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- Greeley, CO, USA • Jun 21, 2023
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I was contacted by a person claiming to be Katherine Williams, an HR assistant for Guardian Probiotics Inc. She contacted me about a remote data entry job with pay rate of $27/hr. I was contacted by text message and asked to send my resume to [email protected]. Once I sent my resume she emailed and said that she was impressed with my qualifications and wanted me to fill out two forms to assess my fit for the role and the company. The first form was an Microsoft information form basically just standard things like name, email, phone number. The only weird question on that form that raised some suspicion was a question about what the name of my bank is I use (not banking info just the name of the bank) to make sure it would work with their payroll systems. The other form was an interview questionnaire. There was a mixture of free response and multiple-choice interview style questions with some being timed and others not. Once I submitted both forms, I was notified the next morning over text and email that they made a decision quicker than anticipated and I was offered the job. The email even had a formal offer letter attached that I was to sign and return. The offer letter was addressed from the COO of Guardian Probiotics, Glenn Dasher. Part of the letter stated that the company would send me a check for office supplies to get started working from home and that Ms. Williams, my original HR contact would walk me through that process of ordering the required supplies through the company approved vendor. I signed and returned the offer letter to Katherine Williams who then informed me to supply her with the following information so that she could register me on their employee portal: Your Full Name Gender DOB Current home address + Apt#, if any City, State & Zip code Direct Cell Preferred email address I supplied the information and was given the login info for the employee portal located at https://guardianprobiotics.org/employeeportal/public. My login username was [email protected]. I was told to try to login to make sure everything worked on my end. I was able to login into the portal and see what looked like a pretty normal employee portal with the information, a message welcoming on stating that I would fill out my W4 on my start date in a week, and even the ability to submit leave requests. Ms. Williams also informed me that I would need to set up a telegram account to communicate with the company until my home office was set up at which time, I would be able to communicate over company email (I was led to believe this was for privacy and security reasons). I informed Ms. Williams that I created the telegram account, and she told me to send her a message at the following link: t.me/kat_williams. This account had a profile picture and a bio that stated HR Assistant, which matched everything I knew of Katherine Williams. I was sent a message and a video from Ms. Williams welcoming me on board. The woman in the video matched the profile picture of the account but the video was strange though you could tell she was clearly reading a prompt and weirdly emphasizing words (not talking how normal people talk). She then messaged telling me how she was going to be the one to walk me through the onboarding process and that we would start with getting me the necessary office equipment. Ms. Williams claimed that checks to remote employees had been getting lost in the mail recently and that the accounting department advised me to send checks over secure email going forward, but that would require me to have a mobile app for my bank. She asked if I had a mobile app for my bank. I was emailed a check for $1,950.00. I deposited the check through my mobile banking app, and it was successful. Once this money was in my account, I had to wire $1,900 to the supposed vendor. Once she got my confirmation of the wire transfer, she told me that she would get back to me when the vendor received the wire transfer on their end. It was at this point she stopped replying to me. Come a few days later when I checked my telegram messages with her, they were deleted, and her profile picture was removed. Prior to the day of finding this out, I took screenshots of the vendor's information for my records, and I still have a physical copy of the printed check from my email.

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- Studio City, CA, USA • Jun 15, 2023
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I’m on a lot of job sites looking for work. So my resume and contact info is out there circulating while I’m looking. I got a text message from Katherine Williams. She proceeded to text me and email me - using emails that reflected Guardian Probiotics and emails ending in .net and .co so it seemed legit. I also had to take an online assessment test and answer some questions. She then let me know that they needed someone right away and I seemed like a good fit to at least start training at $20 hourly and then after that if I pass that, be bumped up to $27 hourly. The offer letter looked good and the employee portal site was working and looked like so many other legit employee sites I have used in the past. She tried hard to convince me that checks and equipment have gotten lost in the mail, so they’ve created a new work around for that. They emailed me from another guardianprobiotics.co email as the accounting department with the check to deposit electronically. That’s the part that she stressed - it had to be done electronically and then I would be using Zelle to pay the vendor contact directly. They said they found that to be the safest and quickest way to get me up and started fast. It all felt sketchy and wrong - but I was desperate for a job and wanted to be optimistic. After the checks clear the next day, she immediately had me Zelle the vendor contact. What I didn’t realize, that although the full amount of checks “cleared” the next day - if they are fake or bounce after the bank checks in 7 days - after 7 days electronic check deposit hasn’t officially cleared. That was why she was pushing and stressing to get this done all quickly. Not because she was trying to get me started, but because they had to move fast with this kind of scam. She also only ever texted or emailed. And then she specifically sent me a link to communicate with her directly on Telegram - no other means of communication were used beside that: I have notified my bank Chase about all of this and they said they won’t know if the checks are legit until after 7 days, but they have at least started the investigation with all of the names and contact info I have provided. If Chase is unable to stop or retrieve funds - then I will be liable for this money - even though I am the victim. I am so distraught and absolutely devastated. I wish I would’ve trusted my instincts and not done anything. When I called her out on Telegram, she then proceeded to delete all of our conversations and block me. Thankfully I took screenshots of the entire Telegram convo and after reporting this to my bank, I am also in contact with the Los Angels District Attorney to report this. This was a really hard lesson to learn, but I hope I’m sharing this it can help prevent others from getting scammed.

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- Fort Myers, FL, USA • Jun 08, 2023
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Someone stating her name is Katherine Williams, HR Assistant from Guardian Probiotics, Inc. reached out, asked for resume, then sent offer letter, upon acceptance, they set up a employee portal https://guardianprobiotics.org/employeeportal/public/dashboard and had someone else named Marsha Graig send a check to purchase equipment. They asked for bank name name, address, and birthday.

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