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- Lake Zurich, IL, USA • Feb 04, 2024
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I was contacted via text by Mrs. Kathleen Sluga from Sotheby's International Realty Company. She stated my resume was reviewed on CareerBuilder and I was selected for an interview for data entry position. One week training at $18.50 then $35.89/hr after I finish training. They stated it is a work from home position. They asked if I had Microsoft Teams. They gave me a code (SIRC007). I then got on Teams with the HR Manager Francesca Lisk and she asked for the code. We went through a series of questions related to working from home and experience. She also asked for my address and phone number as well as my bank name to see if they are in their "database" for payments to me. She then asked me to hold on while they reviewed by responses. After about 10 minutes, they advised that I was accepted and offered me the position. I am to sign in tomorrow to start the initial training. I will not give out any more information and glad I looked into this but I am afraid they already have too much information.

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- Aurora, IL, USA • Feb 04, 2024
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Received a random text message with this information to get a job. Provided requirements in text seemed like they wanted to get personal information like social security and address.

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" Good afternoon. Sorry to bother you.

We are looking for 1,000 online media workers.

Requirements:

1. Minimum age 25 years old

2. Have a U.S. social security number

3. Work for 30-120 minutes a day

Benefits:

1. Provide paid training

2. Full-time monthly salary: $5000-$8000

3. Part-time daily salary:$60-$180

4. Work from home

5. Flexible working hours

Interested parties please add Job Training Instructor on Whats

http://wa.me/447496535534?efm=oZ8mdZJQew

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- Buffalo Grove, IL, USA • Feb 04, 2024
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On Indeed's job board, I applied for a supposed job with "Grey Space Consulting Inc" in Naperville, IL for a Remote - Data Entry Operator position. I then immediatley got the below email. Due to the request to do an interview with a text app, I was skeptical. Additionally I was unable to find information about Jude Alime (the sender of the email) or the company online. I then reported this job as a false posting on Indeed.

##- Yes! You can reply directly to this email and Jude will get it. Just make sure it’s above this line so we can read it right. -##

Hi (*My name, redacted for privacy*),

Thank you for your interest in Milestone Management Partners, Inc for the Data Entry Operator opening. Your application has been received and reviewed, and we appreciate the effort you put in creating and submitting your resume through Indeed.

To proceed with the recruitment process, we invite you to read the following instructions carefully:

- We offer a competitive hourly pay of $24 along with several benefits, including health/life/disability/dental insurance, AD&D, a flexible paid time-off plan, and 401K plans.

- The interview will be conducted via Signal, a messaging platform that can be downloaded from your Google Play/App Store or downloaded directly from the web. Please add our Hiring Manager Karen Williams ,to schedule an interview with her via Signal. Her SIGNAL ID is (936) 714-4691.

We look forward to meeting you, (*My name, redacted for privacy*).

Regards,

Milestone Management Partners, Inc

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- New York, NY, USA • Feb 02, 2024
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I applied for a job using Indeed. I was notified the company wanted to move forward and that I was to download the app, Signal, and add the phone number I listed as the Scammer phone number who I was told was the Hiring Manager. Once contact was made, they said we would conduct a virtual interview via that app. After we did so, they said I was hired and would move forward with training. They then told me to do the job, I would need to purchase a list of things and to do so, I would be sent a check and then told of a local vendor to purchase those things from. I was sent a check for a large amount of money overnight and told to deposit it into my account. I told them I would absolutely not deposit the check but would be happy to write it over directly to the vendor. I had done no new hire paperwork and the return address was fishy as was the name of the company on the check. I did research on all the above discovered it was a fraudulent check and the person on the return address had been a target of fraud as well.

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- Coal City, IL, USA • Feb 02, 2024
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I'm Madelyn from Indeed International Recruitment Agency (USA) and we're looking for Americans over 20 years old to help hotel booking platforms optimize bookings and reviews to increase visibility and bookings through free training. We offer part-time and full-time flexible jobs working 60 to 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week, with flexible hours and location (based on your own schedule) and a basic daily stipend of $300 to $800. 100 for 2 consecutive workdays, $800 for 5 consecutive workdays, and $1,500 for 15 consecutive workdays. If you earn $3,800 for 30 consecutive workdays, you will receive $6,200 in base salary allowances for one consecutive month. Paid annual leave: In addition to maternity, paternity and other statutory leave. Regular employees are entitled to 5-15 days of paid annual leave. If you are interested, you can contact our employers at WhatsApp+ 13152742626 for more information!

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA • Feb 02, 2024
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hired me on then spot and wanted my personal information and had a interview with me and sent me 4-4 forms and documents to sign but it's really sketchy because they asked what bank am I with and asked if i would like weekly or bi weekly pay and would i want direct deposit and what kind of bank account do i have which that information has nothing to do with my interview but it looks legite but I never applied or even seen anything posting any type of jobs in that nature . Weird

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- Dekalb, IL, USA • Feb 01, 2024
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I was on indeed searching for a remote job. I applied for a company that was for Freeman Tax service and I was sent an email from a Patrick Malone ( [email protected]) tell me that their company HCL Software Devops received my resume from the Freeman's Tax company and they were contacting me for a Remote call center representative position. In that email they provided me with information of benefits that i will be getting like insurance plans, 401K plans, PTO, etc. In that email they also provided me with information to download an app to connect with a hiring manager to get interviewed with a Mr. Allen Sanders. The app was called Signal. and they had a number to reach him. the number is 6782354957. I went ahead and downloaded the app and added the number in the app and contacted Mr. sanders. Mr. Sanders contacted me back and provided me with all the information i needed to know in order to fulfill this position. I interviewed with him and they hired me for the job. He told me to message him the next day at 8am to get more information about my next process. The next day I contacted him through the app and he presented me with information about my next steps. He told me i was going to be given a check from the company to deposit into my account he told me that I needed to deposit a mobile check into my account to get the funds to send to the vendors so i can get my office supplies. They also sent me an email with my welcome letter for my position and even provided me a W4 paper where i had to fill out all of my information like my social security and some other information regarding how much I was making. I fill all those Information out and even signed my name down on the welcome letter. I did also find it suspicious he was texting me important information I needed to know on the phone. when i tried to ask him when will i speak to someone he kept going around it. Eventually he finally called me and this man sounded like a Black African Nigerian man with a strong accent. Once I received the mobile check in my email he told me I needed to print it out and deposit into my account ASAP. I didn't think much of it so i deposited the first check that was 4,550. The money that deposited into my account was 500. He tried to make me cash app that 500 to someone named a Nina Carter( cash app tag $1Sh3) and when I asked him who that was he said she was a supervisor. The payment wasn't processing through and he tried to make me cash app the payment to a Louis Collins ( cash app tag $loufrmda616). Since the payment's weren't processing through he made me buy the money in Bitcoin and send it to this bitcoin chain. The 500 was sent through there. He told me we will have to wait until the 4,000 was processed the next day so we waited. The next day we processed 1,500 through bitcoin on cash app and then we sent another 1,000 to bitcoin again. After we did this payment he told me the company was going to be sending me by supplies by Wednesday and I would get my tracking number by the end of the day. I still did not receive a tracking number for none of the shipments. He told me they will be emailing me another check so i can process it through my account and send more money to the vendors. While all of this is happening I was getting suspicious because he did not send me any vendors names. I tried to ask him and he was just going around my questions. He finally told me that the company name was Genentech Software Developer Limited for the vendor. They even emailed an invoice of the supplies i would be getting with the 4,000 they had me sent. Everything looked so real and seemed super legit. they tried sending me another check for 4,980. and that i had to wait until it processed. he made me wait until 7am to process the money and send it to bitcoin. On Monday my account went into the negatives on Monday January 29th. I told Mr. Sanders about it and he said that they are talking to my bank and taking care of it. He lied because I spoke to my Bank and they told me they did not speak to anybody regarding my account being in the negatives. The check processed to my account but only 900 was available because my bank took the 4,000 since my account was in the negatives. He told me to just deposit another check they were sending me for 5,200. He even told me once this check process i could keep 3,500 for myself since the process was becoming so stressful. I tried to process the amount. but it did not go through because my bank flagged it and returned the check. I figured this was a scam because my account went into the negatives again on Tuesday night January 30th. I kept calling Mr. Sanders and he kept hanging up after i told him my account was in the negatives and he told me that he was in a meeting which he was not at 8pm at night? He ghosted me that night. the next morning i reached out to my bank and explained the entire situation and i went to the police station and filed a police report. The Mr. Sanders man is still trying to reach me till this day. He keeps calling me and texting me.

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- Sandy, UT, USA • Feb 01, 2024
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$29/hr job doing customer service

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Feb 01, 2024
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I was using indeed and other online platforms to receive more source of income due to lost of employment and then I got this message via email.

Internal Revenue Service® received your resume in respect of our AD for the position of Customer Service Representative posted on Indeed. Based on your Experience, Happy to inform you that you're among the applicants shortlisted for an online interview.

You're to contact the Corporate Recruiter Danielle Bethune-Bergeron On Email at ( [email protected] ) to confirm your availability for the interview and acknowledge the receipt of this email. You will receive your Application Form from Danielle right after you confirm your availability. Your swift and timely response to this position matters a lot. Contact Danielle Bethune-Bergeron to let her know your Availability period. Have a great day ahead.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

All the best

HR TEAM

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA • Jan 31, 2024
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I received an email about being invited to interview for a company called Bosons Consulting Group for a data entry position. I set up an interview with someone on Microsoft Teams that goes by the name of Joshua Fitzgerald, who I am uncertain is or is not a real person. Afterwards they interviewed me through chatting, no video calls or anything. They said I passed the interview and then sent me an offer of employment. Afterwards they said that they will send me a check to use to purchase work equipment such as a printer, laptop, etc.. After the check arrived I took it to the bank that it says it was issued from and they marked "refer to maker" and said that it seems like a scam. I also researched more and saw that in the top left of the check they were using the name of someone named Diane M. Matousek, it also said she worked as a Clerk of Circuit Court. I googled this person and found that she had actually been deceased since 2018. No personal information was given and the check was never deposited or signed

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- Royse City, TX, USA • Jan 29, 2024
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Job posting on Indeed led me to submit my resume. The next day I received an email that instructed me to download the Signal App and contact Pamela Graham at (216) 250-1876 for an interview. Once I added the app and reached out the end user asked a few questions about my eligibility and work history, then said I was hired and would need a lot of equipment. I was told I will receive a check to purchase said equipment from their vendor. I’ve never heard of an employer handling business this way. I was not asked to fill out an I-9, provide ID, no camera was used only text via the app. No one asked for account payment info or for my social security number to validate who I am.

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Jan 25, 2024
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Tempting offer on Facebook via TikTok. Make $100. Per day via AI.

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- Salt Lake City, UT, USA • Jan 25, 2024
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I was messaged about a at home job working with Aston Carter company, they wanted me to answer questions first some of them were suspicious like which bank I used and if I had a credit card. Then they wanted me to use id.me to verify my identity, which I did after that wanted me to screen shot my tax history page and screen shot my IP Pin number to them. They said it was for verifying my identity. But there is no reason a company needs those things. So searched for the company on better business bureau and there was nothing.

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- Wheeling, IL, USA • Jan 25, 2024
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I was approached by email with an offer for a Remote System Administrator at Select Water Solutions. After a short interview sent as an attached word document I was offered a full-time position. There were no phone numbers or HR person's name. I was required to send a photo of my driver's license and buy lots of equipment for the home office. This will be reimbursed later by the check. All communications were by email. When I asked for his phone number - he disappeared.

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- Midvale, UT, USA • Jan 24, 2024
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The create a fake job profile at careerbuilder.com and then steal names, addresses, ss#, and phone, and was about to get my bank account when I realized this is fraud.

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- Cicero, IL, USA • Jan 24, 2024
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A job doing sports app analytics, for 22$ an hour. I asked for the company name did a search found their information ( https://search.sunbiz.org/Inquiry/corporationsearch/SearchResultDetail?inquiryty...⇄ ) . I texted him in French thank you for the opportunity. He replied with slurs .

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- Ames, IA, USA • Jan 22, 2024
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The conversation was identical as listed above! I thought it was legit until they were going to send me money to buy items for my home office. It was a red flag for me. I copied and pasted into google search and here it was.

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- Clearfield, UT, USA • Jan 20, 2024
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I signed up for this website to do mirco-tasking through a link I signed up and did all the steps in order to be able to cash out i get to the point of cashing out they say its a review process i get my date that the money is supposed to be sent to my cash app the comes and all of sudden something is going on with their processor so the date changes to something further away i had two that was supposed to be in my account and both of the dates changed and i really need this money i have not paid rent for this month facing things being turned off and i have lost so much because i was expecting this money to come to my account i have reached out to them 3 times and no response i am supposed to get the money on the 24th but i highly doubt it will come i do not think this is fair or right i did all this promotion and nothing

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- Henefer, UT, USA • Jan 19, 2024
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Originally, I was contacted by text to my phone. I was told that they would like to interview me for a job. They would like to conduct the interview via MS Teams.

I downloaded MS Teams, and contacted them with the link I had been sent the next morning.

The interview was conducted by a Mrs. Charlotte Armstrong.

She asked questions about my work background, and told me the job duties for the position of a Date Entry Specialist/Administrative Assistant.

I was asked if I had a cell phone, and the cell phone company, she asked if I had Internet, and the Internet Company. She asked if I had a scanner/copier/fax/printer, and if the printer were a laserjet printer. I answered each question honestly.

I was told the position paid $40.00/hour and $25.00/hour during the training with would take 5 days.

I was told what the benefit package included.

I was asked if I could perform the job duties.

I was told that they would like to offer me the position.

I accepted.

I was told that there was certain office equipment, supplies and software that I would need, and that they would cover those expenses, and would send me a digital check to cover those supplies. I was told that I would need to cover my own stationery and other office supplies. I was asked for the amount of the maximum dollar limit allowed to be deposited into my account. I called my bank to ask some questions, and to be sure that the funds deposited would be for no other purpose than to make this business transaction.

She told me that they had issued me a digital check, and to please use my mobile app to deposit the funds to my checking account. I checked my e-mail and there was a digital cashier's check drawn on Terrabank, NA 3191 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33145 for the sum of

$2,452.45.

I was unable to upload the check using my mobile app. I told her this, and she asked if I had a different financial institution that I could use? (I did not see that last question, so did not respond to it.

I told her I could take the digital check to my bank, for a direct deposit and she told me not to do that, that they would send a hard copy check on Friday.

I was told that I had been hired, and to check my email for my New Hire Paperwork. I did that, and filled out all of the information, including my name, address, phone number, SSN, Bank Routing Number and Account Number. Also for the health insurance coverage, my 2 emergency contacts and their contact information as well as my doctors name, address and phone number.

They emailed me a New Hire Paperwork Packet, which I filled out and returned.

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- Chicago, IL, USA • Jan 18, 2024
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They offer a job as an hotel view optimizer of Vrbo. You have to deposit money in the form of crypto to start a job. Then they keep adding negative balances to your account and ask you to add more money to get it all.

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