Victim Location 61301
Type of a scam Employment
I received an offer of what I thought was a legitimate work-from-home employment opportunity via email from a company called Nietos & Associates out of Colton, CA. It was from their HR Department. After what I thought was a thorough vetting of this company, I felt safe enough to sign an employment agreement with Nietos & Associates, the legal owner of ThePostalDelivery.com, on September 21, 2017, to work for them as a logistics manager, receiving packages at my home, inspecting, documenting, photographing and re-shipping the packages out to their customers with prepaid shipping labels that I would download and print from their CRM online platform. Per the agreement, after the 30-day probation period, I was to be paid a salary of $2150.00 for the month, a travel expense reimbursement of $50.00, as well as reimbursement for supplies paid for out-of-pocket by myself, which was over $100.00. This was to be paid by direct deposit into my bank account on November 3, 2017. As of this date, November 13th, I still have not been paid. I have made several dozen attempts to contact HR, Payroll, and my direct supervisor, *** ***, or anyone at all at the company and have been unsuccessful. They have not returned any of my numerous voicemails. I received one email from Payroll, a Mr. Jonathan Chen, on November 6th stating that the reason I had not been paid is because their corporate account at Bank of America had been compromised, and it would take 3 additional days to create a new, secure account. At this point their CRM website platform has also been shut down, so I cannot even communicate via chat either. I fear I have been the foolish victim of some kind of identity theft scam or illegal shipping scheme. I have also contacted the FBI via the tip line on their website, as one of the packages I received to inspect and re-ship arrived via USPS. All of the other packages arrived either via UPS or FedEx. I also reported this to the California Attorney General’s Consumer Complaint Division Against a Business or Company. My immediate supervisor’s name is *** ***, and her phone number is 800-413-9520, Ext. 273. It is my hope that others will not become victims of this scam. Feel free to contact me. Thank you for your time.