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SCAM MT COMPANY - a31962

Posted: Jan 15, 2014

If you applied to a position regarding, this time path and hist transcription, and sent your contact information to a karen_hill19@yahoo.com, you will hear back from her and be asked to add a David Winkler to your yahoo messenger, wherein he will ask to do an interview with you online. At the end of the interview he will tell you the following:

davidwinkleronline:‎ You will be undergoing a (1) one week training and orientation which will commence as soon as you have all working materials and you are rest assured that you will be paid for it...
- IM1:32 PM
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ To commence your training and orientation. The software is needed to get started with work since you will be working from home.

The following software are what you will be working with: PeachTree, MYOB, QuickBooks, NetSuite
davidwinkleronline:‎ ExpressScribe, Breevy, 2013 Steadman’s Plus Version Medical/Pharmaceutical Spellchecker (standard), TruCrypt entire computer system protected/encrypted.
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ You will receive a paycheck for the purchase of the working materials,the company's accounting dept will issue the check and have it sent to your house via fedEx,they will have it sent to the address you have just provided so i suppose the name you provided is same on your bank information.... Once you receive the check , You are to deposit the check into your bank account via the ATM. Funds will be credited and made available for withdrawal the next morning.
For easy and fast access , You can have it deposited through your bank's ATM nearest to you and print out a deposit slip instantly

Note: You will be depositing the check through your bank ATM which is an accounting task. this is just to test your ability in the accounting field as part of your training.
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ Once you receive your training softwares, a contract/offer letter will come along them make sure you fill and sign it then fax it back to the company.
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ As soon as the check its been issued out to you i will notify you and provide you with the tracking number so you can keep track and know when it will get to you, okay?
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ All we need from you is good work and trust,you will enjoy every moment working with us..Okay?
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ Thats all for now,you are to report to me tomorrow by 8am through IM here your time for update on the check,task and on how to get started with work.
Me:‎ ok
davidwinkleronline:‎ Will be looking foward to work with you
davidwinkleronline:‎ Bye for now talk to you tommorow morning by 8am
Me:‎ 8am goodbye

THIS IS A SCAM ... I continued the conversation to the end but am reporting it as such, and will be turning over any materials sent to the local police. Everyone should do the same. His ad, i believe appeared on this site as well as MtJobs, but I see the ad has also been pulled, so it's obvious someone else figured out the scam. He will say he's affiliated with CHS Community Health Systems; however, the emails and IMs do not come from that company.

Watch out for scams like this wherein they want you to deposit a check because it will be a fraudulant/bad check and to honor it your bank may cover it with your funds.

This scam goes around on employment websites, craigslist, etc. Be careful of these idiots! And the position offered 25 dollars per hour, which we all know our pay per line and hour has gone down in this industry over the last few years, so that had to be a red flag, lol!

please don't post your actual name - nm

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Adding link to earlier discussion - anon

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I started getting suspicious immediately because the interview was by Yahoo IM. Every MT job I've been offered had the interview done by phone. I was still making $25-30 an hour up until 2011, so thought that MIGHT have been credible. I didn't let them get past the job offer. They had no answer for my simple questions such as how PTO is accrued, what are the paid holidays, what insurance, etc.

Same email - txmom

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I got basically the same email but was told to speak with Sir Tom Robinson (Hiring Manager). What got me suspicious was the spelling, punctuation and grammar errors in the email. Below is the email I got.

Dear Applicant,

Congratulations, Our recruiting team has reviewed your resume (http://www.mtjobs.com) for the position we believe you would be capable of handling, This positions are based on your resume.. Your details has been forwarded to Sir Tom Robinson (Hiring Manager). He would be conducting an on-line interview with you to discuss the Job Details, Pay Scale and Benefits etc. and briefing about the openings in our company. This is an immediate hire position therefore the interview is scheduled ASAP. Set up a Screen name with yahoo Instant Messenger on-line at http://www.messenger.yahoo.com/ and add up the Head Of Operation's screen name on : recruitingdept69@yahoo.com to your buddy list, He will be waiting to talk to you on yahoo messenger right away. Endeavor to get on-line. I wish you the Best of Luck with the Interview. If you have any questions, Please feel free to email Sir Tom Robinson for more details.

Regards
Head of Operation
Sorting code#:

God Bless You.

that screams scam - Sir Tom my hiney

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Americans don't go by "Sir" don't the scammers know that?

Apparently not - txmom

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It was a cute little e-mail though. I am going to get on yahoo and see what he has to say. I am interested to hear this and see how I can tear it apart!

lol, maybe he was knighted by the Queen - sm - XXX

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Guess if the scammers are reading this they know now not to use "Sir". I really hope no one here got sucked in and scammed.

letter is the same - a31962

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I received the same email reply to the job ad. I have multiple clients that I have never spoken to over the phone and have maintained solely email/im and dropbox relationships with, so that was not the immediate red flag, lol. There are still times that I can pull a good hourly rate, line rate or dollars per minute of sound rate, but I've never had an employee position offered up so quickly at the rate stated, and there was also the teaser that health benefits would be available after one month ... on what dream planet, lol? Google searches come up multiple times with the exact wording he used regarding depositing the check via cash machine to prove that you could handle it, and his name comes up in email searches if you do a + scam. What a loser ... perhaps they should consider getting a real job, but apparently there are enough people out there who fall for this scam, end up with the checking or savings accounts, in the red and learn the hard way. bleck!

Interveiwed ended quickly - txmom

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Well...that was a quick interview. I told him I would not give him any personal information and it was over.

I called Community Health Systems - txmom

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I called CHS and this has already been reported and their IT specialists are working on it.

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