I've noticed that the scammers preferences are these three banks for some reason. There must something about these three that the scammers have found easy access to regarding the transactions. I'll do some research and keep you guys updated.

~FM

So after an attempt was made to transact a large monetary amount from your husband's account, did your husband have any further communication with Supratrade or Ms. Weiss?

Thank you for posting this. I received the same email and had quite a bit back and forth with "Vanessa" over the phone and in writing. While it sounded like everything was paid up front, I guess the scammers assume you will not use a separate bank account for Supratrade purposes. I'll post the clarifying job description they sent me as a reference for others.

While I could see an obvious flaw in it if you 1) made sure any payments to you had cleared and the money was good, and could be swept out of the account before they could get it back, 2) you fire walled the accounts / credit cards from your assets and 3) didn't provide credit card info to them.

Here is the job description in detail:

Your salary will be $48,000 per year + awards at the end of each month according to the results of the job. Salary is paid in equal installments of $ 400 for each deal. When you make 10(ten) deals, you will have $4,000 per month. All next deals will bring to you 4 from costs services. Pay your attention, you will get either $400 and money for purchase in advance.

Job description.

Your main duties will include follow:

1. Before you do any work you will receive your salary and funds to buy needed items for our company.

2. You will receive order from your manager by e-mail.

3. You will receive information: where you need to buy some items and how. You will receive this information by e-mail too.

4. You will need to buy ordered item yourself. It may be bought on-line or you may go to store and buy goods by yourself there.

5. You will receive paid postal label for shipping items.

6. You will need to go to the post office and ship items. We use USPS and DHL.

7. You will receive all necessary information concerning job by e-mail or phone.

8. You will ask me any questions by e-mail or phone.

Sounds as if they are using people as "mules" to buy and mail off packages to their affiliate scammer ring. Once they know you have shipped off the goods, they cease all contact with you and ignore you and reverse the payments they have paid you.

Re-shipping scams trick individuals or small businesses into re-shipping goods to countries with weak legal systems. The goods are generally paid for with stolen or fake credit cards.

The scammers explain that they will buy goods in the United States that need to be re-shipped to a final destination in the USA but usually in another country. The scammers then have you buy the goods with monies from an account they have set up for you and/or ship fraudulently-purchased goods to the victims, and the victims re-ship goods to the scammers.

Sometimes, if the scammers send pre-printed shipping labels to the victims, they also include a counterfeit check as payment for the re-shipper's services.

By the time the check bounces, the goods have already been re-shipped and the scammers stop all communication with their victims.

I did this and when the money gets in the account Vanessa asks you to take it all out and wire it to Ukraine for advertising. I did this and the next day the account showed a blance of -9,999,999.00. and the bank shuts down the account. I called Vanessa and asked her what going on and she told me she would get with her accounting person. She emailed me back and said it was a misstake on there part and that they would fix it. The account is still locked but it showes a balance of 360.00. I just hope no one else gets mixed up in this.I have not heard one word form Vanessa.

At present, I am actually in communication with Vanessa Weiss. I received an email approximately a week ago offering me a job with her company. As a sales representative, I would be contacting companies interested in purchasing goods offered by Supratrade. After being notified that I had been hired, she asked that I open an account. Rather than doing so, I used an account that is open but no longer used by me. It was only after I sent her the information that I discovered this site. Today I received the following message from Vanessa:

"As I have already written to transfer money, we will use your bank account. As you already have an account, you should add to your account our bank account. You should make it to have access to our account and, if it is necessary to get quickly the amount of money for work. For example, our client will pay us money for some goods and send money to our account and I just tell you to transfer a specific amount. You can get access to our account in the first place you should add our account to your bank account. Here are details of our accounts, use them to add

Bank Name: BANK OF AMERICA

Account Name: STRD - 3284

Type account: Checking

Routing #: 021000322

Account #: 483022803284

As soon as you add our account, we will get two small deposits from $0.01 to $0.99 to our bank account within 1-2 business days. Then I will tell you exactly what we got them and you can activate our bank account at home.

As soon as you add our bank account just let me know.

Best Regards,

Vanessa Weiss

mailto: vanessa.weiss@supratrades.com

Phone: (509)36-TRADE"

Based on the disclosure provided on this site, I will cease all further communication with Vanessa though I find it interesting that she provided an email address and phone number which indicates a lot of confidence in what she and her group may be perpetrating.

Sounds as if this scammer ring is bigger than first thought. There must be mules in the USA that are working to get the money and tricking unsuspecting people into sending the funds to the Ukraine. They also could be using stolen credit cards from other people they've already scammed.

DON'T FALL FOR THIS!!

I fell for the same scam. However I made only one transaction. Part of it I sent to some guy in ukraine. Then they wanted me to make a big transaction.

I guess this is when the scam takes place. They gain your trust first. I was lucky that I did a search online and found all these reports. I stopped all contacts. According to my Bank there is no way the deposits which have already been completed can be reversed. Somebody here or some other site said he was asked to transfer a large amount and his was approved only for half the amount first. I guess he lost the money because he completed the task of sending money or merchandise when the transfer clearly showed as pending.

For all people Beware of any company who offers easy money like this.

In this case one should always go by the old saying "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is." Sorry you got scammed but glad you did not get scammed again with the "big" transaction.

It looked legitimate in the begining. Valid e mail address, Valid bank account in a respectable bank etc.

I thought they were buying goods cheap and selling it at a profit somewhere and wanted help in finding bargain prices. What tipped me off is that they did not care about exorbitant charges western union charges for instant money transfer. After I sent the money I did the search. I tried to cancel the money transfer calling western union but the money was picked up in a heartbeat. Then I called the bank to make sure the money transfer cannot be reversed. They assured me that it was not possible but just in case I told them to put a block if somebody tries to reverse it. In fact I did not loose any money. They did ask me to hurry up and send the money but I told them money transfer was still pending. Only after the transfer was complete I sent. I do not know what would have happened if I did the large money transfer. Since the money transfer cannot be reversed maybe some other gullible guy in the chain will get scammed out of his money. It is possible they try to get his credit card number etc offering him ridiculous deals for merchandise and charge the credit card again and again. As far as he is concerned he is going to get the merchandise from me and if he did not check the charges or complains it to the bank the charges have been made already. Ultimately the credit card issuing bank is the looser I guess. Other way is if I was gullible enough to send the merchandise or send money when the transfer shows as pending then I would have been the looser. I have notified the relevant law authorities about this scammer and the bank.

I want the bank to get to the bottom of this.

What I think is somebody working inside their bank is involved in this too.