Hello
http://pl-us-service.biz
It's reassuring to know that resources are out there when researching these things. I have a twist to the typical subject matter although it still fits in to the definition of this forum. This company "Poland-USA Services International" claims to be in the escrow business and is apparently looking for "agents" to process payments from buyers to sellers. Along with a 6 page employment application there are other tools available like a Yahoo Messenger contact who was quite helpful. To process these payments a bank account is required for incoming payments and apparently outgoing payments are to be processed subsequently by withdrawing the funds and thereafter sending back out via Western Union. My inquiries to the person on the other end of the YM chat yielded no response about why there had to be a conversion to cash in the process (assuming anonymity within the transaction but also a break in tracking). I was also curious, being in the States, how I should be expected to pay taxes on my "earnings", whether by 1099 or W2. There was some confusion on my part about whether or not I was to be an employee or a contractor. Company also purports to be able to assist in helping me form my own company (purpose?). Interesting considering they're based in Warsaw...Tools on this site yield interesting data about http://pl-us-service.biz. Website is less than a year old and the company claims to be formed in 2006, arguably that the website could be legitimately that young. Just for giggles I concluded the YM chat with "Dziękuję", figuring the Polish "thank-you" would be answered with the equivalent "you're welcome", but wasn't...Noticed that privacyprotect.org came up, see the current whois for PL-US-SERVICE.BIZ below:
Domain Name: PL-US-SERVICE.BIZ
Domain ID: D47769689-BIZ
Sponsoring Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 303
Registrar URL (registration services): http://www.publicdomainregistry.com
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID: PP-SP-001
Registrant Name: Domain Admin
Registrant Organization: PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Address1: ID#10760, PO Box 16
Registrant Address2: Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit
Privacyprotect.org
Registrant City: Nobby Beach
Registrant Postal Code: QLD 4218
Registrant Country: Australia
Registrant Country Code: AU
Registrant Phone Number: +45.36946676
Registrant Email:
Administrative Contact ID: PP-SP-001
Administrative Contact Name: Domain Admin
Administrative Contact Organization: PrivacyProtect.org
Administrative Contact Address1: ID#10760, PO Box 16
Administrative Contact Address2: Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit
Privacyprotect.org
Administrative Contact City: Nobby Beach
Administrative Contact Postal Code: QLD 4218
Administrative Contact Country: Australia
Administrative Contact Country Code: AU
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +45.36946676
Administrative Contact Email:
Billing Contact ID: PP-SP-001
Billing Contact Name: Domain Admin
Billing Contact Organization: PrivacyProtect.org
Billing Contact Address1: ID#10760, PO Box 16
Billing Contact Address2: Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit
Privacyprotect.org
Billing Contact City: Nobby Beach
Billing Contact Postal Code: QLD 4218
Billing Contact Country: Australia
Billing Contact Country Code: AU
Billing Contact Phone Number: +45.36946676
Billing Contact Email:
Technical Contact ID: PP-SP-001
Technical Contact Name: Domain Admin
Technical Contact Organization: PrivacyProtect.org
Technical Contact Address1: ID#10760, PO Box 16
Technical Contact Address2: Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit
Privacyprotect.org
Technical Contact City: Nobby Beach
Technical Contact Postal Code: QLD 4218
Technical Contact Country: Australia
Technical Contact Country Code: AU
Technical Contact Phone Number: +45.36946676
Technical Contact Email:
Name Server: NS1.REDHOSTING.RU
Name Server: NS2.REDHOSTING.RU
Created by Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Last Updated by Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A
PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Domain Registration Date: Fri Nov 11 06:12:55 GMT 2011
Domain Expiration Date: Sat Nov 10 23:59:59 GMT 2012
Domain Last Updated Date: Fri Nov 11 06:12:56 GMT 2011
So, my question is, is this thing legit? I could really use this opportunity but not at the risk of breaking RICO laws or other some such regulations. Mister YM assures me that all transactions would be from within the US but the Western Union thing still bothers me as well as their application NOT asking me for a social security number. This is a flag in my mind for tax reporting purposes. I don't know if I can simply claim the income without going further into from where. The conversion to cash is the real reason they need people and I'd like to know why.
Thanks for reading and hopefully the answers to this will help others who may be considering pursuing this.