Do you think this is a scam...

[JANdad]

Copt of the text from an email my SO recieved:

Capital Gems Company Ltd (CHINA)
107 Dongsi Bei Dajie
Dongcheng District
Beijing 100007 China
Ref: 44/28/CH



Attn: Mr./Mrs,

I am Mr. James Edward Chief Personnel Officer Gems Company Ltd
(China).We
are a trading company that is into the hire and sales of precious
stones
like: Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Tanzanite, Morganite, Amethyst, Citrine,
Peridot etc. which can be readily adapted for customers specific
requirements to the America, Asia, South America and selected locations
in
Europe.

Currently our company Capital Gems in China is encountering problems by
retrieving/collecting payment from its customers/client located in
America, Asia, South America and selected locations in Europe. Due to
the
fact that we sell goods to these customers/clients on credit base and
we
are now searching for a company or individual who can represent our
company in terms of helping us Collecting these payment in his/her
country
and earn 10% commission of every payment made through you or your
company on behalf of Capital Gems Company Ltd (China).

If you know you are not trustwothy please do not borther to
reply,because a lot of money is involved here. All I am asking you is,
if you
would like to earn 10% of any amount you will help to collect from
customers.
One of the vital reason for this new development is that before, things
were not as difficult as this for Capital Gems Company Ltd and
exporters in the China because cheques from these countries never took
time
before they are cleared in our territory, but now it takes weeks and
this
slows down the production of the company.Some of these customers even
issued cheques that will not be clear eventually at the end of the day
and these has being creating more financial problems for the company
(Capital Gems Company Ltd) and including other Chinese businessmen.

The best part of this job offer is that you do not have to leave your
present place of employment because it is on a part-time basis. You can
ask any question concerning the areas where you are not clear and I
assure you that we will answer them to the best of our knowledge.


Thank you.


If you are interested,forward to us the following information.


Name In Full

Home Address

City

Zip Code

Country

Home and Office phone

Fax No If Any

Age

Nationality



Mr James Edward.

Capital Gems Company Ltd

NB:

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE U.S.A.,CANADA,EUROPE,
AUSTRALIA OR ASIA.THESE ARE THE ONLY PLACES WHERE I NEED
REPRESENTATIVES.OUR
COMPANY'S LINE OF BUSINESS IS VERY LUCRATIVE AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET
BEING A MEMBER OF THE TEAM.
Copyright(C)2006,Capital Gems Company Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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I can not believe that people actually fall for this BS...but like the man said...there is a sucker born every minute...

[glowing]

1. Yes, this is a scam.

[Bobbieo]

15. The checks sent to you to cash are fake

but it takes some time for the bank or whereever you cash those checks to discover this. So, you cash the check, take your 10 percent and send the rest on to the desiginated people by Western Union.

There may be several checks one after another and if each one is for $5,000 you may be making $500 per check but in the end you will be held responsible for the total of ALL the checks you have cashed.

These scams are real bad news!!!

[smtpgirl]

2. Probably a Nigerian scam

beware of the broken English!!

[katty]

3. yeah+can't believe bush/cheney are still in the WH

[whistle]

4. It sounds like the Nigerian funds transfer scam, but wher does it ask

...you to send money to them before you collect?

[JANdad]

6. I think that comes after one

responds to the email with the info requested...or maybe they simply steal your identity????

Who Knows..

[whistle]

18. Right, delete that crap from your system and block it from returning if you can

[Fox Mulder]

5. It's a company most probably have never heard of...

asking for personal information.

Yeah, I'd say it's a scam.

[Zoigal]

7. Yep

There's a 99.999 per cent chance that is is another type of scam.

[lonestarnot]

8. bwwwwaaaa

:rofl:

[Moochy]

9. Scam-O-Matic

http://www.scamomatic.com/

Yes, a scam. Just in case you don't trust your common sense... use this website. :)

[seriousstan]

10. I don't even think your question is for real.

[karlrschneider]

14. You didn't read all the post, did you?

;-)

[Bitwit1234]

11. Before I changed my email address

I would get up to ten of those a day from all different countries.

[karlrschneider]

12. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime!

:D

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

13. Yeppers, looks shady to me too...

Sounds like a pyramid/mail fraud scheme to me. I'd avoid it like the plague, and forward it to the FTC.

<snip>
If you know you are not trustwothy please do not borther to
reply,because a lot of money is involved here.
<snip>

Apparently, Mr. Edward hasn't made friends with Mr. Spellcheck. Not too professional there!!!

[frogcycle]

17. they do that on purpose

they want to look ignorant, stupid even, because the mark will let their guard down

[ironflange]

16. Sure, go for it!

I'll soon be getting a bank transfer from this same company to the tune of 3.75 million!

Should be arriving any day now. . .

:freak:

[hobbit709]

19. An unsolicited email offer from someone you don't know?

What other definition of scam do you need?

[Edweird]

20. That would be a clumsy attempt at a scam.