Victim Location 95404
Type of a scam Employment
I sent my resume to a jobs posting on Craiglist for Data Entry/Production Department Assistant. I believe for a rate of pay of $16-$17 per hour. A Noemi Urbano answered my email stating the position had been filled but found my resume interesting. She knew of a David at a similar company who was looking to fill the same type of position in the same location. She gave me his email and I sent my resume stating that Noemi referred me. Here is the reply: "My name is David, I am the CEO of vanguardoptions Inc. We are a retail brokerage firm, that has its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. We provide brokerage services for options, stocks, futures, mutual funds, and fixed income investments in the United States of America and internationally. I also have interest in few other companies. I am contacting you in regards to the Data Entry Position you applied for. I have known Noemi Urbano for quite some time and i value her recommendations. We are opening a new branch office in Santa Rosa, California and I need someone who can be on ground there. This position needs to be filled AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Responsibilities of this position Includes: Compiling relevant documents needed by the CEO, Maintaining personal files and records, Inter-phase with Finance Manager, prepare checks for vendors and handle bank deposits. Organizing files and collecting data to be entered into the computer., Performing any other duties as assigned by the CEO. Your starting Salary will be $25.00/hour,9am-5pm Monday-Friday and can be reviewed after 2 months of working. I will appreciate your swift response if you can meet up with the responsibilities listed above. For follow up, kindly reply and let me know how soon you can start." I looked up Vanguard Options in Chicago, Illinois on Google. It does not exist. There is a real company called *** that is in the investment business, but they are not headquartered in Chicago and have no "vanguard options" branch or department. Further, jobs of this type in my area of the country go for $10-$14 per hour to start. Noemi’s offer of $16-$17 was reasonable. $25 is not. Also, no local address given. No – Let’s meet for an interview at such and such address. I continued to email them to see how far they’d go.
1. I appreciate your enthusiasm in working as my office data entry officer,
we will be opening a branch in Santa Rosa, California. So part of your
job will be making orders and getting deliveries delivered to the new
office and providing office set-up expenses report for the new office
when required. You are required to have an active email and a cell phone
for calls and text messages. Presently I’m in Chicago, you will be
reporting to me via email and phone for now. Your primary assignment is
to concentrate on setting up the new office while you report back to me
via email/Phone.
If you have a current job, you might need to hold on till the office is
fully set up before handing in your notice.
Your work status shall be contract staff until end of June when it will
be reviewed. This will be a 1099 independent contractor position until
end of June 2018 when you will be confirmed as a permanent employee.
Most of the qualities we look for are already in your resume and it is
my prerogative of picking out the intrinsic qualities. For your
information, I’m a very busy man and will need your assistant in the
office setup when required. As for work hours, you can work remotely
until we set up the new office when you will be working 9 am to 5 pm
Mondays – Fridays only.
Let me know if you want payment every 2 weeks or monthly. I want us to
sort out the employment details as soon as possible so that we can move
on with the new office process. Let me know the form of payment you will
prefer for your salary, payments can come by mailed check if you prefer
or a direct deposit to your bank account. Let me know which is more
convenient for you so that i can forward details to my account
department.
You can start work as soon as possible, i will send your details to our
admin and get back to you soon so that you can start work asap. I have
read your resume and I’m quite satisfied i can trust you to handle the
job requirements. I will state other benefits in the next email when
your application will be fully processed approval. KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE IF
EMAIL IS WELL UNDERSTOOD.
Best Regards,
David
2.Your first duty will be to work on the new office set-up(you will search
online line for some of the items we will need in the office), you will
also go to stores where needed and send price quotes to me. I will email
list to you on Monday. I will personally contact the estate agent to get
a lease for office space in the coming week. Please note that i am
mostly busy therefore expect my staff to work with little or no
supervision. As for work hours, you can work remotely until we set up
the new office when you will be working 8hrs/day (9am to 5pm) and only
week days. If you have a current job, you might need to hold on till the
new office is fully set up before handing in your notice.
3.I need you to make inquiries and estimates of all we need to set up a
new office. I will be making the orders myself i just need a good price
quotation from you. Which you have couple of days to work on. Please
note that i am already in talks with a realtor, who will secure an
office by the end of the week. The office space is 2100 square feet that
will hold a staff strength of eight (in cubicles, size of cubicles are 5
by 5 feet.). Please include in your report items for the following: desk
and chairs for the cubicles, supplies for the bathroom, kitchen, items
for conference room, reception area and a waiting room. We need office
equipment, furniture, computers (I want 8pcs of 2018 Dell Inspiron
All-in-One Desktop PC, 21.5") 8 office phones and one multi-purpose
printer. We have a budget of $25,000 for this purpose. Please do not
include quotation for the cubicles in your report since the office will
come with cubicles . You can get the quotation from anywhere, online or
a store. I will appreciate your judgement and discretion in choosing the
right equipment. You will send an Expense/Update report in excel sheet,
adobe or PDF file. When sending your quotation, clearly state the
product, cost, tax and delivery charges for each product.
If you need any clarification please do not hesitate to send me an
email. However, I expect you to work with little or no supervision as
stated in the job description.
Note: Always email your hours to Patrick at [email protected]
at the end of every week and send a copy to me also.
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