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Scammer's website caliber.co.za
Scammer's address N Avenue 56, Highland Park, CA 90042, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location CA 95677, USA
Type of a scam Employment
On February 12, 2024 following back and forth dialog on the whatsapp platform, I received an offer letter from this email; [email protected] with Jaco Pienaar cc'd at [email protected]. The offer letter received was accompanied by a second document that I was asked to complete, an I-9 form from the Department of Homeland Security, Employment Eligibility Verification. Both the offer letter and EEV form appeared to be very legitimate as is included all the standard offer in a formal format. The offer letter was signed by a Christina M. Willette, Director of Human Resources, Caliber Construction Group, LLC. and cc'd by Jaco Pienaar, Albert Swanepoel, and a Michele Bryan (whom I didn't know)
Worth noting, the original offer letter received had an Administrative position listed in error. I contacted Jaco Pienaar for clarification, and was told that it was in fact an error. within an hour, I received the 2nd offer letter with the driver position indicated as I was told.
Honestly believing this was a legitimate job offer letter, I signed, dated and retuned both documents to this email address. I then received a request from Jaco Pienaar to submit a company required employee eligibility verification form in order to complete the initial hiring process. Again, believing this was a legitimate company offering me full time employment, I released my SS #, legal name, and current address. Back in 2008, I completed the ID.me certification process. I was then asked by Jaco Pienaar to click on this link ( http://adventustek.com/calibergroup/IDME-workEligibilty/index/html ) to submit a conformation code that I'd receive from ID.me verifying my identity in order to complete the hiring process. After trying several times, these steps I was told to do failed, so no verification code was ever sent, nor received (as far as I know). Shortly after this dialog, I was told that they would complete the verification process later through the HR department.
I then received a call from Jaco Pienaar informing me that there was a sudden need for he and Christina Willette (the HR director) to travel to Qatar for a building project that just received funding to break ground on. This was the first time I questioned anyone about this job based in LA, and was told that the "driver position in California needed to be put on hold" I than asked about this job I accepted an offer letter for, and was told, "Nothing to worry about ****, because I'll need to you to shift over the an administrative operations role while we are out of the country to keep the book keeping, and existing accounts customer service going"
Then, soon after this unexpected position shift news, I was told by Jaco Pienaar that the W-2 exempt salaried driver/admin ops position needed to change to a 1099 independent contractor position. I asked why, and he said that it would work out better as you'd also be able to earn commission $$ on top of the salary. I was then asked to provide a independent contractor EIM number and bank account information in order to complete the payment set-up process.
The job start date I was given was Monday, February 26, 2024 and that I'd receive an email with onboarding documents to complete the hiring process. The 26th came and NO email received as well as whatsapp messages and phone calls went unanswered.
At this point in time, I'm beginning to feel unsettled and began doing some additional research on Jaco Pienaar, Christine M Willett, and Caliber Group LLC. It turns out that when I tracked a Christine M Willette down, she was located in south Florida and claimed to be the director of HR for a property management company in Florida. When I called and (actually) spoke with her/Christine/? I asked if she had signed this offer letter back on February 12th as indicated, and she said NO and that I wasn't the first person to contact her about having her name signed on offer letters. She asked to see the letter, but I did not send a copy to her.
I then asked Jaco Pienaar about who this Christine M Willette was, and he told me that "who I spoke with was NOT the Christine M Willette that is his Director of HR. and that there are many others out there" I then asked why I didn't receive any onboarding materials on the 26th as promised, and was told that there were issues at the Qatar projects and that he/they were just too busy to send them to me. I was then told that my start date would now be Friday, March 1, 2024.
March 1, 2024 arrived, and while NO email containing onboarding materials arrived, I did receive a whatsapp msg from Jaco Pienaar that read “The official work start date is today. We also advise our workers to set-up Northeast Credit Union as the means to collect their salary. This bank can be set-up online via their website. Please work on this today”. Out of curiosity, I went to the NECU website new accounts tab, only to discover that a new member must be a relative and an existing member, or affiliated with an approved source, which Caliber Group, LLC is not.
In response to the msg I sent Jaco Pienaar regarding my conversation with this “Christne M. Willett”, his reply was “Hello ****, its clear that I don’t understand you and don’t think its safe for our partnership to work out with you. Talking with a stranger or whom you don’t know about Caliber is unethical and a violation of the company’s privacy policies. Its really unfortunate. The same name as you is shared by thousands worldwide”. I then replied to Jaco Pienaar; “Nothing unethical nor at risk of compliance, as I know/knew absolutely nothing about the Caliber Co. or its business(s) to share with anyone. I’d certainly entertain the opportunity to dialog or speak with Calibers Christine M. Willette who signed the offer letter”.
NO response from anyone after a few additional attempts to contact Jaco Pienaar.