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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Scam Email: John Mark

This scam email arrived in my box tonight. The IP number is sourcing it out of India. 
Reply-To: johniemark@rediffmail.com
To: "johniemark890 " [johniemark890@gmail.com]
Subject: email order
From: "john mark" [johniemark@rediffmail.com]

 Dear Sales,
How are you today, my name is John Mark the owner of Kota Kinabalu

Shopping Store,i will like to order for some items in your store,but
before i proceed i will like to know if you can supply and ship to
MALAYSIA and if you accept CREDIT CARDS as payment.

Kindly advise me ASAP, so i can proceed with the list of needed items.

John Mark.

Kota Kinabalu Shopping Store
Address:Unit No S-202a, 2nd Flr,17 Borneo Hypermall
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia.
+60 (0)3 7726 6540
johniemark890@gmail.com

23 comments:

  1. Got the same exact email today.

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  2. Me too! For the 2nd time.

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  3. I got the same email today 5/1/11. Thanks for posting this scam. Even though it was caught in my spam box I usually double check.
    Mary

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  4. Yup, we got the EXACT same one today. Lazy scammers don't even mixed it up! I have a friend who always messes with these types of scammers. He engages with them and they always give a Western Union adress to send the money. Then for the next week he tells them he sent it and he doesn't know why it wasnt there when they went to pick it up! Oops, sent it to the Western Union on the other side of town! Sorry to make you drive all over the place and waste all that time you could have been trying to scam people!!! (Who's the one gettin scammed now sucker?!?) Haha!

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  5. That's actually very funny. Somehow it always pleases me when people make the scammers work a little harder for their cockroach ways and get just a little taste of their own medicine.

    Thanks for sharing this story!

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  6. Mark strikes again. Still has not change the game. Same letter to the period.

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  7. yes we got this our inbox too and thanks to your posting we just deleted it ! we nearly responded but Googled first and saw the scam! Thanks !

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  8. I received this email twice now...fun times.

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  9. OMG, I dont believe all of you received the same email that i have got yesterday.

    Thanks for this email info, i was trying to call the number and searching hi and low.

    Thanks for sharing !!

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  10. So glad i double checked on google... I thought it might have been a bit fishy, and thank you all for posting.

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  11. I got this today.Why would people do these things to other people????Karma will get them some day!

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  12. It's not just Artists that they are scamming. The company I work for doesn't even sell products - we are a fire protection contractor and "sell" service. Somehow I doubt they are trying to fly our technicians around the world to test their (probably non-exsitent) fire protection system!

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  13. I have this email today...... thanks for posting!

    Dear Sales,

    How are you today, my name is John Mark the owner of Globe Silk Store,i will like to order for some items in your store,but before i proceed i will like to know if you can supply and ship to MALAYSIA and if you accept CREDIT CARDS as payment.Kindly advise me ASAP, so i can proceed with the list of needed items.

    Regards

    John Mark

    Globe Silk Store.
    Address:3st Floor Ikano Power Centre,6 Jalan PJU 10/4
    Mutiara Damansara, Petaling,Malaysia .
    +60 (0)3 3726 9540
    ZIP CODE: 47812
    EMAIL:johniemark890@gmail.com
    Website: http://www.globesilkstore.com.my

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  14. My brother put an ad on Craig's list and got an immedite response from a John Mark. He emailed saying he would buy my brother's handicapped vehicle sight unseen. My brother got an email from PayPal saying that John had put the money plus $600 that he should wire to the person that will be transporting the van out of state. My brother wired the money and then he got another email from PayPal saying that $900 was put in the account and for my brother to get insurance. Now we all know that the purchaser is the person to get the insurance. When he emailed Mark he told my brother that the woman never got the wire. My brother has proof from Western Union that she picked up the money. Is this another scan of the same John Mark?

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  15. Oh man, that is painful. Yes, that is a scammer at the other end and that money is gone. Your brother can now report it as a crime but it is usually for the sake of reporting and not to get his money back (which rarely happens).

    This is why I feel wiring money is something that people just need to stop doing. Scammers NEED wire transfers in order to cleanly steal the money and get away without a trace.

    Often these Paypal emails are faked to look like they are coming from Paypal when no money has been deposited at all. Did your brother manually go into his paypal account and see? Even then, the scammer can reverse the payment.

    Time to report this one as a crime - the police, to paypal, to ic3.gov.

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  16. I received below mail form Johan Mark is this mail is true or Fraud? From: John mark Date: Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 12:06 PMSubject: Re: Resume for Accounts/Taxation GST/VAT Location _ CANADA
    Hello Dear,
    We acknowledge the receipt of your email, we are happy for your interest in working here in Canada please be informed that we are legal manpower recruitment consultant company based here in Canada and we work under the terms and regulations of our immigration service Canada in other to carry out a successful positive Canadian visa, kindly go through our procedures.
    Here are our procedures for visa processing, if you are interested in working here in Canada go ahead and send us your CV and international passport. After we receive it we forward your docs to the employer if successful we will get back to you with your job offer letter. ,once job offer letter is obtained you are expected to pay for visa processing which is 816$ for CAQ and LMIA processing, Immediately we receive your fee we then proceed with your VISA processing starting from your CAQ, LMIA, IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE AND TEMPORARY WORK PERMIT after we must have obtained the mentioned document we will proceed to get your VISA stamped in your country residence.
    NOTE: Once you receive your JOB OFFER LETTER your visa is secured and 100% guaranteed, CAQ means Certificate Acceptance of Quebec while LMIA means Labor Market Impact Assessment.Free air ticket is provided by the Employer, if you agree to this terms then you proceed to send us your CV and international passport for further processing.
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
    1. Accommodation- Provided.
    2. Ticket - Provided (FOR FREE)
    3. Medical - Provided.
    4. Transportation- Provided.
    5. Working hours - 8a.m-4p.m [Mon-Sat]
    6. Vacation - 28.5 days every year
    7. Salary - Cash $25 per hour for unskilled,$35 for skilled workers.
    8. Contract - 2 years.
    9. Extra time - Cash $18per hour
    10.Insurance & Pension - According to laws.
    11.Other Benefits - Family status, group benefit and other fringe benefits.
    CURRENTLY RECRUITING FOR SEAFOOD COMPANY.
    NOTE: All the candidates will undergo 1 months training immediately they arrive here in Canada to their respective duties. WE ARE CURRENTLY DEPLOYING HOTEL AND SEAFOOD COMPANY.Feel free to contact us if you have any query.
    Thank you ‎Michael Stanley‎ to Jobs for Indians in Europe, Australia, UAE,Singapore,India & Canada45 mins·CANADA TWO YEARS TEMPORARY WORK PERMIT VISA %100 SURE HERE.THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN FIND SMILE & HAPPINESS AFTER PROCESSING. WE KEEP OUR WORDS NO SCAM ZONE..FREE TICKET,ACCOMMODATION. ALL %100 LEGIT HURRY UP TOO MANY PEOPLE WANT THIS OFFER.
    LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK IN CANADA... INTERESTED APPLICANT FOR WORK PERMIT, VISA MESSENGER ME FOR MORE INFO.APPLICANT MUST BE 25 & ABOVE.PLEASE SERIOUS MINDED ONLY. "CHASE YOUR DREAM"Typical Job titles include:
    General manager, manager, Truck and crane driver , director of maintenance, director of sales, director of marketing, executive chef, director of food services, banquet manager, catering manager, secretary, human resources manager, chief financial officer,chief information officer and IT manager.,computer technician, Electronics Technician, Maintenance Technician, Car Mechanics, cleaner washers, security, Club Bouncers, Catering supervisor, Cooks/Chef, Receptionist, Food & Beverage Management, Store Keeper, Car Drivers, Delivery Driver, Computer Engineering, Fish packing, plumbers,and florist, Event Planner, Purchasing, Marketing and Advertising, Executive Chef, Restaurant Manager, Kitchen Manager, Housekeeping Supervisor, Front Desk Supervisor, Supervisor of Guest Services, Kitchen Staff, Waitress, supervisors,cook and bakery helpers ,Housekeeping, Concierges, Porters, Front Desk Clerks, Photographer, Accountant etc.
    Thank you Pastor Steven
    Immigration Consultant Services
    APPLY FOR YOUR US & CANADA JOB NOW!!Email: johnmark5891664@gmail.com
    CONTACT ADDRESS:4605 Boulevard de l'Auvergne Quebec City,QC G2C 1X5,Canada

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  17. Hello I just received the same email and I'm questioning many things. Did you find out if this was fake or real???

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  18. LIAM JACKSON
    Immigration Consultant Services
    Email address: 5464646cb@gmail.com
    CONTACT ADDRESS:
    4605 Boulevard de l'Auvergne
    Quebec City,
    QC G2C 1X5,
    Canada

    I have receive an email from this immigration service can anyone please tell me is this the fake or real

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  19. I see them trying to post in various groups, but I would not interact with any business entity that has an email address of 54646446cb@gmail.com.

    Some flags for typical work abroad scams are:

    1. random email from generic service like gmail, yahoo, outlook, etc)

    2. Address - look up the address and look for confirmation it is a legitimate business address. Many scammers work out of their home and use PO boxes or residential addresses (or they just fake the address by stealing an existing business address that is not theirs)

    3. Ask for employer references who use their services and confirm the references are real and not just their friends helping them with the scam

    4. Be wary of any instant hire or act fast hire scenarios. Don't complete any hiring process strictly via email (or some scammers will do Skype but then have some story why the visuals on Skype don't work for them so then it is just a texting exchange - be wary of this)

    5. Avoid any service or job that requires any up-front fee or investment

    6. Never send cash in the mail, give too much personal information to the service (some scammers are just collecting info to sell), services unwilling to provide a written contract, be sure to read any contracts that are offered - even the fine print, be skeptical of any money orders (which may be fraudulent), and look for grammatical errors and sketchy job descriptions.

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  20. I got copy of this mail also.....

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