The job offer consisted of a W2 salary (payable every 2 weeks) plus bonuses, including benefits (medical insurance fully paid for your entire family, 25 days of vacation, sick days, etc. They attached 4 official documents (PDFs) that seems very legit including the job description, payroll forms, benefits, and an "About Company" document. It all looked very legit at first glance!
Apparently they posted a fake job offer in linkedin or craigslist and I responded. So, if you are looking for a job, WATCH OUT!
So, the job requires 2 weeks 'probation' time in which they offer to train you to process order for their clients. They say that they will start with small orders to their individuals clients, then business clients.
As part of their "hiring" process they ask you to provide them your credit report because they are only hiring people that can be trusted with money. NOTE: This is how they find out the credit cards you have, their limits and balances.
Then, they reply to offer you to pre-pay your credit card so that you can free up some money to make purchases for them. In this case, they offer to pay $XXXX (whatever is in your current balance) using their bank account. They assure you that this is only during the first 2 weeks of probation, after that you will have a company issued credit card.
RED FLAG: They say that they will add your name to their business operating bank account so that you can make a payment to your credit card using their bank account. This is a highly suspictious, and in my opinion, unethical business practice!
WARNING: According to American Express and VISA, bank payments like this can take 3 to 5 business days to clear! That's plenty of time for scammers to take as much money as they want from your credit card and disappear!
I suspect that during the first 1-2 days of training you will be very busy buying stuff for 'their clients' and shipping them in a hurry using your own credit card. They will probably ask you to buy and ship 10,000 to 20,000 in merchandise. By the time you realize that the payment(s) to your credit card using their bank account did not complete, they are long gone! At the end, you will be stocked with a huge credit card debt and no job or money to pay for it!
Hope this posting prevents some scams -- Its so sad to see how some humans enjoy taking advantage of other humans in their time of need. Stealing from a person that is looking for a job is like taking away a piece of bread from a homeless person! Who does that?
Retail Segment Export Services Reviews
READ CAREFULLY -- This is a very elaborate scam taht targets people replying to job postings in Linkedin or Craigslist.
COMPANY NAME USED IN THIS SCAM:
Retail Segment Export Services
http://www.rses-us.com/ (main site: http://www.rses.ch)
Logistics/wholesale trade/procurement
357 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
EIN : 82-0834098
Headquarter Office:
Entry : 27.01.2004
Legal form : Limited liability company
Legal headquarters of the company : Niederönz
Company status: active
Commercial register number: CH-053.4.016.640-5
THIS IS HOW THIS SCAM WORKS:
The job offer consisted of a W2 salary (payable every 2 weeks) plus bonuses, including benefits (medical insurance fully paid for your entire family, 25 days of vacation, sick days, etc. They attached 4 official documents (PDFs) that seems very legit including the job description, payroll forms, benefits, and an "About Company" document. It all looked very legit at first glance!
Apparently they posted a fake job offer in linkedin or craigslist and I responded. So, if you are looking for a job, WATCH OUT!
So, the job requires 2 weeks 'probation' time in which they offer to train you to process order for their clients. They say that they will start with small orders to their individuals clients, then business clients.
As part of their "hiring" process they ask you to provide them your credit report because they are only hiring people that can be trusted with money. NOTE: This is how they find out the credit cards you have, their limits and balances.
Then, they reply to offer you to pre-pay your credit card so that you can free up some money to make purchases for them. In this case, they offer to pay $XXXX (whatever is in your current balance) using their bank account. They assure you that this is only during the first 2 weeks of probation, after that you will have a company issued credit card.
RED FLAG: They say that they will add your name to their business operating bank account so that you can make a payment to your credit card using their bank account. This is a highly suspictious, and in my opinion, unethical business practice!
WARNING: According to American Express and VISA, bank payments like this can take 3 to 5 business days to clear! That's plenty of time for scammers to take as much money as they want from your credit card and disappear!
I suspect that during the first 1-2 days of training you will be very busy buying stuff for 'their clients' and shipping them in a hurry using your own credit card. They will probably ask you to buy and ship 10,000 to 20,000 in merchandise. By the time you realize that the payment(s) to your credit card using their bank account did not complete, they are long gone! At the end, you will be stocked with a huge credit card debt and no job or money to pay for it!
Hope this posting prevents some scams -- Its so sad to see how some humans enjoy taking advantage of other humans in their time of need. Stealing from a person that is looking for a job is like taking away a piece of bread from a homeless person! Who does that?