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- Staten Island, NY, USA
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Hello!

Upon applying for a job in sales, I applied on indeed to "Anchor International" for a sales position listed as 800-1200$ a week.

I was solicited for interview by text, which seemed to be automated, but was not due to the response timing, and local mobile phone area code.

This was suspicious to me, and the google voice number I use for job offers also flagged the voicemail sent to me as spam.

Upon doing some research about this company and their address, It appears that they are not actually paying that amount per week, and it is a door-to-door sales job, 8 hours a day, fully commission based.

This is not illegal to hire people for, but I am desperate for work to pay the rent I am behind on... and need steady income, not false promises.

They should be listing the job (as per state employment laws) as an independent contractor position, and CLEARLY state that it is fully commission based.

Outside of legal regulations, this is clearly an MLM, and I sincerely hope that action is taken to end the company for good.

After some reading, (google and reddit) I found out that this company has been operating under 3 different names.

-Radiance Marketing

-Anchor International

-Allure Concepts

-NOW Marketing Group

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCjobs/comments/ob79st/690_8th_avenue_floor_3_10036_al...⇄ />
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCjobs/comments/18a421m/now_concepts_co_marketing_agen...⇄ />
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCjobs/comments/113bf4m/exposing_employment_scammers/<...⇄ />
Thank you for reading. Job applicants BEWARE!

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- Fairfax, VA, USA
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Email sent as follows. Did not follow up, assumed it was a scam...

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well and in high spirits. I’m Sarah Williams, a Head of Recruiting, who plays a pivotal role in talent acquisition at Private Equity Recruiting Firm, a premier recruitment Firm with a global footprint. Today, I’d like to introduce you to an exciting professional avenue that aligns with your expertise.

We’ve been entrusted by a high-profile client to scout for a dynamic leader for the role of Vice President of Technology, in a newly integrated division of their enterprise. Our search brought your impressive track record to the forefront via a trusted talent agency, positioning you as a potentially impeccable fit.

If this opportunity resonates with you, could you kindly provide us with your latest resume? Once in hand, I’ll delve deeper into the role specifics and guide you through our preliminary formalities, which include a confidentiality agreement.

To clarify, as a recruitment agency, our engagement fee is paid by the hiring entity, ensuring zero costs to you. Additionally, your privacy is paramount; hence, no intrusive information requests will be made.

Best Regards,

Sarah Williams

Head of Recruiting

PE Talent Seek Inc.

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- Jacksonville, FL, USA
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I had applied for an office assistant position on indeed. I receive a text after applying requesting my email. I immediately looked up the name of the person Mikayla Jaylen and the phone number for a scam. I found a post showing Mikayla Jaylen just a different company. I immediately report it to indeed. I read the post and saw how the person asked for them to pull the credit report through a specific site and send it to them. Mandy Fitzgerald is the one that sent me the email today. Indeed also got back to me this morning advising that they are looking into it. I am aware of phishing scams however I don't like that someone had to experience this however the bright side is we are able to warn others ahead of time.

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- South Saint Paul, MN, USA
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The EDL International who claims to be a shipping and logistics company emailed me last week claiming I had applied for a job with them 3-4 weeks earlier, which I did not. Then on 6/10/24 they sent me an offer email that has that "seems to good to be true" feel about it. When I tried to check and verify who they are, nothing seems right about them. If you go to their website it looks like a good web site but then I noticed there is no where for a customer to get get any shipping or tracking information. If you Google the address it is a business building in New York, NY but they are not one of the tenant's there. They have now since yesterday morning emailed me three times, called a left an automated message on my voice mail and sent me some text messages pushing me to fill out the payroll enrolment paper they emailed.

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- Port Washington, NY, USA
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~“Hello! I see you're looking for a job?”

Me: who?

~ I'm Karin from BSSP Advertising Media Online Marketing Center, we are looking for part time and full time employees, our job is very simple, can you give me a chance to briefly introduce?”

Me: sure thing

~ “ This job helps large malls around the world to increase exposure of mall products, hours are flexible and training will be provided. Age requirement is 18-69 years old, does not interfere with current job, no agency fees (no training fees)

You can work from anywhere and we will pre-train you. Work about 30-60 minutes a day, work unlimited hours, earn about $300-$500 a day working 5 days a week with a base salary of $900. If you are interested, our team will provide you with details”

*blocked number*

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Tried to get me to apply for a Customer Service Officer. I did a google search and came to this website. Have seen the same scam mentioned on reddit as well. The website I checked on also is not a valid domain. Case Closed.

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- Sunnyside, NY, USA
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I received this text:

Good Day, This is Mr. Michael Harrison from Exponential Impact. I believe I'm in contact with **** ******** (I xxx out my last name)

I looked up number he texted from and found it was a scam. I never replied.

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- Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Initially contacted by text with the following message: Greeting! I'm Olivia, I'm the HR manager. We have received your resume! Please contact me directly to my email: [email protected]

I contacted the email

Hello,

Good morning Olivia, this is my name. I am following up on a text from you asking me to contact you directly. As I have literally completed 100s of applications in the last 2 weeks, please advise me what company’s HR department is contacting me?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

My name

My phone number

my website .com

Received this response email

On Mar 29, 2024, at 11:31?AM, Olivia Sanders <[email protected]> wrote:

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Congratulations! There are only a few steps left to complete your employment in our company.

1) Please see attached files. You need to read the Contract carefully. PRINT and sign by hand if you agree with all clauses of the Contract; (Message me if you have any problems. For example, you can't print this)

2) Provide a good quality copy or photo of your identification document (identity card or driver's license or other document with your photo);

3) Take a "selfie" with identity document in hand, the photo must be in good quality.

Make sure that you have properly prepared the necessary documents and photos in good quality; send it to me as an attachment in response to this message.

Then I will send these files to our security team. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.



I did all of this…

And received another email

I just received your files. I have already sent this to our security team, it will take some time to check.

Now you need to add your personal curator on Skype. We use Skype for communication, because it is much more convenient than email. Find your personal curator using Skype ID - live:.cid.c796ccfe57cc17c3 (or use the link https://join.skype.com/invite/kzgIM9qaigzr). You can do it now, she will be waiting for your message!

You will be informed to you when your files are checked and approved by the security service. Have a wonderful day!

I began Skyping directly with someone daily for assignment.

I have screenshots of those exchanges.

The final conclusion came from a request in those threads.

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I'm sorry, put r'm naving troupie understanding the task. Could you please clarify?

Camilla, 5:50 PM

Now I explain you everything in details. You need to provide me your bank account details (account number and routing). If you do not want to provide your personal bank account information, then you can open a new one in one of the major US banks. Once we have your details, we'll send the dividend payments to your account. After that, you need to receive the money in cash and make a payment to our investor. An investor accepts money in various ways. I will provide you with detailed instructions for processing each payment in a timely manner. In addition, with each such transaction, you will receive a reward in the amount of 5% of the amount of dividend payment. For example, if an investor orders a payment of $ 2,000, you will receive $ 100 a day for servicing this transaction when you complete the transaction. That is instantly! Please tell me, are you ready to complete this task?

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- Brooklyn, NY, USA
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First, I had gotten a txt message from 929-502-7116, While I have been applying for many jobs in the past month, I know I have never applied to this company. They have used my preferred name as well - which I found weird and caused me to almost second-guess myself. Thankfully I am skeptical enough so I went back and checked all my applications to be sure I hadn't applied to this company. I was correct. in the txt message the ~person~ went by the name 'Ali' from HR. The entire message read "Hello N/A! I'm Ali, HR with Solve-NY, and we a received your resume! Does tomorrow 12 pm work for you to do a Zoom job preview?" A second message then followed saying I can schedule my zoom with some random link given - I ignored. The nxt day I missed a call from 212-830-9361 a minute later I got the same message and a resending of a link to supposedly schedule a Zoom interview.

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- Longwood, FL, USA
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Unsolicited email:

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well and in high spirits. Larana Stevens, a Senior Recruiting Specialist, plays a pivotal role in talent acquisition at Private Equity Recruiting Firm, a premier recruitment Firm with a global footprint. Today, I’d like to introduce you to an exciting professional avenue that aligns with your expertise.

We’ve been entrusted by a high-profile client to scout for a dynamic leader for the role of SVP Operations, in a newly integrated division of their enterprise. Our search brought your impressive track record to the forefront via a trusted talent agency, positioning you as a potentially impeccable fit.

If this opportunity resonates with you, could you kindly provide us with your latest resume? Once in hand, I’ll delve deeper into the role specifics and guide you through our preliminary formalities, which include a confidentiality agreement.

To clarify, as a recruitment agency, our engagement fee is paid by the hiring entity, ensuring zero costs to you. Additionally, your privacy is paramount; hence, no intrusive information requests will be made.

Best Regards,

Larana Stevens

Senior Recruiting Specialist

PE Talent Seek Inc.

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- Ozone Park, NY, USA
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They wanted my address, driver's license, W4 form with SSN, ask me for a banking app.

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- Side Lake, MN, USA
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The person - Emily Been, said I had been hired as a Procurement Officer and wages would start at $137,00 annually. they said i had passed their background check and could work remotely from home.

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- Clearwater, FL, USA
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It was a application for work from home job the application had me put in my id and ssn on the application

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- Dallas, TX, USA
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email included job description, payroll form and company history.

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- Miami, FL, USA
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Contacted me through email, text, and calls. They are spoofing numbers and using that to offer me a job that pays well below minimum wage.

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- Ennis, TX, USA
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Text about a job but would not answer any questions or give a location until I repeated the questions many times.

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website is " https://originsnyco.com/home " . It offered me online job about , helping merchants by just reviewing products . and asking for money to deposit to move forward. Is it scam?

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- Denver, CO, USA
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"Dear Candidate,

How are you doing today? Thanks for getting in touch. I'm really sorry to inform you that the Executive Assistant role you applied for on our LinkedIn Job Post has been filled but the good news is that I have referred you to one of our clients looking to fill a remote position. If you are interested, please forward your resume to this email address to email provided perviously.

I have also sent him an email.

Thank You,"

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- Staten Island, NY, USA
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You are required to contact HR on Signal Private Messenger. Download Signal Private Messenger from your Google Play/App Store(https://signal.org/install/) Add the HR manager (Mr. Scott Mcgill) using his Phone Number 910-666-3747 or Signal ID @McGill.62 and send a message to him for the interview process. This is our first step to proceed further. He will be expecting to hear from you soon.

Sounds incredibly sketchy

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- Boynton Beach, FL, USA
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Unfortunately they got my Driver's License info and SSN

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