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Is this a scam?

Asked by LostInParadise (31917points) May 13th, 2014

I got an odd email that I am certain must be a scam, but I can’t figure out what the angle is. The email has all the earmarks of a scam. It is not addressed to me personally and among the things they ask for is my email address, which they obviously already have. They only describe themselves as a large French company.

The letter talks about me being able to work at some IT job for $4,000 per month working 3 to 4 hours a day having something to do with payments involving an agent in Turkey. Here is the description. Note the broken English (I am guessing from an Eastern European) another sign of a scam.
If you are interested in the prospect of a possible employment is presented below the job description.
- Receive payments from our customers all over the world and treat them with banking schemes and cash transfers
- When processing each payment you receive an instant bonus of 4% of the payment amount
- Maintain reporting and any necessary preparations to receive payments
- Be confident in the correctness of the accuracy of payments and delivering them on time.

At the end they request name, address, email address and copy of resume.

There is no way that I would respond, but I am curious what the angle is. Have you heard of such a scheme or have any idea what they are after?

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