It is sad that people like Rebecca will most likely not get caught.  Does anyone know if they did get caught?

Do you have some info on this number?

I am soooo sorry.

You are all correct. She got me for $55K. I have 2 kids a wife and a mortgage with no job. Again, desperate for a job she scammed me as well for electronic items being shipped to Russia. I have reported her as well to the FBI, and the Postal Inspectors. I now have this major issue to deal with as she did it through my credit card. Now I have a $5000 a month payment.

I will find her 1 day! Believe me and she will wish she never scammed me and or she will never scam again!!!!!

once I am trough with her I will let god take care of what is left of her!!!

I do not get it neither. the sad thing is that there is no one to protect people like you and me. The credit card company and the bank refuse any accountability. I am not sure why they show the payments "posted" if the money really has not been processed yet from the bank. All the money i am making right now ( as a math tutor and substitute teacher) is going to pay off the $4500 i lost in this scam. I am a mother of two and my daughter has medical problems i thought this job will help us as a family to pay off some bills. But in this country the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. no one protect the little guys. And people like Rebecca will never get caught because Anti-fraud agencies do not want to spend the time or the resources to go after people like that. so they let her scam people who cares it is not their money.

Yes she offered me Purchasing Manager position and then when the hurry started I smelled a rat and a rat it is.  What she does is gives you their company bank accounts which have no money in them, but of course you don't know that because they are not your accounts so you have no way to find out and unless you prove you are an employee authorized the banks won't talk to you.  They have you go out and spend your money usually a credit card, then when the payment comes through the account information Rebecca gave you is returned for insufficient funds, there was never any money in there to begin with.  Get it and that is their scam, very good because the banks do not consider you purchasing products with your credit card and then entering their bank account info. with no money in it, so it comes back to you and you are left holding the bag while they have the merchandise, whatever you purchased for them, it takes two to three days for the banks to find out there are no funds in the legitimate accounts so when it gets returned to your bank, guess what, yes you now owe that amount of money to the bank and its not fraud since you did the purchasing. Whatever you do stay away from Valviola Traiding SA and Rebecca Mitchell they will rob you blind, this is a well thought out scam and by the time you figure it out its too late.  But the banks should have some ownership in this.  You can't tell me that when a payment is made with the account information supplied by Rebecca that they know right then that there are no funds available....with computers running everything what this just gets missed.  I don't get it

I'm with you, she (alias) if that is her real name, she does not have one speck of moral dignity, I agree with you 100%, they or she does an outstanding job on getting you to believe everything, no real red flags like most scams you catch right away, it takes a bit of time until you see what is going on.  Very clever on their part :IF REBECCA MITCHELL CONTACTS YOU TELL HER TO GO TO H--- AND YOU WILL BE DOING YOURSELF A HUGE FAVOR,

question for the people whos accounts went negative the money that was transfered to them. How long did it take from the time you spent the money till the time it was taken back out of your account?

it is just sad to find out there is no one to help in situations like this.

yeah i'm not sure either who's money it actually is, i will contact the bank and see what and where the money has actually come from. thanks

Tyler, the ball is in your court.  I also have an e-mail to make a transfer to my account for $3,860.  I sent her back an email telling her what I really think about people like her.  I even tell her to put herself in the other person's shoe and if somthing like this happen to her, how would she fee?  People like these have no moral and they don't care for other people.  If I were you I would contact your bank and talk to a Rep.  and let them assist you to trace where or from whose account this money is coming from and then contact the other bank and forward all your correspondence.  First of all this is not even "Barbara Herman" money it is someone elses.  I am curious  does anyone know who receives the merchandise, because it goes through custom?

Well guys this lady has also tried to scam me, they authorized me to transfer 3800 into my chase account after adding their account to mine. I finally found this website and I am so glad that I have not purchased any of the items. This job offer by barbara herman seemed way to good to be true. So right now I am just sitting on the funds in my account and just waiting to see when they will disappear. any ideas guys on what I should do >? should i remove their account as an external account or what? well let me know thanks also the number she is using now is 347 404 5060 or 347 404 5520

Thank you for your kind words Vanie - Best to you.

Jeff, you are a wise man and I love your positve attitude.  I myself moved on, but sometime I still kick myself for getting scammed.  I am working very closely with the banks with this one.  I am beginning to wonder if they catch on, because I have not heard from my so called "Alitrade Company" employer.

I spoke with my bank as well as Wells Fargo.  Wells Fargo verify the account to be valid, but not with any name we were given, however the bank would not give the information.  I also spoke with Chase Representative.  I was told, that if the money is transferred in my account and I take it out and use it and then it is discovered that the funds were transferred by me, It is fraud.  I sent all the information to Wells Fargo.  I am just shadowing this account as my bank advised, once the transfer is made they will contact the account holder.

There are so much scam out there.

Don't contact with alitrade. I was out $4000. The money transfer was failed just after I wired them money. When they ask you to cash the money out from your account, don't do that!!!! you should wait for at least one week to make sure the money is there.

Vanie,
I've recently joined Alitrade after being contacted by: Barbara Hermann
mailto:  barbara..hermann@a-tradecompany.com
Phone (347)404-5520

I was a little suspicious of this to begin w/ but the money to be made and the fact that I could really use it at the time over ruled my suspicions. I have Googled Alitrade and found them to be (by appearances) legitimate. It was during my research I found your blog. I will definitely make sure that all funds have cleared (as you've suggested) before purchasing anything. Should I find that this isn't legit I will cancel the account right away. Is there anything else you can share w/ me regarding this group?

It happened to me, too.  So, I can definately empathize.  It's funny how the banks get bailed out, but when they make a mistake and let people who are desperate for work think that money has actually been transferred into their account, they hold them responsible for the money the people thought was really there in the first place.

I wish there was something on the internet about this being a scam when I started it. I wish my bank had denied an external transfer when my name wasn't on the account the money was being transferred from. Now, I'm out the money and still unemployed like much of the nation.

I was desperate also after not having luck with 63 job applications. Luckily (yeah, right) they caught at $808.  I actually did 3 transfers before they caught it.  I just hope they don't try to get me for the $3000 before they caught it.  I thought since I couldn't find anything on it being a scam, it might be safe. I didn't think the banks would actually say money was transferred that was never there in the first place. It's definately a flaw in the bank systems that got a big bailout from the government.

I have presented my story on my website, in an effort that search engines spider it and others are not scammed because they can find the so-called companies names in my message. If you learn of new companies names, please email them to me immediately, my email addresses and phone numbers are on my contact page. My Best to you, Jeff

My message is in my blog here: http://www.jeffreyrboire.com/?p=334

Since I posted my last message it is up to $9 grand. Contacting banks and cc co.'s netted zero help. Local law enforcement is clueless and the feds might get back to me, who knows.

Nonetheless I remain in good spirits and trying to stay positive. Thank you for your message.

I went through with the application, I ask about the funds for the merchandise and getting paid, she said to me I should receive the funds first through an account.  I told her ok let me know what the next step.  Her reply to me is that they are still reviewing my application.  Have not heard back from her as yet!

I am sorry this happened to you too!!

I just stumpled onto this board. I got this job offer from Barbara Hermann. I applied for the job through Career Builder so I had no reason to think it wasn't a real job. Something about it seemed a little strange though so I decided to look around on google to get some more info. I am so glad I did now.
What is up with this stuff anyway??? I thought I had found a part time job doing something to make a little money but it looks like it's nothing but a scam. Thanks to all of you I have just been saved a lot of trouble!!!!!
Beware of Alitrade Company and Barbara Hermann. Not sure what the scam is but now I know there is something very wrong going on!!!

Everyone,
I have a plan, there is another company recruiting people for the same type of business, the number is 317-404-5520 and her names is Barbara Hermann, the company name is Alitrade Company.  How about we go with the plan but becareful not to send any mechandize until all funds are 100% clear,  We cover every avenue by contacting the bank to make sure all transactions are legitimate, also keep a law officer in the loop.

Guess what I just got that same e-mail for Alitrade Company from Barbara Hermann, I went in the we-site, How very appropriate, it says the website is not available.

I am out $6,000 - her phone was set to busy all day today 10.1. She stopped communicating with me when money transfers started failing over the last week. I have reported her also to every three letter or more agency you can think of. There were no websites like this when I was doing research on 9.2.10 before starting with the company.

One more time, as u can tell I'm really pi.....s! Everyone please remember how we receive these offers..per an email from someone we don't know & it's always someone from yahoo.com! This yahoo address is out of France....& others. Just check the email address when U recieve these offers. I have received another one...........from a yahoo.com..fr! This maybe another company like Valviola Trading.....this name is Alitradeco or Ali Trade Company. Be carefull & check it out!

People, I just posted a message & logged out & back in...it;s now showing up now. Anyway, I'm one of U......almost got caught. I have received another one that may be a scam too! Name of this one is Alitradeco or Ali Trade. Has the same lingo as Valviola Traiding! Be carefull.