James Wu Baltimore

Someone from James Wu Baltimore md., named [to keep the name private we use his initials’ EK]. EK emailed me from this reputable company. This person EK told me he worked for Merck & Co. I did due diligence after this offer started; after sounding a little strange when he wanted to go from regular emails to AOL Chat. First of all, I have the utmost respect for Merck. It is one of our leading global pharmaceutical companies.  James Wu Baltimore ., has a photo and reference to being a Lead Recruiter for Merck. EK emailed me, asked if I would be interested in a Data Entry/Customer Service job [working from home]. Sure, that would be great I thought. I type fast and I sure have a customer service background. So, the thing to do is email back. I did, saying I would like to know more. This all started on March 14, 2016.

The email address looks legitimate. EK even used a Merck careers email address. I did not have that downloaded, so I download AOL AIM and we chatted about the job on AIM. [I copied and pasted the chat text]. This is EK’s preferred method after the few emails.

GOT A LITTLE MORE STRANGE

I was suspicious and proceeded with caution. EK now asked me to do some task and that a supervisor would contact me. Well, they [a supervisor] never did and he EK continued to recruit so-to-speak himself. He asked the questions, answered them, and had a task for me to do. He asked me to do a task for financial, accounting, and banking–do an article 100 words for each–it took me about 30 minutes. I sent it to him. I knew my responses would be fine, especially if this is fraud. He,  James Wu Baltimore md., would have accepted anything that I wrote up. Of course now, after I speak to EK, I do a search online for similar scams. Merck’s name did not come up. Similar scams did. And this is where it begins to take a turn.

CHECK IN THE MAIL: START-UP FUNDS

Before James Wu Baltimore even talked about sending the check in the mail from Merck & Co. The “Welcome Letter” listed all of the supplies I am going to get to do the job. The letter says all this is monitored by the HR board. They talk about primary duties, secondary duties, taxes [work-at-home] 1099 right? They say they use AIM: Merck secure web-portal, Eli Lilly Company. Mind you, no background check of me, no drug test asked of me. This is a pharma company–they do background checks.

SENDING COMPUTER ITEMS

This is the list of supplies to do your work-at-home job. Apple Laptop, HP LaserJet Pro, Fellowes Micro Shred, Jabra GN9120. All these items were to be sent through the mail. An elaborate list of software was going to be handled by the company. Of course, I asked when was this going to be shipped? EK said once you/me receive the start-up funds. Um! Mind you, the “Offer Letter” has a name of a Merck & Co. employee; who knows if that is true or not?

I even asked how much the check would be for and EK replied over $2,000 and I asked what do I do with the money? I asked, “am I supposed to go buy this stuff?” He said, no. He said he would explain once the check comes. It came today as expected. He instructed me to put it into  James Wu Baltimoret. And when I do that, I should sign the receipt and put some number on it. I was like… I’m not about to go to my bank and say here is $2,800 dollars, give me the money. No way.

Anyway, I took it to the bank it was written on. They knew it was fake right away. Once I said work-from-home. So, while at the bank I told EK about the incident on the AIM Chat he likes to use to converse. The bank took a copy and kept the fake check. EK says to me on chat, that is not a cash check, it is a depositing check! I and the lady at the bank just laughed and shook our head.