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The Advisory Board Company is a best practices firm that used a combination of research, technology, and consulting to improve the performance of health care organizations.
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The next day I received an email from Mrs Bethany Pirttima. Here's her exact message to me:
"Hello, how are you? I am Bethany Pirttima, the head of Recruiting services of Advisory Board Company. I got your email from an employee. Are you ready for the job briefing and interview?"
I told her I am ready, she then proceeded to tell about about the job (exact same job description as what the first person who contacted me told me)."Alright, I am responsible for expanding the venture portfolio of the company and in charge of briefing you about the job position you are yet to occupy and about the company."
.NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE
These are the requirements for the Job...
-National ID or Driver's License Card
-Must be fluent in communication and English / If you are bilingual it's also a good advantage
-Must have a clear criminal charges
-Must be at least 30wpm average
-Must Have A Bank Account For compulsory Direct Deposit payments
-Must be 18 years and above
She then asked me a series of interview questions: (I've copied and pasted all of these from our actual conversation to let people know how sophisticated this scammers have become making you think that it is real and legitimate.)
-What are your full Names, age, Sex and where are you located?
"Welcome to this online interview and before we proceed I will like to explain the meaning of an online interview. An online interview is an online research method in which participants are asked a series of questions, given description of the company and the job position aided by the use of computer-mediated communication tools such as instant messaging, email, or video chat technology, but what we are doing now is the instant messaging method. I hope this is very well understood?"
"The name of the company is Advisory board company and this is the Company's website (www.advisory.com ).Just follow the briefing and you can ask questions when i am through. Let me know when you have finished reading every line. You will be allowed to ask questions later.With each line just respond with an OK or YES...Okay?"
"Advisory board company is a managed technology service provider of quality solutions that meet an individual's long-term healthcare needs and offers financial protection against unforeseen health crisis and expense. Advisory board company is dedicated to build long-term relationships with customers (insured members, insurance companies and other entities which require managed technology services) by facilitating access to high quality and affordable managed care services."
"With an experience of more than two decades, Advisory board company is well positioned as the leading managed technology service organization, specializing in health risk management, in the region. Our services reach beyond mere provision of administrative support for technology products and are enhanced by product design, pricing support, medical risk evaluation, medical management, healthcare provider (network) management, claims management, training and consulting services. As part of Munich Health - one of three business segments of Munich Re (Group) - we are also able to offer risk finance solutions starting from traditional reinsurance products to sophisticated financial reinsurance arrangements."
"Benefits: Health, Dental, Life and AD&D Insurance, Employee Welfare and 401k plans, Paid Time Off, Paid Phone bills off and Holidays with Generous Company Discounts.....That counts after working 90 days with the Company..Okay?"
"Good! The next section of the interview is called question and answer section. You are required to use your own words structure in answering all questions, also you're to end every answer with (DONE) ,Letting me know so i can proceed with my next question And Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Understood?"
•Have you ever had any experience working from home or online before ?
•Are you currently employed ?
•Will you be able to devote 3 or 4 hours of your time or more to Our company ?that is if you are given the chance to work with us?
•What do you understand by privacy and code of conduct?
•In your current or last position, what were your most significant accomplishments?
•How hard working and productive will you be for our company when you start working with us?
.Do you have an idea of how to use ms excel?
.What do you understand by the term "Petty Cash"
.Give me 3 genuine and specific reasons why you should be hired by the company ?
. How do you see yourself fitting in as one of the company co-worker?
• Can you work under pressure?
• What means of Payment do you prefer, Check OR Direct Deposit?
• Do you have a printer, scanner and fax machine
•What do you understand by Disbursement and Reimbursements Of Funds?
• Do you have a credit card?
• What is the name of your banking institute to see if it tallies with the Company's Official Salary Paying Bank, (O.S.P.B)?
• Do you have a Good Credit history/What is your credit score?
• Have you had an online interview similar to this, previously?
•Where do you see yourself five years from now?
After these questions, she told me I got 7 out of 10 pts and that I got the job and told me what my duties are.
"You will receive your duties online everyday and i will always be online to assist you with any difficulties.
Your Primary duties include: Preparation of Balance sheets (Mini), account balancing, invoicing recording,proper data analysis of sales records and recording pay slips into accounting database.
Secondary duties: Now, your secondary daily duties would be to report to your Supervisor, who would be attached to you online, He/She would assign logs of duty daily and you would be required to work according to instructions, using the Microsoft Office tools and the Accounting software.
Your Employment offer letter would be emailed to you tomorrow morning! Okay?
- I received an email the next day with employment letter, W4 form, and a Non-Compete Form for the company. Complete with logo and stamps. She also asked for a copy of my driver's license and any diploma I have.
"To enable you sit for this job position, there are working equipment and software programs which are required for this job position.This is because you will be working from home and you will not be using any of your own equipment due to the new version of software's that is required for this job. This is because you will be working from home and you will not be using any of your own equipment due to the new version of software's that is required for this job.
NOTE: All expenses are handled by the company.
You will need to set up a mini-office at home, the following software programs and Clerical machines are what you will be working with;
> BS 1 Accounting software.
> Myob business essentials software program.
> 3.5 HD Upgrade,9.0,Microsoft Office XP 2019 Standard Upgrade.
> Peach tree Premium Accounting sotware.
> Printer, Scanner and Fax machine.
> Automated time tracker.
- All is to be purchased from a tested and trusted local vendor that serves our employees working online from home, and you will be referred to the vendor to make purchase at the right time.I will give you a short briefing about the time tracker and the rest will be explained to you as we proceed. You will be required to purchase all the items mentioned above to enable you get started with work, this will be regarded as the first task given to you, by the online HR and company's accounting department. NOTE: All Expenses are handled by the company.
- Your training supervisor will call you in regards to your training.. Your working materials will be available next week, so your training supervisor will call you once your working Softwares are available. You will be using Google Hangouts for now and three days time, a link of the company's website will be given to you along with a username and password of the company's website and list of contact phone numbers to all departments will be given to you as well. So for now, all you need is your working Softwares to get started with your training."
- I got connected with Mr Richard Bruno ([email protected]), telling me that he's my supervisor and that I would have to report to him daily for my job duties and tasks to be carried out. He then sent me another interview questions which I answered.
This is where the red flags started:
- The company will get you a business credit card for your transactions with the Company
NOTE: There might be a delay in the delivery of your credit card due to some technical issues FedEx has been Encountering and also the weather conditions is some states. The credit card is being shipped from the Company Head-quarters here
- You will get your Business Credit card within 7-14 days being a Company certified Credit Card...We will be making use of your Credit card for now. And I don’t want you to be worried at all. The payment will be done from the Company account and none of it will be from your personal pocket.
- The company will be making use of your credit card for now so you can get your working equipment as soon as possible and I don’t want you to be skeptical at all
- Remove every bit of skepticism you have within you and trust me Okay
- The company needs to register your credit card accounting information into the financial payment system security data base, also secure your account with the accounting security system, which is done online and to also enable the company track the movement of the company's funds, to avoid the situation of a candidate running away with the company's money. You are advice to take out any available funds you have in it, so you won't say the company tempered with your money or account. The transfer process is completed automatically after being secured into the accounting security and payment system....
- The payment won’t be from your personal funds Okay
- The company will be making a payment into your credit card for now so you can purchase your working equipment today and you will be getting it by weekend.
- Good i need you to provide me with a clear snap of front and back of your credit card with the online information So payment can be made into it and you will head down to the store for the purchase of your working equipment (note that they said I would need to purchase my own equipment to an actual store)
They tried to put $5000 in my credit card but it wasn't working so they asked me for my debit card info which I stupidly gave without a thought. I did asked her why she needed my username and password when they could just transfer the money through my email and she snapped "Is there a problem?"
They did manage to deposit money to my debit card account $1,550 and $1800 the next day. She then asked me to pay $750 to my credit card so it's available to be used for I don't know what, withdraw $800 from my debit card to send via moneygram to Mr Banjo Oreoluwa CITY: Newark STATE: New Jersey ZIP CODE: 07112 and emphasized that i don't have to put any other information, and buy $1800 worth of steam gift cards all in $100 denominations.
I told her I could only withdraw and send $500 because that's my limit on my card so i sent this person $500CAD ($366USD), she even got angry why it's only $366 so i told her that's the exchange rate. The next day I was asked to buy those steam gift cards and had to tell her again that i could only use $500 since it is my limit (per day but i didn't tell her that). She then insisted that there's no limit if I just swiped my card. I told her "Mrs Bethany, card swipe here in Canada has limits in case of cards being stolen or fraudulently used." So she just asked me to proceed with the $500. I was already on my way out to my bank but my gut just kept telling me that this is a scam and thinking about it just screams scam and so many red flags so I did my research and found one on here that is very similar to my situation.
I then emailed her that I no longer want the job and that it is in my best interest to do so because it just screams SCAM. I also sent her a screenshot of the same scam on here. I also changed all my credit and debit card info after as well as called to change my card numbers. She then sent me this: "Let me be honest here with you There are so many scams out there and it has really made it difficult for people to know the difference between a legit job offer and a scam offer The scam companies are now using the exact same techniques of we the Legit company in hiring and its has really made it difficult I don’t know why you still skeptical about this."
I replied: "I was on my way to the bank but then I questioned why I need to go buy those cards now when I'm still waiting for my working equipment? You said you're going to send them to me but why do I still need funds to buy it if you're sending them anyway? If you're a legit company then shouldn't you have done all of the purchasing yourself and just install all the software needed in the computer and send them to me?Also when I sent the moneygram there were so many restrictions you gave me and telling me to just tick the box like you're afraid to put any additional information at all. I'm a part time Cyber Security student and I'm being trained to know the red flags and where to look for scams and this just screams it. If it does turn out to be a scam then shame on me for believing, if not then I will apologize and transfer you back the money that hasn't been used as well as the money taken for my loans. I will contact you once I made sure my bank account is safe in 5-7 business days. Thank you and have a good day Mrs Bethany Pirttima."
And I never got a reply.