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Received a job offer telling me to purchase my own equipment and I would be reimbursed

Dear ***** I am pleased to offer you the position of Regional Branch Purchasing Manager in TRADE IBAU GMBH USA LLC. Please review the detailed description below:

Job Description

Purchasing Manager

Company/Facility: TRADE IBAU GMBH USA LLC Job Status: Full-Time/Part-Time

Location: New York Job title: Purchasing Manager

Position Overview:

It is a part/full-time professional position. You could start with part-time employment and continue into full-time, if you need the flexibility. This work-at-home position is responsible for generating purchase orders using the Company's money, compiling reports, preparing shipments, and other designated administrative duties. Basis salary will be $124,800 per year ($10,400 monthly) plus commission. The commission will be from 15% up to 25% of a purchase amount for every fulfilled assignment. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, and Life Insurance.

Your primary responsibilities include: communicating with vendors regarding products and prices, product availability, service, quality, and other related issues; communicating with your Supervisor regarding vendor information as stated above; determining appropriate methods for product purchasing (from local stores/vendors or online sites), if not previously designated by the Company; prepare and process purchase orders; prepare all selected reports; place orders on a timely basis and ensure on-time delivery.

You will be responsible for the work designated by your Supervisor. You will not be required to relocate, and there will be no long-distance trip requirements. You can accomplish most of the work from home. Also, you will not be required to make any investment nor financial expense.

Desired Skills:

To succeed, you must be a self-motivated, well-organized person and a skilled speaker. This position requires that you accomplish the assignments clearly and set priorities intelligently within the defined terms. The appropriate candidate will become an integral part of our Company's development. You will succeed if you can work remotely and efficiently and plan short trips in your local area.

Probation Period Challenges:

During the probationary period, you will learn how to accomplish the assigned purchases on the Company's behalf. You will also learn how to complete your entrusted duties accurately, appropriately, within stringent guidelines, and within agreed time frames. In addition, you will act under the high standards of business process control as adopted by Trade.iBau GmbH in Germany. You will get training, which includes assignments to purchase goods that are not exclusive to the United States. However, challenges will be programmed in each assignment and will increase in difficulty. For example, you will get the task to purchases that require goods of limited quantity and purchases across several retailers to complete quantity requirements. Assignments can generally be completed in 1-2 hours, easily within your spare time. Also, when purchasing large oversized items, organization, delivery, and reshipment efficiencies will be essential. Please find below the detailed description of a typical first assignment under the probationary period:

Step 1: You and your Supervisor determine all required items for purchase: the assignment terms, total purchase amounts, and delivery terms and purchase locations.

Step 2: You will purchase the required items from the local or online retailers with the monies forwarded in advance to your account. All items will be defined as allowed for export without restriction. The first assignment will require purchasing electronic devices from retailers in the United States, e.g., Walmart or Best Buy. Using our help with buying the goods from the United States, foreign customers will save up to 120% on the cost of some products. And they have guaranteed original products made especially for the United States market. These savings are possible due to the different taxation systems and high import duties paid by official importers. In addition, some manufacturers use a discriminatory pricing policy, inflating prices for their goods outside of the United States up to 110%. Most United States retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Home Depot do not allow purchases using addresses outside of the United States and credit cards issued by foreign banks. The purchased items may differ, and we will always forward the type and the number of goods beforehand. We will always respect your views and input. We have a large workload and operate in many countries. If you cannot purchase some of the items, we have many options and can always propose alternatives.

Step 3: You will send us scans or pictures of the receipts by email. Then you will send the purchased items by mail. The Company will pay all postage expenses.

Step 4: You will make a report regarding the completed assignment. The Company will provide the report form to you in advance.

Step 5: Move on to the next assignment.

Salary and Benefits:

During your probation period, you will earn a normal monthly salary and commission. You will receive your payments by check or wire transfer to your bank account following your predefined choice. For example, say you completed eight assignments during your probationary period, for $11,500.00 each:

Commission for each assignment: $1,725.00 (15% of $11,500.00)

Total assignments are done: 8

Total commission: $13,800.00 ($1,725.00 x 8)

Your monthly salary: $10,400.00

Total: $24,200.00

In this example, you will receive a total payment of $24,200.00 within one week after the end of the three-week probationary period. In addition, there may be an option of receiving your commission after every fulfilled assignment.

If you decide to accept this position under the above-stated terms, please forward your confirmation to my email address or give me a call.

We will have to run a credit check before you start. We will not request your private information. For the background check, the data you provided us in the application form is enough.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me or call me at our Toll-Free number +01.855.9623.408. I am at your disposal from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00 (ET). I can call you if you send me your phone number and availability by email.

I worked with Alice Gerber in Germany. This is a very sophisticated scam group. They approached me to purchase products on my credit cards for them against payments I made to my cards using a bank account they provided. I only shipped Apple products to their recipient in Hong Kong after Bank of America told me the payments had cleared. Then 2 days later after I shipped product B of A came back and informed me that the payments were not authorized. . I shipped by FedEx. My local FedEx store failed to inform me that the shipping labels and commercial invoices TRADE IBAU provided did not have the actual shipping account number on them. Therefore I could not get the packages returned to my local FedEx store. Also the Commercial Invoices they provided stated used laptops worth $400.00 each which is illegal.

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Thanks for the warning. I went through a similar situation with this person. But I found your posting in time.

They offered me a job and conducted a full interview through microsoft teams. Then emailed me a W-2 form to fill out which I did then sent me a check to buy computer programs needed for said job.

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The hiring manger Jonathan Hanton offered me an online job offer for Arise and he conducted a chat interview through the app Signal. He hired me on the spot right after. They told they needed to send a check for the equipment and other needs for work. In the midst of it I decided to not work for them and return the money which they threatened me to do or they’ll contact my workplace and other consequences. They had me send the money to 3 different emails; [email protected], [email protected], s and e unlimited through PayPal. I also bought three gift cards as well. I ended up finding out they were a scam only after I returned the money and blocked them to prevent any further contact.

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Joseph Webber contacted me over Microsoft Teams. He stated what the job was and that there were many different employment opportunities and shifts available. I interviewed through Microsoft Teams through chat. He stated that my interview was exceptional and offered me the job of Customer Service Representative. I reached out to the company because the interview was done all online. I never received a call. Only chats. The job offer letter came from [email protected]. Joseph stated that the accounting department was sending me a check for supplies in the amount of $6,000.00. I reached out to the company through the website provided and they responded that the job offer was a scam.

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I was sent 2 checks of $4,850 for "working equipment". They were first time checks for me so they were put on a hold. After some time, they came back both fraudulent.

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- Jackson, MS, USA

The check will be issued out by any of our 107 affiliates in the United States to facilitate its swift delivery since the company’s corporate office is in Turkey.

You will be receiving the check for the purchase of your working materials.  Once you receive the test, you are needed to have the check deposited into your bank account, and once the funds are available in your account, you are to deduct the $150.00 as your sign-on bonus and the rest of the funds in your account will be for the purchase of your working software. I will be here to refer you to the vendor from whom you will be purchasing. Do you understand?

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA

**** *******

I am pleased to offer you the position of Regional Branch Purchasing Manager in TRADE IBAU GMBH USA LLC. Please review the detailed description below:

Job Description

Purchasing Manager

Company/Facility: TRADE IBAU GMBH USA LLC Job Status: Full-Time/Part-Time

Location: Utah Job title: Purchasing Manager

Position Overview:

It is a part/full-time professional position. You could start with part-time employment and continue into full-time, if you need the flexibility. This work-at-home position is responsible for generating purchase orders using the Company's money, compiling reports, preparing shipments, and other designated administrative duties. Basis salary will be $124,800 per year ($10,400 monthly) plus commission. The commission will be from 15% up to 25% of a purchase amount for every fulfilled assignment. Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, and Life Insurance.

Your primary responsibilities include: communicating with vendors regarding products and prices, product availability, service, quality, and other related issues; communicating with your Supervisor regarding vendor information as stated above; determining appropriate methods for product purchasing (from local stores/vendors or online sites), if not previously designated by the Company; prepare and process purchase orders; prepare all selected reports; place orders on a timely basis and ensure on-time delivery.

You will be responsible for the work designated by your Supervisor. You will not be required to relocate, and there will be no long-distance trip requirements. You can accomplish most of the work from home. Also, you will not be required to make any investment nor financial expense.

Desired Skills:

To succeed, you must be a self-motivated, well-organized person and a skilled speaker. This position requires that you accomplish the assignments clearly and set priorities intelligently within the defined terms. The appropriate candidate will become an integral part of our Company's development. You will succeed if you can work remotely and efficiently and plan short trips in your local area.

Probation Period Challenges:

During the probationary period, you will learn how to accomplish the assigned purchases on the Company's behalf. You will also learn how to complete your entrusted duties accurately, appropriately, within stringent guidelines, and within agreed time frames. In addition, you will act under the high standards of business process control as adopted by Trade.iBau GmbH in Germany. You will get training, which includes assignments to purchase goods that are not exclusive to the United States. However, challenges will be programmed in each assignment and will increase in difficulty. For example, you will get the task to purchases that require goods of limited quantity and purchases across several retailers to complete quantity requirements. Assignments can generally be completed in 1-2 hours, easily within your spare time. Also, when purchasing large oversized items, organization, delivery, and reshipment efficiencies will be essential. Please find below the detailed description of a typical first assignment under the probationary period:

Step 1: You and your Supervisor determine all required items for purchase: the assignment terms, total purchase amounts, and delivery terms and purchase locations.

Step 2: You will purchase the required items from the local or online retailers with the monies forwarded in advance to your account. All items will be defined as allowed for export without restriction. The first assignment will require purchasing electronic devices from retailers in the United States, e.g., Walmart or Best Buy. Using our help with buying the goods from the United States, foreign customers will save up to 120% on the cost of some products. And they have guaranteed original products made especially for the United States market. These savings are possible due to the different taxation systems and high import duties paid by official importers. In addition, some manufacturers use a discriminatory pricing policy, inflating prices for their goods outside of the United States up to 110%. Most United States retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Home Depot do not allow purchases using addresses outside of the United States and credit cards issued by foreign banks. The purchased items may differ, and we will always forward the type and the number of goods beforehand. We will always respect your views and input. We have a large workload and operate in many countries. If you cannot purchase some of the items, we have many options and can always propose alternatives.

Step 3: You will send us scans or pictures of the receipts by email. Then you will send the purchased items by mail. The Company will pay all postage expenses.

Step 4: You will make a report regarding the completed assignment. The Company will provide the report form to you in advance.

Step 5: Move on to the next assignment.

Salary and Benefits:

During your probation period, you will earn a normal monthly salary and commission. You will receive your payments by check or wire transfer to your bank account following your predefined choice. For example, say you completed eight assignments during your probationary period, for $11,500.00 each:

Commission for each assignment: $1,725.00 (15% of $11,500.00)

Total assignments are done: 8

Total commission: $13,800.00 ($1,725.00 x 8)

Your monthly salary: $10,400.00

Total: $24,200.00

In this example, you will receive a total payment of $24,200.00 within one week after the end of the three-week probationary period. In addition, there may be an option of receiving your commission after every fulfilled assignment.

If you decide to accept this position under the above-stated terms, please forward your confirmation to my email address or give me a call.

We will have to run a credit check before you start. We will not request your private information. For the background check, the data you provided us in the application form is enough.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me or call me at our Toll-Free number +01.855.9623.408. I am at your disposal from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00 (ET). I can call you if you send me your phone number and availability by email.

These ****s believed that my wife would charge products to her credit card before being paid. Fat chance.

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My Husband has been looking on line for a work at home job. I am not sure the precise details, of all he did, as he deleted the emails & zoom app, however this is what I know: On 5/23/2023 my husband informed me This all happened on zoom set up on his phone & his laptop. He gave them his Social security number a high resolution photo of his drivers license, front at back, as well as his contact Information. Tuesday- 5/23 “he got the job” said it will be direct deposit to our account & they were sending him a check overnight, so he could purchase a company MacBook, scanner, printer and various office equipment he would need for this job. Wednesday- 5/24- I told him I wasn’t comfortable with the situation & asked if he would open an account in another bank, but he agreed we'd opened a new account (at our bank) for this “direct deposit” he would be receiving on this ” job”. Friday- 5/26 they overnighted a $5450. check from another company back east, nothing to do with their name. He was instructed to take it to the bank deposit it and show them the receipt via zoom. Saturday- 5/27 first thing early morning they said the funds should be available to purchase a MacBook & other promised office equipment, but of course funds weren’t and then they demanded he contact the bank & cancel the deposit as they were sending a card. He called our bank and followed those instructions as I came in & overheard his phone call to them & told him to STOP! I also told him while still on the phone to not call them & communicate anymore. But he did & told them the bank said they couldn’t cancel the deposit as it was processing, but that the person who gave it could put a stop payment on it. The person never listened, probably multiple people, as these conversations went on & on promises of many things. Wednesday May 31 the bank gave us a copy of their check with their account being closed on that check. I was in contact with my friend a retired Deputy Sheriff who helped guide me what to do to protect ourselves, now that it was done. I had my husband contact Social Security and inform them. Froze our credit and He contacted DMV, but they could do nothing. We reported it to our local Sheriffs station and that's all we could do. I wanted him to contact FBI or something more as I know his Identity could easily be taken with taking everything we have. So I can only do this for him, as he believes "that he has done all he can", yet he still is on line looking for work. I don't know if the scammers have links into his computer through back doors or anything, as I am not familiar with high tech things, but I do know there is always a possibility of that. I did make copies of everything I could and have a file started of everything I could. These are the company names they used, 1st Name they identified with was "The Center Group" no details. The 2nd Name used was on the UPS envelope, return address - The check was mailed from "REMALL LLC - GILA - GITAL PAVILION ELECTRONICS L - 1014 Stanley Ave - Brooklyn, NY 11208-5234 The 3rd Name used on the Check was from "BOSTON BOARD UP SERVICES LLC" - 11 ADAM ROAD, UNIT 9 STONEHAM, MA 02180 - Of course this check was written on a closed account according to the notice from our bank a week later. They used Zoom, however from what I saw it was really only a text conversation every time they were in communication, except the first communication which was in an email. All of that was deleted before I could search for numbers etc. The only emails I have are [email protected] which was on a printed notice mailed with the check and [email protected] - I reported to FBI, Federal Trade as well and now ScamPulse.com

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA

The scammer tried to get me to buy a bunch of software for the job and asked my for banking information including my mailing address.

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- Kittredge, CO, USA

Scammer posted a job ad on zip recruiter. Went to great lenghts to make it look legitimate with website, email and phone numbers connected to company used. Gives you a bank account number and routing number and asks you to transfer money and pay off credit cards, then wait for money to clear. Asked credit card company if it was legitimate and they really didnt offer much help. Did what they asked, money cleared after a whole week. I bought and shipped goods and now transactions from bank got reversed and my credit card is over limit

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- Mount Airy, NC, USA

This situation still has me confused. They wanted to hire me as a Purchasing Manager but wants me to use their account to pay off my credit card, then use my credit card to purchase IT Equipment and ship it to “their clients”. For the first “order” they want me to purchase over $25,000 worth of tablets and laptops to send to Hong Kong.

They have given me their bank account info to pay off my credit card so that I have available credit to purchase the items they are asking for, which makes no sense as they have offered my own credit line for the “next” purchasing order after this initial purchase…..I’m tempted to try this because of the high rate of pay they are offering, but I’ve yet to make a move on this as I’m concerned by the methods they want to use. After seeing someone else post a similar experience I’m almost convinced that this is a scam, but honestly I’m still not sure because I can’t figure out how they benefit by this process….

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Ultimately, they get you to send them new electronics that you paid for. They bully you into thinking they will pay a balance on your card. They have you purchase something. They give you an account—at your bank. You “pay” your balance. Then you think you can ship the product. Telling your bank (credit card) to gain the funds is the scheme. When your bank goes to draw the funds, they make an electronic request three times. Then they re-charge you. And you are stuck paying.

- Russell, KS, USA

I was offering a job and did the interview over signal sent out a check to me for $7,500 told me to deposit it and they would help me buy the software for my job Will it came down to you when I got it I was unable to deposit it because I did have a limit on my bank which I knew was going to be a scam and I told him that they told me not to deposit it go somewhere else and no one replied

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- Chester, PA, USA

I was contacted by anthony kiato for job offer part time customer representative for company called chou kiatsu corporation in tokyo japan.

He sent me a check that was to be deposited in my bank so that i could then purchase the list of office equipment& supplies needed for this position.i did check to see if ckc&

Boardwell mechanical services existed and they do.

I deposited the check into my bank account but it did not clear and then locked my account that of which its still locked 6/1/2023

I then contacted the sender of these checks and he verified he did not know or approve if this i gave boardwell all of anthony information and told him to contact my bank as well.

Im still waiting for that check to be returned out of my account. After no calls were answered by anthony the hiring manager

The co Boardwell told me that someone got into his account and the check was real not fake im glad i called the sender myself tho anythony said he was going to verify the checks sent to me he never answered me or called me back after the check was on hold.

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- Suitland, MD, USA

[Yesterday 4:26 PM] Charles Bridge

I believe that with the expertise of the company's supervisors, your training and orientation will go on without any issues.

[Yesterday 4:26 PM] Charles Bridge

The company will provide you a free MacBook laptop with a fast internet connection and your W4,i-9 form will be coming along with the working materials you need to start working with. The funds for the software/working equipment will be provided for you by the company via check.

[Yesterday 4:26 PM] Charles Bridge

Make sure you use the funds as instructed for the software/working equipment and I will refer you to one of the company's certified vendors you are to purchase them from at a discount rate due to the company's long lasting relationship and agreement with them. The vendor will be responsible for making the installations of the software with the required updates and packaging before shipping them to you. Is this clear?

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- Buffalo Grove, IL, USA

They offer you a job called Supply Chain Specialist with no interview at a 6 figure pay. During a two-month training, you purchase items on your personal credit card to purchase items to send to another company. IT IS A SCAM. Below is what they sent to me and is attached is the fraudlant job offer.

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- Seminole, TX, USA

Was approached from Email, Karla Dieter, with Trade & Trans GMBH. Work at home remotely, there was a probation period, where I would first use my Home Depot Card for the first 3 weeks, they would pay off the balance. I had to make 8 transactions during the probation period. They gave me bank account information and seem like it was legit. Then Home Depot said the funds were returned. I told Karla about it, she then gave me another banking information. Its been 4 days since the payment hasn't cleared the Home Depot account. I sent out 3 shipments out of the country to Almaty, KZ. I still have one at home. I believe I will be sending it back to Home Depot. But it looks like I will be in debt with Home Depot around 13k.

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- Belleville, MI, USA

Scammer was able to get my credit card information. Have me use it to purchase items and was supposed to reimburse the card. I purchased the items, shipped them and they claim they made a payment. After several days, the payments were returned and the merchandise was gone.

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- Bronx, NY, USA

I was contacted by email,saying that they wanted to interview me for a job with the Ailda Group. The interview was on Microsoft Team. After I was accepted the two week training was conducted on Microsoft Team. I was sent an employment agreement, a W-4 to fill out which I did. I got really suspicious when I was asked to order a cellphone on my present account. The names of the people I was dealing with are Dr April McKinney, email address [email protected] and Thomas Vega ([email protected]. Dr.McKinney had an answer for every question. It sounded legit at first but now not so much. My so called training is almost over and I am suppose to be paid on Saturday. I have already given them too much info including my SSI #. Now I am very concerned about what they will do with my info. I am a senior citizen just looking for job to supplement my income as my retirement funds are running low. I have no intentions of giving more information. I am now very nervous and afraid. I want others to be aware of these people.

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