This is just shocking, I tell you. Shocking! Who would’ve thought it?

Bone tests on teenage Chinese athletes have shown that thousands had faked their age, often in order to keep competing in junior events.

A study in the southern province of Guangdong found one in five had lied, with some discovered to be seven years older than their registered age.

On another note, maybe I need to have a “China” category on MT.Net.

Perhaps someone has already forwarded you this email:

Subject: Family losing home and can’t take their dogs into the apartment

Package deal!

Please pass along to all family, friends, coworkers – spread the word and help find these two adorable labs a home.

Two females, both have chips implanted and are very well cared for. Their family is losing their home and they are desperate to find a loving home.
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Another too-good-to-be-true offer in the same day. Wow, thanks Careerbuilder!

Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:01:16 -0800
From: “Michelle Van Sickle” michelle@franjobs.com
To: markt at blab blah blah
Subject: Business Ownership

Hi Mark,

Your resume sparked some interest with one of our Senior Franchise Consultants and they would like to speak with you. Your credentials are quite impressive and therefore would like to see if owning a franchise business would be an idea that you might consider. We have helped many established professionals research the best qualified franchises available.

Depending on the industry and location that you specify, we will present to you the best geographic and financially available franchises. The research, qualification, and application service we provide costs you absolutely nothing.
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Hey, it looks like I can earn big bucks for only working 2-3 hours a day! Woo!

I’ll be working in “escrow services” for the “online auctions” industry. Sounds important, doesn’t it!?

Read about this fabulous offer! Boy, am I glad I posted my resume on Careerbuilder.com!

To: blahblahblah at nowhere dot org
Subject: Mark Turner, Part-Time Job for you
From: Ashli Roberts Ashli.e.innov.job@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:48:02 -0600

Dear Mark Turner,

I am a Chief Manager of HR Department of E-Innovative Group Inc. My name is Ashli Roberts.

We’ve analized your resume posted at Careerbuilder.com and I’m glad to propose you a FINANCIAL AGENT vacancy.
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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper won a temporary restraining order has been obtained against a car warranty telemarketer. Superior Court Judge Ripley Rand ordered New Jersey-based Automotive Protection to stop illegally telemarketing to North Carolinians and to stop taking their money. Below is the press release from the NCDOJ [pdf]:

Telemarketer forced to park auto warranty scam, says AG
Cooper wins order against telemarketer that targeted seniors, took money without permission

Raleigh: A telemarketer pitching car warranties to seniors must stop making illegal calls and taking money from North Carolina consumers, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today.
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Here’s another scam email I received today. “Mystery Shopping,” indeed.

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:11:55 -0700
From: Richard Gras richard.gras2755@hotmail.com
Reply-to: richard.gras2755@yahoo.com
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Mystery Shopping JOB
User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.6)
X-Identified-User: {2065:host193.hostmonster.com:cpanelhorde:host193.hostmonster.com} {sentby:program running on server}

Hello,

Am Richard Gras, and working for a company (Shoppers Guide Int.) that conduct
surveys and evaluates other companies which can be simply called mystery shopping.

What is Mystery Shopping…..?

A vast amount of companies are interested in knowing what their customers/clients think of their services and/or products in order to right what may be wrong and help them to improve customer service and productivity. To obtain this crucial data from a non biased view point they hire Mystery Shopping agencies/recruiters like us, who are trained market researchers, to gather the information on their behalf. We get hired to go to other peoples companies and act like customers in order to know how the staffs are handling their services in relation to their customers. This is where you come in…
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I was all set to work for this local network storage company when I got this in my inbox! I’m moving to Geneva to work for the United Nations!!!11!!1oneone!!!

There is one aspect of the job (highlighted below), which might, um, be a little fishy. But its the UN, right? So they’ve got to be trustworthy!

Reply-To: unaidjobs@gmail.com
From: “United Nations” metogiles@unitedkingdomonlinenet.com
Subject: Part-time job offer from the UNITED NATIONS
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:14:13 -0800

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS [UNAID]
www.unaids.org

20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

JOB VACANCIES

The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS [UNAIDS], in conjunction with UN AFFILIATES, has very limited vacancies and is recruiting Representatives for a two year General Service employment [2 years] with the United Nations to assist the Organization in the funding of its projects in the USA and other parts of the world which includes humanitarian assistance to victims of HIV/AIDS, research and training, grants, medical teams and equipment, medicines, tents, food, various kinds of emergency equipment, etc.

Job location is in all States of the USA, Canada, UK and Europe.
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I did some more poking around the Police Protective Fund and discovered more.

The state of Missouri tipped me off that the “charity” is incorporated here in North Carolina, of all places, and lists a corporate services company on Hillsborough Street as its registered agent.

Its also licensed charity number SL000978 in North Carolina, with a number of documents available online from the North Carolina Secretary of State’s website.

I found the Filing Amendment dated 22 August 2008 to be notable. PPF’s law firm states PPF does not use professional solicitors or fundraising counsels in the state of North Carolina. Yet I have been unable to determine any presence the firm may have in North Carolina. So the question remains as to why did I receive a call from a Charlotte-area telephone number? Is PPF falsifying the CallerID of its solicitation calls?

I’m embarrassed that this charity exists in North Carolina. There is more digging to be done here, to be sure.