The Art of the Scam:

I usually don’t read these ridiculous scam notices before they get deleted from my inbox, but for some reason this one caught my eye as a particularly idiotic version of the great Mariam Abacha Ur-Scam, the Nigerian bank account transfer hoax.
I particularly like the way it is addressed to “USA inhabitant,” and the reassuring tones of:

“Some people are afraid to give their financial information. We understand that – it’s quite natural. We can ask you to transfer all your personal money out of the account, so you will not be afraid that your money are in the risk. We just need trust and cooperation, honest partners. From our side – we guarantee honesty and professionalism.”

Does anybody respond to stuff like this??
Here it is, in its entirety:

“From: “Alex Moore/TIF Company”
To: “USA inhabitant” Subject: New job positions for US, UK and CA citizens from TIF Company
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 22:09:16 +0000

Hello, My name is Alex Moore. I’m the manager in TIF Company. We have open vacancy for US and UK citizens. First, let me tell you about our company. We are providing financial services worldwide. We have several offices in Europe, and need transfer processing service in US and UK. Our position is called Financial Manager. It is very important position for us now. We need trustable and honest people working with us like partners.

We have different tasks for Financial Managers, from receiving and redirecting deposits, to establishing LLCs and Corporations at our cost. You may visit our website at www.tif-company.com for more information.

Being Financial Manager in US or UK, you will need: First, you will need to provide us with your bank account. We have one condition, your bank account should be establisned at least 3 months ago. Why? Because we were victims of online scam, when we hired Transaction Managers, and after receiving first deposit they cashed money and disappeared. We had this bad experience, but since that time, we had a lot of consultings with bank authorities, police, etc. Now we have all methods to find scammers. But banks recommend us to use old accounts, so they will have history in the bank.

So, when you will provide us with your bank account, we will arrange transfer from our partners to you. You receive transfer, take your 5% commission. The rest you will transfer to us. We have 2 ways of transferring money from you to us. Regular wire transfer, or if we have some urgent needs – Western Union. All fees for transferring money to us will be paid from our part. We can also use just established bank accounts.

We have different options. We also have other offers for our Financial Managers. We need new Corporations very often. We can have you as our Representative in your country.
Some people are afraid to give their financial information. We understand that – it’s quite natural. We can ask you to transfer all your personal money out of the account, so you will not be afraid that your money are in the risk. We just need trust and cooperation, honest partners. From our side – we guarantee honesty and professionalism.

We understand that it is quite difficult to get a good job over Internet. Please, take a look at our website at www.tif-company.com . We tried to explain our mission as detailed as we can. If you are interested in our proposition – please, go to our website at www.tif-company.com -> application form or just go to http://www.tif-company.com/apply.html . When we receive information from you – our managers will contact you, answer your questions, and if you are finally interested – we can start. You can also send us emails at info@tif-company.com.

Wishing you luck.
Alex Moore, TIF Company”