Saturday, May 13, 2006

A new type of scam

This new scam is basically identity theft. The scammer sends you an email offering you a job (without knowing who you or what your qualifications are). Then, they ask you to respond by sending your resume. If you are gullible enough to do so, they would have got enough information to steal your identity for illegal purposes. Be warned!

Below is one such scam:


From: Human resources department of MNS, Inc. (dbhwpei@cyclops.force9.co.uk)
To: Azlan Adnan
Date: 13-May-2006 04:00
Subject: JOB FOR YOU
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To whom it may concern,

Let us inform you that MNS, Inc starts a new project in the USA and is looking for a reliable, well-motivated and well-executive person to take care of the project's needs. The job requires a flexible schedule shift.

According to this fact we are offering you a position of the Executive Manager of MNS, Inc. If you are interested in starting business activity or searching a secure managing job, please response this message for more detailed description of the opportunity with your CV or Resume attached to the message.

Please forward all your questions and comments to: job@mnsservice.com

With due respect,
Human resources department of MNS, Inc.



And, of course, job@mnsservice.com is a fake email account:

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients.
It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to (postmaster)

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message.

(job@mnsservice.com): Host or domain name not found.
Name service error for name=mnsservice.com type=A: Host not found

Final-Recipient: rfc822; job@mnsservice.com
Action: failed
Status: 5.0.0
Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; Host or domain name not found.
Name service error for name=mnsservice.com type=A: Host not found

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