![]() When the check bounces, you lost the money. The scam comes in the form of your bank withdrawing funds to the supplier before they know the check was a fraud and doesn’t clear. ![]() ![]() Then, you are told to transfer the funds to a supplier that will send you the equipment for your new job. The money they will provide will be a check sent to you in the hopes you deposit it. Here is where the check comes into play.If you do stay online, they will come back and say you got the job and provide instructions. The interview ends and in some cases you are asked to stay online for a moment while your interview is processed because it would seem you are a “perfect fit”.This is where the scam is really taking place. At some point during that interview the person conducting it says that, should you get the job, you will be given money to set up a home office.You answer questions specific to your profession and they send you very positive responses. You eventually do the interview via Google Hangouts and everything seems to be going well.Though, again, they can spoof real company ID’s. Rather, they are GMail accounts in most cases or other. But, all emails used are not from the company you are supposed to be interviewing for. They give you a contact email and a time to reach out. That “person” then follows up via email, once you said you were interested, to ask if you would like to interview for a job via Google Hangouts.However, in the “Interwebs” they can spoof anything. You may not notice it right away because the reply address looks legit. Though keep in mind that sometimes they can spoof an email to the company involved. But the email addresses for both were Gmail and at first I didn’t think of it. I was actually presented with “real employee names” for the company involved in both cases, and I could have looked into that. The person says you match their list of needs and hope you might present a resume. Click the persons name and find that no profile comes up. You are contacted via message through such services by a “recruiter”.In my case, two graphic design positions were presented as being “work from home” and the companies involved actually were offering such items (after I researched them). The scammer takes this information and then “creates a potential job” based on existing real companies looking for the same thing.Generally it is through LinkedIn but can also be through Indeed, Monster, and so on where you list your contact information freely via email and your job goals. You are looking for a job and have an online profile.This particular scam has been ongoing for a few years (of which I wasn’t aware until I was seeking employment) and works as follows… They will provide you with hope, present a direction to happiness, and then scam you out of your money. Whether it is the wealthy individual in a remote African country, or a new potential love interest that just needs help, the overall story is the same. Unfortunately, this has become a scam similar to others you have seen online in past years. The ego hit is great and you are thinking that this might be the opportunity you need. Here is a person that “found you” instead of you finding them and they want to maybe hire you. Of course, when any of us are on the hunt for a job, we instantly grab at such situations. The person in question was listed as a recruiter via LinkedIn and was impressed with my history and wanted to see if I was interested in a work from home design job. Recently I was contacted via LinkedIn for a possible job as a freelance designer working from home.
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