7 On Your Side has reported about bank imposters and fake landlords. Now, a job scam has taken everything from an East Bay viewer — and she has a warning for others.
Tammy Geyerman of Concord was trying to find a work-at-home job so she could care for her elderly parents. She posted a resume online and got such a tempting offer that she ignored the red flags.
She was so happy to get an offer for a work-at-home job, she jumped at the chance. “He said, ‘Oh! Yeah, we’re gonna hire you.’ I said, ‘Oh! Cool.'”
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“I was really excited. I went and told my father and my mother, ‘Hey I got a job, we don’t have to worry, we’re gonna have money, everything’s gonna be great,” Geyerman continued.
It began with an email from someone called Joseph. He said he’d found her resume online, and he’d be interviewing her.
“But he didn’t want to interview the regular way,” Geyerman explained.
Instead, it would be via a messaging app.
“I never spoke to him, ever, other than via text. I never spoke to him,” she said.
The person typed the questions and displayed a company website.
“I was going to be like Kaiser’s advice nurses, help them fill prescriptions…” Geyerman said.
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Then he…
