While I was at the VA Employment Center yesterday out of the blue I receive a text message from a lady indentifying herself as the HR director for a major company whose name I will leave out. She said she has reviewed my resume and I would make a great fit in the organization. I didn't think anything of it because I have my resume posted on several job sites.
I did Google the company she was representing and it was a real company which is located overseas. It is a technology based company. After exchanging numerous text messages she told me I would have to interview with the hiring manager.
After I made it home from New Orleans I did my interview and that's when things began to sound a little fishy. Even my 25 yr old son said it was fishy. So after what turned out to be about a 3 hour interview the hiring manager told me they would be sending me a check by FedEx to buy my computer and other required supplies. He also told me I was required to use a specific vendor they have been doing business with for years. I agreed and the interview ended.
I had time to really do some research on this company and the hiring manager. Everything I found on the company was legit. But when I Googled his name that's when to the goose was let out of the pen. It seems these people have been running this scam for some time and unfortunately some people had seen through to the end.
What happens is you deposit the check they send you to purchase all your materials and the check bounces. At that point you are left holding the bag for whatever the check amount is. They get their money from the vendor they tell you to use.
I called a police officer friend of mine and he said see it all the way through but do not deposit the check.
It really made me angry because I am searching for a new job and the time I spent with this bogus I could have been doing something much more productive.
I talked with him again this morning as I will tomorrow morning. Too many people have fallen for this scam and have lost thousands of dollars which they could ill afford to lose. I will speak with him again tomorrow morning. When I receive the check I will call the law again.
The whole idea of this post is be very careful with whom you are talking to. These guys are really good!! They ask all the right questions and say all the right things. Just be careful my friends don't get bit no matter how badly you need a job.
Sincerely,
WAY.
I did Google the company she was representing and it was a real company which is located overseas. It is a technology based company. After exchanging numerous text messages she told me I would have to interview with the hiring manager.
After I made it home from New Orleans I did my interview and that's when things began to sound a little fishy. Even my 25 yr old son said it was fishy. So after what turned out to be about a 3 hour interview the hiring manager told me they would be sending me a check by FedEx to buy my computer and other required supplies. He also told me I was required to use a specific vendor they have been doing business with for years. I agreed and the interview ended.
I had time to really do some research on this company and the hiring manager. Everything I found on the company was legit. But when I Googled his name that's when to the goose was let out of the pen. It seems these people have been running this scam for some time and unfortunately some people had seen through to the end.
What happens is you deposit the check they send you to purchase all your materials and the check bounces. At that point you are left holding the bag for whatever the check amount is. They get their money from the vendor they tell you to use.
I called a police officer friend of mine and he said see it all the way through but do not deposit the check.
It really made me angry because I am searching for a new job and the time I spent with this bogus I could have been doing something much more productive.
I talked with him again this morning as I will tomorrow morning. Too many people have fallen for this scam and have lost thousands of dollars which they could ill afford to lose. I will speak with him again tomorrow morning. When I receive the check I will call the law again.
The whole idea of this post is be very careful with whom you are talking to. These guys are really good!! They ask all the right questions and say all the right things. Just be careful my friends don't get bit no matter how badly you need a job.
Sincerely,
WAY.
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