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Martha – May 14, 2020

I had similar experiences applying for “ebay” position and for “amazon” position. Different staffing companies – Compass HR Service (George Smith) and Elevate Staffing Co (Savio Silva). First one wanted Scrum Master (SMC) certification and the next one wanted Scrum Product Owner Certification (SPOC). Both times when I went to purchase the class, my banks declined the transaction and I ended up having to jump through hoops to get the transactions completed. I believe this is a scam for purchasing the certifications and there is no real job opening.

Corey – May 11, 2020

I have connected through LinkedIn, who sent me this:
Emad Selim Looka
Mohammed I have a position for that is remote
do you have a scrum certification
can you sign up for the class immediately
I am sharing your profile to savio silva from elevate staffing they are direct source for hiring he will get in touch with you today
but please make sure sign up for a good class because all schools are not good
I appreciate if you know some good courses, if not I will contact with MSU Supply Chain Management Department

Emad Selim Looka sent the following message at 9:58 PM
View Emad’s profileEmad Selim Looka
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Then I received a similar email with the following message:

From: Savio Silva
Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020 2:40 PM
To:
Subject: SENIOR REMOTE PM FULL TIME

Description

Our Clients believe international expansion is a key customer growth driver .Clients Marketplace is revolutionizing discovery, procurement, and fulfilment of digital software and services. This enables customers to innovate faster, by simplifying and accelerating historically slow processes. We are making it easy to rapidly move customer workloads and modernize applications.The goal is to be the best online platform for global Sellers to list their digital products and services, and for global Buyers to discover and procure them. They strive to innovate amazing new ways to help our customers successfully transition to the cloud. They are builders creating large-scale, distributed applications, systems, and services. They are working with sellers, buyers and international stakeholders to achieve our goal at the international Marketplace offices

Location: Remote

Salary – $125K- $135K USD (negotiable depending upon the experience) plus (20% fixed bonus)

Responsibilities
·
Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of project.
·
Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
·
Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
·
Ensure resource availability and allocation
·
Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
·
Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
·
Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
·
He or She should be creative because project may fall off the track and meet obstacle
·
Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
·
Perform risk management to minimize project risks
·
Ability to use remote tools like Web Ex, SharePoint, Go-to-meeting, Skype for business or similar tools
·
Should be able to work on different time zone sometimes if demanded by the stakeholders
·
Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
·
Delegate project tasks to team and define the role to each member of the team so there is no conflict of interest
·
Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
·
Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
·
Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
·
This position directly reports to the PMO Group manager
·
Headquarter of the client is in Seattle and after every 3 months you have to visit the office to interact with team and implement motivation factor in them
·
Should a people-oriented leader as this is hardcore people management position not a technical position

Key Duties:
·
You’re a natural leader who’s empowered to see projects succeed.
·
You understand success for your clients means communicating and managing expectations throughout the course of the project.
·
You understand that you can’t just set a timeline and let the project run itself; you ensure your team and all stakeholders are informed every step of the way and have the data to back it up.
·
You believe adaptability and fluidity matter greatly in a project— just because you’ve planned something doesn’t mean things won’t change mid-stream and you can adapt to change course to meet the objectives.
·
You’re resilient when facing challenges in a project and are able to proactively work towards a resolution.
·
You have a “get ‘er done” mentality and are proactive, not reactive.
·
You’re able to translate complex scope and timeline into small workable chunks and have the ability to explain complex issues and present them in a way that clearly conveys impact and understanding.
·
You consider yourself a lifelong learner who embraces the opportunity to learn from others and grow from past mistakes and tough projects.
·
You’re innately service-oriented and always communicate with respect and professionalism.
·
You’re an expert multitasker who can diligently handle many things at once and enjoys having a full plate.
·
You’re extremely detail-oriented and organized and don’t let anything fall through the cracks.
·
You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have good time management skills.

Requirements:
·
Proven working experience in project management
·
Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
·
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
·
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
·
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft
·
Scrum Certificate is mandatory (in process is acceptable)

EEO/C&B Statement

The company offers competitive compensation packages including an incentive compensation plan, comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance, 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans.

© 2019 ELEVATE STAFFING CO. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran

Best Regards,

Savio Silva | Senior IT Recruiter

ELEVATE STAFFING CO,303 North Glenoaks Blvd,Suite 200,Burbank,California,91502,USA

T.818 471 4450

F.818 812 6355

http://www.elevatestaffingco.com/

Then I received this email as a confirmation from Amazon HR leader

From: Savio Silva
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2020 10:30 AM
To:
Subject: Interview Invitation for First Round..!

Dear M

As a result of your application for the position of “Project Manager”.

Your first round of telephonic interview is scheduled on 11th May, at 11:30 AM EST, you will interview with Head of Human Resource “John Lee”.
The interview will last about 30 minutes and they will be calling you.

Kindly Confirm.

Best Regards,

Savio Silva | Senior IT Recruiter

ELEVATE STAFFING CO,303 North Glenoaks Blvd,Suite 200,Burbank,California,91502,USA

T.818 471 4450

F.818 812 6355

NOTE: We request all the applicants, kindly do not send a thank you note to the recruiter, as this is the first round of interview(screening), if you got shortlisted for the next round you will receive a confirmation email.

Marc – Mar 11, 2020

Victim Location 43615

Total money lost $616.57

Type of a scam Online Purchase

First you get a call from "Jessica" describing a position with Amazon that your skills match. After she asks you several questions, she says her colleague "Aaron Mendes" will send you the full job description and contact you. Aaron them tells you the client requires SCRUM certification. he them recommends Learning-Era for the certification. There isn’t actually a position open, they are just steering people to purchase from Learning-Era.

Randi – Mar 06, 2020

Victim Location 34711

Total money lost $550

Type of a scam Employment

Prostaffingco contacted me and said to be representing Amazon.com with a job with a six figure salary. Interview only if I sign up and pay $550 for a online scrum class and provide proof of payment at https://learning-era.com/product/scrum-master-certification-silver-package/ . Found other reports of scam of same nature. Amazon does their own staffing. Prostaffingco address is a shared office space, many phone numbers

Scott – Mar 03, 2020

I received a similar email with the following message:

Description
Our Clients believes international expansion is a key customer growth driver .Clients Marketplace is revolutionizing discovery, procurement, and fulfilment of digital software and services. This enables customers to innovate faster, by simplifying and accelerating historically slow processes. We are making it easy to rapidly move customer workloads and modernize applications.The goal is to be the best online platform for global Sellers to list their digital products and services, and for global Buyers to discover and procure them. They strive to innovate amazing new ways to help our customers successfully transition to the cloud. They are builders creating large-scale, distributed applications, systems, and services. They are working with sellers, buyers and international stakeholders to achieve our goal at the international Marketplace offices

Location: Remote (10% travel to the headquarters)
Salary: $135k- $150K (negotiable depending upon the experience) plus (25% fixed bonus)
Responsibilities
Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of project.
Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Ensure resource availability and allocation
Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
He or She should be creative because project may fall off the track and meet obstacle
Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
Perform risk management to minimize project risks
Ability to use remote tools like Web Ex, SharePoint, Go-to-meeting, Skype for business or similar tools
Should be able to work on different time zone sometimes if demanded by the stakeholders
Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
Delegate project tasks to team and define the role to each member of the team so there is no conflict of interest
Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other staff members
This position directly reports to the PMO Group manager
Headquarter of the client is in Seattle and after every 3 months you have to visit the office to interact with team and implement motivation factor in them
Should a people-oriented leader as this is hardcore people management position not a technical position
Key Duties:
You’re a natural leader who’s empowered to see projects succeed.
You understand success for your clients means communicating and managing expectations throughout the course of the project.
You understand that you can’t just set a timeline and let the project run itself; you ensure your team and all stakeholders are informed every step of the way and have the data to back it up.
You believe adaptability and fluidity matter greatly in a project— just because you’ve planned something doesn’t mean things won’t change mid-stream and you can adapt to change course to meet the objectives.
You’re resilient when facing challenges in a project and are able to proactively work towards a resolution.
You have a “get ‘er done” mentality and are proactive, not reactive.
You’re able to translate complex scope and timeline into small workable chunks and have the ability to explain complex issues and present them in a way that clearly conveys impact and understanding.
You consider yourself a lifelong learner who embraces the opportunity to learn from others and grow from past mistakes and tough projects.
You’re innately service-oriented and always communicate with respect and professionalism.
You’re an expert multitask er who can diligently handle many things at once and enjoys having a full plate.
You’re extremely detail-oriented and organized and don’t let anything fall through the cracks.
You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have good time management skills.
Requirements:
Proven working experience in project management
Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft
Scrum Certificate is mandatory (in process is acceptable)
EEO/C&B Statement
The company offers competitive compensation packages including an incentive compensation plan, comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance, 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans.
© 2019 PRO STAFFING CO. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran
Best Regards,
Aaron Mendes | Senior IT Recruiter
PRO STAFFING CO,1700 7th Ave, Suit 2100, Seattle, WA 98101, USA T. 206 620 1648
http://www.prostaffingco.com/

Aimee – Mar 04, 2020

Yes, mine was basically the same email. Only showed salary 145k – 155k + 20% fixed bonus.

Natasha – Mar 03, 2020

Scammer’s phone 2066201848

Scammer’s website www.prostaffingco.com

Scammer’s address 1700 7th Ave, Suite 2100, Seattle, WA

Scammer’s email [email protected]

Country United States

Type of a scam Online Purchase

Initial means of contact Phone

I received a call from Aaron for a job opportunity with Amazon followed by an email from [email protected] which I just flagged as scam and Gmail removed it from my account before I could export and attach the email here. Aaron told me Amazon required a current or in process Scrum Product Owner certification.

I found a training that weekend available 4 hours away in Atlanta and scheduled it. Aaron indicated Amazon preferred Learning-Era.com certificates, and it cost $699 instead of the $1247 I was paying for the training in Atlanta, GA. The weekend training was kindly refunded and I purchased the Learning-Era.com version and completed the training over the weekend. Had to use the phone app since the web version was limiting me to only chapters 1-2 showing chapters 3-6 required payment. (Phone app got all 6 chapters)

The Technical issues had me talking to Nora Bains as my account rep. . They had assigned me the free version where only chapters 1-2 worked until I had replied to all 3 of their initial emails. When they granted me the full package, then it created a new instance and the old instance still did not show the answers entered via the phone. The training is done via online.vmedu.com with Learning-Era modules.

I did complete all training videos and questions (via phone app) over the weekend. Quality of material was questionable. I made screenshots of issues so they could improve – now I know why.

There are 2 other reports on this site with Aaron Mendes and learning-era.com as well as support account executive Nora Bains. He set my interview with Amazon for next week.

Took the Scrum Fundamentals Certification test today and got SFC certified. Linked it to my LinkedIn account.

Tried to schedule my Scrum Product Owner Certification test and the online.vmedu.com site was down. Online Chat help said it was ‘”upgrading” to which I replied you don’t upgrade in peak times – it had crashed or was removed (don’t know yet). Both the app and browser version no longer respond.

I should have done the training in Atlanta, GA.

Francisco – Mar 04, 2020

Found a copy of the email before I marked it as scam:

Aaron Mendes
Feb 27, 2020, 11:33 AM (2 days ago)

Our Clients believes international expansion is a key customer growth driver .Clients Marketplace is revolutionizing discovery, procurement, and fulfillment of digital software and services. This enables customers to innovate faster, by simplifying and accelerating historically slow processes. We are making it easy to rapidly move customer workloads and modernize applications.
The goal is to be the best online platform for global Sellers to list their digital products and services, and for global Buyers to discover and procure them. They strive to innovate amazing new ways to help our customers successfully transition to the cloud. They are builders creating large-scale, distributed applications, systems, and services. They are working with sellers, buyers and internal stakeholders to achieve our goal at the international Marketplace offices.

Location: remote (10% travel to the headquarters)
Salary: $145K-$155K (depending upon the experience) plus (20% fixed bonus)

Responsibilities:
Using activity diagrams, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, flowcharts, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, interviews, and workflow analysis to Induce and manage requirements

Gathering information from multiple sources and critically evaluating it, reconciling conflicts, disseminating high-level information into details and distinguishing user requests from their true needs

Driving and challenging the presumptions of business units on how will they successfully execute their plans

Interpreting business needs of customers and translating them into application and operational requirements with the help of strong analytical and product management skills

Establishing the technical vision and analyse trade-offs between usability and performance needs by teaming up with developers and subject matter experts

Liaising between technology teams, support teams and business units

Using standard templates and natural language to develop requirement specifications

Serving as a channel between the internal-external customers and the software development team through which requirements flow

Communicating and collaborating Proactively with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements and delivering Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs as and when required

Delivering work products throughout the project life cycle

Analyzing information from surveys and workshops, task analysis, and business process description

Conferring with project managers to define concepts and using enterprise-wide requirements definition and management systems.

These were the primary responsibilities of the business analyst which are required to prove his worth. Now let us understand some of the duties of a Business Analyst.

Key Duties:
Defining and documenting customer business functions and processes

Identifying, defining and documenting business needs and objectives, current operational procedures, problems, input and output requirements and levels of systems access after consulting with functional unit management and personnel

Analyzing the practicability of and developing requirements for new systems and up gradations to existing systems

Ensuring the system design is perfect as per the needs of the users

Helping in developing a comprehensive change in management strategy for the court

Maintaining wizard-driven configuration tables in the case management system

Participating in user acceptance testing and undertaking the functionality testing of new system

Assisting technically in training and coaching professional and technical staff

Developing a training curriculum and conducting formal training sessions covering assigned systems module

Requirements:
The successful Business Analyst will have:

Must have 5+ years of business analysis job experience

MUST have good understanding of Software Development Life Cycle like Waterfall, Scrum, Agile and should be able to participate in and be part of high performing technology teams;

MUST have prior experience writing business and system level requirements on data centric analytics type projects and applications.

Scrum product owner Certification is mandatory (in process is acceptable)

Best Regards,
Aaron Mendes | Senior IT Recruiter
PRO STAFFING CO,1700 7th Ave, Suit 2100, Seattle, WA , USA T. 206 620
http://www.prostaffingco.com/

Justin – Feb 07, 2020

Victim Location 21798

Type of a scam Employment

Received a phone call followed by an email from Aaron Mendes. Accent sounds Indian. He proposed a job offer for Amazon, and then sent an email with a job description (attached). He then asked if I had CSM training and said that if I enrolled in that course, I would be eligible for the job. Said the deadline was today and they were very interested. Provided some links to courses, one of which is learning-era.com. When I said that I could get the certification for free through my employer’s programs (*** ***), he said that no employer ever used those certifications. The learning-era.com course is $599. He called back several times throughout the day asking me if I’d applied yet and pressing me to proceed.

Website:

Phone: +1 (206) 620-1848

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