Scam Type
Employment Scam
Date Reported
2023-04-17 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
29579
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
I was contacted about the Remote Podcast Editor by a Mary Kate Chester on 2/28. I was told to set up/login to microsoft teams to contact the interviewing manager Frances Krulac (intvdesk@rvohealth.team) I contacted her and it was hard to get timely responses to requests to set up an interview. My suspicions about this being a scam were raised. A few days later, I finally did a text-based interview with Frances Krulac via Microsoft teams. The questions were inline with podcast editing work.
I progressed to the next interview which was supposed be a phone call with Brandon Walker on 3/7 between 1-3pm to further discuss the position. He never called. However, I did receive another message that day from Frances welcoming me to the RVO Health family and instructing me to connect with Thomas Miller, a team leader, via Microsoft teams. As soon as I requested a zoom interview, everyone went dark. All of these individuals have profiles on LinkedIn that list RVO Health as their employer.
According to the job description, I’m to receive a lot of expensive equipment ($15K) if hired. I believe they were going to send me a cashier’s check to purchase this equipment from their “authorized” vendor. The check would have bounced and I would have been on the hook to the bank.
I reached out to RVO Health via email to confirm that they were hiring for this position and they never got back to me. Their website is also unsecured which seems odd for such a supposedly big company. RVO Health has no contact phone number, and I honestly don’t think this company is even real. I also called their parent company Red Venture to verify and they did not return my call.
I lost no money and gave them no personal information other than my email, which they probably got from my job searching efforts.
