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I was a victim of a fake check scam/money mule scam due to this business. I received an email from Tom William at Chaudhry CPA Firm, [email protected], indicating interest in an interview with me for an Executive Assistant position. I had been applying for Executive Assistant positions at a lot of places and figured they had gotten my info from a recruiter. I Googled them and they had a website and reviews on different sites so I trusted it. They told me to interview with Barry Howard via Microsoft Teams. I did get an interview with Barry and he would always reply, "Very well Done!" We did the interview over Teams Chat with no video. Barry got back to me via Teams and said the owner of the company would need to speak with me. Asad Chaudhry contacted me via phone call (from the phone number that is listed as the business's phone number on Google) the next day to tell me I got the job. He instructed me to fill out the new employee paperwork sent to me via email, and told me that if I had any questions to refer to Barry Howard via Teams Chat. I received the employment forms and I filled them out and returned them. The forms consisted of an employee contract with a signature page, a job offer with a signature page, a direct deposit form, and an identification verification form. I filled out, signed, and returned all forms. These forms included my social security number and date of birth. I was informed I'd be starting in 2 weeks, and in the meantime, to chat with Barry Howard to set up my home office. Barry sent me a list of the items I'd have to procure for my home office including a laptop, a headset, an iPad, and a printer, which included a cost for all the items. He said they would directly deposit the funds for me to buy those items. I purchased the items and when the start date rolled out, I contacted him for my week of training. He gave me a couple of pages to print concerning someone's bank account. I did as requested and when he was hard to get back in touch with, I started to check his background. Nothing on him but on Tom William, came up with this scam report.
I froze all my credit at the 3 credit bureaus and changed all my passwords on any financial accounts. Beware!

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I was contacted via email by Tom William, with a letter stating they saw my application for the Executive Assistant position through LinkedIn and would like me to open the Trillian app and message Barry Howard regarding interview details. I did that and answered a bunch of interview questions only via Trillian IM. Then I was contacted again by Barry a week later via Trillian stating that I had gotten the job and could start the next week. I would be receiving my offer letter and contract via email from Tom William. I was supposed to fill out the paperwork, include all my personal information including bank accounts for direct deposit, sign and send back to them. I couldn’t find hardly any reviews or any information regarding Asad Chaudhry, who supposedly owns the company and who I was supposed to work for. Then I found this ScamPulse.com scammer alert and my heart stopped!! It’s the exact same story as mine but thankfully I found out it was a scam before I sent them any information. Horrible.

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I was a victim of a fake check scam/money mule scam due to this business. I received an email from Tom William at Chaudhry CPA Firm, [email protected], indicating interest in an interview with me for an Executive Assistant position. I didn't remember or have a record of applying with them, but I had been applying for Executive Assistant positions at a lot of places and figured they had gotten my info from a recruiter. I Googled them and they had a website and reviews on different sites so I trusted it. They told me to interview with Barry Howard via Microsoft Teams. They didn't set an interview time although I asked for one. I messaged Barry on Teams, and he said he was available for an interview right then and there. We did the interview over Teams Chat with no video. Asad Chaudhry contacted me via phone call (from the phone number that is listed as the business's phone number on Google) the next day to tell me I got the job. He instructed me to fill out the new employee paperwork sent to me via email, and told me that if I had any questions to refer to Barry Howard via Teams Chat. I received the employment forms and I filled them out and returned them. The forms consisted of an employee contract with a signature page, a job offer with a signature page, a direct deposit form, and an identification verification form; I also had to send in a copy of my state ID. I filled out, signed, and returned all forms and sent my ID. These forms included my bank account information and my social security number. I was informed I'd be starting in a week, and in the meantime, to chat with Barry Howard to set up my home office. Barry sent me a list of the items I'd have to procure for my home office including a laptop, a headset, an iPad, and a printer, which included a cost for all the items. He said they would directly deposit the funds for me to buy those items. Then they said their payroll department was having issues with direct deposit and that they'd have to send me a check. They sent me images of the front and back of a check on Teams and instructed me to print it out, sign it, and deposit it in my bank account. The check was for the amount they had included in the invoice, $4,762.52. I noticed the address on the check does not match the Chaudhry CPA address in California and is instead South Park Properties, LLC, 601 Penmsylvania (misspelling included) Ave HW, South Building Ste 430, Washington, DC 20004. I was then sent a new invoice for the office equipment totaling $4,690. A note on the invoice says "We currently accept: Venmo, Zelle Pay, Cash App, Apple gift card, and Wire Transfer." Barry then gave me information to send money via Cash App. I was supposed to send $2,000 as an "initial payment" to Andrew Hopp, $andrewh1976, with a memo that says "CH00394". This is when I stopped responding to them and found out via online research that this entire experience matched what occurs in a fake check scam or a money mule scam. I checked the sites again that had reviews for the company and they seem like they may be fake reviews, all happening within very short windows of time. I have blocked all of my contact with anyone associated with the company and put freezes on my bank account and all three credit agencies as well as ChexSystems. Because the company had all of my identifying information for a few days before I realized it was a scam and froze my credit, I saw in my Experian account that before I froze it someone had logged in as me and created a pin. They also created a security question: "Who was your favorite teacher?" with the answer being my name, "Julia." I don't recall ever creating a pin or security question for Experian, and I certainly would not have used that as a security question and answer. I changed my login information and have since issued fraud reports with all three credit bureaus.

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I was contacted, via email, by a “Human Resources” manager named of Tom William regarding an Executive Asst vacancy I applied for. In the email, he shared how I was being considered for the vacancy and the follow-up involved me completing a questionnaire available through Microsoft Teams after first viewing the PDF attachment regarding the position. I was also instructed to initiate the follow-up with the hiring manager via Teams. I did so using the email address provided ([email protected]) and completed the questionnaire which asked for the name and email of two references. I completed a questionnaire facing interview in Microsoft Teams with the “Hiring Manager” and was told I’d hear from the Human Resources Manager (Tom William) within 72 hours. I received a phone call and a message the next day. I picked up the call and their greeting was a standard “Am I speaking to (insert my first name)?”. I asked who was calling and they said the company name and upon me confirming they were speaking to me, the phone call disconnected. Upon attempting to call back there was no answer. Yesterday, I noticed a missed message in Teams and upon responding, the Hiring Manager named that the C Level Executive who I was allegedly being considered to work for, was attempting to contact me to have a conversation about the role. This did not align to the individual I was expecting to hear from. Then, the Hiring Manager said he would inform them that I’m available another time. I reached out to call the company again today and the executive picked up using the company name. I confirmed who I was speaking to and made reference to the attempt to contact me. I even asked for the Hiring Manager and he informed me that he knew of no one by that name. I asked if they had a Fraud Reporting Department because it’s possible their company info was being used by other individuals. He confirmed that they not have such a department and encouraged me to contact the original individuals I was speaking with and wished me a good day and hung up. I immediately blocked the phone number and the two email addresses I had some contact with and deleted some of the questionnaire responses that included my email address. I did not share any other personal info besides a confirmation of my preferred email address.

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