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- Pensacola, FL, USA

Hello, nice to communicate with you

I'm Hannah Polston, Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs

We have a great part-time/full-time job in web optimization available right now

The work is simple and can be done at home

I think you will be very interested

Can I send you relevant information?

The job content is to optimize and enhance the visibility and occupancy rates of star hotels around the world

You can work anytime and anywhere without affecting your current work.

Work approximately 1 hour per day, 5 days per week

Base salary is $3,800

If you are interested in this, I can notify the employer to contact you, and you can receive a reward of US$30-80 when you consult for an interview (sent immediately)

Would you like to take a few minutes to find out?

If you are interested in this job, the employer will interview you via WhatsApp and you will receive $30-80 immediately upon completion of the interview.

No, this is a real job. The employer's company is an international company that serves star hotels around the world. The employees are from all over the world. They all use WhatsApp for work communication.

- Parker, CO, USA

Scammer texted saying they worked with flexjobs. Using the same exact methods already reported

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- Hackettstown, NJ, USA

Tried to get me to do an interview

- Union City, CA, USA

Text message conversation: +1 (786) 687-5517: Hello, how are you doing right now? I'm Hannah Polston a Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs and we have part time/full time web optimization roles. Can I share more information with you? [Yes] Hannah +1 (786) 687-5517: ok Thank you for your reply The main responsibility of this job is to help hotels gain higher rankings and traffic in Google Play and Apple Store through ASO optimization, helping them generate more revenue. It can be completed in about 1 hour a day 5 days a week. The base salary is US$3,800 per month. You will get a commission of $30-$80 US dollars/hour immediately. If you are interested in this job, the employer will interview you via WhatsApp. Is this phone number 1xxx-xxx-xxxx your WhatsApp account? okay Are you interested to know more details ?

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- Northville, MI, USA

How are you doing?

I'm Hannah Polston a Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs and we are looking for part time/full time staff and freelancers. Can I share more information with you?

- Boca Raton, FL, USA

This company is exploiting individuals seeking employment opportunities. They advertised a job opening in Florida on Indeed, to which I applied. However, I soon realized something was amiss. Despite the advertised positions and sales figures, there were inconsistencies throughout the hiring process. During phone interviews with Raymond Rosario, purportedly the owner, and Rogelio Silva, the president, alarm bells rang when they discussed inflated numbers and provided a job offer with incorrect details.

On the supposed start date, I met Raymond Rosario in person. To my surprise, he appeared disheveled and the office resembled a makeshift gaming setup adorned with stuffed dolls and manga magazines. Within half an hour, he revealed that his bank accounts were frozen and requested that I open a new account to facilitate payments. This raised serious suspicions, confirming my belief that this was a scam.

During our visit to the bank, his behavior only heightened my concerns. He lacked a vehicle and attempted to present outdated bank screenshots rather than authentic statements. Sensing the deception, I left him at the bank and sought employment elsewhere, hoping to prevent others from falling victim to this fraudulent enterprise.

- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

I was passed off to another person names Emma from a number of 763-346-0637 I was contacted via Whats App with a photo of a woman & child. Sheaasked for my name & my age. I did not provide my age since it iss against the law to ask for this information. Then today 02/22 I received an email from [email protected] saying that I had applied for a job with website links for me to copy & paste into a browser to go to their EEO seld identification.

https://www2.jobdiva.com/private/myjobs/eeo_outside.jsp?a=3737365f34333530373930...

- Everett, WA, USA

Hello, how are you doing today?

I'm Hannah Polston, Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs

We have a great part-time/full-time job in web optimization available right now

The work is simple and can be done at home

I think you will be very interested

Can I send you relevant information?

Scammer's phone: ‭+1 (971) 445-1772‬
Country: United States
Victim Location: NY, 10121 USA
Type of a scam: Employment

I received a text from a recruiter named "Hannah Polston" at 9:58 AM EST on 2/21/2024 reaching out about part and full time job offers through FlexJobs. Of course, as I am job hunting, I was interested and asked for more information—specific about full time work. My first red flag was she immediately gave me information about part time work amounting to about 5-7 hours a week with a monthly gain of about $15,200 at base. (If my math is correct, that's about $542/hour, which is an obscene rate considering Glass Door says "App Store Optimization" makes a max average of $87,000/year in NYC.)

I replied telling her I don't have any experience doing ASO optimization, and my experience and talents lie elsewhere (as stated in my resume, which I assumed she had and made mention of that). My second red flag was her reply: it was poor English stating that I have "a lot of skill to can do it." I do not have the skill to do ASO optimization. I've never done it.

When I asked her for her LinkedIn profile, she dodged the question. When I continued to ask for her credentials, she linked the Flex Jobs website and continued to dodge the question. I ended the conversation here, making sure I knew she was a scammer.

Be careful out there, friends. Don't get fooled by these fake employment scammers! Most recruiters won't reach out via text. Most will reach out via email or LinkedIn (LinkedIn primarily in my experience), and even then I find the applications I put into jobs myself (through recruitment sites or directly into companies) tend to get more attention than I get from cold-calling recruiters. Don't be afraid to ask for verification that the person is who they say they are, and don't be afraid to call up the company asking if that person is employed there. (And Google is your friend. If you're here on this site, you know that!)

Good luck on your hunt!
Photo 1 proof in review #17594440 about Employment Scam

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- Lake Worth, FL, USA

I got a job offer:

The job content is to optimize and enhance the visibility and occupancy rates of star hotels around the worldYou can work anytime and anywhere without affecting your current work.Work approximately 1 hour per day, 5 days per weekBase salary is $3,800If you are interested in this, I can notify the employer to contact you,   and you can receive a reward of US$30-80 when you consult for an interview (sent immediately)Would you like to take a few minutes to find out?the employer will interview you through WhatsApp. Is this phone number <> your WhatsApp account?

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- Alexandria, VA, USA

Offered a paid shopper job. I went to buy $750 worth of gift cards and he deposited the money in my account. After, he said he would let me keep $100. He ended up taking all $850 and I had to pay for the gift cards myself.

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- Bronx, NY, USA

Person got me speaking to them thru WhatsApp. Went thru the process of creating an account on this website: https://www.travel-hotel-zy.com/h5/#/pages/withdrawal/withdrawal

And also had me download MetaMask to be able to take any cryptocurrency I had there. Saying that’s how I would make money. Then they insisted I purchase more in order to make the $101 needed to continue the sets of tasks required to make profits on the above website.

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- Port Saint Lucie, FL, USA

Joann Price contacted me in regards to a application I supposedly filled out on indeed. I looked at indeed but the company name didn't match what I truly applied too. I was then proceeded to download signal messenger where I would go through an interview process (answering questions.) I applied I believe on the 19th of February, was contacted the 20th for the interview. I got the final notice that I was accepted today on the 21st. This was for a 100% fully remote position, 30/h plus benefits. They would also send me money for equipment that was needed, which I also found to be weird. When I contacted the "manager" who did the interview, I asked to have a zoom meeting, no answer then she left group chat. I also tried contacting Joann, number doesn't go through. I finally called the actual place and confirmed with the lady that they don't have that position available and that it is a scam

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- Bronx, NY, USA

This company is a pyramid scheme designed to defraud you. It goes by many names but two include Anchor International and Radiance Marketing. The company Radiance had to change names because of many post online like reddit providing evidence to the scam. The two companys have the exact same address. Many of the higher up employees have both companys listed on their Linkedin. The website was completely generated by AI. They create job postings online using websites like Indeed to attract potential victims. This company is a scam to gather your information. Their are also reports onlins stating that some people have not been paid or have had money taken out their checks.

- Dover, DE, USA

I recently applied to a work from home company name ‘Pioneer Library System’. I signed a contract stating the terms and conditions and an I-9 form with my social security number, address, and full name and sent it back. After that, a person by the name of **** ****** also known as Maya [censored]up sent an invoice of $3,500 for me to receive my equipment which included a MacBook, iPhone 12,HP printer, and a service fee. Then stated I’d receive my money back in the form of a deposit or check and asked for my bank.

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- Seattle, WA, USA

I received this text:

hello

I'm Hannah Polston,Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs

We now offer a part-time/full-time job in web optimization that can be done from home

The daily salary is up to 200 dollars, and it can be completed in 10-30 minutes a day.

Do you want to know more?

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Texted about job to do web optimization for 200 dollars per day. Interview was to be rewarded $30-80

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- Syosset, NY, USA

Got this text and I’m applying for jobs like crazy at the moment so I replied yes-

How are you

I'm Hannah Polston,Recruitment Officer from Flexjobs

We now offer a part-time/full-time job in web optimization that can be done from home

The daily salary is up to 200 dollars, and it can be completed in 10-30 minutes a day

Can I share more information with you?

Thank you for your reply

The main responsibility of this job is to help hotels gain higher rankings and traffic in Google Play and Apple Store through SEO optimization, helping them generate more revenue. It can be completed in about 60 minutes a day, and the working hours and location are flexible ( Can be arranged freely), earn 100-200 US dollars/hour every day after completion

Basic salary is 3800/month, working 5 days per week.

Interviews can earn you 30-80 US dollars immediately

Then someone added me in WhatsApp with a phone # from Germany and was suspicious and didn’t speak English well so I blocked

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- Rumson, NJ, USA

1 was texted out or the blue by someone claiming to be a representative of FlexJobs. I had never heard of thr company. The texted offer lucrative pay, even after I told them no. Persistent too.

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- Norman, OK, USA

Numerous red flags concerning this supposed business. A look at the "employee review" page companies Indeed.com profile reveals the job descriptions are heavily misleading an example follows: https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Primetime-Business-Consultants/reviews/counterproduct... .

Moreover the company Yelp page only has two five star reviews, which comes from two accounts. These accounts are potentially sockpuppets due to the fact they have been created recently and both of them have only reviewed primetime business consultants. These reviews have been hidden by yelp due to the websites AI algorithm determining them to be suspicious. However they are still viewable under the "not recommended reviews" tab

Finally the interview process was extremely unprofessional. The woman inteviewer appeared to be conducting the interview from her home, judging by the background. Additionally she claimed Primetime Business Consultants acted as a middleman for a "Native American Scholarship Fund" despite this claim, their website reveals no such partnership.

Speaking of their website, additional suspicious elements indicate a scam. First of all, there's absolutely no contact information other than an apparently hiring focused email: [email protected] Furthermore the "Our Team" page is empty, no staff members names are given. Additionally generic stock images and quotes abound. Job descriptions and have little in the way of qualifications are vague particularly with regard to payment.

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