PlanMill
Ltd - False Advertising for $0.00 on 01/02/2012
Situation:
Job Offer Scam
This is to warn everyone about a person named Justin Cougar, or so does he says his name is (his email used at
time of occurrence is point8856@hotmail.com) . This person contacts you saying he saw your resume in the Washington Post and that they have a position of “work at home” open. I did a search on the web to check this guy’s legitimacy and came across this post made by a person and it describes exactly what happened to me to the detail. He almost got me tho so I took the time to post this around to warn people and if any of you have the means of tracking this person with the information I will provide and inform the authorities you would be doing all of us a great service. And I thank you
ahead for reading.
Please let people you know, know about this so it wont happen to them this guy finally asks for your primary bank account toward the end of all his fake process and can empty your accounts. I will post the post I found first then I will post information regarding one of the emails he had sent me.
The
post I found on the webs link and content:
http://www.scambook.com/report/view/58017/PlanMill-Ltd-False-Advertising-for-0.00-on-01-02-2012
I was contacted about a Resume I sent out for a work from home data entry position with PlanMill. I looked the
company up online and found only good things and the compay appeared professional,
I was extended a letter of employment from Thomas Hood (CEO/President of PlanMill Ltd) via a lady with a yahoo e-mail
account. I was given a series of 'test' questions which I passed and then given a series of Tasks to complete.
I was told the company would pay for my training and send me the supplied necessary for the job. After I signed the letter and agreed
I was suddenly told the Account Manager was out for the holiday and I would need to purchase the equipment myself.
I refused and said that wasn't the agreement an to just forget it.
I was then told they would mail a check via Fed Ex
I was asked to speak with Justin Cougar via messenger. This person acted professional an had a profile pic with his yahoo account. When I asked why no one I was working with had a business PlanMill account they said it was because
we're working in the US and the company is in Finland. Next I was told my check was lost on the mail an they would need my bank account and password information so they could direct deposit the check and watch the account for
the deposit to hit. I told them heck no! Then they said nevermind they would mail out the check again. The check was to purchase equip from 'approved' vendors which they could never tell me who that was. I didn't lose any money
but I did lose time I could have been spending looking for better jobs. Luckily I never really stopped.
This was a very in depth scam and they said, "I hope you are seeing where I'm coming from" a lot. It was all to weird then I finally saw one thing where they scammed someone. Either the owner knows what's going on or someone
is using a Legit business as a false front! This company is on Linked In and Facebook.
This needs to be addressed before they really hurt people here in the US.
Submitted
by Chrystl on
Jan 11th,
2012
Ok back to me again about his email:
This is the complete email and also I opened the encoding and included it as well. I Excluded my email and that of my cousin who is helping me with posting it.
From: JustinCougar <point8856@hotmail.com>
Date: January 12, 2012 12:44:17 EST
Subject: The Washington Post Jobs!
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Entering all checks vouchers and payment in appropriate account, maintains accurate records of all Receivable's and Payable's, Developing, analyzing, and maintaining financial reporting systems in general accounting, budget or cost
systems. Responsible for compiling amounts owed from purchase orders, charge slips, sales tickets etc
BRIEFING SUMMARY
You will be enlisted for 2 weeks training program. Find Training program details below:
*You will have to be online from 9am to 12pm daily for training Sessions as you will be given series of tasks during training.
*You will resume work fully after training and your working hours will be( 9am - 5pm
FT and 9am-2pm PT) your time zone.
*Whether or not you have an assignment or task to carry out you will be paid for $20/hr and for 8hrs a day as long as you are online during the stated hours.
*You have to keep strict record of time and activities. A time sheet should be sent in every Friday's days for monitoring (In your own format).
*In carrying out any assignment or task a progress report has to be emailed every Friday to me.
*You are paid Bi-weekly.
*There
is no start up cost, the training would be administered on line, this is an
Internet based position, and the base pay is $20 per hour.
*Either party is free to terminate at any time with notice.
*Benefits include: 401k, health and dental, paid vacation and 2 weeks sick leave you will be enrolled for this benefits after 2months after which you would become a regular employee of company.
WORKING EQUIPMENTS
Equipments will be provided for you by the Company asap. This includes a Hp Laptop/Notebook for mobility and some other softwares for accuracy, Speed of dataprocessing, Time Monitoring and Effectiveness,(4 in one Zebra ZM 400
Barcode Printer and Cards,Fax Machine,Scanner,Photocopier Machine, 4Drawer Cabinet andOfficeDesk). Details on the Uses and delivery of these equipments would be provided to you ASAP. You would be Given the Following to start work
with after training:
*Staff
User Name and Password for Our Website Link ( For easy access to company data
and task for each day )
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Have this preview answer then get back to me:Your primary daily duty would be to report to your Supervisor whom will assign logs of daily duties and you would be required to work according to instructions,using the Microsoft Office tools and the Accounting software. Have few Questions to ask/Confirm from you before I make my Interview Report:
Are you currently employed? No. I'm not working at this time.
What can you say about yourself in general and also relating to work?I'm a really hard worker, I'll get the job done, responsible, I'm really fast.
What are your strengths and weaknesses? I have no weakness. I'll never lack on my work.
what is your ideal work environment? Ofcourse I'm a team player however, the position is at home so, It will be a nice quiet environment which I don't have a problem with at all.
How well do you handle mistakes?(on your part and that of the customers)I wont make them!
Tell me what "success" means to you? Fulfilling your goals, your duties, your responsibilities.
What are your 5-year goals? To be employed with a long term company and handling business.
I would be interested to hear about an occasion when your work or an idea was criticized,
what was criticized, who criticized you, and how did you handle it? I've never experienced it.
Describe the best manager you ever had, the worst, what qualities did each of them have? I've always had the sweetest and nicest people supervising me. I guess I''ve been in luck. Alot of people runs into a lot of problems when it
comes to the job.
Required Skills:
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
*
Must be detail oriented and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
*
Must be able to work independently and within a team environment
Job Benefits:
Start pay $20/hourly Health/Dental Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Paid Holidays,Vacations, and Sick
Verify your details
Full
Names:Stephanie G
Address
(PO BOX not allowed):8615 Sxxxx Dxxx
City:
Fort Washington
State:MD
Zip
Code:20744
Age:29
Sex:Female
Residential
Phone Number:301-xxx-xxxx
Mobile:202-xxx-xxxx
Employment
Supervisor:
Reply
to: point8856@hotmail.com
Note: Your resume was viewed on (Washington Post Jobs). This
is strictly an online work from home,for further review of the company's web
you may logon to www.planmill.com
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