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Employment - Fake Check - Equipment Purchasing Scam Reports & Reviews (9)

- Waddy, KY, USA • Feb 07, 2024
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Applied for an online work from home job, got an interview and was hired. I signed a contract and filled out a W-4 and direct deposit form. They sent

me a check and told me to deposit it as i would need said funds to purchase software for the job. The next day I was told that I needed to buy an Apple Card to pay for software. I did not do that! I called my bank instead and they confirmed it was most likely a scam. The check bounced and I was notified by my bank. Luckily I didn’t fall for that part but they do have my private information.

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- Katy, TX, USA • Nov 03, 2023
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This company "claims to be hiring for work from home jobs", positions such as Executive Administrative Assistant. They take you through a series of questions, before they determine your eligibility for hire. They make it sound really good, but there is no Zoom meets, I never saw anyone, I never filled out any paper work, as far as the application I did not submit any hiring credentials. It really wasn't until they wanted me to deposit a check into my account to purchase the EQ. That is when all RED FLAGS went up! Typically when you work from home the company will send you all of your EQ. I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON ALERT! THIS COMPANY IS PLACING ADDS ON ZIP RECRUITER.

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- Nashville, TN, USA • Oct 10, 2023
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I was promised a position and the moment i knew it was fake was when they said they would mail me a check to cover equipment costs. I also have a screenshot of the email as well. This website will only allow me to upload one image

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA • Sep 18, 2023
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Fake job offered. Scammer send me a check for $6895.44 to get Equipments like a computer, printer etc- check attached. I deposited check on a new account and later found out check bounced. But, before check bounced scammer tries to get me to foot the bill for the equipments. I said no! why should I foot the bill. I informed him that we should wait until the check clears. This was a red flag, another red flag was when I found out the check bounced I noticed that the company on the check is not the same that he gave me.

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• Aug 24, 2023
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I was contacted by

Valerie Parker HR Manager, she told me they liked my background and thought I would be a good fit for their organization. So, she offered me the position of Virtual Assistant working from home. Then she put me in contact with Jennifer Embrey who was to oversee my training. Then things started to get strange. Jennifer had me communicate with her on Telegram. She then stated that they were transferring 9800 into my checking account through direct deposit. Because of my bank situation things took longer then expected, then she asked me to help pay for the items I would need to setup my office here at home, so without thinking it was strange I went ahead and sent her a total of 2850 thinking that they were going to reimburse me my money once the deposit showed up in my account. When the money did not arrive, I decided to try and reach Jennifer and Valery and neither one of the ladies responded to me and Jennifer's Telegram feed was deleted. That is when I decided to do my own research and found out that I am not the only one that this has happened to.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Texted over text messaging and told to use Signal messenger to talk to Scott Henrickson. offered me a job, made me deposit a check they sent, eventually would have wanted me to buy electronics using their own vendor. On Signal messenger used the name "Scott Henrickson" with the number 1-214-688-9955.

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- Bayville, NJ, USA
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I was contacted regarding an online customer service job, I had applied to a few online. She asked me to do an interview via Skype. I did, thinking they would be live but it was all messages. I went through the questions and answered them thinking it was a screening process. She said she had to submit it to the HR Dept and would get back to me in a few minutes. She did and said I was hired, and I knew it was a scam so I played along. She said I needed to get equipment that they would send a check to me to cover the cost, and that I would receive an Apple computer. I received the check, $4500 for approximately $500 worth of equipment. The check came from Gordon AJ in Doylestown, Pa. The check is drawn on Advance Packaging Co. Operating Account in Brooklyn, NY. With letter with another email of Jeremy.McCoy@accountnt,com phone 732-963-8294 with some instructions. I was told to provide a copy of the deposit so I created a fake one and sent that. I'm supposed to purchase the equipment tomorrow and wait for further instructions. I can provide them with fake purchase receipts, but I would like to turn this over to the ScamPulse.com so that you can proceed or let me know how to proceed.

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They reached out to me saying I was hired as a full time remote employee for an editing position. My interview was all done through Microsoft Teams messages. Once being hired, I was assigned a team lead, and my lead would give me pre-training assignments to do. He then sent me an electronic check that had extra funding and a sign on bonus, and I was requested to use this funding to get work equipment. But the check itself was very strange looking, and I found out that they didn’t have the right amount of digits for the routing number on the check provided. That’s how I knew it was a scam. When I first raised my concerns to the scammers before figuring it out; they said it was by a vendor and tried to reassure me. I even told them that I would verify the check before depositing it, and they never fought me on it or being aggressive. They were calm through the whole situation.

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A number said that my application was viewed by HR after sending out my resume on Indeed and various hiring sites for a remote data entry clerk job. A person in the name of “Jesse Villiers” conducted the interview and conversation on Microsoft Teams. They proceed to go over hiring benefits and asked for my information. I received a check for $1970 for getting equipment for the job. My credit union then received a fraud alert from my account where it was revealed that the check I got was not by Atlantic Trust Bank PLC, but by Andrews Distribution Co of North Texas LLC and they notified my check being wrongfully used. This means that I was given a faulty check and that this company was not real. I’m reporting the people responsible to prevent more people from taking sensitive information from others.

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