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Type of a scam Employment

I had been applying for tons of jobs, so when a company sent me an email requesting a phone interview, I didn’t think anything of it.They explained that they were rooted in BC, but that they had purchased office space in Ontario and were going to be opening a location in Toronto. Before the interview though, they offered me a full time position with quite a decent salary considering the only experience needed was high school. They said they would start me on a two week probation period, which I told them I couldn’t start until the following Monday because I had to make arrangements with my current job first, which they said was fine. The next day, they phoned me four times, all of which went unanswered because i was at work, followed by two emails telling me they required me to start the next day, as their CEO was planning to come down the next week to finalize the office rental agreement.

At this point I figured it had to be a scam of some sort, but decided to continue just to see what was going on.They sent me over an official looking contract which they had me fill out and sign, along with sending a picture of myself holding the signature. Now that brings us to my first day of training, in which they had me fill out a job posting and post it on an online board. That was simple enough. The next task was to post another job posting on an online board, except this time it was going to be paid. They explained that no money was to be coming out of my pocket, and that they’d transfer me the money in 2 or 3 installments so I could purchase bitcoin to post the job online.

Obviously as soon as they requested my banking information I emailed them back saying I was no longer in need of employment, and deleted the job they had me post. If the job offer seems too good to be true, it most likely is.