Is The Logistics Manager Job Offer At Emcon-Mainmailer.com Legitimate?
If you have received a job offer email claiming to be from someone representing a company called Emcon from mainmailer.com for a Logistics Manager position, be VERY cautious!
A few weeks ago we warned our readers about a re-shipping/package forwarding scam at sendmeabox.com. They were using the stolen business name of V L Martin Enterprises as well as a fake business address in San Bernardino California and has been publicly slandering their victims as well as anyone that exposes their scam.
It appears we have a carbon copy of the website sendmeabox.com operating at mainmailer.com including the job application page shown below and found at http://mainmailer.com/apply/form?id=id01-smbweb-170931380-a1-3.
Below is a PDF copy of the Logistics Manager “JOB DESCRIPTION” found on mainmailer.com.
job description
Just like sendmeabox.com, where the domain was deleted and re-registered by someone different a year or 2 later, the domain mainmailer.com was originally registered in 2014 by someone by the name Michael Saxon in ST Cloud Minnesota but was deleted in 2016 and then registered as “new” by someone by the name Garland Nelson and moved to a host in Germany on 2017-07-19.
Mainmailer.com also wants people to believe they have been in business since 2009 just like V L Martin Enterprises did and just like VLME they have also gone to great lengths online to make themselves appear as though they have been.
For example, posting backdated “articles” on various blog sites backdated as 2015-2016. We found one “blog” at face2face.ws, a domain which by the way was just registered in June 2017 (as well as others), that has posts about both sendmeabox.com and mainmailer.com which is nothing more than a bunch of copy and paste gibberish posted only to make it appear on the surface that these businesses has been around a long time specifically for the purpose of tricking and luring job seekers into their scheme. But when you try to investigate them further the information just doesn’t add up!
UNVERIFIED BUSINESS ADDRESS
Mainmailer.com claims on their website that their business address is 732 Carnegie Dr Ste 125 San Bernardino, CA 92408. We cannot find any business with the name Emcon at that address anywhere except for websites they can actually control what information appears like business directories. In fact Google shows that until recently that address belonged to a Doctor’s office INCLUDING the suite number: 125. Search for the company name Emcon and you won’t find a company with that name at that address! That will always be the first red flag!
Ask yourself this..if “Emcon is the premier leader in the global shipping and logistics solutions industries” as it states on the mainmailer.com website and they have been in business since 2009 wouldn’t you easily be able find that information in a company name search on google? Of course you would however, that’s not the case!
There is only 2 “active” corporations registered by the name Emcon in the state of California and neither company is anywhere near that address NOR has anything to to do with the Logistics or Global Shipping industry! Another red flag. There is no LLC registered in California by that name either!
So be careful and never provide any personal information to anyone claiming to be representing a company that you cannot verify it’s legitimacy without complete certainty! Scammers have become pros at researching the companies they target and they already know the information that’s available to the public beforehand and will use that info to their advantage. That’s how they can easily fool their victims into believing they are a legitimate business.
Is ThePostalDelivery.Com & Parceller.Com Operated By The Same People?
We already reported Sendmeabox.com and now Mainmailer.com both supposedly operating from unverified locations in the San Bernardino California area using the same website template, the same application process and registering deleted domains under new names and addresses a year after they were deleted. But wait..there’s more!
We also discovered yet 2 other websites that were also registered under the same circumstances and also located in the San Bernardino California area and both offering a work from home Logistics Manager position.
One is currently online operating under the name Nietos and Associates at thepostaldelivery.com using the same website template and application process as Sendmeabox.com and Mainmailer.com. Of course the company location cannot be verified and their “registered at” address of : 816 Colton Ave, Colton, CA 92324 just happens to be a T-Mobile store. (go figure) and their “headquarters” at 2201 E. Cooley Dr. Suite #107, Colton, CA 92324 is a warehouse that is vacant and currently “for sale”!
The other was operating under the name Direct Access, Inc. and their website, which was a deleted website in 2016 just like those above and registered as new on 2017-05-23, was parceller.com which was shut down and deleted on 8/22/2017! Their business address was 327 Grant St. Redlands, California 92373 which is a private residence located..you guessed it, in San Bernardino County! Parceller.com was shut down because they were reported as a verified scam by a victim in Pasco County Florida and the victim of the stolen credit card info the merchandise was purchased on! Watch this news report
specifically about parceller.com on July 22: http://wspa.com/2017/07/22/scam-alert-criminals-using-career-websites-to-steal-identities/
All 4 domains were re-registered at the same registrar Paknic within the timeframe of a month or two of each other and all pointing to the same nameservers: zoneedit.com located in Germany.
What was revealed in that report is exactly what we have been warning our readers about with these re-shipping scams and there is no doubt in my mind that all 4 of these “companies” were engineered and operated by the same group of people!
What To Do If You Are A Victim
You can visit the USPIS website here for more details about re-shipping fraud.
If you believe you’re a victim of a re-shipping/forwarding scam, file a complaint with Postal Inspectors online or call Postal Inspectors at 1-877-876-2455 (option 4, Mail Fraud).
You will need to contact your bank immediately and close your account IF you have provided your account information to the scammers. Next file a police report with your local authorities and also report the scam at http://ic3.gov which is the official site working in conjunction with the FBI to help stop internet crime.
If you provided your personal information like ss # birthdate etc , you need to contact the 3 credit bureaus- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian, and place a fraud alert on your report. These criminals can steal your identity and may try and obtain credit in your name. Doing this will alert you for at least 90 days about any suspicious activity.
In the hands of a thief, just your name, address, Social Security number or date of birth, can be used over and over months- even years down the road to:
Open new lines of credit
Seek medical attention
Drain savings and retirement accounts
Provide an alias when arrested
Get a job or file false tax returns
Get Payday Loans in your name
Obtain service agreements for cellular service or utilities
Obtain Government Documents such as a drivers license or passport
And MORE!
That’s why I highly recommend you get some sort of ongoing identity theft protection such as the services offered through companies like LifeLock-Visit Their Website Here or Identity Force-visit their website here! LifeLock and Identity Force are both reputable companies that monitors your accounts and alerts and protects you from identity theft.
Have you received a suspicious email offering you a “job” with Emcon at mainmailer.com, Nietos and Associates at thepostaldelivery.com or other work at home “ Logistics Manager”, “Package Manager” or “Remote Package Handler” job that you never requested info for? Feel free to copy and paste the email in the comments so we can help alert and prevent others from becoming victims.
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I’m so glad I found this article. Too bad I found it too late. I received the exact same emails. They seemed very legitimate, and so did the company website (thepostaldelivery.com), so I didn’t even think to question it. I gave them my ID and SSN in order to be employed, and gave them banking information so that I could receive payment (which I never did). After the one month probation period, I filled out the W-4 and I-9 forms for employment. And all of the sudden the website that I worked through (crm-explorer.net) goes down, and I can’t get in contact with anyone. I called and emailed my supervisor, payroll, and the HR department. No response. After digging online trying to figure out why I can’t get in touch with these guys, I stumbled upon this article. I wasted a month working for these scammers, and now I have to report fraud and close my checking account. It is frightening how legitimate this company appeared to be. I only wish I discovered this article sooner, and I hope no one else will fall for this fraud.
Also, ever since I have been badgering them with phone calls and emails, they removed their contact information from their main website. If you try calling that number now (800-413-9520) it will go straight to a dial tone, when just last week it was working.
I’m so sorry, I wish you could have found us sooner also but thank you for sharing your experience. Hopefully your experience will help prevent others from becoming victims to these scammers in the future. What you described is the typical pattern all these reshipping scams follow.
I also heard from this company as well and gave my banking information for my probationary period pay. I spoke with a Jennifer Dobbs who is a supervisor there. We last spoke on 10-6-17 when she said that she’ll be sending my training report to HR and Payroll but since that time, I haven’t heard back at all. I told my mom about it and she did some digging around and I did some digging around as well and that’s how I found out about their fakery from this site. I had no idea about them being this way at all. So, now, I’m going to take preventative measures and file a complaint with the post office and have my checking account closed and have a fraud alert going.
I just received a carbon of the previous offers “Nietos & Associates.” In my due diligence, I discovered this website. The absence of a verifiable website, the misspelled words and verbage found at the linked website included with the offer were “red flags” for me as well.
Beware
I got a job offer for Logistics Manager, here was the email I was sent. I did not realize this was a scam. Here is what I was sent. There is more below this
Dear, Chuck
We have recently been conducting a search for new and ambitious talent to join our team. Our company, Nietos & Associates, has been experiencing unprecedented growth. We are looking to hire a number of motivated individuals for several Logistics Manager positions.
Nietos & Associates is in the business of logistics management and solutions and is considered a leader in the global shipping industry. We are located in California, however, our Logistics Managers work remotely from their current locations and home offices. Nietos & Associates is the legal registered owner of The Postal Delivery on-line platform.
This position offers incredible flexibility, a generous salary, expense reimbursement and a comprehensive benefits package for the right candidate. The desired attributes for potential employees would be dependability, confidentiality, ability to work independently and desire to succeed.
We have taken a look at the summary of your background and experience and we would like to invite you to apply for one of these positions.
If you would like to learn more about the position or would like to apply now, please click the following link. This link will also contain more information about the available position including qualifications and job duties.
Should you have any questions about the position or the application, please let us know.
We hope to hear from you soon!
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Yours sincerely,
Charlie Hayes
Nietos & Associates
HR Department
That was the note I got unsolicited. I get a lot of this sort of thing mostly from insurance companies wanting me to join them, but that is not my thing. Here is the reply to my acceptance:
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Dear Chuck
We are so happy you decided to apply for this great opportunity from Nietos & Associates. After receiving your application, we reviewed all the information and are encouraged that our assessment of you and your qualifications was right on target.
You have been approved to advance to the second phase. The second phase is a phone interview with our HR staff. We have taken the liberty to set an appointment date and time for your interview. We are only able to give a window of time as interview lengths cannot be predicted and can vary quite a bit.
If the time slot set aside does not work with your schedule, please contact us right away so we can reschedule to a more convenient time. You may contact us at this e-mail address or call us at (800) 413-9520 ext. 27.
Scheduled interview: September 01 – PM hours PST (12PM – 5PM Pacific Standard Time)
Congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you.
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Yours sincerely,
Charlie Hayes
Nietos & Associates
HR Department
Phone: (800) 413-9520 ext. 27
Fax: (800) 413-9236
They scheduled at interview first for the 4th then changed it to the 5th of Sept. i.e. today. But I got no callback from them.
I got the same exact email but they changed the name of the company to Main Mailer that is supposed to be affiliated with Emcon. I never heard of them so I tried doing some research. I came across both websites for Emcon and Mainmailer and it looked legit. I actually spoke with them about an hour ago for an “interview” and immediately got suspicious. What they claim I would be doing didn’t sound right. They told me I would be receiving packages at my house, making sure everything was in order, re-package the order using a different shipping label and then I would take it to the post office and re ship it. There were too many red flags while talking to the guy. I searched to see if they had been reported and I came across this site. He told me I should be receiving an email within 2-3 business days to know if I got the job or not. I’m going to go ahead and assume I got the job LOL! I’m almost tempted to play along and scam the scammer but I’ll definitely be reporting them. I’m glad I didn’t give them any of my information.
I received an email identical to your original one today. Of course, it had my information substituted for yours. I started going through the website and picked through the information and was actually fairly impressed with what I saw, but I have done some research into situations like this in the past and the description of the position, including the need to receive and then we ship packages from my home address, made me realize that something sounded wrong. My initial attempts to research didn’t actually find much information, and I needed to add the word scam to the listing in order to be able to find anything helpful. Once I saw this, I knew that I was right in ignoring the listing and not providing any of my information. It was pretty unfortunate, given that I am currently on the job market, and have been for quite some time. Needless to say, I would have definitely appreciated that position.