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I have been applying for jobs forever, through various streams such as Online Job Ads, Kijiji, Indeed Jobs and so on. Recently, I received an email from a name Todd Miller as "Hiring Manager" for Southgate Construction Co. Ltd, saying that my qualification and experience is favorable for a role in their new office that will open in Calgary downtown very soon. This is supposedly an ON company trying to expand in Calgary. There is no company address on his email but a link to their site. The site opens up and looks very legit as a construction company with full address, phone number, and details of what they do in construction industry. I have been instructed through email to either accept or decline the offer and if I accept, I will receive further instructions about next steps. No interview, no face to face meeting scheduled! By the way, there is a Word Document attachment with the initial email describing the job responsibility, salary per month and per year, vacation time. But at the end, they ask for full name and full address so that they can send me a cheque in order to buy some office supplies and furniture since it's just being opened. Not knowing, I did give my name and address and I received a cheque for way more than is needed for basic office supplies. I got surprised by the amount that I received but I was even more surprised to read a quick instruction that came with the cheque, asking me to deposit this big amount to an ATM machine only so that the funds are not being held at the bank and so that I can use it instantly. Banking system says opposite. depositing a big amount cheque from an unknown payor will be held for 3-5 business days in order to be verified. While being surprised still, I took the cheque to the counter and asked if I can deposit it to my account. That's when I found out that this is a scam. The teller did a great job of identifying it as scam and told me that she has to talk to her manager about it immediately. Soon enough, the manager came to me and asked me how I received the cheque. I explained and the manager confirmed it is part of a scam. However, to be certain the manager forwarded the letter and the cheque to their compliance department for more attestation.

The other red flag I found was the phone number. The phone number given in the email, on the Word Documents and the southgatecons.com website is actually from a Cash Store in Guelph Ontario. What does a construction company have to do with a Cash Store?

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