Scam Type
Employment Scam
Business Name Used
Employment Scam
Date Reported
July 05, 2024
Postal Code
19341
Total Dollars Lost
$ 0
Scam Description
Once I responded to the text message, I was asked to download the app Telegram and reach out to Bettina Krause @bettina_htecsystems for a. Riefing and interview. I did and was told everything would be via IM. The company was opening a location in Pittsburgh and was looking to staff it, but I wasn’t close so I’d be 100% remote. It all ran together and they never really offered me a job, just said I was hired and started a new process. I tried to halt it and asked for an email to review everything, but they pressed saying they needed certain things. They only requested my address and phone. Later that day, with research and assistance from friends and family, we discovered it was a scam. I immediately deleted the telegram app and I received 2 emails the following day – July 4th – and then a check was also overnighted and arrived on July 5th for $4,844.44 from American Business Bank. I filed a report with the FTC, sent an email to the attorney general and will be taking the check to the bank.