"On the face of it, these emails can seem very legitimate -- sometimes they will have other selection criteria listed that has nothing to do with the 'job' just to give it legitimacy, so I can understand how people still fall for these scams, but it is definitely illegal. It is money laundering, and finding people involved in this type of work is a key focus for the Australian High Tech Crime Center."

Seek.com.au CIO, Tam Vu, said that this is about the fourth instance this year where he has seen a scam targeting Seek.com.au users, and the company, which has around two million unique users, take such scams very seriously.

"We would like to think our job seekers are not fooled by these types of scams, but there will be the occasional job seeker that is not too familiar with the internet that may get tricked," he said.

"We live on the web and we want to make sure that people who interact online can do so in a way that is safe and secure."

Vu said he was currently looking at further ways to protect Seek customers from scams like this, and is looking at a number of service providers that may be able to help.