WARNING: Fake / Scam "ResellerRatings" Email, Sites

[Admin RR]

Recently, someone registered the domain resellerratings.biz. I didn't think much of it because typo squatters are always registering off-domains, I can't keep up with registering every possible TLD and typo. However, it appears that this individual intends to use the domain to impersonate ResellerRatings.

We received a copy of an email below, sent from the con arist who registered resellerratings.biz. It appears that he is recruiting unsuspecting participants to operate an ebay/Western Union scam using the ResellerRatings.com name:

EMAIL FROM MR. BOTTEGAL
Dear, D.C.

Reseller Ratings

We recently reviewed your resume (on website http://jobs.jobbankusa.com/) and we would be interested in finding out more about you and your qualifications. Please take a look at the job posting below.

Job Description:
We are currently accepting applications for Internet Seller position.
The task of the Internet Seller to sell item on auction ebay.

REQUIREMENTS
Your daily duties:
*Be able to check your email several times a day
* Be able to respond to emails immediately
* Be able to work overtime if needed
* Be responsible and hard working

Additional information:
- No 'start fee' required
- Remote home based job
- Could be part time for the first month
- Your commission starts from 650$-900$/week Current Vacancies: 8

For beginning career from you required
1* Provide copy of your resume;
3* Please provide your shipping adress;
2* You must have seller ebay account. ( If you don't have seller ebay account please go to the address www.ebay.com and registered);
4* Skills of working with payment systems Western Union ;
5* Have an opportunity to check your email several times a day.

Before receiving of item
1) Download and review agreement at
(Link: http://resellerratings.biz/docs/agreement_seller.doc). Confirm through e-mail that you agree and wi'll send you original through regular mail.
2) Ensure that you seller ebay account.
3) Confirm that you are ready to recieve first item.

Very truly yours,
http://www.resellerratings.com
info@resellerratings.biz
Reseller Ratings

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Of course, now that we are aware of this we will be taking all necessary steps to recover the resellerratings.biz name, sue this person for damaging our reputation, and block any further activities, but you should be aware of this in case you were contacted by someone at resellerratings.biz claiming to be us.

[sweeper2]

great catch !! ... thanks for the heads up... !! Keep up the great work your doing here !!!

RRFTW !!!

[Steve R Jones]

I tried to go to the dot biz address and was taken straight to http://www.resellerratings.com/ .

[Admin RR]

Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

I tried to go to the dot biz address and was taken straight to http://www.resellerratings.com/ .

That's because the scammer set it up that way to redirect to resellerratings.com to appear legitimate.

[Kuulei]

I posted a link to this thread and a warning at aa419.org in the employement scam section http://forum.aa419.org/viewtopic.php?p=106193#106193 so helping to get the word out.

[katsnme]

Thanks for the warning! I'm new to this and all ready overwhelmed with the amount of scum trying to con people even on legit sites like RR, Craig's List, eBay and more. Watch out for those Nigerian scams, too, they are hitting C. L. big time! They respond to ads like they are interested in what you are selling and then the b. s. con starts . . . I am so sick of it! I want to buy a digital camera, but with so many sites giving different info. on who's honest and who is bait & switch - I am exhausted! Is no one honest anymore?

[Obbop]

Firefox can't find the server at www.resellerratings.biz.

[RymRytr]

Not "American trained" in business or a "native" English speaker; here are a few of the many things that would keep me from applying:

Dear, D.C." We don't put the comma after "Dear" and, in business, we don't address someone by their initials unless we have an established relationship;

"The task of the Internet Seller to sell item on auction ebay", should be:
The task of the Internet Seller is to sell items on “auction ebay” ("auction ebay" is missing the capitol letters and is grammatically unsound);

"…commission starts from 650$-900$" Dollar Signs on the wrong side of the amounts; "Before receiving of item" another grammatical error...

I'd have serious doubts about receiving any paycheck from someone who is this ignorant of standard business practices.

[erototoys]

A lot of these scams originate in Nigeria. They should just turn that country's Internet off.

[volunteer]

Would it be appropriate to list this con at m3cents.com and ripoffreports.com?