eltekett@gmail.com Elena From Russia--Who Is This Person??

I am not sure I'd classify this email as a scam but I'm wondering what the real story is behind this type of email shown below. What is interesting is the person who emailed me is supposedly named Elena but she (or he) is sending the email from the header as green.eugene33@hotmail.com if you choose to reply to the email or eltekett@gmail.com if you wish to email her and not click on "reply".

Has anyone had any experience with these types of emails and replied out of curiosity? And if you did reply, what did you say and what else did you receive back by email?

Now...on to the email message:

Hello.
My name is Elena. I think my email for you is surprise. And i hope it is a nice surprise.
I think you will have a question about "where did i find yours email address. I used a services of dating agency, They asked me what kind of men i like, and then they offer me to start a correspondence with you via email.
This agency said me that your email address they found at dating site.

And now i want to tell you a little about myself. I hope it will be inetersting for you and we countinue our dating.

As i said you before my name is Elena. And i am 29 years old. And i am absolutely lonely girl.
I was born and live now in Russia in small town in central part. The name of my town is Pavlovo.
My birthday is 18 of December. My sign of zodiak is Sagittarius. I have no children, but i love them.
And i think that children love me too. Because i can talk easy with them. And i am sure i can be perfect mother in future.
I have parents, mother and father, they are pensioners. And i live separately from them now. I live alone.

Ofcourse, you will ask about my work. I work as a librarian in school library. I like read books very much, and i happy that my work with books and children.
It is a little about myself. I hope it was interesting for you, and we will countinue our corespondence.
I will be waiting your answer very much. Please tell me some about yourself too. And if you can send me your photo.
I sending you my photo with this email. And hope you will answer me quickly.
My email eltekett@gmail.com

Yours new friend from Russia. Elena.

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Xpress Finances.Com

And one final thing....on the website for this allegedly legitimate company...notice where the company is located and the one number located in Midvale, UT for English people here in the United States. By the way the number is 801-684-7704 is unlisted. The email address for the company is also listed as a gmail account and shown as express.finance.llc@gmail.com?


Click here for more information on the company Xpressfinances.

Please feel free to comment and I will post anyone who has had success or failures with this particular company.

Thanks for stopping by!!

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Xpressfinances.com Whois Information

I needed to come back regarding that email from Expressfinances.com.

Here's the whois information from this person:

WHOIS results for xpressfinances.com
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Visit AboutUs.org for more information about XPRESSFINANCES.COM
AboutUs: XPRESSFINANCES.COM

Registrant: Make this info private
J Graeter, Timothy

5717 Oak Valley Rd
Kettering, OH 45440
US

Domain Name: XPRESSFINANCES.COM



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Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :
J Graeter, Timothy
speccial@rock.com
5717 Oak Valley Rd
Kettering, OH 45440
US
Phone: 9375107964

Record expires on 16-Jan-2011
Record created on 16-Jan-2010
Database last updated on 16-Jan-2010

Domain servers in listed order: Manage DNS

NS1.THECLOSEDY.COM
NS2.THECLOSEDY.COM

Show underlying registry data for this record


Current Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
IP Address: 190.35.117.37 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: PA(PANAMA)
Lock Status: clientTransferProhibited
DMOZ no listings
Y! Directory: see listings
Data as of: 23-Apr-2008

Worthy of note as well, the contact number showing for this individual on whois is a cell phone number with Verizon cell service.

I'm trying to figure out what to do next. I'm somewhat a novice for this sort of thing so anyone who has done this before, please feel free to comment.

Thanks for stopping by!!

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Steven Alexander Fake Job "2010 year offer for USA citizens. New Job vacations"

Well, it's been a little while since I've received fake job scams but this one arrived in my email box today. Here's the verbatim email allegedly from a person by the name of Steven Alexander with a reply to email address of steven.alexanderpjx@hotmail.com which goes completely contrary to the letter that says as below it was "This is not a Bulk Message. E-mail marketing campaign was officially bought from Yahoo Mail!"

But anyway, here's the verbatim email:

Hello,

We are European company, searching for partners in USA. Being formed in 1999, we have great experience in international finance and law areas. We have wide network of partners and customers in Europe, Australia, Asia. We provide our customers with high-level financial services, such as incorporation, account services, cashing and money transfers, loans. We also offer our clients legal services. We are member of EBA (European Business Association), German Consumer and Business Network (GCBN) and associated member of European Legal Advisors League. We also are in close contact with major European banks, such as BNP Paribas, Drezdner Bank and Parex Banka.

If you have any questions or want to submit application form, please, visit our website at www.xpressfinances.com

We are looking for partners in USA. Vacancy is called Financial Manager.
Our requirements are:
Age - 21+
USA citizenship
Computer+Internet
Good credit rating

If you are existing business owner (own LLC or S-Corporation), we can offer great opportunities as most of our big clients work with companies only, and amounts that you will be working with, will be from USD30,000 to USD150,000 per transfer. Personal Financial Managers (who have personal bank account), can earn from USD3,000 to USD9,000 a month.

Our job is commission based, you get 5% from incoming transfer, and all fees are paid from our part. We can arrange up to 3 transfers per week after we are confident you can work with big amounts of money.

About taxes. You are responsible for your income, for 5%. 95% of the transfer is our company income, and we pay taxes here. We have consultings with IRS and got oficial response that partner is not responsible for taxes for 95% of transfer.

Last one, why do we need you? There is a law in European Union, that forces companies to pay approx 20% from incoming transfer as Value Added Tax (VAT) from any transfer received from overseas. But if we get transfer from our partner (you act as our agent in USA), we have to pay almost 3,5% from that amount. That saving allows us to give you income, and make our services cheaper than other companies. Everything is confirmed with authorities, we are working for more than 3 years with that scheme, and had no problems at all.
For you, that job means new contacts, income, career. There are no investments upfront, our company pays for anything.

If you have any questions or want to submit application form, please, visit our website at www.xpressfinances.com or email us at fxfinexpress@googlemail.com

Thanks for your time and God Bless.

P.S. This is not a Bulk Message. E-mail marketing campaign was officially bought from Yahoo Mail!

Oh yeah it's still a scam. Anyone else have any comments on it? I'll post more later.

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Fake Email From Vincent Ramsey With Money Offer

From:
"Vincent Ramsey"
Add sender to Contacts
To:
XXXXX@XXXXX.XXX
Hello

First and foremost I want to introduce myself to you. My Name is Vincent Ramsey Son to Late Dr. Mathew Ramsey. I am 21yrs old
Boy and my Sister is 8yrs. Our Father was killed during rebel crisis and we are now in a refugee camp.our consignment contains Thirty five million United States dollars. The consignment gets abroad through the help of a U.N diplomat Christopher Kwame. The fact is that Mr. Christopher Kwame is supposed to have delivered this consignment to Miss Cynthia William
The week Mr. Christopher Kwame was suppose to deliver the consignment to her,when he got to the airport after clearing the consignment ,he called Miss Cynthia William to tell him the description to her house for the delivery, but her Housemaid answered the call and told Mr. Christopher Kwame that Miss Cynthia William had a fatal car accident which lead to her death,that was why Mr. Christopher Kwame has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there and called us to informed us about what is happening.Please good parent out there I seek for you to stand as the Beneficiary / God Loving Parent to get in contact with the Diplomat so that he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you.Contact Mr.Kwame on time via email on (kwame_christopher@yahoo.com OR christopher00un@aol.com) and get back to us as soon as you have got in touch with him
God bless you

Thanks and God bless you
Vincent & Jane Ramseys
e-mail- vincentramseys@hotmail.com

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Response Concerning Recent Comment About Job Scams

Recently someone posted the comment below to the blog:

I got a similiar email on Dec. 23 with the subject: Secretary needed - $25/hour from
"Job Glamour" careers@jobglamour.com and it was signed Cynthia Kaufman
Human Resources Coordinator.
There was no company name so I searched her name and I found your blog. What is the point of it? Other than being a bother and getting me to go to a page that asked if I was interested in more education, nothing was gained. What is their scam?

They ask the question of what the scam is in a job offer that appears to be legitimate only to discover when you apply there's no job, no correspondence regarding more information about the job, where the job is located, or anything else.

The job scam offer seeks indeed to direct you to an opportunity to further your education but if you are thinking you are actually applying for a job and have an opportunity for a job by some swift and crafty wordsmith, you are being taken advantage of by supplying your name and address and personal information when all this company seeks to do is take advantage of what you are seeking, namely a job and baiting you with phone calls and emails regarding advancing your college coursework.

That to me is a scam, replacing one offer of a job for what seems to be good employment and excellent pay for your personal information and promise of helping you further your education.

More on this later.

Have a great week!!

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Career Networks Job Scam For Patient Service Representative Silver Lining Careers

Just when I thought I was finished with the crazy fake job offers courtesy of Career Networks, I get an offer to apply for a job as a Patient Services Representative. However, as always with Career Networks or this other alleged company, Silver Lining Careers which is just another colorful way of scamming you, nobody replies back with any answers to questions regarding where the job is located, what company is hiring, where the information submitted goes to (except a database of valid addresses and email accounts) or anything else relevant to a legitimate job offer. I do tire of these types of job offers where the fake company tries to look convincing when it's just not the case.

Here's my email verbatim except my email address:

Hi Xxxxxxxxx,

We wanted to let you know about a vacant Patient Service Representative position that has recently become available. This position is responsible for effective billing, problem solving and maintenance of financial computer records of all patients, and acts as an advocate for the patient in accordance with company policies and procedures for billing and account management.

This position offers $12.54 per hour entry rate, plus benefits.

If you have been considering a career change, or, if you think this is a position you would like to fill, select the following link to access a more complete description and apply:

http://silver-lining-careers.com/cmanager3.aspx?em=xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com&id=akdhe1_C7CSROTHD7W2_10big11152009other10&rd=186871&Code=HfK6tQTLMkuaephHdOsNaIfCm3RNuYxXf2KAXXMcocs%3D&RecipientID=23538447&gs=9&ro=10&j=23538447

We will be awaiting your prompt response.

Good Luck,

Cynthia Kaufman
Director of Human Resources


I'm not sure how to stop these types of emails myself. I do question my loyal readership, has anyone had good luck from responding to something as generic as these types of emails? Or better yet, has anyone found anyone to reply with actual information and questions answered?

No, I didn't think so but I wanted to ask.

Comments anyone??

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