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Energinet Employment Scam Reports & Reviews (1)

- Las Vegas, NV, USA • Feb 09, 2024
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Initially I was sent a text message from someone named David Anderson, phone number 434-216-0585 asking if I was interested in a data entry remote job with Energinet. He stated my information was found on Zip Recruiter. I responded showing interest, because I was actively looking for a job and was very active on Zip Recruiter. He then instructed me to download Zoom to get in contact with someone else to discuss the position further. Downloaded zoom and get set up to speak with 'Flemming Wibroe' a person who works in Denmark at Energinet. We only communicated via chat and I have every single conversation saved from this incident. Never once did a video chat take place, which I thought to be odd, but at this point I'm not thinking at all that i'm about to be scammed. 'Flemming' was very convincing and conducted an interview with me on the spot. He didn't communicate with me with any sort of errors in grammar. Everything was spot on and he sent me literature on the company. Loads of information about Energinet. And he carried himself in conversation in a manner in which sounded like he was from Denmark using 'across the pond' type of proper English terms. I was offered the position at the company. It was to pay $25/hr during two week training and after that $35/hr. He sent me via email Energinet offer of employment letter and all of the necessary tax forms to complete and send back to them. Then gave explicit instructions of what to do, prior to receiving my home office equipment. At first he asked me to fork over $250 to pay for the shipping costs for the office equipment I needed. I stated no, I cannot afford something like that and at that, I should not ever have to come out of my pocket for such a thing and that Energinet should cover these costs. Especially since they're located in Denmark and working remotely is the only way it can be. He told me ok, hang on, then a little while later comes back and tells me, good news he was able to get the funding approved to send me the money and go pick up the office equipment ($4k worth) from their vendor once it arrives to my account. I agree that that's fine I can most certainly handle the task of picking up the equipment at will call. Flemming had a very specific itemized list for the office supplies I would need. Then I was to mobile deposit a check he sent me a copy of via email. The check was a personal check from a person named Yolagne Castillo - 8524 SW 107th Ave Apt C2, Miami, FL 33173. The exact check amount was for $4,470.00. printed out with my name on it. It was sent to me via email and I was instructed (by flemming and there was instructions in the email) to print it out and cut it into it's size (the size of a personal check), create the front and back, sign and mobile deposit into my checking account. I asked numerous times about the fact that it was a personal check and not a check issued straight from the company and numerous times i was reassured it was valid and I had nothing to worry about. I know in the past you could call the bank and have them verify funds in the account before you attempt to deposit. I tried to call Wells Fargo (where check was from) and they acted like they did not know what I was talking about. So I got into the car and went over to the bank and the teller stated they could not give me that information because I didn't have the actual check. I tried to explain the situation and the teller stated to get the original check made out to you and come back. My huge mistake was when I decided to make the mobile deposit. I was thinking all I can do is try, right?! What is the worst that could happen. Hindsight I knew better all along. All signs of a scam were there. But at the time I was so desperate for a job and this was going to be great, making so much money. The sooner you get the check cleared, the sooner you can start earning money. Right away my bank responded stating it was going to take approximately 16 days to clear. But then a day or so later I go to check my account through the app and my access is blocked. It gives me a number to call. I call and speak to someone and they let me know my account has been permanently closed and that if I don't prove to them I was the victim of a scam my name would be blacklisted with Check Systems for the next 5 to 6 years. The scam was, if my bank cleared the money, any of it I suppose I was to then send the money to the "vendor" and then proceed to go pick up the office equipment. I tricked Flemming into believing the check cleared. A few days had gone by after he sent me that check and I had not heard from him. I was suppose to be reporting every morning via Zoom for a briefing for the days agenda and he went crickets. I tried several times to communicate and silence, no responses. So I decide to find out what the intention was and I tell him the check cleared, eager sounding to move forward to the next step. Immediately, I of course, get a response back. And his reaction seemed to come as a surprise to him. He then tells me to standby for the next steps, instructions on how to send the money to the 'vendor.' By this time I had already filed a police report tipping them off about what just happened. Flemming then asks me to prove the money is in my account and to take a screenshot or picture of the deposit and balance information and I said sure. I took a screenshot of the police report I made and sent to him instead and let him know the check he gave me was bogus, cut from an account that's actually closed at Wells Fargo and that I was in big trouble with my bank. This scammer then went on to play dumb on the situation and deny any wrong doing. Days later and maybe even weeks after this horrible incident this person had the gall to keep up the charade, still claiming to be Flemming, still trying to get me to 'proceed to the next step.' Months later I discover this person is a man that tried to establish a sugar daddy relationship with me by contacting me via facebook messenger. He also tried to establish a penpal type of relationship with me via Google Chats. I tied it all together when the person on Messenger made a comment to me, saying the same exact phrase Flemming would say to me every morning..."Hello, how are you doing? How is the weather over there?" I have it in the communication, Flemming would say this exact phrase to me every single morning we were in contact with one another. I now check my credit file constantly since he has all of my information, including my social security number from the tax forms I filled out and sent to him and a picture copy of my ID front and back that has my current address listed on it. About 4 times since this incident (it happened back in early August 2023) someone, in the same fashion, has tried to reach out to me for a job opportunity via text message. To which I respond stating it's a scam and I block and delete the information. I do have screenshots of those text messages as well. After teearing into Flemming with some harsh thoughts in my head about what I thought about him, I never heard from the person again. I found the real Flemming Wibroe that is in fact employed at Energinet and I attempted to reach out to him via Linked In and I also sent an email to Energinet making them aware of what happened with me and this scam. No one ever responded, including Flemming. Someone, however, at Energinet did go to my Linked In profile, so I know they read my message. It's a huge energy company in Denmark that employs thousands of people. As a result of the scam my bank account was closed and Im unale to to open another one so I know my name is black listed. I was instructed to print out all of the communication I had with the scammer and package it up and send it to a Bank of America in Florida. When I gathered all of the correspondence onto pdf's it comes out to be 43 pages worth of communication give or take. At the time I could not afford to go print out this much paper somewhere and I don't have a printer at home and then furthermore do not have the money to ship a package like that out to Florida. This is real life struggle and I was duped at my lowest, in desperate need of a job.. Now I am leary of everything and opportunity that comes my way, I'm always looking over my shoulder and I still don't have a job or any kind of income. I've started career prep school online though, with hopes to turn my unfortunate situation to positive. I'm determined to achieve this goal.

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