Type of a scam Employment
After posting my resume on Indeed.ca, I was e-mailed asking if I was interested in a position with a company named "Verttag Corporation". I immediately googled the company, and found they were on ScamPulse.com so I thought they were legitimate even though their website didn’t pop up. I found that to be strange, so I followed the link found on the e-mailer’s signature… What popped up was what seemed to be a very vague company description, and lots of stock photos. This caused me to be on my toes in terms of what information I give them, just in case. I went through the steps for become employed, filling out a contract, answering regular interview questions over e-mail, and the most bank information I gave them was the name of my bank. I was told that I was to e-mail them on Monday at 9 am, and that they would call me at 9:30 with information on training for the next week. Monday morning I e-mailed them at 9 am, and the e-mail did not go through; it didn’t exist anymore. I then thought to check the website, and the website didn’t exist either. I found it odd, since I didn’t give them my bank information, or anything like that. All they got was my personal information (birthday, address, etc.). While answering questions, I even through in questions to them about vacation, to ensure I wasn’t answering automated e-mails. I received an e-mail back with an answer to my question, so I knew there was a person I was writing to.
Type of a scam Employment
They attempt to get students to sign a contract ask for personal information then ask you for your email for etransfer then ask you to accept a fake etransfer of 2000 to accept 50 dollars the rest to forward to an accountant and download fake software. These guys are trying to scam innocent people.
Type of a scam Employment
I received an email on Monday morning asking if I was interested in a job. I replied yes and asked for more information. After the second day I realised that this could be a scam but I decided to continue with contact to see what else I could discover. I was emailed by a person named Charlotte Natoc. I have stopped contact with her and have printed off all of the email correspondences. I will be going to my local police station to see if I can file a report.
Type of a scam Employment
As I am currently unemployed, I have been looking for jobs on a lot of job sites and applying to a lot of different positions. As a result of this I had not been keeping track of which companies I had applied to. Thus, when Charlotte Natoc of Verttag Corporation contacted me with a job offering, I assumed it had been one that I had applied to. The first email I received was asking me to email back if I was interested in the job. The second email I received had an attachment describing the positions available, which were basic office jobs, as well as the pay. There was also a 5 day training period. I was asked to choose which position I was interested in, as well as answering a few basic questions: How do you feel about working in a team; What do you need to feel comfortable at work; What position are you most interested in; Why are you the best candidate for the respective position; What are your best personal qualities; When would you be ready to start working. About 6 hours after receiving the second email, I received another asking if I had received the email and to respond as soon as possible. I assumed that they were just trying to be nice at this point, and sent off my responses to the questions. The next email I received asked me to fill out an employee contract and send a copy of an official ID. It was at this point I started to get suspicious of the company. I had previously searched the internet for any information on this company, as well as looking at their company website. They are registered with a certified business number on the Canada Government website, as well as many others, and their website looks pretty legitimate. However, when I called their listed phone number there was no response and not even a voicemail. In hind-site, this should have been enough to convince me, but I was still really interested in the position as it had good pay and I thought I would really enjoy the job as it had been described to me. So I filled out the employee contract, with my basic information (name, address, contact information, signature) and sent a photocopy of my driver’s licence with the master number erased, as I was still unsure of the security of my information. The next email I received was to congratulate me on becoming a member of their company. Up to this point I had not spoken to any one other than this one individual by email, I had not had a formal interview of any sort (just the few questions I had answered), and I had not even been told where the position would be located, as it was an office job. This email continued to ask me for my banking information so that they could set up my payments. At this point I dug deeper into this organization. Their address, when searched, is actually for a business called "Ontario Consumers Home Services". While the Canada Government website does have them listed as a business, it is very unclear what they actually do. And finally, I called their listed number a few more times, and still there was no response. At this point I was pretty skeptical that this business was legitimate, so I responded to the email stating that I was happy to be offered the position, but I refused to give anymore information until I talked or met with someone, and was told where the office was located. The response I received is attached below, and basically told me that this was standard procedure and I should feel comfortable with the security of my information with them. Besides the emails I have described above, there were about 3 additional emails in-between that asked me if I had received the information sent previously and to respond asap, even though the total length of our contact was about 3 days. However, since my last email, asking about the security of my information, I have not received any other emails, therefore I can say this 100% appears to be a scam. I am not sure what the procedure is to obtain a business number, but I have to believe that these people have been quite successful at scamming people, as they have gone out of their way obtain a business number and to make their company appear very legitimate at first glance. I hope that you can shut down this business so that they don’t continue to scam unemployed individuals at such a vulnerable time.