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- San Antonio, TX, USA • Oct 28, 2024
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Got a offer letter from same company, got emails from the same person, stating bout a package coming with a start up check. for a remote job

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- Clarksville, TN, USA • Oct 28, 2024
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Sent job paper work that looked very real. I unknowingly gave away my address and name. Also deposited fake check.

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- Delphos, OH, USA • Oct 24, 2024
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Sent check for $4399.99 with instructions from Washington state. Return address on envelope is Alabama

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- Brady, TX, USA • Oct 15, 2024
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I received a letter and cashiers check for $1795 for Academy Bank. The remitters name is Claudia Martinez.

The letter is exactly like the one listed on bbb.org

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- Jeffersonville, IN, USA • Oct 10, 2024
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Sent me an email saying that I qualified as a secret shopper. Then sent me a priority mail envelope from the USPS with a check for $1,795 and the letter instructing me to deposit the check deduct $450 as my payment plus $45 for gas and to use the remaining $1300 to purchase foot locker gift cards. I was too then peel off the silver scratch off label take pictures of the front and back of cards email them to [email protected]. I was also told to hang on to the cards because they would be used for my next assignment.

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- Springfield, MO, USA • Oct 02, 2024
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A letter with a check saying it was for secret shopper survey assignment and once I received the information to text them his name was Tim Yaro and to let them know i got it and the amount i got the bank on the check as well as details avout the store

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- Phoenix, AZ, USA • Sep 29, 2024
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I was texted a mystery shopper job. They sent me an eCheck for $1800 and detailed instructions to my email. I was told to print the check and mobile deposit the check into my account. Once the funds were available, I was to go to two different stores and purchase three $500 Apple gift cards and keep the other $300 for my payment. Well, my bank locked me out of my account and disabled it, I'm assuming it's because the check was fraud. I still don't know I was told by the bank that the issue could not be resolved over the phone and that I had to go into a branch. I will leave an update on here when I find out what is going on, if I'm not in jail..

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- Vero Beach, FL, USA • Sep 16, 2024
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I was contacted by someone named Riley Williams about having seen my CV online and they thought I would be a great fit for the job of content manager. It was supposed to a be a fully remote job that required 6 to 8 hours weekly to make $4100 monthly. I thought it was a bit too good to be true but I agreed to sign up to have an interview with the company. This was Monday, September 9, 2024. I went to work and came home and saw that

I had missed several calls and emails from Riley Williams. She shared some of the requiremts of the job and part of it was web design. Updating and creating all of the companies social media accounts. She said it was for a met locker and i was confused why they needed online people in FL to promote their met sales in Iowa. I told her that this would not be in my field of expertise. She sent me an initial assignment the same day and i responded that the job would not be a good fit for me. She also stated that they would be sending me a check so that I could take 10% for myself and pay the people that they had arranged to help me do the work the first few times out of the money. This would include me depositing the check in my account and me writing a check to the vendor out of my account. I have done no background check with them, have done no jobs for them and she keeps sending communication to try to get me to participate in this. I know it is a scam to get ny banking info and access to my funds. They have my name and contact number and obviously found my info through an online employment platform.

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- West Warwick, RI, USA • Sep 10, 2024
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Was contacted by email saying that they saw my resume on line. Had me download the app telegram. Interviewed me then said I had the job. Sent me tax form to fill out and send back, also my banking info for direct deposit. Filled out this also and sent back. This was done on telegram app. So now they have my social and bank information. When they said that they were sending me a check via telegram app and asked me to print it out and deposit it, I knew that this was a scam.

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- Herriman, UT, USA • Jul 23, 2024
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The scammers sent application job to my college email. After I got hired, they told me to deposit the checks to my account and used that money sent to someone else. Then I found out my bank account got fraud.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA • Jul 14, 2024
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On July 3rd, Olivia Carey (@oliviashines) reached out on Instagram asking if I am available for booking for a corporate event, as I am a working comedian in the NYC area. After telling me the event was an annual social event for the company Icon Concerts at the Ravenswood Event Center in Chicago on July 13th at 4:10pm, and that they would be able to pay me my fee of $500 for 30 minutes. I asked if we could schedule a call, she said she preferred email. She was persistent to move to email immediately. We then moved to email where she sent me a contract, which I signed, and then she had "her assistant" email me a check for 2000 from "Icon Concert" from the email address [email protected]. She said I would have to pay 1500 to a third party "chauffeur service" which would book all of my flights, lodging, and travel. She said to let her know when it was deposited. I deposited it immediately and then she followed up and asked to let her know as soon as the funds were available. This was at 5pm EST on July 3rd, so I knew the funds wouldn't be available anytime soon due to the holiday the next day, so I said I would follow up once the funds had cleared. She messaged me on Instagram and email asking multiple times if I was awake on the morning of July 4th. I blocked her on Instagram after saying I'd like to communicate strictly over email. On July 5th the check cleared, but I didn't take any action or respond to Olivia. By Monday the 8th, the funds were removed from my account and the bank said it was due to the funds were being pulled from a closed account and the check bounced. I never heard from her again, but contacted Ravenswood Event Center with all of this information and screenshots once they confirmed there was no such event booked.

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- Montoursville, PA, USA • Jun 10, 2024
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I received an email then a text message. Upon answering them they gave me a link to signal to do an interview. I did the interview and they sent me an email with a check I was to place in the bank mobile use only. Before the bank released the check they had me use Paypal to get what they said was equipment. They took the money out before the check was released from the bank. The bank then said the check was fraudulent and that the money was taken from my account. The person I was in contact with on Signal said they would get the money back to me and has not done so. The person the money was sent to was messaged and they gave me an email of the person giving them orders to use the money. I reached out to that person and the person on Signal and received nothing. It has been almost a month now with no contact back from anyone and no refunds attempted. The bank suggested a police report to be made so there is an investigation but it looks like nothing will be done.

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- Squires, MO, USA
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Received a cashier's check of $1795 for a "secret survey" assignment. I was suppose to deposit check into my own bank account. Then purchase gift cards totalling $1300 & scratch off numbers. Take pictures of front & back of gift cards. Answer a few questions about my experience in the store & email my report along with photos to them. I was going to be able to keep the remaining $495 as my fee. I did NOT deposit bogus check cuz I know better .

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- Bath, PA, USA
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Sent a fake check

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- Houma, LA, USA
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It was for a remote job. Told me I got the job ask for info and sent box of envelopes and check

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- Chicago, IL, USA
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I was contacted by phone by “Hannah” for an online Administrative Assistant position. Made an account on the website. Then chatted with someone named “Glenda Beaumont”. Asked the usual questions about ability to work a set schedule, pay, training. They even had paperwork. So they sent a message about a package coming and my equipment will be shipped. Here’s the message:

You will be receiving the package from FedEx today and I also have the FedEx tracking number available for you to keep track of it.

Here is the tracking number: 775880587160 (www.fedex.com), you can look it up and let me know the status of the package.

So I received a tracking number from them for a FedEx package. It was not my equipment. It was a check. I called the bank to alert them about what has happened. But they now have my information. I think it’s time to call social security.

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- Avon, CT, USA
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Went along with the Teams request for an interview. Answered a few generic questions and immediately got offered a job. Next day they sent me a check to buy the supplied I would need to work from home.

While on the Teams meeting (text only, they would not set up an actual phone call) they emailed me a check and asked me to deposit it right away. The check was from some construction company in Georgia.

I looked them up and called them to ask them about the check. The company said this was not the first call they had received about this and that the check was bogus. Probably stolen from an old account.

I'm sure that the next thing Benjamin Sutter (if that was his real name) would have asked me to do was to send money to their preferred vendor to buy supplies right away knowing that the check was bogus.

This company is a GIANT SCAM. THEY DO NOT MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSES "DELIVERED WITH HUMANITY" as their web site proclaims. They are TOTAL SCAMMERS AND THIEVES.

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- Bloomer, WI, USA
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scammer sent me a check which he then asked me to run around and distribute to a "vendor" with the name of "Mr. Alan" using bitcoin. Then the next day it was gift cards, I refused, then he wanted me to do the bitcoin again. I again refused and am reporting.

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- New Rochelle, NY, USA
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The scammer was working with someone on Instagram that messaged me about being a model for them. The Instagram artist sent my phone number to her "client" and the client emailed me checks that he continuously badgered me to scan. Once I did, he had me send some over to Cashapp to then be converted into bitcoin and sent to a specific address.

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Business pretending to be a remote Data Entry job. Sent me a fraudulent check for $4,955 dollars expecting me to deposit it into my account. Instead I went to the check cashing place to verify if it was real, it was not.

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