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The email below was sent using an email from my school & the letterhead.

Some departments are currently hiring individuals who can assist some of their visiting professors by providing basic admin duties remotely.

The successful candidate will Liaise with staff, other departments, and/or external organizations concerning matters regarding assigned work as well as coordinating with the Director.

Weekly Salary:

$400 ( $350 +$50 for miscellaneous including tax)

For more Information.Contact ([email protected])

with your alternative “email address” as well as your school schedule.

Sincerely,

Melissa Rhodes

Senior investment Director

(909) 366-3151

[email protected]

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I was hired as a account representative by Digi MD. Full on boarding and exchange of information. This was followed by a training period of about 3 weeks which seemed legit. Most communication was through a Telegram app. This included market research, customer service training and a lot of information exchange. I was instructed to receive a wire transfer and to my account and then the money to an account at US bank minus a partial salary for me and expenses incurred. Unfortunately I did it. When my bank reached out to say the transfer was false I realized I had been scammed.

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I have been looking for an at Home job and have sent several applications out. I get this text about a job. They said they were with Q-Corp. I looked them up and they are from Las Vegas. so that seem official. He asked if I could do the interview now. I was away from home so I said no, I would get back to him. He sent a link for me to click on when I was available. So the Next day I clicked on the link and he ask me all the normal questions, just like a regular interview. after that he said he would get back to me about the job offer. He asked me to contact him the next morning. I contacted him the next morning and he said congratulating I got the job. I was thinking, this is too easy. Then he explained the position and how it all works. I was going to receive a check in the amount of $3150.00 I was to take $200 to purchase software and $100 for me as a bonus for signing up, then I was to take the left over funds and deposit it in a shipping account, he will send the info soon. So they can ship my computer & supplies needed for the work from home job. I had a funny feeling that this was a scam. I decided against taking the Job. I hope no one else falls for this.

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Got a job offer for a virtual assistance. Look for them online, but there's no information or even social media. They only have a website that looks kinda suspicious. Their application job is only your personal information, don't include any past job experience.

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I filled a job application on indeed/Ziprecruiter and a number reached out to me with the exact message below.

I'm mily from Procom Recruiting and we're looking for 20+ year olds in Canada to help app developers optimize their apps and upload content to increase visibility, exposure, and app downloads for better rankings in app stores. Work 5 days a week, 60-90 minutes a day, work flexible hours and locations (can be arranged freely), and earn $300-500 CAD per day upon completion. Base salary of C$1000 for working 5 days a week, for more details, please contact the interested Recruitment Leader (Employer), Whatsapp:+12897808846

I reached out to the Whatsapp number :+12897808846 who claimed to be Elsa and shared the below message with me on the job.

Our main job is to upload data for their opentext company's app platform, the nature of this job is *freelance (non-technical, no experience required)* and the only requirement for you to do this job is to have a device with internet access.

As far as working hours and locations are concerned, it's up to you to work on your own time your own goals, which means you can work remotely without any restrictions.

The company's hours are 11:00 am to 22:59 pm Eastern Time. We can do it any time in between. It will only take about 1-2 hours at most.

The person kept guiding me on a step by step approach until my $1,612.20USD got stuck in their system on day 5 of the training, asking me to source of an additional $3,546.9USD to complete the task optimization to enable me withdraw my funds and commision earned.

Thank you.

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I received a text about a position I never applied for with a company called Humatica. I was directed to a Microsoft teams interview where I would need to provide more information ASAP. After googling the company I saw that many others had this experience and had been scammed when they ask for your banking information for direct deposit.

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They found one of my phone numbers on Indeed and reached out with this false job opportunity.

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I was promised a purchasing manager position with high bonus while you using my own credit card to buy for up to $10,000 with the promise of reimbursement. They got a hold of my credit balance and promise to pay them off to start.

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We‘ve examined your current CV and our company choose to ask you to join the employment procedure at our swiftly growing company. The career name is a Logistics clerk at D Vision LLC

Work requirements: reputable;USA citizens only;passionate and cooperative; focused entirely on desired goals;standard skill set utilizing office programs;power to carry deliveries with a weight a maximum of 30 lbs.

The job chores are: examining shipments to figure out if they correspond to the attached invoices; generating activity reports daily; creating data in regards to parcels; getting and sending delivery boxes;

You will be processing mail, testing all of them, and being sure that content is un-damaged. After that, the delivery boxes should be transferred to the end recipient.In case you wish to send the application, kindly react to this particular email with your phone number. The team associate from our HR dept will get back to you at the earliest convenience to schedule a job interview together with you. We will be really glad if you are want to accept this opportunity.

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Indeed post job as a Shipping Agent Remote $3,500 monthly - $42,000 Annual - they made contact through email [email protected] provide some "legit" information about the job and made me to fill a form with basic information and then "you're hired" they used various phone numbers +1 833-42-8824/ +1 786-574-3063/+1 833-247-5293. I person called me for a 15min interview named Paul Weissman, his accent is like his from another language country, not american at all. The company name used is EZ SHIP LLC.

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I applied for a Data Entry Specialist position on LinkedIn. The "owner" replied that they're excited to move further with the application process and provide a cover letter and salary requirements.

I had suspicions and declined the offer. The "owner" emailed the next day and ignored my refusal, stating that the Data Entry Specialist position has been filled, but will re-open in October 2023, and wanted me to start an Executive Virtual Assistant position next week, offering $700/week with a sign-on bonus of $850 after 50 hours worked. If accepted he wanted to conduct a quick virtual interview.

I replied to move forward with the offer. Still, he was "too busy" for a virtual interview, as he is in Ontario, Canada on a business trip, and emailed me basic interview questions instead. Once I replied with the interview answers, he provided a contract, and stated the following:

"We need to set up your home office before giving you access to my emails, expenses accounts, and other confidential resources. I've already discussed with our authorized distributor to make all the necessary office equipment available to you. You'll receive the equipment listed below:

1) Apple Macbook Pro 16" Core i9 2.4GHz 4GB 1TB Radeon Pro 5500M

2) HP Laserjet M577f Laser All-in-One Color Printer

3) Fellowes Proteus 125 Thermal & Cold Laminator, 12.5" Width, Putty (5709501)

4) Powershred MS-450Cs

The following software programs will be installed and ready for your immediate use once you receive the equipment:

1) BS 1 Professional Time Billing 2022.2 Norton ghost 20.1

2) Sage 3000 cloud 2022 (SAGE) US Patent Single User Pack

3) Microsoft 365 Home Premium Word, Power-Point, Excel, and Outlook

4) MyOB Business Essentials Pro

A comprehensive training video will be included in the package to guide you on how to utilize the software programs for your tasks. None of the program is complicated or hard to use, you'll find this to be so after watching the training videos. A time tracking app will also be installed so you can effectively keep track of your hours.

I've instructed my accountant to make funds available to pay the invoice so the distributor can deliver the equipment to you next week. However, the distributor advised that they're having their annual account audit at the moment. In order not to jeopardize their audit process, they are only accepting payments via money orders during the audit period.

For your first task, I will instruct my accountant to cut out a check from my other business account and mail it to you via FedEx to be delivered on Tuesday. The funds will also include your first week pay of $700. Once you receive the payment, you're to get money orders from a post office near you and mail it out to the distributor so they can proceed to deliver the office equipment to you within 24hrs of receiving payment.

Please confirm you'll be available on Tuesday to receive and deposit the check in your account so the funds can be available to carry out the task."

The requests did not make sense, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Stay safe, and God Bless.

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Fake shipping agent job from a job hiring website. contacted by an individual from a miami area code by the name of Paul Weissman of the HR Department. He sent over a google doc job questionnaire

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I was applying for a job that a friend of mine got me hooked up with and the job was for data entry at LAC groups. So I answered allied there questions and they told me I got the job it was data entry I would be making $25 and hour and it was a stay at home job and I could work whenever I wanted. I had to send pictures of my drivers licenses and social security card. So I did because I thought it was a stay at home job data entry. Then they sent me a check for $2000 it was for the softwares I would need for my laptop computer they were going to send me. They wanted me to print off the check and mobile deposit it. But my mobile deposit wasn’t set up yet. So they told me I had to go to the store and buy Apple gift cards and steam gift cards and finally Sephora gift cards I spent a total of $2000 dollars all together on these gift cards and now I believe I was scammed because everyone is saying I got scammed. I’m afraid to even try to deposit this check because I don’t want them to get my bank information because they already got my drivers license and social security card. A girl I went to school with said it was a legitimate job that she works there. And now the person is saying there is a issue with 2 of the gift cards they won’t work

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This company, which hired me as a Supply Chain Operations Manager through Indeed, used my information to open a business and register it with the IRS without informing me. They claimed to have already prepared all the necessary paperwork, insisting that I needed to visit the bank to open an account for the newly created business. They also requested my account information, including the routing number and account number.

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This man calls me & says he's the owner of THRIVE LGBTQ and wants to know if I want to interview for a position I applied for on INDEED. He starts running down my resume and then asks me why I want the position. I immediately could tell from his approach and lack of professionalism & decorum that this was not legit and indeed a scam. I googled the organization while I was on the phone with the " owner ", to find countless others scammed by this fake organization. So I called the " owner" out on being a scam and told him to find another job. He got angry because he wasnt expected to be exposed, and started saying how I shouldnt care about what he does because it doesnt pay my bills. ( doesnt make sense, yes I know) Long story short, he angrily admitted to being a scammer and I immediately went back to my applied jobs to report the fake organization. Turns out they changed there name to Blessing an Dream ( doesn't make sense I know) They have 2 addresses: they claim to be in Columbus Ohio & Bartonsville, PA.

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He tried to say through text message that the $900 were for a down payment and that the checks would be reimbursment and all that. I gave him the 600 after the checks were deposited but soon the checks were returned and the bank told me I was unfortunately victim of a scam

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Hello, This is Dr Johnson Roney Your Info was received for review and approval.

Are you still available for the job of a Remote Executive Assistant?

I work as a Freelance Clinician in the school medical department for students with disabilities.

I was infected with COVID-19 and having some complications, I need a Virtual Assistant to work with me remotely.?

Please introduce yourself and location.

I am presently at the ICU and you will be working remotely with me

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

**Entering of student data and account data by inputting text based and numerical information from source documents within time limits

**Compile, verify accuracy and sort information according to priorities to prepare source data for computer entry

**Review data for deficiencies or errors, correct any generate reports, store, Scan documents and print files when needed and keeping information confidential

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Can you handle this duties perfectly if trained?

The scam was initiated via my college email address asking for applicants to a remote job as a virtual assistant making about $500/week working 4-8 hours. When I asked this doctor for the specifics about where he worked he told me he was in the ICU but yet he just said he was infected with COVID? There is no official business attached to the email offer or the text messages. I cannot even locate a doctor with that name. I knew automatically it was a scam but of course I was intrigued by the offer with my student bills!

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I got a call about 3 weeks ago saying they found me on indeed . And at the time I didn’t think anything of it because I applied for so many jobs . Well they said they was global invest Florida llc the lady asked me about my work performance and told me that I would be answering phone calls , emails , and handling clients concerns . Well that was not the job at all ! They wanted to me to verify my identity on bitcoin cash app app and download a liberty x bitcoin atm app on my phone . They wanted me to send bitcoin currencies ! Also u can never reach anyone when u call it just keeps ringing all the phone numbers that I was provided with them do the same just rings no voicemail or anything . It will go to user busy, so right there I thought that was very odd . I think they are using this company and they are imposters! They are not American they are Arabic something definitely is not right . So watch out for this company please it’s not a legit company

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They made me download an app called "signal" to speak to them and ask for my information.

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I was on facebook and seen an ad posted by Stacey Graham Bradford concerning a work at home data entry position thru a company called Aramark Company. After she told me about the position and what all is entailed she told me to download an app called Telegram and she would have me connected with a Mrs. Lilly the hiring manager of the company. I went thru a bunch of questions that they called it an interview and she told me that I had the job. After all of that she told me I had to send $100.00 for the software programs that would be uploaded onto the laptop that they were going to send me. I sent the money via cashapp at first and it wouldn't go thru so they had me send it thru zelle thru my banking app. She told me that they never got it and they wanted more money well, thankfully I didn't have anymore money to send them. Today the hiring manager wanted to send me a check thru email and told me to keep $200 of the $1,450.00 and once it is sent they wanted me to do a mobile direct deposit. I told the lady no way! I just don't want anyone else to be scammed out of money.

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