Commercial debt collection scam using the names Takeo Yamamoto and Kanehira Steel
Date First Reported: June 2015
Primary Name Associated: Takeo Yamamoto
Description of Potential Fraud:
An Ontario firm notified us that they received an email from the purported Takeo Yamamoto of Kanehira Steel looking to retain them with regards to a commercial debt collection.
This is a bad cheque scam that presents as legal matter requiring the assistance of a lawyer. In this scam lawyers will be duped into wiring real funds from their trust accounts after depositing a fake cheque received as payment from the purchaser (who is part of the fraud).
See our Confirmed Fraud Page for more of an explanation of how these frauds work and to see other names associated with it. Our Fraud Fact Sheet lists the red flags of a bogus legal matter that is really a fraud.
Here is the initial contact email sent by the fraudster to the lawyer:
From: Takeo Yamamoto [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: April-14-15 5:41 AM
Subject: Legal matter inquiry
Dear Attorney,
I am making an inquiry, Please do indicate if you handle commercial, contract or business related matters? And if this is not your area of practice, kindly refer me to an attorney who might be in a position to assist us with regards to the above mention areas of our needs.
Thank You
Takeo Yamamoto
Replying to the email brought this response:
Thank you for the response to my enquirer; it’s of great important to know your firms do handle such matters. Fristly ,let me quickly intimate you with matter requiring your services. Kenehira Steel Co.Ltd is a trading company and We engage in wholesale/direct retail sales of multi-service Steel and Aluminum products. The company’s head office is based in Osaka, Japan with office in the United Kingdom.
We sincerely wish to know if your firm services will be available in assisting us with a breach of contract and payment delay matter as it relate to our customer in your province. We have customers with overdue payment invoice who is yet to make full payment for the goods supplied in line with the agreement enter into. We have send out notification and remainder notice of the due payment. It is my belief that a Law firm likes yours is needed in a matter of this nature. We would want your firm to provide legal assistance in the area of our Account receivables collections as we sincerely wish to eliminate the delayed in receiving due payment for product supplied to our customers. We need your firm to issue demand notice when require or possible litigation and to bring actions in court against any customers now and in our future supplied since there is an agreement in place.
However, It will be important for me to point out that we necessarily do not have payment defaulters but we wish to being to bear that all invoice should be settle within the stipulated due date as litigation may be introduced as a last resort. Our expectation upon engaging your firm services will be within the scenario of payment remainder notice to any of our purchasers who are reluctant to settle their invoices as at when due. We believe this will trigger a positive response from them towards settling their outstanding invoices in a timely manner. Presently the overdue invoice amount to $891,939.66 only
We might be requiring your services on a long term contracts basis in view of our continuous trading with Canadian customers. However, you may wish to notify us of the requirement as to engaging your services. The documentation for any customer’s transaction and invoices will be provided at your request.
We have suffered so much loss as a result of payment which is being delayed by some of our customers and this has inversely affected our operations. Let us know the best way to have this issue tackled. Furthermore, we have concerns as we have always had a cordial and successful business relationship with our customers and we sincerely wish to maintain this relationship. And so,we do requires a cost-effective solutions utilizing a range of alternative dispute resolution if possible without having to resolve to litigation. But if ever litigation is involved, the distance gives us some concern with regards to court appearances. How can this and our receivables be handled by your firm? Do you charge on hourly basis or on a contingency fees basis? What are our responsibilities, what should we expect from you? Please advice on the best way possible as we will comply. A quick response will be appreciated.
Thanks
Takeo Yamamoto
President
KANEHIRA STEEL CO., LTD
TEL. +81-6-4560-4495
http://www.kanehira-steel.co.jp/
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February 23, 2016 at 10:31 am, Anonymous said:
Received a similar offer from Osaka Steel Co. Lt. last week.
$3,000/month + 5% commission on all collections.
When I researched the Company, it looked legit, but my lawyer cautioned me on collection fraud. So I Googled and came upon this site.
My flag came up when the contract they send mentioned mergers, acquisitions and investments. I requested clarification but haven’t heard back yet.
Has anyone else been contacted by Osaka Steel?
Would like your feedback
Thank you
March 01, 2016 at 6:48 pm, P Brown said:
Confidence scam involving bad checks.
March 02, 2016 at 10:38 am, Charles Bremner said:
Fujitsu Medical and X Ray Equipments, HR Michiko Sho and a Steve William (778.288.5592) got me and an associate on a false collection of US$745,750 from Melfort Creighton Investment a company that doesn’t exist except for a virtual identity. The web site identifies the non existent entity to have a Vancouver address that doesn’t exist. It took me and my associate over 30 hours to confirm the scam when this web site was discovered by my associate. Stay away from FMXE and Steve William.
March 02, 2016 at 12:28 pm, P Brown said:
Fanling Medical Equipment
http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/fanlingmedical.com
March 04, 2016 at 1:47 pm, Mike said:
Just recieved a new one from OBANSKY plastics, replied and told them off and guess what the email bounced back, guess they may have figured out about the last scam with Fujitsu they tried to get me on
March 05, 2016 at 4:59 pm, Laurie S said:
Hi
Grateful to find this site. Thought I would mentionRecently received the same scam via linked in for Hokkaido medical device and X-ray equipment.
March 08, 2016 at 10:45 am, Gord said:
I’ve just received this email:
“Greetings,
Hokkaido Medical Device & X-ray Equipment Located in Shiga, Japan, is in need of a reliable representative/company who can handle its Delinquent Account Collections in Canada.
If interested in this offer, Please contact us for more correspondence.
Note:This part-time job is not time consuming, at least with 30-40 mins of your time daily is well enough to handle this job.
Regards,
Ogino Momoe
Human Resource Dept.
Hokkaido Medical Device & X-ray Equipment”
which is exactly what’s been discussed in this thread!
I’m happy that I was curious to do a little research before acting on this!
Cheers,
Gord
March 11, 2016 at 3:56 pm, Eric said:
March, 2016 – Hokkaido Medical Device & X-Ray Equipment, same company as above almost got me too. I signed up to collect a receivable and I was contacted by Steve Williams at Melfort Creighton Investment called me to arrange payment. How often does someone owing you money call you first? Exactly never. That’s the tip-off for sure. Cheque arrived the next day. Thank goodness I read this thread first. Saved me a bundle!
March 15, 2016 at 4:38 pm, Roberto Del Toro said:
Just received 2 emails from them, one from a gmail address [email protected] and the other one from [email protected] and sent to [email protected], with my address not listed (most likely BCC’d).
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First email content:
A wonderful Day to you!
A company in Japan is in need of Company or individual as an agent that can serve as a mediator between them and their customers in US and Canada,As an Account Receivable agent, you will be responsible for collection of all account receivables
N.B Please reply if interested in this role
Regards,
Freda Hannah Miko
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Second email content:
A wonderful Day to you!
A company in Japan is in need of Company or individual as an agent that can serve as a mediator between them and their customers in US and Canada,As an Account Receivable agent, you will be responsible for collection of all account receivables
N.B Please reply if interested in this role
Freda Hannah Sherita Renee
March 15, 2016 at 5:14 pm, Sherry said:
I received an invitation to collect from the Otsuka Pharmacetical Company LTD. on the LinkedIn site recently. I have gotten large accounts doing collections many times before from previous clients therefore I fell for it to a certain extent. When ask for specific pieces of information, my request was ignored. Today I find out all this is indeed a scam… Filing a police report tomorrow. Congrats everyone for seeing this sooner than I did.
No harm done on my end but lessons learned.
April 04, 2016 at 3:14 pm, Steve said:
I was also approach by Fujitsu Medical and X Ray Equipment with this scam via LinkedIn. I suspect I was targeted because I have some Japan experience. As noted elsewhere, the firm does have a web site, but the request to collect from “Melfort Creighton Investment” made me very suspicious and brought me here, thankfully!
April 05, 2016 at 6:26 pm, H said:
ALso been contacted by people from Fujitsu Medical and X Ray Equipment. For anybody who wants to know if indeed it’s a fraud, just check the whois database. It traces back to several though away company names: LARINO ENTERPRICES. All websites were created less than 20 days ago, I believe they are trying to fool the gallible ones
April 14, 2016 at 11:43 pm, wendy said:
just got the same one from fanling……….told them to take a hike. What can be done about this. These people are scary. Two months ago I had another offer that I was demanded to take and when I said no, I was told they were coming to get me. I called 911 and the police arrived in the middle of the night. I was terrified. I am still getting calls from same number and they hang up…..now I am just not answering. It is really horrible and as a woman living by herself. very scary stuff…although I was assured by the police that they were calling from overseas…..who knows with satellite phones and the rest of it to day…..I hope no one falls for this and the police told me don’t respond at all
April 16, 2016 at 8:42 am, Claire Elisabeth Elliott said:
I wanted to add that the people I dealt with at Fanling Medical Equipment Limited AND Allan Roswell Consultants were very nice, business-like and very proper and polite like the Japanese are. Considering how alike their English and manner were, I could guess that Mr. Tagawa and Mr. Bruce were the very same person. I also want to mention that Fanling Medical Equipment Limited’s Customer Data Sheet revealed that the total amount owed by the client that I was assigned to was $351,570.00… for capacitors & resistors, silicon and thermal emission sheet and heat sink. The $57,313.42 installment check that Allan Roswell Consultants finally did send me featured two different fonts, even if the flawless check completely fools you at first glance. The font used for the date, payee as well as the check amount that’s written out in words did not match the original font used for check amount written in numeric characters. Again, the date, check amount and check number were all correct… only the payee was incorrect. Thus, the check that I received was a bona fide check from a U.S. city, only with some “corrections.”
TO REPORT ANY AND ALL EXPERIENCE WITH SUCH FRAUD, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE. Besides protecting the president, it is their duty to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States. To locate your local field office, please go to:
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202-406-5708
Thank you.
April 25, 2016 at 3:06 pm, D said:
Hi just got an email from a Mr Mizaki from Japan and aeven a phone call welcoming me to company! I think its a scam, and yes, they said deduct 5% commission for yourself. Not sure how this is possible? Omg, seeing who owns the Fanling website thru Whois.com….Interesting scam.
April 26, 2016 at 11:56 am, Anonymous said:
A BIG THANKS to all who share about FANLING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. I too received a notice from a JERRY BEERS on LinkedIn (who has since taken down his information and now refuses to responds to any of my email requests). I was excited about this supposedly opportunity to make extra money. I even received a MOU from them outlining everything. I had one more question of how I would be filing my taxes (using 1099?) because I would be channeling this amount of money to a foreign country. Never received an answer back.
However, after reading the comments posted here… I’M OUT.
Thanks for the valuable information.
April 26, 2016 at 2:23 pm, Fernando said:
Hi Everyone,
I have just received two different offers from Fanling Medical Equipment and Sky Japan Solar. Same way of operation: $5,000 USD plus 5% commission. I have already signed the MoU and they give me the client’s information. I contacted one and it seems to me suspicious. I haven’t received any cheque or anything else for now. What is it supposed to do to get out of this scam???
Thanks!
April 28, 2016 at 10:26 am, Tim Lemieux said:
They want you to cash the cheque, keep your “commission”, and wire them the rest. When the bank finds out the cheque is fake, they’ll come after you.
April 29, 2016 at 9:18 am, Kim Palmer said:
Got a contract from Daichi Medical Equipment wanting me to represent them in Canada for collections of unpaid invoices. They offered me 4500.00 per month and 5% commission on each Dept I successfully completed.They wanted me to cash the cheques and take the 5% out and transfer the balance to them. This is a total scam. Don’t get caught up in these. I did check the web site and it looked legitimate .
May 02, 2016 at 11:12 am, Lee Griggs said:
Here’s a new one for you:
We have received your email response and we appreciate your correspondence, before we send you our Company Contract Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), We shall immediately commence with the following process of verifying your identity that you will provide in order for us to open a profile for you in our company to facilitate our business relationship with you. So therefore you are to furnish us with your full contact details as stated below.
Full Names:
Full Address:
Company Name:
Position Held:
Tel:
Fax Number:
The above requested details is to enable us open a file for you as our company representative in your region and also to send you our company Contract Agreement/Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Document which would be forwarded to you within the next 24hrs for you to go through it and also sign it, before sending the signed copy back to us, before we can finally Approve you as our company representative in your Region. So please get back to us with the above required details.
We await your swift response.
Regards,
Hiroshi Yatofo
Human Resource Dept.
YMETICS (YOSHIDA DENZAI KOGYO CO., LTD.)
May 04, 2016 at 10:06 am, Boivin said:
I got a similar offer from Fanling Medical Equipment, LTD from Japan, Mr Meiji Mizaki . I am investigating and authenticating the companies and this deal since it seems very unusual. The email said:
Our customer Mr Allan Fermont has Mailed out a partial payment of $19,080.97 to you. As soon as you are in receipt of the said payment,kindly go ahead and deposit it in your account and inform us when the funds will be available for transfer less your commission.Once this is done we shall provide you with instructions. Proceed and make a direct deposit of ($9,500) into the account information below and get back to us with the deposit slip. Further instruction will be given to you for the balance.
I waited five days before the requested transfer, fortunately because it was a bad cheque. herewith the instructions:
BANK NAME: ROYAL BANK
BENEFICIARY NAME: MISS KAHA ALI
TRANSIT #: 05882
ACCOUNT NO: 5046826
Allan Fermont
Erin Fermont Investment
[email protected]
Tel: 1-204-291-6355
May 05, 2016 at 10:43 am, Richard Lepine said:
I received a similar offer to represent Chiyoda Steel from a Mr Keiichi Nakagaki. Thank you for all that posted info on their experience. They came to me via Linkedin.
May 05, 2016 at 1:44 pm, Paul gden said:
Here’s another new one:
YB Corporation
5:30 AM (6 hours ago)
to me
KYB Corporation., Located in Tokyo, Japan, wishes to contract you to represent our company in North America.
We are in need of a reliable representative/individual who can handle our Account Collections in North America.
You will be paid monthly with additional percentage in commissions.
Be informed that this is a part time job that takes less than an hour of your time daily.
If interested, please email us immediately for more detailed information at: [email protected]
Regards,
Stephen Charles Porter
Human Resource Manager
May 11, 2016 at 3:10 pm, Oliver Tabarez said:
I really got suspicious when this so called person responding from Japan sent an email at 3:00am Japan time….here’s their reply…
We have received your email response and we appreciate your correspondence, but before we send you our Company Contract Agreement/Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), We shall immediately commence with the following process of verifying your identity that you will provide in order for us to open a profile for you in our company to facilitate our business relationship with you. So therefore you are to furnish us with your full contact details as stated below.
Full Names:
Full Address:
Company Name:
Position Held:
Tel:
Fax Number:
The above requested details is to enable us open a file for you as our company representative in Canada and also to send you our company Contract Agreement/Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) Document which would be forwarded to you within the next 24hrs for you to go through it and also sign it, before sending the signed copy back to us, before we can finally Approve you as our company representative in Canada Region. So please get back to us with the above required details.
We await your swift response.
Regards,
Sachiko Kazue
Human Resource Manager
June 08, 2016 at 8:05 pm, cinci medi said:
I got the same thing from Sendai Medical Equipment. This is really a scam?
June 09, 2016 at 9:57 am, Tim Lemieux said:
Definitely a scam.
June 10, 2016 at 1:26 am, Leon said:
Toray Fine Chemicals is the latest iteration of this scheme. Same MO. Offering a retainer plus 5% commission. All I had to do was contact their delinquent clients and get them to pay. I asked for a client list so I could introduce myself as their representative. They refused, saying the list was “confidential” and that they would evaluate my performance with the first company, then I’d get another assignment. I thought “what the hell”? I didn’t follow their instructions (e-mail the client and cc the company with my banking info). Instead, I called the number on the contact info I got from “Toray” and left a message for the supposed contact, a Mr. Warburg Dillon. After that I checked the “customer” website and found that there WAS indeed a company listed, but no Warburg Dillon. Oddly enough, within a few days, I received a cheque from the customer, made out to me (for my “commission”) to a value over over $50K. There was also a letter from “Warburg Dillon”. I looked at his signature and compared it to the signature on the Toray Fine Chemicals “invoice”. It was obviously different. I e-mailed Toray and told them there was a problem, and also that the company had overpaid my commission, so I was going to send the cheque back to them. ……………. I’ve heard nothing since.
This was so obvious a scam, right from the get-go. “if it looks too good to be true………..”
June 10, 2016 at 8:42 pm, Don Fitzpatrick said:
Just rec’d an email from Baruch M.Gopin job offer Located in Taito-ko Tokyo, Japan needs a reliable representative/company who can handle its delinquent account collections in canada and us,if interested please kindly respond for more details. [email protected] regards Hiroshi Yatofo, human resources dept YMETICS ( YOCHI DENZAI KOGYO CO LTD )…,I had a similar one from a medical xray co supposedly from japan offering the same scheme, like this one I blocked them & deleted all emails from them..Surely by now we all know if it sounds too good to be true…iIT IS !..
June 22, 2016 at 7:37 pm, Manuel Suarez said:
Bear Medic Corporation just sent me an email with the same story. Stay away from them!!!!
June 23, 2016 at 6:57 am, Richard H. said:
Beware of an email from Hoya Corporation
Ryo Hirooka
Executive Officer & CFO
Hoya Corporation
Offer to be an agent and collect payments due. $5000 per month retainer and official looking MOU. I keep inquiring why are they contacting me when there are numerous divisions in the USA. What division will I be collecting for and why don’t they provide a USA contact for me? His address and constant information is never listed on any email. The website leads to official looking Hoya Website.
http://www.hoya.co.jp/english/
June 28, 2016 at 10:03 am, Walter Pawlowski said:
Hello Walter,
It is my pleasure to meet your acquaintance and hope you are in good health.I had gone through your profile on Linkedin and just wanted to inform you of new opportunities in your area as i feel you may be open to new opportunities, This is to inform you that Bear Medic Corporation requires immediate services of an efficient Individual/Company as a Representative in your area. This is a work from home/office job opportunity(a part time job you can run while having your normal Job) , If interested you don’t have to quit your present job, Kindly indicate your interest and would provide you details on the Partnership with our company,
Sincerely,
Noriyuki Kawasaki
Manager of International Business Dept
June 29, 2016 at 2:32 pm, Mike said:
Here is another one I just received from Hiromi tomiko from Marsden chemicals asking if I want to be a director. Just waiting to see the rest of the scam
July 11, 2016 at 9:34 am, xavier A. said:
I have received several emails form Bear Medic Corporation. Thanks to internet, I realize that this is a Scam. Everything looks legitimate except that you can’t make this money without a true long recruitment process, especially from a Japanese company. Please stay away !!!!
July 12, 2016 at 10:25 am, Dave Matheson said:
I was contacted by an individual called Wilfred Lewis on LinkedIn about a possible part-time position with collections. When I was first contacted there was no mention of the company. I sent an expression of interest. Today I received an email from Sendai Medicare offering me a 12 month contract.
July 14, 2016 at 8:13 am, CORY said:
I just recieved an email from onishi metal company based in Japan with very little detail. Just offering a part time job as debt collection. I’m happy I read this 1st before responding. It’s seemed legit only due to the fact I actually work for a steel company. The website seems legit.
July 29, 2016 at 9:39 pm, Anthony Harrison said:
I received the same Linkedin part-time job offer from Kawasaki Trading Co., LTD. It was based on 3 months at $3000 dollars plus 5% commission on debts collected. All contact was via email and they even sent a Contract Agreement/ Memorandum of Understanding. The individual names are Yoshio Sanjo and Hiroyuki Kanda. I am very glad I came across this website.
August 03, 2016 at 9:31 am, G. Fusco said:
So glad I fell on this website as it only confirmed my doubts. I received a similar offer through LinkedIn from Sky Japan Co., Ltd.
On behalf of Sky Japan Co., Ltd. , I would like to thank you and tell you more about our company.
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
The world economy is experiencing changes of many kinds. A common need of both mature and newly emerging nations in this situation is obtaining an adequate and stable supply of energy and power while preserving the environment. We hold stakes in the field of building and other materials, Electricity and energy, Textile goods and cloths, Estate and living Environment, Chemicals and Health Care products among others.
The demand for energy is increasing, and renewable energy is receiving a lot of attention here in Asia ad all over North America. Since the accident of Fukushima nuclear power plant 1 has occurred, the ideal way of electric power supply is discussed. And the efforts for the spread of next generation energy have been developed. We have provided various products and services to companies which have entered into electric energy business. Our business has developed to core business in North America to promote supply of high-efficient and cost-competitive products.
In 2014, we broke fully into the North America Market with our range of solar panels, Inverters and other related products. The Purchase Order keeps rolling in and we have a large number of business clientele there. In my next email I will discuss our business proposal to you and what we are prepare to offer if you are Interested (Note that this is a part time job). This is just an overview of our company and what we do.
Kindly acknowledge receipt. Thank you.
REPRESENTATIVE OPPORTUNITY:
We have broken fully into the North American Market in 2014 with our full range of products. Due to high demand and customer overdue payments, we seek competent Individuals and Companies to act as our representatives in their respective location (USA and Canada). Based on research and past experience we have discovered that having representatives in the same region with our customers makes it very easy for them to comply and pay in due time. To this effect, the company board has resolved we engage in the recruitment of Representatives who can easily communicate with our customer via email and telephone and act as our Agents in the retrieval of these overdue Invoices.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Main Job description includes assisting Sky Japan to communicate and also in the retrieval of overdue payments from our customers/clients who are located in the North America region. We have clients all over this region that is yet to meet up with the normal payment schedule of 30 days after confirming the delivery of products sent to them in good condition. Note: This is a part time opportunity and you do not need to leave your current job, this take less than one hour of your time daily.
COMMISSION AND COMPENSATION:
We confirm that we are ready to work with you with an annual base fee of $45,000.00 USD (For Individual Representation; representing us as an Individual) and $60,000 USD (For company Representation; Representing us with or as a company). This will be paid monthly in the sum of $3750 and $5000 for individual and company representation respectively.
You shall also earn a 3% commission (Individual Representation) and 6% commission (Corporate/Company representation) from any owed amount retrieved through you on behalf of the company as our representative to cover for phone, Internet and Miscellaneous bills.
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Corporate Communication
Record Keeping
As soon as you acknowledge and indicate interest in working with us, we shall be providing you with the necessary details as to our approval process. Thank you and waiting to hear from you soon.
August 11, 2016 at 4:22 pm, Trudy said:
Thank you everyone for sharing. I have had five offers from Japanese companies offering me work doing business development or collections.
Hoya Corporation
Friendship Wood
Yamamatoto Precious Metals
Montaro Lagnition
All have the same MO- collect, take 5%-10% and remit the remainder. As a consultant, I regularly ask that my fees are covered 50% up front – all of the above have declined my offer and all of the above have stopped discussions. I ask how they got my information and all but Hoya Corporation (they found me on LinkedIn) have said it is a marketing firm in Japan that recommends reliable companies to them… I see someone recruiting on Freelancer for the position as well, this seems to be elaborate and well planned.
The only company that did remit payment is legit and they are now are in my client base.
Anyway be on the lookout for the above companies.
Take care and use discretion as scammers seem to be lurking everywhere
August 19, 2016 at 10:02 pm, Lee Griggs said:
I am truly amazed at the number of intelligent individuals that even bother to respond to the initial contact from these companies. Understand, please, no company is going to offer a $45,000 annual salary and 5% bonus without a LOT of background investigation, credit reports, etc. These are scams and when you complete the information requested you only open yourself up to identity theft and other problems. Take it from a investigator of 40 years who has worked many of these scams.
Lee
Protection Technology Inc.
August 22, 2016 at 2:42 pm, Lee Griggs said:
BTW: To reiterate: When you complete the form with your name, address and email information plus any other information they have asked for – you have opened yourself up to ID theft for sure. I can get your SSN from the info in your reply and so can they or anyone else who wants to tap into your accounts, mail and investments. BE CAREFUL. YOU CAN LOSE EVERYTHING.
October 11, 2016 at 12:36 am, shay said:
Hi
keiji takeshi contacted me recently trying to hire me as a representative for sky japan co ltd. This guy offered me US$50,000 per year plus %6 bonus.
Nothing makes sense for me and It seems to be a scam. To good to be true!
Stay away from him.
November 30, 2016 at 9:27 pm, Hadi said:
I recieved e message in Opportunity portal (it is a website for jobs which uses LinkedIn) from a guy named Akiyoshi Madoka working for Ozaki Steel Co. Later he asked me to contact him by email then this is his email. They have a website too!! Please be aware I am pretty sure that is a scam. Thanks for your comments everyone.
Here is the email:
Thank you for your prompt response. It is my pleasure to introduce to you; Ozaki Steel Co.,Ltd. Having dominated Asia, Europe, and North America as the market for our products, we have North America accounts as the largest market and customer base, but with the highest indebtedness to our company to the tune of $7,502,313.90; some of whom are resident in your province.
To this end, we wish that you partner with our company as her representative in your state on a part-time basis. As our partner/representative, your company shall be entitled to a fixed monthly income of $5,000 and 5% commission for every debt remittance through you as well as other financial benefits that will be determined by Ozaki Steel Co.,Ltd.
It will be our pleasure to work with you. http://ozakisteel.com/part-timerepresentativeapplication fill information of you to enable us proceed
Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Occupation:
Company Name:
Tel:
Fax Numbers:
Age:
Scan copy of your ID Card:
Please revert for any further clarification and I will also send you Partnership Agreement/MOU in my next email.
We await your swift response.
Best regards,
Akiyoshi Madoka,
Senior Recruiter;
Ozaki Steel Co. Ltd
January 24, 2017 at 12:48 pm, Julio Pinto said:
I receive this email/letter after I answer their first email asking the job description:
Dear Julio B Pinto,
The Management of Daichi Steel Corporation thank you for your accepting to work with our company as its representative in your region. Daichi Steel Corporation is based in Japan. We engages in manufacturing of different steel products of all kind, such as Steel Plated, Steel Bar & Wire Rod Product, Hot-Rod Steel, Coated Steel Product of different shape and sizes. We have been providing services to Companies, Industries and Factories in Asia, Canada and USA.
Due to the high purchase of our products in Canada & USA, we are looking forward to establish our branch offices in some part of Canada & USA. Until these offices are established, we need a reliable company/individual representative (irrespective of the business class or type) that can stand as an intermediary between our customers/clients in Canada & USA and our Company (Daichi Steel Corporation). Hence we wish to contract you or your company as our “intermediary representative” in your region.
Such Individual/Company should be able to handle the below responsibilities on behalf of Daichi Steel Corporation in USA & Canada as our Delinquent Account Receivable Agent/Representative:
(i) You shall maintain effective communications with the Management of Daichi Steel Corporation and its delinquent customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(ii) You shall be in-charge of collecting all overdue Debt owes to Daichi Steel Corporation by its customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(iii) You shall Work together with the Management of Daichi Steel Corporation to seamlessly reach our company’s goal of retrieving all debt owe by its delinquent customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(iv) You shall maintain proper records of transactions with the Management of Daichi Steel Corporation.
Compensations:
You shall be entitle to a monthly Salary of $5,000 USD plus 7% commission on every Account/Payment you receive on behalf of Daichi Steel Corporation from its customers/clients. Also if we are satisfy with your services towards our company within 90 days (3 Months) of your employment, we shall increase your monthly allowance by 10%.
Please get back to us if you are interested in working for Daichi Steel Corporation, so that we can send you our Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement Document and other forms for you to fill. Please confirm to us that you are ready to work as our company representative in good faith, without any illegal act of any kind.
Regards,
Zao Hideyoshi
Daichi Steel Corp.
February 14, 2017 at 11:29 pm, Marty Cassidy said:
I received the following email this week:
The Management of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd, is greatly in need of an individual who can handle its account receivables from its customers/clients in Canada or USA. If interested in this part-time job, Please contact us for more details.
Note: This part-time job is not time consuming.
Regards,
Yamamoto Masaru
Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd
They provided and offer on my follow up inquiry:
The Management of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd thank you for your accepting to work with our company as its representative in your region. Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd is based in Japan. We engages in manufacturing of different steel products of all kind, such as Steel Plated, Steel Bar & Wire Rod Product, Hot-Rod Steel, Coated Steel Product of different shape, Brass Products, Aluminium Products, Cable Products, Steel Products and sizes. We have been providing services to Companies, Industries and Factories in South Asia, East Asia, Canada and USA.
Due to the high purchase of our products in Canada & USA, we want to establish our branch offices in some part of Canada & USA. Until these offices are established, we need a reliable company/individual (irrespective of their business class or type) that can stand as an intermediary between our customers/clients in Canada & USA and our Company (Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd). Hence we wish to contract you or your company as our “intermediary representative” in your region.
Such Individual/Company should be able to handle the below responsibilities on behalf of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd in USA & Canada as our Delinquent Account Receivable Agent/Representative:
(i) You shall be in-charge of collecting all overdue Debt owes to Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd by its customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(ii) You shall maintain effective communications with the Management of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd and its delinquent customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(iii) You shall Work together with the Management of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd to seamlessly reach our company’s goal of retrieving all debt owe by its delinquent customers/clients in USA & Canada.
(iv) You shall maintain proper records of transactions with the Management of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd.
Compensations:
You shall be entitle to a monthly Salary of $4,500 USD plus 7% commission on every Account/Payment you receive on behalf of Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd from its customers/clients. Also if we are satisfy with your services towards our company within 60 days (2 Months) of your employment, we shall increase your monthly allowance by 15%.
Please get back to us if you are interested in working for Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd, so that we can send you our Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement Document and other forms for you to fill. Please confirm to us that you are ready to work as our company representative in good faith, without any illegal act of any kind.
Regards,
Yamamoto Masaru
Mitsuko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd
I realized it was a scam and began to ask questions about the company and the email address the person was using who sent the me the inquiry. Never heard from them again.
March 20, 2017 at 12:51 pm, Toby said:
On March 20, 2017, received this email with the subject: “Lucrative Part-Time Job Offer:”
Hello
Tokyo Steel Co., Ltd (TSCL) Located in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,Japan is currently in need of a reliable representative/company who can handle its Delinquent Account Collections in Canada and US.
If interested in this offer, Please kindly respond for more details.
Regards,
Yuki Katsu
Human Resource Dept.
March 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm, Steven said:
Received this email recently, and it is practically identical in its worfing to others I’ve read on this site. Of course, this appears to be a “real” company, but its company site domain has only been active since early January of 2017.
Hello……..
The Management of Kenshin Nao Group thank you for your interest. Kenshin Nao Group is based in Japan, we engages in manufacturing of steels such as, Hot-Rod Steel, Steel Bar & Wire Rod Product, Plated Steel, Cold-Rod Product and Coated Steel Product of different sizes. We have been providing services and trades to Industries, global Companies and Individuals in Asia, Africa, Europe, Canada and USA.
Due to the high demand of our products in Canada & USA, we are looking forward to establish our branch offices in Canada & USA before year end. Until these offices are established, we need a reliable company/individual representative (irrespective of the business class or type) that can stand as an intermediary between our customers/clients in USA & Canada and our Company (Kenshin Nao Group). Hence we wish to contract you or your company as our “intermediary representative” in your region.
Such Individual/Company should be able to handle the below responsibilities on behalf of Kenshin Nao Group in Canada as our Delinquent Account Receivable Agent/Representative:
All you need to do as our company representative, is to contact our customers/clients via telephone and email communication, whereby you are to discuss with these customers/clients on how they are to remit payment which they owe to our company, through you as our company representative and also follow every instructions given to you by our company management.
(i) You shall maintain proper records of transactions with the Management of Kenshin Nao Group.
(ii) You shall Work together with the Management of Kenshin Nao Group. to seamlessly reach our company’s goal of retrieving all debt owe by its delinquent customers/clients in U.S & Canada.
(iii) You shall be in-charge of collecting all overdue Debt owes to Kenshin Nao Group by its customers/clients in the U.S & Canada.
(iv) You shall maintain effective communications with the Management of Kenshin Nao Group and its delinquent customers/clients in U.S & Canada.
Compensations:
You shall be entitle to a monthly Salary of US $5,000.00 plus 5% commission on every Account/Payment you receive on behalf of Kenshin Nao Group from its customers/clients. Also if we are satisfy with your services towards our company within 60 days (2 Months) of your employment, we shall increase your monthly allowance by 15%.
Please get back to us if you are interested in working for Kenshin Nao Group, so that we can send you our Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement Document and other forms for you to fill. Please confirm to us that you are ready to work as our company representative in good faith, without any illegal act of any kind.
Note: This job is not time consuming, with 40-45 minutes of your time daily, is enough to handle this job.
Respectfully,
Junji Kantaro
Kenshin Nao Group.
March 30, 2017 at 5:35 am, Grumps said:
One more here. After checking out their site, which looked legitimate, I emailed the address listed telling them that someone was using their company for fraud, in which they replied that it was legit! Smart guys. Masahiko steel is the name. Be careful.
Be inform that i received your response regarding your details. Attached to this email is our company Representative Contract Agreement/Memorandum Of Understanding Document. Please go through it and get back to us with a signed copy of the Agreement/Memorandum Of Understanding Document before we can finally approve you as our company representative in-charge of our company affairs.
I await the signed copy of the MOU as soon as possible.
Regards,
Ryo Masayoshi
Masahiko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd
April 10, 2017 at 12:14 pm, Steven Taylor said:
These guys are still at it.
THIS IS ANOTHER NEW NAME: Masahiko Metal and Steel
They cloned another website ( http://masahikometals.com/ http://www.sunflagsteel.com/ ) . Their domain was only registered in March (per whois.com). I googled phrases and came up with the other website – it was made easy to confirm as they did not remove the other company’s came from all the text.
The Investor section had no linked documents to it.
I went through their process with immediate suspicions, to see where the breakdown would become clear. It was basically me depositing cheque’s into my account and I would retain my portion and send the difference. CLEARLY NOT LEGITIMATE. Somehow a monthly salary was to get to me.
“Be inform that the management of our company is still waiting to hear back from you, regardingthe signed agreement document so that we can proceed further by providing your with details of your first delinquent account details for you to start rendering your services to our company.
I await your swift response.
Regards,
Ryo Masayoshi
Masahiko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd”
Signing officer on contract – with completely different letterhead.
“yamamoto satoshi (that’s the reverse of name of an illustrator for Pokemon)
Managing Director
Masahiko Metal & Steel Company”
This is the third approach in a year.
The first one had them send a cheque drawn on a REAL Canadian company’s bank and urged me to come to Dubai and bring a lawyer. The funds were to pay for the trip and have an investment company invest on their behalf. With prudence, I took the cheque to the bank to have it certified BEFORE depositing it and BEFORE booking a flight.
90 minutes later they advised the cheque was INVALID.
The second one was under the same pretence.
There are a lot of games to be wise about!
WORD TO THE WISE. Do not do ANYTHING until EVERYTHING checks out.
If they are soliciting you to provide a GREAT OPPORTUNITY it likely is BS. DO NOT DEPOSIT OR BE WILLING TO DEPOSIT or SPEND A DIME unless it fully checks out and you have had the cheque certified. THIRD PARTY DEPOSITS ARE A DEAD GIVE-AWAY.
May 06, 2017 at 1:54 pm, Roby said:
I was also contacted yesterday the same way as Steven was above by
Ryo Masayoshi
Masahiko Metal & Steel Co. Ltd
Thanks to this website for exposing the scam.
June 12, 2017 at 1:00 am, Mohamed Aharmoud said:
Same here, I have been receiving a frequent email from this company, they called them selfs Tokyo Steel Co., Ltd (TSCL)
I don’t know where they get my email from?
Thx for this website