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This is a good thread, but it should be emphazed that these scams work with scammers piggy-backing on any number of legit European comanies & websites (Here Alza, in my case Zentrada.pl), yet never with corporate logos nor company email accounts (they will usually approach w/ yahoo or gmail email, and often with a fake U.S. address).   There are tons of yellow and eventually red flags for the truly observant.  In this case they supposedly sell expensive watches, antique jewlry & violins (but who's going to spend $18000 on the net for a pricy violin, sight unseen?! and the items don't really match what the real website carries!)  They supposedly need your help due to purported PayPal limits on recieving funds in these Eastern-bloc countries, again bogus.   As noted by others here, the editing gig will be suspended after a week or so, since they are grooming you for a 'rep' position to help them with these bogus transactions here on PayPal.  They will transfer real money to your PayPal, then you are supposed to do a two-step: transfer it out to a real account & then send, in my case via bitcoin, 'cryptocurrency' (really?!) or stuff the cash into an envelope & send to some company, who will then send to them!!~ LOL   Can you say money laundering?!  Not sure if you'll ever hear from the FBI/ IRS as some here claim, but the thing is, PayPay agents seem lethargic about the scam potential: since the scammers are of course both the buyers & sellers: once they receive back the funds, the 'buyer' then disputes the charge, leaving you with hevy negative balances here on PayPal for which you are liable, unless you can work it out w/ PayPal fraud unit.  So best run from the job offer before doing anything here!   see also: https://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74088 ... View more

This is a good thread, but it should be emphazed that these scams work with scammers piggy-backing on any number of legit European comanies & websites (Here Alza, in my case Zentrada.pl), yet never with corporate logos nor company email accounts (they will usually approach w/ yahoo or gmail email, and often with a fake U.S. address).   There are tons of yellow and eventually red flags for the truly observant.  In this case they supposedly sell expensive watches, antique jewlry & violins (but who's going to spend $18000 on the net for a pricy violin, sight unseen?! and the items don't really match what the real website carries!)  They supposedly need your help due to purported PayPal limits on recieving funds in these Eastern-bloc countries, again bogus!   As noted by others here, the editing gig will be suspended after a week or so, since they are grooming you for a 'rep' position to help them with these bogus transactions here on PayPal.  They will transfer real money to your PayPal, then you are supposed to do a two-step: transfer it out to a real account & then send, in my case via bitcoin, 'cryptocurrency' (really?!) or stuff the cash into an envelope & send to some company, who will then send to them!!~ LOL   Can you say money laundering?!  Not sure if you'll ever hear from the FBI/ IRS as some here claim, but the thing is, PayPay agents seem lethargic about the scam potential: since the scammers are of course both the buyers & sellers: once they receive back the funds, the 'buyer' then disputes the charge, leaving you with hevy negative balances here on PayPal for which you are liable, unless you can work it out w/ PayPal fraud unit.  So best run from the job offer before doing anything here! ... View more

This is a good thread, but it should be emphazed that these scams work with scammers piggy-backing on any number of legit European comanies & websites (Here Alza, in my case Zentrada.pl), yet never with corporate logos nor company email accounts (they will usually approach w/ yahoo or gmail email, and often with a fake U.S. address).   There are tons of yellow and eventually red flags for the truly observant.  In this case they supposedly sell expensive watches, antique jewlry & violins (but who's going to spend $18000 on the net for a pricy violin, sight unseen?! and the items don't really match what the real website carries!)  They supposedly need your help due to purported PayPal limits on recieving funds in these Eastern-bloc countries, again bogus!   As noted by others here, the editing gig will be suspended after a week or so, since they are grooming you for a 'rep' position to help them with these bogus transactions here on PayPal.  They will transfer real money to your PayPal, then you are supposed to do a two-step: transfer it out to a real account & then send, in my case via bitcoin, 'cryptocurrency' (really?!) or stuff the cash into an envelope & send to some company, who will then send to them!!~ LOL   Can you say money laundering?!  Not sure if you'll ever hear from the FBI/ IRS as some here claim, but the thing is, PayPay agents seem lethargic about the scam potential: since the scammers are of course both the buyers & sellers: once they receive back the funds, the 'buyer' then disputes the charge, leaving you with hevy negative balances here on PayPal for which you are liable, unless you can work it out w/ PayPal fraud unit.  So best run from the job offer before doing anything here! ... View more

This is a good thread but it must be emphazied that the scam is not focused just around one company name such as Alza, in my case it was Zentrada.pl, a legit company & web site the scamsters piggy-back on, but you'll notice without any real comapny logos, nor corporate email.  (It's usually a yahoo or gmail email account, and maybe with a fake U.S. address they can't explain)   There are tons of other yellow & then red flags for those really observant: yes, it starts (as inoted by many here) as seemingly inoccuous 'paid' online editing of their internal docs, then after about a week, you'll be informed the editing gig's been suspended, but they always need money transferring agents! (supposedly due to PayPal limits on funds in thier home country!)   So they'll want you to receive these payments to your PayPal.  Also, maybe during the editing, or soon you'll find they want you to funnel the money through a real account, then transfer to them with bitcoin? or 'cryptocurrency'? really?! or they suggest stuffing cash in an envelope & sending it to a company who will then transfer it to them! LOL   You must be kidding me! But hopefully you'll read here first, since the ruse is the 'buyers' will soon contest the PayPal charges, and then you be left holding significant negative balences here on PayPal, that you will then have to work out w/th the PayPay fraud unit!  *** For more like cases, see also: https://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74088 ... View more