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Employment - Fake Check - Equipment Purchasing Scam Reports & Reviews (15)

- Portland, TN, USA • Nov 02, 2024
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The promise you a check to buy setup computet, printer and programs. Then the try to send you fraudulent checks to deposit.

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- Florence, SC, USA • Oct 31, 2024
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They interviewed me for a job. Send me an employment offer letter. today was to start training. They said they were going to send me a check by email and that I needed to print it and then use my mobile banking app to deposit it. Then I was to go by office stuff. I called my bank and they felt that this was a scam. Then they stated I needed to purchase a $100 dollar apple Itune card.

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- Antioch, TN, USA • Aug 19, 2024
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Well I was offered a job for a remote company from remote jobs com they said. They offered me data entry clerk position. I asked them why they send me a check, they said they only use their own office equipment from FEDEX. So then I deposited the check as they asked me touse mobile app banking.It was August 15, The bank stated the check will not be cleared until August 24. The company then came up with the idea that they will ship the equipment for me. But I will have to send them 300 for installing software otherwise they will not ship it out. I then doubted them so I will take the check to the local bank to verify. The bank told me I had been scammed and my bank account is negative. It will take until friday before it is back to positive. I sent them my social security, passport and ID so they are fraudulent.

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- East Brunswick, NJ, USA • Aug 16, 2024
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I was reached out for a potential Project Manager position I have been looking for. They did a fully online text interview through MS Teams as they said that is a new approach trying. After about three hours, they said i was hired and provided an employment offer document to approve. Then they said they would provide me a check for $25,600 which 5% was a sign on bonus for me, the remaining I was supposed to send to a vendor to purchase my equipment. RED FLAG one. also, they never did anything through phone or video, and this was totally different than everything else I have been involved in for job hunting. I did some research and see that a major red flag is for a company to provide money before a person even starts and then asks for it back. The check looked valid but when I called the Federal Credit union that issued the check, theu said the account seemed bogus. My bank also flagged it as a fraud. Everything on the internet regarding recruitment scams was evident in this whole process. I am glad the bank didn't process anything and started an investigation. then the person I have ONLY dealt with through Teams who was engaged 24/7 with me, went dark once I started telling them the bank might have caught them, and I started questioning everything that was going on. They did not refute anything or even respond and now they are showing offline and have totally disappeared. I suspect the job offer and my start date are not happening. I wanted this company; NEXT TALENTS HUNT to be plastered all over the internet as a scam.

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- Hagerstown, MD, USA • Aug 16, 2024
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They were offering a job from ZipRecruiter for a remote job. They got me a quote for the equipment they said I would need and sent me a check for that amount. Now that I have deposited the funds into my account. They somehow stripped those same funds out of my account. I did not have the funds to match the scammed amount, so I am now negative on the check amount. this is a huge setback especially now that I don't have the job either.

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- New Castle, DE, USA • Aug 13, 2024
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I was contacted someone regarding a data entry remote job. The company was names Mednet, LLC. I was told about the job and how it was going to work. I was sent a document regarding my employment. I signed the letter of offer. Then I was told that they would be sending me a check that I was going to use to purchase the necessary equipment that I needed for the job. I thought that was strange. The check arrived by USPS. I thought that was strange as well. Upon receiving the check I was told to deposit it by using my cell phone. I deposited the check and then I was to send $1000.00 to the account manager. The email address was [email protected]. This was another red flag. I trusted the guy I was dealing with. His name was Travis Sullivan. After not willing to do a wire transfer he suggested that I go to an Apple store to purchase the equipment myself. I was to tell him when I got to the store so he could email me the list. Upon arriving I informed Travis and he sent me another email with instructions to purchase two $1000.00 gift cards. I never purchased Apple gift cards so I asked a sale person about that. She advised me not to purchase them because that is what gift cards scammers do. The check was deposited into my account. I contacted Travis Sullivan who's number never showed up on my phone. It was Microsoft Teams. Upon the truth coming to light. I called my bank and requested that they do an investigation with the check. It was for $2300.00. I was not going to eat that. I called and they took the money out of my account. The check turned out to be fake. Besides Travis Sullivan, and Shailey Moss. She was the CPA/Financial Officer. The check was a personal check with the name of Janin P. Huerta on it. The address was 2508 8th Ave, Riverside, IL 60546. I would have been liable for the $2300.00 if I sent them the money. Please be aware of anyone sending you a check for a job.

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- Waddy, KY, USA • Feb 07, 2024
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Applied for an online work from home job, got an interview and was hired. I signed a contract and filled out a W-4 and direct deposit form. They sent

me a check and told me to deposit it as i would need said funds to purchase software for the job. The next day I was told that I needed to buy an Apple Card to pay for software. I did not do that! I called my bank instead and they confirmed it was most likely a scam. The check bounced and I was notified by my bank. Luckily I didn’t fall for that part but they do have my private information.

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- Katy, TX, USA
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This company "claims to be hiring for work from home jobs", positions such as Executive Administrative Assistant. They take you through a series of questions, before they determine your eligibility for hire. They make it sound really good, but there is no Zoom meets, I never saw anyone, I never filled out any paper work, as far as the application I did not submit any hiring credentials. It really wasn't until they wanted me to deposit a check into my account to purchase the EQ. That is when all RED FLAGS went up! Typically when you work from home the company will send you all of your EQ. I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON ALERT! THIS COMPANY IS PLACING ADDS ON ZIP RECRUITER.

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- Nashville, TN, USA
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I was promised a position and the moment i knew it was fake was when they said they would mail me a check to cover equipment costs. I also have a screenshot of the email as well. This website will only allow me to upload one image

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Fake job offered. Scammer send me a check for $6895.44 to get Equipments like a computer, printer etc- check attached. I deposited check on a new account and later found out check bounced. But, before check bounced scammer tries to get me to foot the bill for the equipments. I said no! why should I foot the bill. I informed him that we should wait until the check clears. This was a red flag, another red flag was when I found out the check bounced I noticed that the company on the check is not the same that he gave me.

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Valerie Parker HR Manager, she told me they liked my background and thought I would be a good fit for their organization. So, she offered me the position of Virtual Assistant working from home. Then she put me in contact with Jennifer Embrey who was to oversee my training. Then things started to get strange. Jennifer had me communicate with her on Telegram. She then stated that they were transferring 9800 into my checking account through direct deposit. Because of my bank situation things took longer then expected, then she asked me to help pay for the items I would need to setup my office here at home, so without thinking it was strange I went ahead and sent her a total of 2850 thinking that they were going to reimburse me my money once the deposit showed up in my account. When the money did not arrive, I decided to try and reach Jennifer and Valery and neither one of the ladies responded to me and Jennifer's Telegram feed was deleted. That is when I decided to do my own research and found out that I am not the only one that this has happened to.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Texted over text messaging and told to use Signal messenger to talk to Scott Henrickson. offered me a job, made me deposit a check they sent, eventually would have wanted me to buy electronics using their own vendor. On Signal messenger used the name "Scott Henrickson" with the number 1-214-688-9955.

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- Bayville, NJ, USA
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I was contacted regarding an online customer service job, I had applied to a few online. She asked me to do an interview via Skype. I did, thinking they would be live but it was all messages. I went through the questions and answered them thinking it was a screening process. She said she had to submit it to the HR Dept and would get back to me in a few minutes. She did and said I was hired, and I knew it was a scam so I played along. She said I needed to get equipment that they would send a check to me to cover the cost, and that I would receive an Apple computer. I received the check, $4500 for approximately $500 worth of equipment. The check came from Gordon AJ in Doylestown, Pa. The check is drawn on Advance Packaging Co. Operating Account in Brooklyn, NY. With letter with another email of Jeremy.McCoy@accountnt,com phone 732-963-8294 with some instructions. I was told to provide a copy of the deposit so I created a fake one and sent that. I'm supposed to purchase the equipment tomorrow and wait for further instructions. I can provide them with fake purchase receipts, but I would like to turn this over to the ScamPulse.com so that you can proceed or let me know how to proceed.

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They reached out to me saying I was hired as a full time remote employee for an editing position. My interview was all done through Microsoft Teams messages. Once being hired, I was assigned a team lead, and my lead would give me pre-training assignments to do. He then sent me an electronic check that had extra funding and a sign on bonus, and I was requested to use this funding to get work equipment. But the check itself was very strange looking, and I found out that they didn’t have the right amount of digits for the routing number on the check provided. That’s how I knew it was a scam. When I first raised my concerns to the scammers before figuring it out; they said it was by a vendor and tried to reassure me. I even told them that I would verify the check before depositing it, and they never fought me on it or being aggressive. They were calm through the whole situation.

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A number said that my application was viewed by HR after sending out my resume on Indeed and various hiring sites for a remote data entry clerk job. A person in the name of “Jesse Villiers” conducted the interview and conversation on Microsoft Teams. They proceed to go over hiring benefits and asked for my information. I received a check for $1970 for getting equipment for the job. My credit union then received a fraud alert from my account where it was revealed that the check I got was not by Atlantic Trust Bank PLC, but by Andrews Distribution Co of North Texas LLC and they notified my check being wrongfully used. This means that I was given a faulty check and that this company was not real. I’m reporting the people responsible to prevent more people from taking sensitive information from others.

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