrealtors@me.com
Hopefully this info will spare someone else.
Hello,
I too after much searching found this site when "Bahama Mama Realty" and "Brian Serafini" (the "Senior Manager" name used when this same apparent scam was sent to me returned no google hits. The names have been changed from the ones listed in the other posts but otherwise the scam is the same. I also received an e-mail from this person with identical info as listed in other posts. After receiving an offer of employment and request for my bank account info so that my pay could be direct deposited, I searched harder and eventually found this site. As long as this scam has been recognized, I'd like to think that Monster could do more to weed it out. That said, I'm sure it/he/she (the scammer) would resurface with another scam. At least we could make it harder for this particular scam to continue on.
Dear Megan ******,
Yesterday I have examined your resume at the Monster website and I
would like to offer you a job in Bahamian Realtors Ltd.
Our company is looking for a highly-motivated customer service
representative for remote part-time work. We offer an attractive
salary and a lot of bonuses.
Little information about Bahamian Realty Ltd. We are selling various
real estate in the Bahamas. Our trademark is famous for its high-grade
client service and support. Now we are experiencing problems with
supporting clients from USA and Canada, as we do not have an office in
these countries or even a regional agent, but the amount of clients is
growing. So, if you apply, you will be a person, who would promote our
services in these countries and consult people about our services.
Title: Customer Service Representative
Candidate's name: Megan ******.
Base Salary: $1500, paid bi-weekly, total $3000 per month, excluding bonuses.
Job Description is attached to this letter.
3000 USD is a guaranteed salary and additional bonuses are calculated
by our manager after analizing your success in job performance.
You will also receive a stable 15% bonus (from our profit) for every
sold real estate.
I am ready to answer your questions about this job offer. I look
forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Anthony Lacey,
Senior Manager at
Bahamian Realtors Limited
I emailed him back at alacey096@gmail.com since that was the email used to send me the message, asking for more details about the position and then I received this response, with 2 new email addresses and sent from bahamianrealtors@me.com instead of alacey096@gmail.com:
Hello Megan,
I apologize, I forgot to include the Job Description in our letter. I have attached it now.
To apply for the job, please go through this 3 easy steps:
1. Open JOBDESCRIPTION.DOC (which is attached to this letter) and read it. Feel free to ask any questions, my job is to help you and to consult you.
2. If you agree to the terms of job offer, send me e-mail containing this text: " I, [your name] agree with the terms of job offer and want to apply to this position. "
3. Then I will send you application forms and documents within 48 hours.
If you have any questions about job offer, terms or conditions, please
do not hesitate to contact me directly, I will assist you at any step of recruiting process. I am very glad to see you in our team.
--
Best regards,
Anthony mailto:bahamianrealtors@me.com
The job description is a little fishy to me, as one of the duties I supposedly would have is to "Receiving money from company and investing them to advertising through services like Google.Adwords, Clicksor, Wpromote" which seems to me rediculous becasue first it's supposed to be a customer service position NOT a marketing one and secondly, why would they need to pay me so that i can in turn market them online, when clearly they have internet access, and if they are such a big company they should already have a marketing firm to promote their services online.
It just seems all around fishy to me. Anyone who works with a real estate office should know something about real estate and have some experience in real estate and I have none so it's weird that a real estate agency would want me to work with them when i don't know the slightest thing about the bahamas or real estate, also why the heck are they based in Scotland if they are selling housing in the bahamas???
Here is the full contact information I have for it:
Anthony Lacey
Bahamian Realtors Ltd.
214 Berkeley St,
Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom
Phone: +1 (818) 392-8379
Fax: +1 (718) 307-6476
Business e-mail: info@bahamianrealtors.com
Personal e-mail for quick response: bahamianrealtors@me.com
The address of company web-page is www.bahamianrealtors.com
Anthony Lacey
Bahamian Realtors Ltd.
214 Berkeley St,
Glasgow, Scotland,
United Kingdom
Phone: +1 (818) 392-8379
Fax: +1 (718) 307-6476
Business e-mail: info@bahamianrealtors.com
Personal e-mail for quick response: bahamianrealtors@me.com
The address of company web-page is www.bahamianrealtors.com
Job title
Regional agent
Position type
Part time/Virtual Office
Salary
3000 USD per month + bonuses
I just checked out the properties of the Word doc and the "company" line says "DreamTemplates" so he just grabbed the teamplate from somewhere. It was created on July 6th 2009 and printed on June 28th 2009. There is some arabic looking text on the Document Contents info pane.
Second Email that was sent to me:
Hello ########,
I apologize, I forgot to include the Job Description in our letter. I have attached it now.
To apply for the job, please go through this 3 easy steps:
1. Open JOBDESCRIPTION.DOC (which is attached to this letter) and read it. Feel free to ask any questions, my job is to help you and to consult you.
2. If you agree to the terms of job offer, send me e-mail containing this text: " I, [your name] agree with the terms of job offer and want to apply to this position. "
3. Then I will send you application forms and documents within 48 hours.
If you have any questions about job offer, terms or conditions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly, I will assist you at any step of recruiting process. I am very glad to see you in our team.
--
Best regards,
Anthony mailto:bahamianrealtors@me.com
Info:
Anthony Lacey (now)
Senior Manager at
Bahamian Realtors Limited
Email: alacey096@gmail.com (This should've been a company email)
I could tell this was a scam just by the email. It didn't make any sense and the format of it was nothing I'd ever seen a professional job recruiter write. I wonder whom I can report this guy to. Who did you guys report him to?
i guess it's back to job searching