Scam Type
Employment Scam
Date Reported
2023-02-04 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
48183
Total Dollars Lost
1100
Scam Description
I was emailed by a person identifying as Tim Neese from Aveshka, Inc. He said that I was offered employment for a remote junior software engineer position after I filled out some screening questions. When I accepted the job, he sent me over an employment offer letter and requested a copy of my ID, so I returned both back to him. After that, he said that he would send me an e copy of a check that I would deposit and use to give to a vendor for some equipment necessary for the job. I deposited the check. After sending $3100 to the vendors via Venmo and Google Pay, I took a look at the check and looked up the bank that it came from. I noticed that the branch that corresponded to the routing number on the check had a different phone number than what was on the check. After that I looked up Tim Neese on LinkedIn and noticed he liked a post from another recruiter from Aveshka warning people about somebody using an email similar to hers to scam people. The email had a domain name of @aveshkajobs.com, the same domain name as Tim Neese’s email. After these discoveries, I immediately called my bank to cancel the deposit of the check, and requested my money back from the vendors. I was able to get $2000 out of the $3,100 back.
