Victim Location 64057
Total money lost $3,400
Type of a scam Employment
Emailed on July 10, 2020 for a REMOTE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Position with Intellectual Ventures. This is a remote position, i.e. Your assignment can be performed from any location. Your first assignment will begin on July 30th, 2020. Maggie Sullivan was the recruiter and contact person for the role. A few days later "Maggie" reached out to ask for my resume via Linkedin. Then a few weeks later I received a message
Dear Applicant,
After a thorough review of your resume profile, I am pleased to announce that you are offered the REMOTE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Position with Intellectual Ventures.
This is a remote position, i.e. Your assignment can be performed from any location. Your first assignment will begin on July 30th, 2020. You will report after the completion of each assignment to me via my email, and you will be expected to provide 10-12 hours of work per week.
You will be responsible for completing the multi-level tasks below in a professional and timely manner.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Handling office tasks, such as filing, generating reports and presentations, setting up for meetings, and reordering supplies.
Providing real-time scheduling support by booking appointments and preventing conflicts.
Making travel arrangements, such as booking flights, cars, and making hotel and restaurant reservations.
Using computers to generate reports, transcribe minutes from meetings, create presentations, and conduct research.
Maintain polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail, and mail.
All these tasks shall be completed using a licensed application software called VirtualAssistPro which will be supplied to you by our independent developer. Necessary
training shall be provided prior the starting date.
The pay for this position will be $500 USD per week ($24,000/year).
An interview may not be required as this is a part-time and remote position. If you choose to accept this position, please reply to this email with a brief letter of
acceptance.
Warm regards,
Maggie Sulivan Senior Recruiter at Intellectual Ventures.
I researched the company "Intellectual Ventures" on Glassdoor which has great ratings. So, I decided to accept the role.
They sent a cashier’s check for $3950.89 Priority Mail.. Check was to purchase $3400 of remote office equipment & $500 for first week of work. I deposited check July 20th and waited to clear. The bank put a hold on the check .I called the bank on the morning of the 23rd to check on status and spoke with Kelly from CACU. An hour later she called said funds available. "Maggie" instructed me to wire the money to third party vendor that would then send me the equipment for working from home. "Maggie" gave me the contact info to send the money for the equipment to Martin Tokmo Stockton, CA 95207 with Money Gram. Walmart only allows $2400 at a time for wire transfer. So, I sent two different amounts $2465.00 & $938.00. Bank reversed the cashier’s check as bad. CACU did a conference call with Intellectual Ventures and spoke with Karen who said that the real Maggie Sullivan (Recruiter) had her accounts hacked and someone was using her identity to cause this commotion. I put in reports with IC3, FTC, and the CFPB. Debbie with CACU referred the fraudulent information over to the bank’s Loss Prevention Department. I am awaiting to hear back from them.