WARNING TO JOB SEEKERS: IF A JOB OFFER SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT IS! This past weekend I started to receive communications from AES Solar Systems, about a position I submitted my resume to. I received an email from a Terell Griffin (hrdesk134@gmail), and then text messages from a Natalie Hastings. That sounded possible, as I send out literally hundreds of resumes a week, as I am looking for my career. Here are the messages I received from Mrs. Hastings, in the order I received them, and they are typed and formatted exactly as they are on my phone and the texting phone number was (520) 999-8663 (NOTE: the [ indicates the start of a message, and the ] indicates the end of a message): [(2/4) resume and have it posted to the Head Of Department, and you have been selected for an interview due to your skills listed on] [(1/4) my name is Mrs. Natalie Hastings, how are you doing today? Due to our Customer Service ad Posted and,we were able to access your] [(3/4) your resume, The positions available are. Phone Representative, Data Entry, Sales, Bookkeeper, Office Clerk, Administrative] [(4/4) Assistant,Receptionist, Front Desk, Customer service , and Accounting Clerk. Which are you applying for?] After I replied, (and having not recognizing immediately, all the warning signals in the four messages above, like the messages out of sequence, all the grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors) , I got the next three text messages. [(1/3) Good......So do you have a Yahoo Email Address to proceed with the job briefing and talk more about the Job, Company and position] [(2.3) ? I want you yo get online on your Yahoo Instant Messenger then add me on Hrnatalie_desk@yahoo to your buddy list so we can] [(3/3) proceed with the job briefing and interview] After a 9:30 pm Saturday night Yahoo IM interview, I was selected for a position in their Gainesville, GA office, that will open on July 20th. She stated that the company would send me a check to cover the purchasing of equipment to be able to do the training and work via telecommuting until the office opens in July. I needed to contact her at 8 am, on Monday to receive more information regarding training. Oh, I forgot to mention that the wages are $9 for 40 hours of training, and then $35 after that, with company sponsored benefits. I posted here on LinkedIn on Monday that I had found a job with AES Solar Systems in Finance and Accounting. I was in the mindset of that of the late President Ronald Reagan Trust, but verify I started doing research, and yes the company does exist, but nothing regarding the opening of branch offices. That started the red flags, I saw that they are a utility company in the US, and around the world, and distributor of solar cells in England, but nothing in the US that would require a branch office in a small north georgia city. I did as I was instructed and was awaiting the check, which should have arrived yesterday (luckily it was delayed), and then today I got an in-mail from another individual whose spouse also was contacted following submitting a resume for a Customer Service Position with AES Solar. And what I was told confirmed what I thought. The other person tried to cash the check fro $2900, and their bank immediately treated it like a fraudulent check, so they took it to the bank listed on the check, and they knew the amount of the check before even seeing it, and they took it to submit to law enforcement. The purpose of that fraud, was to get people to lower their security and send a copy of the deposit slip (scanned or photo), in order to get the bank account information. I have since filed a complaint with the FTC, and when the check arrives, I will take it to the Sheriffs Department, for criminal prosecution. So I will remind everyone, if something seems wrong with a hiring scenario (Yahoo Instant Messenger requested for communication and interview), interview and hiring within a few minutes, spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors in the messages, messages out of sequence, or if it seems too good to be true; trust me it is too good to be true, and it is likely a scam to try and steal your identity. I am ashamed that I was able to be deceived initially, but I am glad I figured it out before I fell completely into the trap. I hope that reading this will help you to avoid the same trap, and if someone tries to do it to you, either ignore it altogether or get law enforcement involved. Do your due diligence, and research every last bit of information.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:59:01 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015