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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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The money lost was from an attempt of supposedly using an image from my social media. The image would then be painted for a supposed client and a copy would be sent to me along with the payment in cashiers check which would be shipped to me. The check was then mentioned to split between I and the 'painter' and send to them. They wanted me to use Zelle to send the money deposit so it was authorized and sent.

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- Dracut, MA, USA
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I have all the texts from this evil person. I changed my phone number because of this situation in the past. At 8:28am this morning, I did get a response via text message saying that I should be on Skype soon. I will definitely copy EVERYTHING I HAVE ?? and upload it , and send it GLADLY!! FOR SOME REASON, ITS NOT LETTING ME UPLOAD ANYMORE SCREENSHOTS. I HAVE THEM ALL!! This person has the address of my residence, my mother’s house!!

My mom lives here.

I got a text from HIRING MANAGER on Thursday, 3/16/23, saying that I was accepted a job. I didn’t realize I received it until 3/21/23. I received another one on 3/17/23, in which I responded and got an email stating if you have zoom do this , Skype do that. So , I had Skype . My phone goes off on Sunday. It’s the Hiring Manager. Odd…But I have had someone call me from an agency before on a Sunday so.? The interview ( only by text) was 2 ? Hours long. It sounded legit. When they said I had a job I was elated and so happy, because I just found out on Friday that I don’t have a job to go to . My kids were looking up the website, saying that’s unreal, too good to be real and believe. So I “ started “ the fake job on Monday with doing Task #1. I had to write a “minimum” two & half page document about how to develop administrative assistant skills and the best tips for handling administrative duties. I had nothing to lose. Thought it was odd, but it’s from NYC, a city that never sleeps, haha , so I did it. I really concentrated on the spelling and making sure the first letters weren’t capitalized in the document. It had to be from WORD. Received a great response saying it was good. Then I got another text saying they were going to send me a check and asked if I had a printer. I do, but no ink, I told them, they said you can go to your local library. I did. I put it through my phone app. My kids were helping me with this stupid project, Afternoon, evening comes around, I m thinking about the check, and it’s really weird that someone you haven’t even talked to or even met would send you a check. I did scammed in November 22. I only put in 5.00 in the bank. Because I had an feeling. Always trust your instincts. Now I owe 5550.00 I’ll pay it , I’m mad as freaking hell, but I’ll pay it. This one has my license. Fraud alert on my credit. A mess because I changed my phone number, I haven’t called the credit bureau with my new number yet. Everything is a mess. Tuesday. 8:00 am or so, good morning, first thing they say is please check the availability of the check . I knew then it was a scam, but I did the task #2, another document about what is an administrative budget? What is an administrative fellowship? How to choose the best administrative education, and lastly, What is an administrative service manager? Minimum 3 hours. Did it sent it, said he’d be back in 36 minutes! NOT 34, or, 35, but 36. Who says that?!? I called the bank because I had checks I had to deposit, but my mobile deposit wasn’t on my account. So I did that while I was sitting there waiting for my”scam score “. He came back about 12:21 pm!!! The score was good, I was 5 minutes late getting it in, I didn’t bother to fix the letters on the left side. So, the lady at the bank said I would have to go in. I said ok. I went there and the check was fraudulent. The manager showed me 5 FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS. I have the check. They have a copy. There was a police officer in the bank. But I did not go to the police because I got it before anything happened. I filled out a form there, spoke with the fraudulent person over the phone. She said I can’t have the mobile deposit app on my phone anymore for my protection. That’s frustrating and annoying to me because I can’t stand doing something like driving somewhere if you can do it online. Simple. Done. Awesome. It is what it is. I’m glad I am doing this. I hope I have helped in any way. I’ll send the screenshots soon…I’m on my iPhone now , it’s so small!! That was it. I deleted Skype last night after taking screenshots of the texts. I blocked them on my email as well. He texted me this morning at 8:28, saying I should be on Skype shortly. Then nothing!!! The end!??

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I was contacted by someone who claimed they found my email from Backstage (a website used my actors to submit to theater, film and tv work). I use backstage regularly and have never had an issue. I was contacted by someone claiming they needed to resume, which has my phone number and other personal information on it. I refused to send them anything until they told me what project they were referring to. They then responded with an email alleging that they wanted me to work on a photo shoot where I would be paid $4,000 but that I would need to first pay for my own wardrobe ($500) to be sent directly to a stylist. They said they would then send me a check to reimburse me. This is clearly a scam where they intend to send a fake check that will bounce and result in me being out the money they sent. They have targeted multiple actors and we are all unsure of how they got our email addresses to begin with.

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- Annapolis, MD, USA
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Applied for Data Entry Clerk on LinkedIn and was responded-to very quickly via email. Was given onboarding instructions and told to make a Telegram account (a red flag) to communicate with the person who was supposedly training me. They also said they would cover the cost of office equipment needed and sent me an email with a password-protected PDF of a check that they wanted me to print out and mobile deposit into my bank.

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- Mount Vernon, NY, USA
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I was contacted via text by Theresa Ewing stating that she was from Norman Regional Health System. I was offered 3 positions as work from home. I was then sent an email from [email protected] with the full job descriptions and break down. I was then asked to download Microsoft Teams app and then to complete an online interview questionnaire. In all of this back and forth I had never spoken to anyone via phone or zoom meeting. I've also never heard of any company hiring in that way. I was set to have an interview the following day at 9am which I was then sent an email confirming a job offer with an employer confirmation code# NRHS-4579WM|F\T. After Jefrey confirmed my employer confirmation code he continued on by providing a list of information and then stated that I would be receiving a check "emailed" to me in order to purchase the equipment. That was an immediate red flag. Including him asking how much of a mobile deposit am I able to make. The "HR Department" sent over regular working forms and when I inquired when I hadn't spoke to anyone over the phone or via zoom I was advised that all of that would happen once I filled out the forms and everything was sent back.

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- Central Islip, NY, USA
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The told me they’d have someone wrap my car and that they were going to be sending me a check and I would take out my own cut and then pay the specialist but everything that I was reading. Once you get to the bank to check bounces and you end up owing your bank however amount said.

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I'm copying the email conversation.

The jobs is contract and you will be working 6 hours weekly. But You can

do the jobs anytime you are free from your full time jobs. what is

really important to us you must complete the 6 hours weekly.

We received your interest and I am please to tell you that the

position has been assigned for you and I am rest assured that you are

eligible to take up the position. This virtual assistant position

requires a printer and a licensed booking software, All instruction and

how and where to purchase the supplies, Such as licensed booking

software and as well as the printer with the papers will be sent to you

via your email once the payment is sent, A paycheck of $2950 will be

sent to you which will cover:

* Your first week pay of $400

* The money for the printer and papers

* The money for Licensed booking software.

The printer, papers and licensed booking software will be sent to your

address The printer and licensed booking software are essential to

perform the virtual assistance task successfully. Kindly send your full

name as it should be on the check, we will need your valid mobile number

to contact you whenever we have important information to share with you

and full address of where the check should be sent to, Note that address

must be a valid and correct phone numbers.

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The woman first reached out to me on iMessage claiming that she found my resume on LinkedIn. At first I did not think anything of it because I had been applying to jobs with that title. Her name was Heather Wright and she claimed to work for Trotter Biotech Solutions. She was offering a job titled “data entry clerk” that paid $27 per hour. She stated that in order to get equipment for the job, the employee would have to deposit a mobile check. The check was obviously declined and she stated it was because “the check reached its deposit limit and to deposit another check over $5000 because the deposit couldn’t be less than that.” They used the legit company name and website but created fake emails and telegram accounts to communicate with those they were trying to scam. Once you tell the “HR Assistant” Heather that you know it’s a scam, or even show any concerns, she stops replying to you.

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Jacob tanks the hiring manager interviewed me and told me I was a good fit for work at home customer service representative call center position when he told me that I had to get my own supply she said that the company would supply me with the supplies but I had to go get them he deposited or sent me a check so that I could deposit it in my account and then asked me to go and get a whole bunch of money orders and cash them out and send the money order pictures to him when I did so my bank turned around and told me that the check had bounced in my account and I was still responsible for the funds I'm very upset I'm mortified that a company or that individuals would take advantage of people who are actually just looking for honest wage and I think the government should do something about this because I think it is very ridiculous that individuals have to be subject to this nonsense

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Remote work scam tried to send me a fake check.

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I received and email about working remotely from home at a crazy high pay rate. They also asked for all of my personal information including bank info in the initial email for "paycheck purposes". I didn't respond. I googled the email address and the company and found that they have been scamming people and paying them with fake checks with a different company name on them.

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Currently I have an entertainment business profile on Allcasting. The purpose of the website is to find acting jobs for the individual submitting to online auditions. This website is very open to scammers, so when you apply for jobs, you have to proceed with caution. I recently applied for a "commercial deal" to supposedly represent a popular money transfer app. I signed a fraudulent memo deal with this individual thinking that they were legit. They are currently disguising themselves as a production assistant for summit nine media. On the contract, they explained that since Covid hit, they are allowing applicants to create a commercial at home with a false written script, speaking on the said money transfer app. They explained further that the compensation money would be sent via check in increments, depending on every stage completed for the commercial. Well the scammer sent over a fraudulent check to me, via email for the amount of $499. Once I tried to deposit the check with my signature, the bank quickly detected that it was fraudulent, sent the check back and initially removed the $499 from my account. I was fortunate enough to get my money back within a day or two, but this individual tried to threaten me via phone, asking me to return "their money" back. I quickly called my bank to let them know what happened and I tried going to the police to file report against this scammer, but was told that since no money was taken out of my account I was unable to file the police report. Please be very careful when signing anything where your information can be compromised. If the person is unable to speak with you face to face, and has no proof of working at said company, then don't take the chance of moving further with anything. This is what the initial posting read:

"Thanks for your response as you have been selected to participate in our product awareness project for our client Zelle/Cash App/PayPal. As we navigate through the unique challenges posed by COVID-19, our client Zelle/Cash App/PayPal is making many households aware of its platform which will be used for convenient transactions and we'll like to highlight this with a self-tape feature which will be collected from various models to be used collectively for the upcoming awareness project.

The concept of this shoot is as follows: Make a video of yourself at home, saying these words out loud "Can't remember when last I used my debit card because nothing is as comfortable as making payments to my family and friends with my Zelle/Cash App/PayPal (you've to say the one that's attached to your bank) and you know what, I can use it from the comfort of my home/office too without the fear of compromising my personal details, so go get yours now". This is the first part of the video.

To enroll with Zelle if you don't have one go to www.zellepay.com, cash app/PayPal from your android or play store and once you're enrolled, you can send money using your banking app. Once you're done saying the words, you're required to do another video showing you transferring money using Zelle/Cash App/PayPal.

Note: A check for $3600 will be sent to you after receipt of your signed memo. $3000 is assigned for use when filming the self-taped video and $600 is your part payment for the shoot and of course your remaining pay for this shoot will be issued after receipt of the self-taped video.

Usage license:

Media - All media, including print, digital and online

Usage- Editorial, website, social media, PR & publicity (Including placed advertising or merchandising).

We have already contacted a couple of models and we'll be booking them as soon as they confirm their participation. If you are interested in participating in the shoot then kindly confirm your full name, physical address, city, state, zip code and phone number. A deal memo will be sent to your email following receipt of your confirmed details."

Best regards* ***** ******

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I had accepted a job from a Florida business woman to be a property advisor on 9/28/2022 received a fake check which was a assignment with the woman

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“Clear Quality Productions” hired me for an at-home Covid-19 safety filming gig. They tricked me into depositing a fraudulent check into my account that I then sent money over Venmo to someone who was meant to be my stylist

This is not a real company.

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This "company" reached out to me VIA email as well as text message due to them looking for employees to represent their "company". They have asked for my personal information, such as, my SSN, my bank information, and my internet provider. This "company" is a scam, due to the fact that i was hired on the spot and the interview was through VIA text messages and emails. They have also sent a fraud paycheck to my bank branch, therefore, my bank account was temporarily restricted. They also wanted me to deposit a fake paycheck into my bank account that was sent to me through mail.

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