Representative of Alza.cz

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I have been offered a representative position with a Czech company known as Alza.cz.  It is a company much in the same style as Ebay.  It has been in business for over 20 years.  They employ quite a number of representatives in the same capacity as they have offered me.

It works like this.......Alza.cz is located in The Czech Republic and is limited by Paypal to $350.00 in their Paypal account.  This is unsuitable for a multimillion dollar business.  To alleviate this complication, Alza offers positions to selected representatives to handle and forward payments for sold items.  The customer buys the item, pays with Paypal, the funds are sent to the representative's Paypal account and the tracking number allows the funds to become available.  The funds are then transferred to Alza.cz by the representative.  The representative is basically a middleman in the payment process with their Paypal account.

Alza.cz pays the representative a monthly salary based on sales volume which is supplemented by payments of either 5% or 10% based on volume handled by the representative for Alza.  These sales commissions are paid immediately upon the payment of the sale being successful. 

The potential liablity for the representative is in the fact that the original purchasing customer has up to 180 days under Paypal policy to file a case or complaint on the initial payment transfer if they are not satisfied with the transaction.  This makes the representative responsible and has a detrimental effect on their Paypal account.  Alza.cz states they will handle returns and refunds accordingly; however the representative is entirely limited in resolving the transaction until the purchasing customer and Alza.cz handle the appropriate return transaction properly and timely. 

Has anyone had experience as a representative for Alza.cz?  Good or bad?

Thankyou in advance.

[Dbella]

I too got caught in the editing week. I was to earn $40-$50 per day 5 days a week editing. $5/KB. Each day my editing job was smaller and smaller until day 5 when they suspended my position. At this point they offered me the position of representative because I was such a good worker. It smelled like a duck so I kept looking for info on line saying it was a scam. I'd been hunting the entire time for this info as the entire thing felt like a scam. It wasn't until I contacted PayPal directly that I discovered my suspicions were correct. There are no limitation by PayPal on funds going to the Czech Republic. The US has no Economic Santions against this country. In fact we have great economic relations with the Czech Republic. You see, they are the sellers and the buyers. There is no real product in this scam. Seller, scammers calling themselves Aliza.cz or Mall.cz (real companies by the way) sells a product to a buyer. Also someone in the scam. They pay real money into YOUR PayPal account. You move the money to your bank account and wire them the funds minus your cut. So on a $6,000 deal You keep $300 plus wire fees. They receive the money into their bank account. The buyer then returns the item, claims it's broken, or says they never received the item. Buyer files a claim with PayPal to get their money back. The owner of the PayPal account "YOU" is responsible for the refund. Not PayPal. Per PayPal rule and term contracts you have to pay them back or legal action ensues. That's how the scammers scam "You". The really sad part is the people who fall for this, single moms, hard working Dads, are struggling from day to day to make ends meet and are the last people on earth to afford being ripped off by scammers. When you can't pay and legal action is started, the FBI and several other high up agencies come after you as you used your bank account to wire international money. The owners of the receiving account are most likely in a US sanctioned country buying guns with your money. So not only did you participate in money laundering but also illegal arms purchases funding terrorists. Yes, it really is happening today.

[Vsweed55]

I want to thank you for exposing this money laundry scam. What I don't understand why do these people get away, I would love to see these scammer s hung. How dare them use innocent people who's trying to make a living. PEOPLE beware of Zentrada.pl it's a scam. They pretend they need help editing letters and they will pay you 40-$30.00 per day. Don't believe it, they will never pay you a dime. After a week they will tell you, you're a good worker and they are promoting you to a representative, don't believe them, stay away!! I'm going to work real hard to make sure they're caught. Remember what your mama told you. "If it sounds to good to be be true - it's not true". God bless all the good people out there don't trust these SCAM!!!

[Marjo28]

I, too, responded to this message for work on-line and answered it. I then got an e-mail from Mall.cz and they hired me to proof read and edit letters and texts. I did this for a week and then got an e-mail that they were discontinuing this position and offered me an upgraded position of representative which I declined to accept. They said they would pay me for my work so far at the end of the month of Feb.  February 28th came and went and NO PAY. I set up my PayPal account to receive funds from them but never received anything. I wrote them two e-mails asking for my pay that they owed me of $160. and got no reply. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SCAM! I wasted my valuable time and effort; I spent over 13 hours on their tasks. I feel cheated and made a fool of.

[LindaLou1]

My experience with this company is reflected in these posts.  To date, no money received for the editing, and, fortunately, I read these posts before considering the so-called "representative" job.  My sincere thanks to all of you who posted.  

[KNZ1]

I was a bit sispicious from the beginning but since they had none of my infomation . . . yet, I had nothing to lose but a little time.  I became more suspicious when they invited me to become a representative.  The trigger was the email address.  it was a gmail address instead of a company email address.  When I inquired and wanted to know the full name and address of the company I was going to work for, the emails stopped coming.  You know what they say . . . if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

BTW, I also noticed that when they emailed me and told me what a great guy I was, they actually used some of the words I used in the editing.  It was actually funny.  Stupid people!

[LindaLou1]

It is in your best interest to read the posts in this forum as soon as possible!

[Dbella]

Has anyone out there ever carried through with the rep position and gotten caught? Please post if you have.

[Rorbert]

Just for fun, tell the recruiter you will keep the funds for 181 days (or per PayPal policy).  If there are no refunds, you will forward the money, minus your cut.  You'll know pretty quick how legit they are.  

[KNZ1]

They would never allow that to happen.

[discjocke]

Last week I went through the same thing you did, with Mall.cz. I'm glad to have taken the time out to search on its validity. and read your post. This definitely saved me a lot of headaches. I'm suppose to get paid for the proofreading, around $135. I'm not going to worry about it, as that's not much for me. I just thought I'd do something on my spare time, as I trade on the market daily. Thanks again for the heads-up.