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Scammer's address Woodbury, NY 11797, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location NJ 07928, USA
Type of a scam Employment
Nutronics Imaging understands what it means to a department or clinic when a system goes down. This is why when a customer is on service contract with Nutronics, they know that the system will be maintained and serviced to provide the greatest uptime performance for the site."
While the posting described the job as remote, the LinkedIn job posting had an on-site marker at the top. I submitted my resume, phone number, and name to the direct LinkedIn application. The next day, at 10:51 AM, the alleged CEO and owner of the company, Schlomo Steve Aaron (Schlomi), reached out to me via text message. He used the number +1 (620) 261-1781. He said my application was ready for a job briefing and interview and that his company would offer online training to learn data entry skills if I passed the interview stage. He also asked me some questions about my skills (such as typing 30 words a minute) and if I had Microsoft Teams. I said yes, and he texted me the email of the alleged Senior Sourcing Partner-Recruiting (sic), Ashley Levinson. Her email was [email protected].
After contacting Levinson via Teams, she asked several rounds of questions for an online text-to-text interview focusing on my skills and work experience. She also asked what the name of my bank, and I gave her the names. She also asked if I had to pay any maxed-out credit card debt and if I was a veteran. Once I completed the questions, she messaged me: "I will be forwarding our conversation to the Head Department so they can assess your commitment and suitability for this position. Please remain available online." Six minutes later, she said I had passed the interview: "After conducting a thorough evaluation of your responses during the interview session, it is with great pleasure that I announce your official confirmation as a qualified candidate for this position. Your performance exceeded expectations, with an outstanding score of 98% on the questions answered. Your qualifications and experience make you an exceptional match for this role.
We have complete confidence that your knowledge, skills, and expertise will be among our most valuable assets. On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, I extend a warm welcome to you as a valued member of our company. We are thrilled to have you join our team and eagerly anticipate the valuable contributions you will bring."
Levinson then asked for my full name and address, email, and phone number. She then asked me for documentation, specifically my driver's license and a selfie. I sent her my state ID instead, along with my selfie. Levinson claimed this would be for documentation and onboarding. Levinson then claimed she would send me a checkbook so I could purchase apps for the role. The listed apps were:
Myob Business Essentials 2019
US Patent Single Users Pack
Simply Accounting 2019, 3.5 HD
9.0 Microsoft Office XP 2019 Standard Upgrade
Peach-tree Premium Accounting 2019.
Ms. Levinson then provided me with more information about the job and pay and benefits. She also described the checkbook process and said she would send it to my address along with the W-2. She then asked: "To verify and authorize the process, a clear picture of the front and back of your debit card will be needed. A temporary deduction of $30-$35 will occur, reimbursed as soon as the funds are available for use. This charge will be applied when your checkbook is ready in the next 20-24 hours, though there might be no charges. Once the checkbook is sent, I'll share the tracking details for your mailbox vigilance." After I read this, I sent her photos of the front and back of my debit card.
Next, she then asked me, "Before we proceed with the equipment procurement process, I'd like to ask if you currently have access to $200? This amount will be used to kickstart the equipment process. The good news is that you will be fully reimbursed for this expense, along with your $500 training fee, as the company will be compensating you for the training week.. We want to ensure that you can start training and working as soon as possible, so having the funds upfront will expedite the process. Can you confirm if you have that amount available?" I then realized that this was probably a scam and asked her, "Why would this not come off my first paycheck?" She then replied: "You mean the equipment process?" After this, I answered, "I assume you would pay me for the training." Ms. Levinson then responded, "You will have to wait till you get your checkbook Once I sent you the confirmation for the checkbook You’d get the checkbook in 24-48 hrs I will let you know once your checkbook has been sent" (sic.) After I did not respond, she then asked, " I hope you are getting me?" and later Are we still connected?" Ms. Levinson's responses throughout had a few grammatical errors and misspellings.
I canceled my debit card, blocked Ms. Levinson, deleted all the messages from Aaron, and deleted all the images I sent her. I could not delete the Team messages as she seemingly has not deleted them. When I later tried to report the owner and CEO, ******* ***** *****, and the Nutronics Imaging job posting on LinkedIn, I found that their pages were deleted. (I had visited Aaron's LinkedIn page before the interview. His photo seems to have been photoshopped, which shows a man in a dress shirt near a beach.) When I clicked the Google Maps street view for the headquarters of Nutronics Imaging at ** ****** *** ********* ** 11797, I found a house in a suburban area, not an office for a medical tech company. Adding to the uncertainty of the scammer's location, the LinkedIn page said two of their associated members were from China, and their CEO is allegedly Israeli. Their website is also barebones, and the color of the photos does not look contemporary. Their supposed company phone number is ***** *********