Westat- Emily Pesicka, Stacy Patel, Lauren Walker WESTAT DATA ENTRY JOB SCAM WITH BAD CHECKS Nationwide

Westat offered a work from home data entry position for $31/hour with flexible work from home hours.

I followed instructions to reach out to certain representatives in the company and received day by day instructions to sign a contract electronically and then wait for a check to be mailed to my home.

After receiving the check, I was told to cash it to buy the training materials needed to set up my home office where I will be doing the data entry work.

Each day I was required to check in to my online supervisor who kept prompt communication with me up until the bad check.

I went to cash the nearly $4000 check and needless to say it bounced. My next instruction was to deposit the funds in another bank account!

When I asked why do I have to deposit a check into my account and then withdraw and deposit into another unknown account, the "supervisor" Emily Pesicka said it was so I can keep the training materials after the training period is over.

When the check was mailed, there was also a very strange letter stating to report to the "financial manager" and to ignore any replies stating that the financial manager had retired.

I incurred a fee from my bank for the bad check and of course was not reimbursed in any way.

WESTAT was a complete scam, please be aware of fishy and shady instructions.