Type of a scam Employment
A job posting for an administrative assistant position was posted on Indeed.com
A job seeker submitted their resume and was advised that they were "short-listed" for a phone interview. Before the interview was scheduled, the person posing as the HR Manager asked the candidate to submit answers to interview questions by email. The job seeker was advised they were advancing to the next round and asked to provide references and a date they would be able to begin employment. The references were never contacted, but the HR Manager then contacted the job seeker and advised them that they had gotten the job and an employment letter was to follow. The letter attached was received – clearly raising some red flags. An internet search revealed this scam has been previously perpetrated using other legitimate company names. The end game appears to be financial gain – the supposed position requires the employee to deposit company funds into their personal bank account. In other instances, the fraudulent employer has asked for some or all of the funds to be returned. Once the money is received by the scammer, the original check is cancelled, resulting in a personal loss for the employee.
Type of a scam Employment
I was emailed by this company offering me a job at there new location in Toronto. I have completed the employment application.
Type of a scam Employment
I applied for a job that was posted on an well known reputable employment website. I received the following email and I thought the salary was too good to be true so I googled it and found out it was a scam. It was also not the typical way an employer would reach out to a potential employee.
Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in BROOKS LEVY CONSTRUCTION.
We received your resume in response to our recent job posting on ONJobcentre for the position of
an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. As you know, we are looking for experienced and motivated
individuals to join our pioneering team of skilled experts.
Your resume stood out from the others and hence your shortlisting. We are impressed with your
accomplishments. We believe you possess the essential qualities we are looking for and we are very
excited at the prospect of working with you.
BROOKS LEVY CONSTRUCTION is a full service construction company providing various construction
businesses and consulting solutions. We offer special and unique capabilities to enhance our
spectrum of services to meet our client’s need. Our company has been in existence for years in
Centreville, NS, Canada. Our satellite office which will be located in Downtown Ottawa will be
opening officially in six weeks. We are looking to employ an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to carry
out the duties listed below:
• Answer phone calls and direct calls to appropriate parties or take messages;
• Attend meetings to record minutes;
• Conduct research, compile data, and prepare papers for consideration and presentation by
executives and committees.
• File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports;
• Greet visitors and determine whether they should be given access to the Chief Operating Officer;
• Make travel arrangements for executives;
• Open, sort, and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email;
• Posting ads on internet and newspaper;
• Handling and monitoring some of the COO’s financial activities;
• Filing and Faxing, Creating and sending out letters.
181 Gibson Woods Road Centreville, NS B0P 1J0, Canada
+1 (902) 702-8005
www.brookslevyconstruction.com
Required Skills:
• Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work
tasks.
• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling
obligations.
• Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured,
cooperative attitude.
• Concern for others — Job requires being sensitive to others’ needs and feelings and being
understanding and helpful on the job.
This is a full-time position (9am – 5pm).
Your starting salary is $2,106.40 bi-weekly.
Vacation time is paid in 2-week increments,
Benefits are included, and bonuses are paid annually.
Reply to this email (Reply to: [email protected]) with your phone number and a
suitable time to contact you over the phone.
Note: There will be interview questionnaires that will be sent to you.
Sincerely,
Richard Zheng
05-04-2017
Human Resource Manager
+1 (902) 702-8005
www.brookslevyconstruction.com
Type of a scam Employment
Fraudulent website created 24th March 2017 for 1 year only
Copyright on website is 2013
Steals the identity of the real company but changes the telephone number.
Victim Location 28120
Type of a scam Employment
On March 28, 2017 I was contacted by a person claiming to be named Tony Zheng. He stated that he was with a company called Brooks Levy Construction and they were contacting me in regards to an admin. position I applied for on ZipRecruiter. They are a Canadian based company establishing a new office location in Charlotte, NC. His email looked legitimate asking me basic questions about why I wanted the job and what strengths I possessed over other candidates. I answered the questions and immediately received a response saying that I was being considered for the position and I should have a response by Saturday, April 1st with their decision. Saturday came and an email was received saying I was being offered the position with an offer letter attached. I noticed there was no location noted for the new location in Charlotte, so I requested it. They gave me an address of 300 S Brevard St, Charlotte, NC. but no suite number. I googled the address and there was no information about them being located in that building. The think that set off the biggest red flag was the part where they said the office would open on my start date and they wanted to send me a laptop and check to get get the office set up. The signature on the offer letter also looked like it was cut and pasted. I tried to do a little more research on the company, but they have no LinkedIn account, no Facebook account, when you try and do Google Earth street view it shows a house with pool in the back yard and a bunch of farm land around it. They were also not registered on the US/Canadian corporation searches. When I couldn’t find any additional information I reached back out to the "HR representative" Tony to see if he could provide any additional info and told them I found it hard to believe a company would send a complete stranger a check and laptop without actually verbally speaking with or meeting them. I guess they figured out that I wasn’t going to play their game and realized they’ve been caught, because I have yet to get a response from them.