Work from home job scam

Scams
1

phone number was 707-957-0609

Here is the scammers text message, they also send a convincing employment letter, then sends a W4 form to steal the social security number and info. Tells you they will send you a check for equipment reimbursement and want you to pay upfront. It’s a silly scam. I didn’t fall for it, but many others may. The employment letter looks like it comes from the hr division of gmp but it’s not. It’s only posing.

“Good day,I am Kerry Jiang contacting you from Human Resources Team of GMP Pharmaceuticals in regards to your resume which has been reviewed.We'd love to discuss our new openings.I believe this is ———— ———?

The Position(s) available are Customer Service/ Office Manager/ Medical Transcriptionist/ Assistant DON/ Registered Nurse/ Senior Business Analyst/ Virtual Administrative Assistant/ Data Entry and Project Management.The pay scale depends on your role.25-40 Hours per week.Detail about the company was sent to your email today.Do you have a Google hangouts or Skype to proceed with the job briefing's, company and location?

You are required to add Mr. Jonathan Merrell on Hangout to discuss about the Positions available using email address ([email protected]). Let me know what time frame works for your interview. Thank you”

2

@mustacherider#75981 phone number was 707-957-0609

3

@mustacherider#75981 is there any phone number that is associated with this scam? How did they contact you? Via text message / SMS or email?

Edit: I added the phone number to the first post.

4

If there was an easy way to make loads of money, everyone would already be doing it.

5

@NeeP#75985 thanks. It was via text. I think they found it through my monster.com resume posting

6

This scam is still happening, I almost got caught up in it, thankfully, I forgot to include my SSN on the W4 sent.

7

Either the recruiter was impersonating a small business, or the number originated from this website: Big Lagoon Pound Down Surf Off presented by The Shop | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News

Job scams are becoming increasingly ubiquitous these days. It was CareerBuilder where those “administration/date entry specialist” roles kept cropping up for me. In my experience, it was either some Filipino or Nigerian pretending to be someone from a small business that they’re impersonating. Best to keep a sharp eye out, because if the job description sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.