Daughter got saved from Employment Scam
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:56 pm
Hello all. First post here. I hope this is the right place.
Daughter does online typing work and has for many years. With the Covid Virus. work has slowed and she wants more hours. She applied for a job on one of the well-known online employment sites. Soon she receives a response praising her resume. Scammer sends request for personal information, which she sends.
Next she receives a check in the mail for close to $3,000. Check is allegedly drawn on a real bank from a real company which, incidentally, has no relationship to the company allegedly offering the employment. Sender says to advance funds and purchase software program and a laptop from their company using a Whats App address. The check received has been deposited at the bank but the bank puts a 10 day hold on it. Thus, Daughter would have to advance funds from her own bank account.
At this point, Daughter tells me about the scheme and I correctly identify it as a scam. I advise her to shut it down so that nothing further is done on the matter. She agrees.
After no further action on Daughter's part, the scammer calls on the telephone and asks what is the holdup on the purchases?
Daughter tells him that he is a scammer and advises that he dry up. He denies this, but it's clear that he is not telling the truth since his address is in Texas, nowhere near where the putative employer is situated. Also, the scammer has the accent of an African person speaking English as a second language.
Daughter is disappointed but has no loss other than some personal information. Account numbers are changed and no loss will be incurred since she has taken steps to protect herself with a well-known ID security service.
I'm just posting this so that others may be informed and won't fall for this sort of thing. We have his email address and telephone number but are planning nothing further.
Comments? Please no abuse and do not use the word "stupid".
Daughter does online typing work and has for many years. With the Covid Virus. work has slowed and she wants more hours. She applied for a job on one of the well-known online employment sites. Soon she receives a response praising her resume. Scammer sends request for personal information, which she sends.
Next she receives a check in the mail for close to $3,000. Check is allegedly drawn on a real bank from a real company which, incidentally, has no relationship to the company allegedly offering the employment. Sender says to advance funds and purchase software program and a laptop from their company using a Whats App address. The check received has been deposited at the bank but the bank puts a 10 day hold on it. Thus, Daughter would have to advance funds from her own bank account.
At this point, Daughter tells me about the scheme and I correctly identify it as a scam. I advise her to shut it down so that nothing further is done on the matter. She agrees.
After no further action on Daughter's part, the scammer calls on the telephone and asks what is the holdup on the purchases?
Daughter tells him that he is a scammer and advises that he dry up. He denies this, but it's clear that he is not telling the truth since his address is in Texas, nowhere near where the putative employer is situated. Also, the scammer has the accent of an African person speaking English as a second language.
Daughter is disappointed but has no loss other than some personal information. Account numbers are changed and no loss will be incurred since she has taken steps to protect herself with a well-known ID security service.
I'm just posting this so that others may be informed and won't fall for this sort of thing. We have his email address and telephone number but are planning nothing further.
Comments? Please no abuse and do not use the word "stupid".