Yes Folks,
Without even applying I have been sent a letter saying I’ve got a job with Agro Seafoods Inc. All I have to do is send a scanned copy of my International passport and two size photographs by email for their review. And the email address to send them to? Surely an email address at Agro Seafood? No. It is jobintexas@hotmail.com.
Wait a minute – I never gave them my email address so obviously it must be a scam.
OK, so it is a scam. Look at the jobs in the email below they want filling – (f) lobsters. So, how many lobsters will apply I wonder? There is information on http://www.consumercomplaints.in about Agro Seafood Inc.
A search for the company brought this link up – http://www.manta.com/ic/mtqdbxl/ca/agro-s-seafood. There is some information on this page about a company by that name, but it is Agro Seafoods in Ontario, Canada,
So here is the email, with headers. See the from address – john@s1b.uklinux.net – that is spoofed. The real from address appears to be john@mail.mptz.co.tz. More of an analysis below the email.
*** Headers ***
From – Tue Aug 16 21:04:38 2011
X-Account-Key: account3
X-UIDL: 46c13a4a000006cb
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Return-Path: <john@mail.mptz.co.tz>
Received: from mptzex01.MPTZ.CO.TZ (mptz.co.tz [196.41.60.146])
by s1b.uklinux.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p7GK198G009252
for <xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.uklinux.net>; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:01:50 +0100
Envelope-To: <xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.uklinux.net>
Received: from User ([14.98.205.100]) by mptzex01.MPTZ.CO.TZ with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675);
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:57:14 +0300
Reply-To: <jobintexas@hotmail.com>
From: “Agro Seafood, Inc.”<john@s1b.uklinux.net>
Subject: Interview With Employers
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:26:30 +0530
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Agro Seafood, Inc.
Head Office
1432 Apple Street•Dallas ,
Texas 75204-5201 • USA
Tel: +1 940 560 6959
Fax: +1 940 560 6959
Email: jobintexas@hotmail.com
OUR REF: ASF/JB/VOL/0864/11
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Agro Seafood, Inc. is an operated company with many years experience in the seafood industry. Our name stands for Quality, Dependability, and Service.We seek to write to your response on a Job opportunity.
The company need about 400 workers to sum up the already registered one because many workers will be leaving the company cause of the expiration of their contract with the company.
The Company has the following vacancy:
A) Fish Packing (b) Fish Cutting (c) Company Security (d) Office Cleaner (e) Laborers (f) Lobsters (g) Drivers (h) Cook.Store manager (i) Sales Executive (j)Store Keeper (k)Branch Manager.
There will be no interview required since this is manpower job where anybody is fit to work excepting at the health and management Sector where the company required at least first degree holders in job related.
Email your CV`s to : jobintexas@hotmail.com with Scan Copy of your International passport,and two size photographs by email for our review.
BENEFITS, PACKAGES AND ENTITLEMENT:
This is the Entitlement, Benefits and Packages from the Company. Paid airfares, Transportation, Quality single or family housing accommodation in company community, free medical/dental care, Excellent educational assistance benefits, Life Insurance and Paid vacation and Maximum security in work environment and housing community.
The company will give the applicants (employer) an accommodation that will last him for the period of two years in which their contract will last and it’s liable to renew it upon the company’s agreement.
The salary for the post of Fish Packing jobs is US22 (Twenty Two Dollars)per hour and you will work for 8 hours per day and also there is a chance for overtime if you have the strength.
Candidates are expected to sponsor their travel expenses excepting air ticket, which will be sent to the applicant as soon as the applicant confirmed his work permit visa and all these fees will be reimbursed to the applicants after three days you joined the company and other emolument for your up keep in the first month once you show your payment receipt to the company.
WORKING HOUR =8HOURS
VISA TYPE: 2 YEARS WORKING PERMIT
CONTRACT: 2 YEARS
JOB SITE: 1432 Apple Street,Dallas Texas 75204-5201 • USA
FLIGHT TICKET TO USA IS SPONSORED BY THE COMPANY.
And other related disciplines. CONDITIONS/SALARY INDICATION:
(A) 40,000.00 – 100,000.00 US(quarterly) depending on qualifications and experiences negotiable.
(B) All contracts are meant to last for 24months (2year) and liable to upward review on expiration of the contract engagements… Send Resume/Detailed Curriculum Vitae, telephone number via email attachment to the Contract/Project Administrator,
The relevant reference number should be stated on left – hand corner of any mail being sent in relation to this Job offer. We will enter into correspondence only with Short listed applicants or expatriates.
Regards,
Agro Seafood, Inc USA.
Analysis
Searching for the address mentioned, in Texas comes up with their website which doesn’t appear to load – www.agroseafoodtx.com/default.htm.
s1b.uklinux.net is the name of Uklinux’s email server, so john@s1b.uklinux.net is spoofed.
mptz.co.tz [196.41.60.146] appears to be the mail server where the email originated. I say appears to be. Remember the from email address was spoofed so this could be spoofed as well. Perhaps someone out there could correct me on this.
This page has more info – http://www.robtex.com/dns/mptz.co.tz.html.
One thing to point out – _never_ send scanned copies of passports to be sent via email. Email is insecure. Really. Never send sensitive information via email. To anyone.
