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I applied for a Remote Data Entry Clerk/Customer Service/ Admin Assistant position job online and was contacted a few days later by text message from Brenda Peterson from Polygon International AB. I was instructed to download an app called Signal to do an interview with the HR Manager Wendy Keur. I did as instructed and proceeded with the interview in the instant messaging app. After the interview ended I was informed that I was hired for the position that was currently remote until the physical office opens up in Killeen, Texas on October 2, 2022. I was sent an email that contained a new hire packet of forms to be completed and returned. I was sent cashier's check overnight for equipment that needed to be purchased. Upon receiving the checks I was informed that I needed to send payment to one of the companies vendors for the equipment needed for the position. I couldn't pull up any of the vendors they suggested to send payment via Zelle. However, when all the money wasn't made available I was instructed to go to the nearest Apple store to purchase Apple gift cards to use for payments. By the nearest Apple store being almost an hour and a half to two hours away she suggested that I wait until the following morning when all the money would be made available to obtain the gift cards. The next morning I saw that two of the cashier's checks was on hold until a later date. I figured this was more than likely a scam. When I contacted Wendy Keur via the Signal App and informed her of the issue she acted very confused and stopped all communications with me.

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I received a text from a person in regard to a remote Data Entry Clerk position. I was asked to access TELEGRAM messenger app. I did ask if this was a legitimate job, of course she said 100% leg. Went through an interview with several questions that I answered and also sent my ID to them. An offer letter and employment form was sent for me to print and sign. Then check was sent to purchase office desk, software etc. from Telegram. I deposited the check into my bank account, a hold came on it. They then texted me to send a $300 Zelle in order to start immediately. I hesitated but sent it anyway since I thought I had a work from home job. Then was told I would receive a vendor tracking #. I never received that # and they ghosted me after telling them I want my money back numerous times. I was humiliated and ashamed so bad. I became frustrated and cried to relieve the stress. I notified my bank and reported them to my local police. I will never deposit a check again. Lesson learned. Still angry because they took advantage of me a senior and still to others. This is Evil.

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Entered by ScamPulse.com Staff - LJ - 9-8-22

I think I was scammed. I thought I was getting a job opportunity but it turned out to be fake. I saw a listing on Facebook for a job with Anthem Insurance. I clicked on the advertisement. It took me to an actual website. Offering data entry clerk and sales consultant positions. They were urgently hiring. The job paid $19 hour. I downloaded an app to speak with the HR Department. Similar to Zoom. I sent a photo of my drivers license. I knew it was a scam after the interview. They needed my Facebook login to get on my account to see if my internet was strong. I did not give my Facebook information. I told her no. She stopped talking to me. Her name was Donna Jadetski. I could not speak directly with her due to privacy. I called Anthem Insurance. They said it was a scam. They recommended I call the Better Business Bureau. I did save screenshots. I did not pay any money.

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This business is only paying employees when necessary by legitimate paychecks when they don’t want to report they pay. They pay their employees through Venmo or hands them cash. The employees are then having issues during tax returns bc it’s showing they’ve only made a small amount and cannot get any bank help bc of low income due to not getting legitimate paychecks. Entire staff has now left. Owner is hiring new staff under false hopes of being busy and lying about what they’ll be paid.

She is stealing photos from Pinterest and posting as her own work. The IRS need to look into her taxes as well. I can’t believe this business hasn’t been found out yet. Half the stuff she does can’t be legal.

Stolen photo below if your search green nails on Pinterest or just go to instagram

And search gel.bymeg the original photo/work is done by her

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Contacted me via email about how they "recieved" my indeed application for a quality control position (which I have been applying to a bunch of jobs). Once they "accepted" me they gave me a link to a control panel where I can keep track of packages, my income, download shipping labels, and communicate with an HR manager. Well, the date of my payout (today) coincidentally my log in gives me an error of "wrong password/login". I've emailed the HR via my email but I am doubting a response. I also tried to reach out via their website but it also give me an error of "something went wrong. Please try again later". **** ***** ***** *** **** *** ************* ****. I recieved items such as cell phones, Gucci bags that I should've kept. Don't give these ******** any of your time.

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Said wfh job position

Said they will send check

Asked for my bank

Asked for my home address

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I applied on a remote job through Indeed. I was contacted by text, and told to download signal messenger and contact Jack Smith, who would conduct an interview. When he responded through Signal Messenger he said his name was James Smith. He went through a series of questions and one of the interview questions was “who else are you interviewing with?” What company asks you that?? Anyways, after a series of questions he says I’m hired, and they’ll send me an employment letter. He also says they will send me a laptop computer and printer for working materials. They sent the letter, from an email address was not from a company email. Also, they said I’d be paid $30 an hour with an 18% raise in a month. Uh huh.

After I told them I received the employment letter, I was told they’d send a check to me, I was to cash it, and buy the laptop and printer from their vendor. When I replied that they had said the materials would be sent to me, I received a stern text saying that I was to follow instructions, and that the company wanted to see an employee who followed instructions. At that point I knew it was definitely a scam.

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This company offered me a job now they said they will send me a check in the mail to pay for the equipment to work with. The company was Tishman Construction, I applied on Indeed, so be careful for anyone looking for a job.

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Received text from Teresa Sue at Spirent Communications stating they reviewed my resume on LinkediIn/Indeed and wanted to set up interview for data entry work at home. Interview took place over Zoom with Mr. Aaron Scott and it was not face to face but messaging. Asked general questions, asked me to wait while he sent interview questions to corporate and 10 minutes later I was offered a job. Stated company would send me check to deposit in my account and after I took $150.00 out as signing bonus, I would use the rest for "working materials" and would need to contact their vendor to purchase. Got the check and after instructions to "deposit at my bank ATM and take picture of receipt and send to them. Took check to bank and they knew it was fake and a scam. They had even sent me a offer of employment letter, W4, and I9 to fill out and send back. Letter was very fishy and sent from Yahoo email address. If it is too good to be true, it probably is. I even researched company website, called number and still not even sure if company is legit. Do your research and listen to your gut!

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I've been a nurse for 7 years! I applied to this bogus company throufh indeed and they had me to upload all of my information social security, nursing license, bank account info only to tell me that I didn't qualify for a position. I did a on the phone interview and Juan he stated that I was the perfect candidate for the nursing position, before i uploaded my documents.

In less than 2 hours i was blocked from their app with all my information uploaded. THIS IS A SCAM COMPANY THEY ARE JUST TAKING OUR INFO!

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I have been seeker employment and applied to many jobs, so when I was contacted by "Wager" I just thought I had applied with them. I was emailed to set up an interview over zoom. As I have discovered, there are many employment scams out there trying to get banking info and identity info, so I did some research, and the information I found led nowhere. I even drove to where Google states their office is here in Charlotte and No Wagner anything was there. I also called the number given in the emails and got a recording saying, "...an agent will be with you shortly..." No one ever answered my calls. when I called the "office" it requested a code to receive voicemails. ODD. Needless to say, I will not be interviewing with them tomorrow over Zoom.

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I was looking for another job so I can stay at home. I saw this on Facebook. And I just started filling out the application and they hire me on the spot. I called the red flag. The second reply I saw is them making me print out a check I know that’s a red flag there because they want me to put it in my account which I can’t put in my account because this paper

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This was the most elaborate scam that I have ever seen that it really scares me. I’m afraid to have my resumes online for other scammers to see. I was first contacted by [email protected]. Not as many grammar or spelling issues. They sent documents that used company letterhead and logos of mms holdings. The email was from someone trying to impersonate a real person at this real company and they even referenced the real website mmsholdings.com.

They even spaced out this scam on several days to make it seem legit.

They wanted me to download messenger app called ring central for a job interview appointment at a time that I chose. When it was about a few hours before the appointment they even said that I could do the interview right away if I wanted. So I agreed, and I asked on Ring central if I should video call, they declined and said it isn’t a video call interview. That was very odd to me but they gave me 9 questions to answer -

1. Are you presently employed?

2. Why do you want this job?

3. What word-processing tools have you used before?

4. Have you ever worked from home & What is your current typing speed?

5. If you had a job to do and there's little or no time to get it done, how would you handle the situation?

6. What is the key thing about you that can give you an edge over other contenders for this position?

7. This work can be repetitive. What inspires you to do well?

8. What do you understand about privacy and the code of conduct?

9. Suggest 3 genuine reasons why you should be hired to work for us.

They asked for job assignment of 200-400 words of what administrative mistake that I have made and what I have learned from it. They wanted me to include the interview code they gave me MMSHOLDINGS/337/D39 and recruiter’s name: Audelia

They sent me back an offer of employment on company letterhead too. They messaged me on a new email [email protected] to make it seem like the companies HR department.

They asked me to send this info about me to their HR’s email.

Name:

Address:

City:

Zip-code:

Phone number:

Interview code: MMSHOLDINGS/337/D39

They later emailed to congratulate me and said that they wanted to reward my efforts and help me get my home office setup, and wanted me to deposit an electronic check for $4,199 on my banking mobile app. That’s when I figured it really was a scam. I looked up the real Audelia employee’s email and it ended in .com, not .work.

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I was contacted by text message by a Regina Church from Alida Group of Companies inc. reaching out about a job. Currently I am unemployed and is actively searching for work, through sites like Indeed and Linkedin. Anyway, she texted me with some opportunities for several positions many in my field, I said yes I was interested. I was contacted back by Regina stating that my resume was selected, and they wanted to Interview me via Zoom or Teams. I chose Zoom and was instructed to add Barbara Lee who is supposed to be the head of HR at Alida and request her. I get in contact with Barbara and we texted through Zoom the whole conversation, we converse like any other interview would go, after discussing about the job, she asks me “what’s your mobile smart phone carrier service?” I told her, then she tell me the payroll and my working schedule. By this point I’m thinking that I was hired, they sent me an employment offer, sent by a different unknown email address, I signed it and sent it back.

One of the perks for this remote position was that they provided the computer and printer, while allocating funds for my home office via check through the email. Barbara kept giving me the run around when asked about the computer being sent out, one minute they had the conformation number, then the next minute she was waiting for it. So, I never got a confirmation number on the equipment, but she needed an $50 Amazon card to install software on the equipment.

I sent the $50 Amazon code, and after that she wanted another card, and was wanting me to borrow money to get this second card because I did not have it. I had to borrow money for the first card. All the while I’m thinking this is weird. We keep going back and forth regarding the computer, printer, and software needed, and when they were sending it out.

Everything was a lie, the check was fraudulent, and when Barbara started picking up the I was on to her, she changed her Zoom profile picture. Luckily, I took a snapshot of the whole conversation thread.

These fraudulent people are despicable and horrid, I’m a single out of work mother with a disabled daughter trying to provide for her and myself. I am in need and these fools want to take advantage of people. Stricter laws, Investigations and prosecution for these criminals is a start, and I mean with hefty prison sentence.

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I applied for a Data Entry position that was going to remote- work form home. It was with a company called Acclinate, INC.

I was emailed about the job from a Rose Robinson from the company. I had an interview online using the App which she asked me to down load called, Ring Central. I completed the interview process, a day for so later I had to do an assessment which was a write about an administrative mistake that I have done, what did I learn and how would I correct my mistatke.

After the assessment she stated that I was hired for the position and that I would be rewarded for taking the assessment.

I contract was emailed to my gmail account and I read over it and signed it, and emailed it back.

I was told that she would be in touch with me short.

I never heard back. 3 days later on Linkin I saw a post stating that Rose was a scammer from jobs with Acclinate. I then called the company and the ScamPulse.com and reported it. the company Acclinate told me that they contacted the FBI and I was told to contact the BBB.

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I applied to ResultsCX for Customer Service Representative. I was sent a check for payment on company equipment. I did not think much of this as I was under the assumption this was petty cash. When I was told to send money to a "certified vendor" using Zelle I mentioned that I thought I'd be purchasing the items from a "certified vendor". I was under the assumption it would be a local and/or a vendor online utilizing an encrypted website. I asked why would I send payments in installments rather than in one lump sum? I let the "company representative know that I'd need to speak with my bank and they got upset with me. I made the deposit the day before and when I told the representative my bank advised me to wait a week they started to get impatient with me. I told them that I cannot in good conscious send money to someone I do not know NOR will I be pushed into something I'm not comfortable doing. I was advised to wait a week so that is what I am doing. I will be going to the bank to speak with them after this. This scam almost got me only because it was under the guise of petty cash. Nothing out of the norm there- it was when they wanted me to go through a third party vendor that I was apprehensive. It felt a little off and I did not want to be overdrawn in my account and/or be apart of some money laundering scheme.

Everything they listed was legit for the onboarding process. I lookup taxes, paperwork and entity online through state websites. I have dealt with petty cash policy and procedures and there was nothing abnormal about that. It was when the lady said that she wanted me to send money through Zelle that I became concerned. I asked her if I would be purchasing the equipment from Best Buy, Office Depot or Apple. When I started asking questions the lady started to get really upset with me. She then got nervous when I told her my security features for my credit reached out to me then my bank. She told me that I could speak with them after I made the transaction but that this would affect my employment. She then started getting really pushy. I told her if she could wait a week for the funds to clear then I'd be happy to send the money via Zelle. She said no. So I politely declined to send the money and that'd I'd be contacting my bank in person. I will not be sending the funds nor will I be accepting this "position".

Email they used: [email protected]

Zelle account they wanted me to send money for purchasing of equipment. [email protected]

8318547022- is the number they used under the name of Mr. Kellogg.

The thing here is they used real websites and real people's names.

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Was first contacted about receiving an interview after first applying on Indeed, and after a day they came back saying that I got the position. But they also specified that I would have to buy my own work phone and phone line, no reimbursement mentioned until I asked for more information. Afterwards they said that they would reimburse the phone by sending me a check for $640 on a Bank of A****** check that had an invalid routing number. Haven't responded after receiving the check, did not cash the check in either.

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Received contact through email stating that she was hiring manager at Nuix. The position required work at home equipment and training. Pay rate $27/HR. A check was sent for the amount. Hiring manager and CPA wanted copy of deposit slip. Check was from BB&T Bank under the name Mary Babcock Foundation in the amount of $3100 for the purchase of equipment from company approved vendor and online training. The check was returned and I was charged $30 return check fee.

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Comerica Bank wants to meet with you

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I'm on a dog sitting app called Rover and was contected through there by a lady. She told me her uncle was moving to Texas and needed a dog sitter. I told her that the distance was far from me so I would not be able to do the job. She then changed the location saying it was actually closer than originally stated and to contact him through email. I went ahead and shot him an email, goes by the name Timothy Coppock. He replied very quickly and with 3 paragraphs of text going into how his family is making a big move from Paris to Texas and they need a dog sitter to come 8 hrs a week. He stated he was a HIV/Aids cure researcher and had a job for a CEO in Texas. He said he was in a different location than the niece said, so I told him I couldn't do the job cause I lived in another city. All of a sudden, he lives in that city, too. Offering to send me the key to his appartment through the mail if I provide my address to him. He offered a large amount of money and asked if I can go buy "foodstuff" to stock up his apartment. His English bulldog, Eddy, was given to him by his father that had passed. At the end of his message, he kept saying how he hopes I'm trustworthy and that I will enjoy working with him he "promises". I proceeded to ask him many questions to which he ignored most of them with his response stating how much I'd enjoy working for him.

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