Warrning Scam elert
I was recently offered employment by what I thought was Sanofi Pharmaceutical but found out it was a scam. All interviews were done on Google Hangouts so beware. I lost a whole week waiting for the start up check. What I have been told is the hope you send them the balance of the check back to them before its found to be fraudulent. The check was for $3,480.70 ladies names were Suzette Grzywacz and Wendy McDermott. Check was signed by Donald S. Koncz
Who do we contact to report a fraudulent contact?
I have been communicating with a "Sanofi hiring manager", now there have been a few red flags throughout this 5 day Telegram app interview. Today he began asking about my bank account and how much is my daily limit, I told him that was not important if I am going to be getting paid weekly by direct deposit. 10 minutes later he comes back and say that I was hired and he will be sending me a PDF check for $1450 which I will deposit it and it take $100 for my sign on and the rest will be to get the software. This was the final red flag.
The same thing happened to me last week, interview through Hangouts with a George William posing as a Sanofi recruiter. Quite a sophisticated scam, he sent a check for $2,150 to buy all the equipment I would need to start working for them as a translator. The check was a cashiers check, I deposited it but notified the bank that I thought it might be fraudulent. First thing in the morning “George” wanted to know if funds were available to “make the purchase immediately.” Even though they did show as available I told him they were pending and that the bank had flagged the check as “irregular.” Of course 3 days later the bank informed me the check was fraudulent and charged me $12. Small price to pay for a good lesson learned! Beware of job offers that sound “too good to be true.”
The same exact thing with the same exact people happened to me. I thought something wasn't right so I asked my banker to verify the check before depositing and it came back fraudulent.
No I called the issuing bank and they told me it was fraudulent.
Hi William, thanks for letting us know! You didn't deposit the check, did you? Be very careful with fake checks! You can read more about fake check scams here: http://www.fraud.org/fake_check_scams
Why is such a company allowed to operate on such a continuous basis we become what we behold? We need to take measures to denounce and stop this practice.