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- Chicago, IL, USA
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All I have right now is that the business had originally told me that they were going to be using Webex to communicate with people. They are making a position titled "Personal Assistant" and saying it is a virtual position. Within this, the hiring process, they send you a confirmation email to confirm information and connect you with a internship manager who you connect with through webex. The work they had me do consists of organizing personal information from resumes into a spreadsheet/word document. They did not take my personal information at the beginning other than resume and drivers license. Anytime I would ask more questions about the position the answers would be vauge as well as I could not seem to get in contact with anyone outside of my direct internship manager. I had to sign up with an account on WISE.com to begin to "learn the investing process" my account on wise was suspended and then they had me try to set up a account with Truist and at one point mentioned that I would need to input my own money and they would reimburse me at which point I contested and then requested a virtual meeting to discuss this with them and a manager, they have not gotten back to me on that yet, but all my research has been showing this phone number/website/address does not link up to this actual company

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- Waldorf, MD, USA
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This company had me working for them Sept 5 2023 up until Sept 26 for going on three weeks and never sent me the correct documents to receive compensation and the address to their office leads to a country golf club when I asked could I pick up my check I was told no one is there for me to do so very rude and unpredictable

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- Norman, OK, USA
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Find job on Craigslist and Was offered a job through Craigslist, worked for two weeks and was told waiting for check from insurance company and haven’t heard from Al Killian since. Called and texted multiple times

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- Norman, OK, USA
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I was hired for a position.

Was given a schedule.

Worked 28.5 hours to be paid $15 and told its a “commission only” position. I was under the impression, if you are given a schedule by an employer, said employer is legally required to pay hourly wage for said schedule.

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It was my wife who was looking for job work from home. Scammers texted her and set everything on whatsapp number. They call their company Cambridge Mobile but their domain was cambridgeyobile-oi.com. That was the start. They make my wife invest 100USD everytime with Newton wallet and then make her buy ETH and then they provide her a 20word long address to transfer money to their Cambridge Mobile workbench. So everytime they stop the task for her and make her deposit 5000USD, 7500 USD, 16000 USD, 20000USD and 10000USD. and now they ask for 16000USD for personal Tax.

I am totally emptied up now and they gave me time till tonight. Yesterday I went to the Police station and tell them everything. Please Help Us to get the money back. I have already saved all the files and chats they send us

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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The problem is the text that I rec'd this morning was from a Mr. Harell ********** at the phone number of ************ which does not show up as Quantum Constellation Technology, who he said that he was a hiring agent for. I had a microsoft teams interview with a Mr. Robert **** who stated that the address is Suite 1006, 365 Little Collins St, Melbourne VIC Australia 3000 but that they are trying to get into the United States in the state of California. I tried to call the number back that I rec'd a text from and just goes to voice mail. I left a message this morning. Tried to call from a different phone and was asked to leave a message again did not state who the number was or anything else. Mr. Robert **** has asked me to contact him by microsoft teams again at 9 a.m. cst in the morning.

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- Quakertown, PA, USA
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Received this text message:

Hello! I am Tamara Rosa, a recruiter from Tarsier® Pharma. We have reviewed your resume for the Data Entry Representative position. The pay rate for this position is $35.75 per hour, with training provided at $20.75 per hour. This is a work-from-home job. Let me know if you are interested.

Then this:

The interview for this position will be conducted online via TEXT on Telegram Messenger. Our company's board will review our conversations to evaluate your performance and determine your status. To proceed with the interview, please download the Telegram Messenger application from your app store or online. Once you have done so, kindly let me know. Thank you!

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To proceed with your interview, please add the Hiring Manager on Telegram using the username https://t.me/timothywilliamshr Once added, kindly send a message to the Hiring Manager. Thank you!

Answered a series of normal interview questions via Telegram App. Was “hired” right away and then asked for email followed by financial institution. I gave email, but stopped there as it was a major red flag at that point.

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- Bronx, NY, USA
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I was reached out via email from a Samson Alvin and had Adventhealth in the signature. They told me they liked my resume and if I wanted to schedule an interview reach out to the Bryan Gibbs via microsoft teams. He conducted the interview via instant message. He gave me the address of the hospital and told me what they represent and the job duties. Later that day they told me i was hired. He told me he was going to be sending a check to purchase the work materials because it was a remote job. I received it and deposited it into my account. The bank was truist bank. I calles them to verify the check and they told me hospitals use this bank so I thought it was legit. I also received hire documents. They requested front and back picture of my ID and a photo of myself for my work ID. I sent that and completed the applications which included my ss #. Bryan Gibbs instructed me to send money to different people via zelle & paypal but i thought it was to the vendors who were going to send me the work materials. Later on I called the hospital and asked for the hr person I got the hire documents from and was told she didnt send it, that they weren't even hiring for the position i was hired for. So it was all a scam. Fraudelent. I put freezes on my credit accounts, activated fraud alerts and got lifelock.

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- Salinas, CA, USA
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I desperately need a job. I answered a job add on indeed and after a few emails and a phone interview I googled them cause it seemed too good to be true. I was right.

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- Miami, FL, USA
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I was approached by a Sandra Chopra via text message about a job offer, I thought nothing weird because my resume is public on indeed and she said she found it there before I even mentioned it. Then she says to download the SIGNAL app to talk with a talent acquisition manager. I talked to a David Roberts and we did an interview via messages on that app. The questions were really interview like so he told me I got the job and told he was going to send me a job offer. In the meantime I looked in google about this FLOWER INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES AB. They had a LEGIT website with the "people" that work there with picture and everything and the girl that contacted me via email with the W4 and the job offer was there in the website so they really thought this through. I unfortunately sent back the W4 with my personal information and they kept sending me these tasks to do every day such as responding questions about my experience. Then they said they are going to send me a check for the materials and when I received them I saw 2 checks for around $5k each and the sender on the package was OLD NAVY? I am like what? I asked them and they said that they have many affiliates that owe them money and this is their way of paying. Of course from that moment on I played dumb and they were pushing me to deposit the checks that same day because they were going to report how quick I completed the task. So I told them that if I had time that day I would do it if not I would do it by next day and they said oh if you can't go to the bank do a mobile deposit. So I never deposited the checks and I wouldn't like to know what would have happened if I did. I ended up ripping them off and throwing them away.

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- Washington, DC, USA
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Below is a copy and paste of the email I received. I did not contact anyone prior to the email about employment. Let alone with the company that they say they are representing. I have received several emails from that domain all with the same format. They have (999)999-9999 as my contact number and they were asking me to confirm my number for the hiring manager.

"Hello First Name,

We appreciate your interest in a position with our company. We would love to set up an virtual interview to go over the position, as well as get to know more about you.

Here is this week's availability:

Thursday, September 21st at 10:30AM.

Please confirm if this works for you

In case the hiring manager needs to reach out to you prior to your interview, please confirm your phone number: (9999999999)

Thank you again for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Our company name is The Olu Partners of MD.

If you do not want to be offered further interview options from us, please click here to Unsubscribe

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you."

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- Tallahassee, FL, USA
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Very similar to what was described by others. Email was titled Job Offer and they provided a code I was to give to the hiring manager when I contacted them via a Teams link. I didn't recall applying for the position described, and it was a remote/telework position. It seemed suspicious, and then I noticed the email address. I looked up the company and in the search results it sounded suspiciously like a legit company, until I came across the ScamPulse.com scam warning.

Previously I had participated in a chat interview, supposedly from a job shop which got my resume off of a job board, but the responses were too pat and they didn't balk at conducting it while I was driving, so I dropped the message and blocked the phone number.

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- Edmond, OK, USA
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I received an email from careers.*************** from a recruiter named ****** ******. In order to schedule an interview I needed to create an account on *********. Once I created an account for Larksuite I was contacted by Dwyane Norman via DM. They provided me with the job description and responsibilities and I answered questions about my remote and data entry experience.

***** **** does exist. I attempted to learn more about the dr.com email address and learned that it again does exist. It wasn't until they mentioned the wage and the massive amount of equipment I would receive that I decided this was absolutely a scam. $31.00 per hour and the timezone for hours just so happened to be my own. The long list of equipment that I would receive included printers, monitors, an iPad, and more.

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- Highland Park, MI, USA
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Worked for the company didn't receive payment, blocked every way of contact.

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- Lebanon, PA, USA
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After recieving a text about a Data Entry position I supposedly applied to on Indeed, I recieved an email about setting up an interview with a Chris Reeder on either Skype or Microsoft Teams. I was also instructed to talk to Casey Jones if i had any questions. I did not pursue farther after finding this scam post.

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- Pueblo, CO, USA
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Scam began with an add on a legitimate job search site. I received a call from Greta Rainsford at 516-241-6858 confirming an interview time and providing information for the interview. I then received an email from Kathy Jo Daley with a 'pre-interview questionnaire' that had no way to submit it to the supposed employer. Two minutes before the interview I went to workathomeotb.com and was redirected (as they said I might be) to a different website with a 10 min sales video detailing a MLM scheme and using the fear tactic that AI will take over the world and cost everyone their jobs unless we join this group. Then they presented subscription levels.

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- Albany, NY, USA
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This is the text i received out of the blue never having applied:

Hello (my name) This is Mrs. Judy McDonald from SIG SUSQUEHANNA . Our recruitment team has received your resume approved for the Data Entry/Administrative Assistant/Customer Service Position and we are very pleased with your listed qualifications and would like to conduct an online interview with you. This is a Remote Position and the pay is $30.95 per hour, let me know if you are interested in the position. Thank You.

The positions available are Data Entry, Customer Service, Administrative Assistant, This is strictly an online interview and work from home based job,(8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Monday - Friday; full-time & part-time)... Do you have a problem working from home?

Good, You are required to download the MICROSOFT TEAMS (on your mobile device or PC) and set up an account to contact

MICROSOFT TEAMS:

[email protected]

https://teams.live.com/l/invite/FDAEkDivFZw5OJWvAo

after joing the teams link i was offerd the job after a few brief questions but they were very vauge on the work detail. then when i asked about how the equipment would be provided they stated this...

The funds for the equipment and software will be provided to you by the company via CHECK, make sure you use them as instructed for the software and i will refer you to the vendor you are to purchase them from Okay ?

You will need some Data Entry/ Accounting software and also a time tracker to commence your training and orientation and also you need the software to get started with work... The work of the time tracker is to calculate your hours worked since this is an online work from home. Here are the name's of the software's you will need to start working with are: * Hp laptop with a fast internet connection. * All in One Printer, Scanner, Fax and Photocopier Machine. * BS 1 Accounting software * Microsoft Office and Microsoft Operating Systems ( Service Packs 2 ) * Peach Tree premium 2014 US Patent Single Users Pack * Mini-Office Stationary, and a time tracker software to enable you calculate the amount of time you have worked per day...Clear?

You will be undergoing a 3-day's training and orientation which will commence as soon as you have all working materials this week and you are rest assured that you will be paid for it. You will be fax or email a paper work and a HR document during your orientation and training, you are to fill, sign and send back to us. Clear?

You would be eligible to Benefits after 2months of working with the company, Benefits offered are Reimbursement for Medical Care, Doctor services, Life and Employee Wellness, AD&D Insurance, and 401k plans. Paid Time Off and Holidays with Generous Company Discounts.

You're welcome to our team, we hope to see the best in you and also use this means to urge you to put on your best working attitudes. During your training and orientation I would reach you via e-mail or phone for your position offer-documents and your working papers. Also i will put you through our company's guidelines under US human Resources Laws and Regulations okay.

Who says US human resources laws ....unless your not in the US and your breaking the law in some way. I was alos contacted prior by digiprint via email

Christopher Lee Devault • [email protected]

i realised they must be the same people but this time they used a diffrent platform to reach out to me and they way the conversation would go where very similar language used as before that let me k ow they must be in relation and scamming. saying they will send a check for the software and for me to go to their vendor to use this check to purchase it.

they are using indeed to post fake jobs at a high payrate.

while writing this after i told them im not interested they sent this message..

Once you receive the CHECK, you are needed to have the CHECK deposited into your bank account and once the funds has been made available for use in your account, the funds will be for the purchase of your working software's. I will be here to refer you to the company vendor whom you will be making the purchase from. Understood?

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- Tampa, FL, USA
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Dear Candidate, I received your application and would love to interview you for the available position of Project manager, Logistic Manager Date Entry and Customer Service at Blumberg Capital inc

We would be happy to set up an online screening interview introduced by Better Business Bureau via Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Teams is a messaging program designed specifically for office uses) on your Phone or Computer. Are you available to schedule your interview process now? If yes, kindly go to (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/) on your phone or computer from your App Store or Google Store, then set up an account/workspace with your email OR mobile number to schedule your interview process. Notify me when you are done setting up your account.

This company offers medical and dental insurance, long-term disability, sick leave, life insurance, 401K, and profit sharing are available. The pay for this position is $55.95 Per hour plus incentives.

Kindly contact hiring officer Stanton Green on Microsoft Teams with this ID ([email protected]) to proceed. You are to contact Mr. Stanton Green via Microsoft teams and send him a text to proceed with the interview now or reply to this with your Microsoft teams ID so He can add you up. All communication must be in written form for documentation purposes.

Your verification code is (W-HIP). This would serve as your identification number throughout the on-line hiring process. This is an online work from home and working hours are flexible.

Your swift and timely response matters a lot as this is an immediate hire position. He will be expecting to hear from you soon. We look forward to having you on the team!

Best regards.

Blumberg Capital inc.

https://blumbergcapital.com/

Confidentiality Notice:

This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying, or use of this e-mail or its attachments is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this message and any copies. Thank you.

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- Jamaica, NY, USA
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They offered me employment and provided my SS# and name, but never paid me for my services.

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- Sebring, FL, USA
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I was contacted by Shilpa Pharma Inc via zip recruiter by a representative in their HR department by the name of James Garner. Once interview was completed was offered a customer service role. They sent me an offer letter and requested my driver's license to be sent with signed offer letter on the same day which was sent to them. Then was advised they would be sending me a check for my equipment to be purchased by their selected vendor and be able to start the role. Received check via email the following day in the amount of $1870.45 which they told me to deposit into my bank. It seemed very sketchy so I made sure to remove funds just in case and when I attempted to deposit check into my Cash App, they rejected it stating it could not be verified so then I informed the rep James Garner he stated would get with their HR department and never answered me after that. I have attempted multiple times to reach out with no success or response.

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