If you received an email such as the one listed below, please do not respond. This is a scam/fraud.

Hello,

I recently saw that you have your resume posted online. I run a very successful but small Ebay/online marketing business. In the last 5 years I have generated sales of over $10,000,000.

I am looking for an assistant/associate to take over some of the responsibilities of running the business. Your responsibilities would include:

• Posting pictures and descriptions on various sites
• Writing compelling descriptions of products being offered
• Researching various sites to track hot items
• Researching information about potential suppliers
• Tracking results and orders
• Basic accounting of each item’s profitability



The work would be done from your home and we would communicate throughout the day by phone, email, and IM.

I realize this is not exactly on point with your resume, but I will be working with you extensively to make sure you are thoroughly trained on all aspects of my business. The most important attributes in the individual that I seek is reliability, trustworthiness, integrity, and intelligence. I am looking for someone that can run all aspects of my current business, giving me the time to focus on growth.

I am offering a base salary of $1500 per week plus a percentage of profit. This could easily be over $10,000/month on good months and as little as $3,000/month in off months. I will also pay for insurance and all related expenses.

If you feel this is the right position for you please use the link below to fill out the online application. I will contact you by phone for a one on one interview.



Sincerely,
Dave Mason
Power Seller

http://www.applications.bz via
http://verasend.com.
http://www.campaignerpro.com


Here is ebay response:

Hello ScamBuster,

Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to write to eBay's Powerseller Support. I am happy to address your concern regarding the email you received.

After investigating this issue, it appears that the invitation you received from a 'Dave Mason' appears to have been a spoof email. There is no eBay account registered with this name qualified to be a PowerSeller. If you still have this email, I recommend that you forward it immediately to our SPAM department at: spoof@ebay.com.

We encourage you to be very cautious of emails that ask you to submit
personal information such as your credit card number or your eBay password. If you have submitted your password through the link provided in the email you received, please change your password immediately. To change your password, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the "site map" link located at the top of any eBay page

2. On the Site Map, click the "Change my password" link. This link is located under the "Services" section in the middle column under "My eBay."

3. Once you are on the "Change Password" page, follow the instructions
that appear on that page.

Some members have reported attempts to gain access to their personal
information through email solicitations that are falsely made to appear as having come from eBay. These solicitations will often contain links to Web pages that will request that you sign in and submit information. At eBay, we identify these as 'spoofed' emails or Web sites. To be sure that you are signing into a genuine eBay Web site, look at the Address/Location area of your browser. At an eBay.com sign-in or log-in page, the URL (link) that appears in the Address/Location area of your browser will begin with

"http://signin.ebay.com/"

Please pay close attention to all characters in the address, including the forward slash (/) that follows "ebay.com". Even if the Address/Location includes the word "ebay", it may not be a genuine eBay Web site. In the future, if you receive or suspect you have received such an email, do not respond to it or click the links. Immediately forward it to spoof@ebay.com.

If you have any doubt as to whether or not the email you received is from eBay, please visit our Account Security page for more complete information on how to spot a spoof.

http://pages.ebay.com/securitycente...f_websites.html

Also, you may want to consider downloading the eBay Toolbar. The eBay
Toolbar's Account Guard feature is designed to detect potentially fraudulent (spoof) Web sites. It also lets you report such sites to
eBay.

http://pages.ebay.com/ebay_toolbar/

Marketplace safety is built upon a partnership between eBay and the Community. We thank you for your support and encourage you to continue
your active role in keeping the marketplace safe by using these educational resources.

Regards,

Jason F. R.
eBay PowerSeller Program Support
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Security numbers, etc.) in an email. Learn more account protection tips
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The folks behind these sites are extremely skillful and computer savvy. They have zillions of sites of which some are legitimate but most aren't. They know how to manipulate the internet. They are the SO CALLED INTERNET MARKETING COMPANIES.

These guys have no morals and are unethical. However, making money do require that you compromise your morals or ethics sometimes. I am no angel.The problem here is when there is deception and you are unaware that you are participation in a CRIMINAL ACTIVITY such as misleading someone to believe that the job for which they are being offer is legit and in reality the job offer is part of a criminal activity and willl cause extreme grief or harm the that person.

Exercise extreme caution when dealing with this group all and above all, do the RIGHT THING.

The internet is not the GOLD RUSH we all think it is. There are ways to make money online however, think of one.