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Phishing scam(Logan Swank from TELUS INTERNATIONAL)
"Hello, I'm Logan Swank from TELUS INTERNATIONAL , in retrospect to your resume approval for the Remote Data Entry/Admin Position, be informed that pay is $29/hr. You should proceed to contact my employer on Signal. Download the app from the Google Play/App Store or by visiting signal.org. Add the Interview manager Mr James Springer using his phone number 6314929538 on the signal app , and send him a message regarding the interview process. Your interview code is MAX-1888 ."
So I went to the interview, to see what it was about. At first the interview seemed legit... but then...
And we'll, see the images I've attatched.
Logan Swank from TELUS INTERNATIONAL
Something immediately felt odd about that message, so I decided to look around on Google for any additional information. Upon doing so, I learned that this seems to be a common text message sent to people who have recently been job searching. I suspect that these phishing scams are set up to gain peoples personal information that they may provide when actually being hired for a REAL job. This is a total scam, stay away!
SCAM!!!- Remote Data Analyst Position with Telus International
Anyway, I was directed to download Telegram for the interview or click on a link to chat the HR directly, since I already had the app previously the link took me straight the the supposed HR page on Telegram.
The conversation started, the person briefed me about the job responsibilities.
I was asked interview questions, analytical questions ( you know normal interview questions) which I answered. I was told to wait for some minutes for my responses to be reviewed.
And within 10-15 minutes I got the message below...
"CONGRATULATIONS! After due consideration and answers you provided during the interview session, TELUS International is pleased to offer you the position of Data Analyst. Due to your experience and communication skills, we have decided to give you a chance to work for the company. We trust that your knowledge, skills, and experience will be among our most valuable assets."
I was shocked cos I have never had an interview like that before, I thought perhaps, my LinkedIn was verified and they were satisfied with what they saw.
So next, the person went into details of my primary responsibilities, the types of equipments I would need. They also asked if I preferred direct deposit or cheque for my weekly pay. I still had mixed feeling about the job so I wasn't ready to provide my details, so I agreed to cheque.
So the person advised that I would need to purchase my equipment for the remote job from their trusted vendor (I wondered why a company couldn't purchase the equipment themselves but they said the equipment would be in my name...didn't make much sense but...) so they would send me a cheque for this by email, that I would have to print it, cut it out and deposit it through my mobile banking.
Truly I got the cheque and I deposited it. It reflected in my account.
Next I was asked to send $1K to a vendor for the supplies, it was an individual with a personal email, I felt that was strange because I thought I would be purchasing from somewhere like Staples but then again I thought it was a private business hence the personal name and email.
Thanks be to GOD that I didn't have much in the account originally, because when I tried sending the $1K, I got the error "not enough money", so I explained to the person that maybe the bank needs to verify the cheque first but the person asked me to split the money into $500 (to send it twice) and I still got the same error and the person even said we should wait for the bank to verify the cheque so this even made me believe they might be genuine.
Minutes later, the person asked me to get an Apple card from any of the stores like Walmart so we can proceed with other aspects of setting me up since we were still waiting for the cheque verification. The explanation for the card was that, the apple card was required because this is what the vendor will use to run iOS on the MacBook Pro and other apps I would need for the job.
The person stated that when I got the card I should please keep my receipt so that I could get reimbursed.
All this while, I was already suspicious to be honest but I just went along. Anyway I decided to call my bank before purchasing any card and I was told they could not verify the cheque over the phone and that I needed to go to a branch.
I went to a branch and I explained everything, the first thing I was toldwas that a real cheque will never be sent by email but mailed to me, secondly the account number on the supposed cheque did not exist. That was how I found out.
I decided to go into as much detail as I could so someone else doesn't fall for this. If I initially had enough money in my account before I deposited the cheque the money would have gone through and I would have been at a loss.
Another thing I observed is that even though the offer letter showed Telus International with their logo, the cheque had the name Argus Control Systems Ltd. And the supposed HR I was chatting with was using the name of Carol Craig who is an actual HR with Telus and the original email I received had the name of another employee with Telus whose name is Gary Stahlbrand. So they actually use real names and because I checked these name on LinkedIn I was convinced it was legit
Please beware!