John Fernando Construction Reports & Reviews

John Fernando Construction Reports & Reviews (6)

• Jun 11, 2023

I received an email, which I will copy and paste. It's ridiculous. NO company will do this, ever!
I've worked in different countries, and this is obserd. SHAME ON YOU!

This is what I received. From the email [email protected]
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We are looking to hire someone with a calm state of mind coupled with a
reliable character who has interest in working from his/her comfort home
by helping to manage some payroll duties and get paid. All because we
are presently short of payroll assistants, coupled with loads of payroll
work to be delivered. with provision of courier account label for you to
dispatch the Notes and checks to different destinations within our
country. Your Monthly pay of $5, 700 is sacrosanct coupled with
incentives.

Kindly read carefully your duties and responsibilities
You are to get a few materials to work with at office supplies
superstore or online from Amazon for quick delivery; Blank hologram top
computer laser checks. 3 Checks Per Page, Blue and Green, 24 Pound, 8.5
x 11 inches, 500 Sheets per ream (04539), Blue/Green (2 packs)
Glue stick, White A4 paper (3 packs)
Brown Envelopes (2 packs)
9*12 size.
USPS or FEDEX Priority Mail Envelopes either of the two are free at
FEDEX, USPS post office pick as many as possible. USPS and FEDEX
envelopes are also free. two to three hours daily. 3 days in a week to
get it done.

Funds for the supplies will be reimbursed to you along with your first
monthly pay.
Our company would like to know if we can entrust our client's essential
information, funds and signatory with you Please. Your monthly pay
coupled with training bonus is sacrosanct. Our company pays an
incentive, Because we want you to add value to our company.
Understanding, Patience, ability to remain calm in difficult times and
to be thorough and pay attention to information. Do you have a computer
and Color Printer to work with? It's actually a matter of utmost urgency
please which is strictly for serious candidates.

You are to go through an online training in order to
know the basics of the job. If you think funds to get the supplies is
the problem our company can provide, But a seamless way to start as soon
as possible is by getting the supplies.

In order to process your job documentation coupled with adding you to
our payroll system for your monthly pay.
Kindly furnish us with your information, In order
to assign you with the company's trainer.
First Name:...
Last Name:...
Phone Number:...
Email Address...
Sex...
Age...
Address In Full:...

Sincerely,

Shardanae Herbert-HR
John&Fernando construction co

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Employment

Texted my phone asking for payroll department employment. Text goes like this...

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Greetings,

My name is Roy Chase from
John&Fernandos Construction Company. Payroll manager
is looking to hire someone who have interest in working from his/her
home by helping to handle some payroll task and get paid.

Working days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2 to 3 hours
per day and pay is $4,500 Monthly the person will be in charge of the
printing of letters, notes and checks with the data information of
people on payroll list of each company we work for, and we will handle
the USPS,UPS and FedEx account label which will be made for you to
dispatch the letters, notes and checks to various destinations in the
States.

Candidates who are interested in this position copy out our gmail
address and send us an email from your email box for more information
about the job. Thank you.

Regards,

Roy Chase-Coo
John&Fernandos Construction Company
1640 S 101st E Ave
Tulsa, OK 74128
USA

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75023

I received the following text out of nowhere. I have no connection with this company or this Michael Wilkes, COO. I looked into the names used here - Michael Wilkes and J Fernando Construction. I found that there is a Michael Wilkes that owns a construction company out of North Carolina and that there is a Jonathan Fernando that is a Project Manager, Construction and Infrastructure Standards Development in Canada. I did not find anything like this company in Michigan and find that the use of these names in the text suspicious. They’re using legitimate construction executive names in a fake profile. As mentioned, they will send you more information through email. You have to copy the email address out and email them and not text.

Honestly, I don’t like responding to texts like this anyway, because scammers then know it’s a working number and you’ll get more scams for weeks on end afterwards. That’s happened to me before, so better to ignore.

While I do need the money and the work would be perfect for me, as I am disabled and a single mom, I feel more than likely that’s why I am being targeted. The fact that there was already a report here of this scam just confirmed my suspicions and I’d hate to see more vulnerable people hurt in this scam.

I will share the text here, copied and pasted directly, as-is, here:
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Greetings,

My name is Michael Wilkes from
J. Fernando Construction Company. Payroll manager
is looking to hire someone who have interest in working from his/her
home by helping to handle some payroll task and get paid.

Working days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2 to 3 hours
per day and pay is $4,500 Monthly the person will be in charge of the
printing of letters, notes and checks with the data information of
people on payroll list of each company we work for, and we will handle
the USPS,UPS and FedEx account label which will be made for you to
dispatch the letters, notes and checks to various destinations in the
States.

Candidates who are interested in this position copy out our gmail
address and send us an email from your email box for more information
about the job. Thank you.

Regards,

Michael Wilkes-Coo
J. Fernando Construction Company
4034
Cresthaven Dr
Waterford
MI 48328
USA

I added screenshots of the searches I did for these names and the results, which don’t correspond with this text. Also, while it appears there is a Fernando Construction in Michigan, they’re temporarily closed. And I can’t help but wonder if it is due to this scam. It looks to be a one-man operation - not something that would have a COO and would be able to hire someone very part-time with this salary to do payroll. I feel horrible for this guy if that’s what happened, because on HomeAdvisor he has stellar reviews.

People are desperate for good paying jobs with flexibility to work at home and with hours . It’s the dream job, so perfect to setup a scam. Be careful out there people! There are so many wolves in sheep clothing ready to strike at vulnerable populations like myself and probably like you, if you’re reading this.

I might reach out to the emails and numbers associated with the legitimate names and I’ll report back if I’m able.

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One last thing, please forward any texts you get like this to 7726 - it’s the scam/fraud number for AT&T. Not sure what other services use, but I know they have something similar, so look those up if you’re not with AT&T. You can forward the message and then they’ll ask for the number(s) and/or email(s) associated with the message, which you send separately. I’ve done this consistently lately, especially after my egregious mistake of trying to respond to one of the scammers, which just confirmed I was a real person using that number and led to an over abundance of scam texts for a while. Doing this has drastically reduced the spam I’ve gotten.

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Wanted to add that I haven’t signed up for any online job search sites, so this text came out of nowhere and was addressed in a general matter with just “Greetings” as seen in my copy and paste of the text.

I’m adding a screenshot of the text, which shows the suspicious email as well (not a company email, just gmail, and not a real name associated with it).

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Victim Location 78006
Type of a scam Employment

Received a text saying that this construction company is looking for a payroll manager, who is interested in working from home, handling payroll task. Working three days for about 2-3 hours a week, getting paid $4,500 a month. Once you respond, then a link is sent for you to fill out information. I did not open the link for fear of a virus but do assume that this is an attempt to get personal information such as Social Security Number, etc... I did look up the company and they look to have a legitimate website, however, when calling both numbers there was a recording that said the person was not available- the website is un-secure, and when you try to clink on any of the links, none of them work.

I did get a call back from someone with very broken english and when I told him why I called, he hung up on me.

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