Tech Pro Logistics

Ernest – Sep 25, 2020

I had the very same expereince as the poor gentleman ID’s as 98502. I went through the same exact steps 1 – 5 and was passed on to the senior project manager, named William Ferguson.
Mr. Fersuson asked me to purchase 4 Macbooks and a cell phone for myself. I was given bank routing numbers and I checked them and they were legit numbers to a legit bank at Wells Fargo. However I too had the red flags with typos and format errors. Plus I never have had to put any money of my own in a new job before. I had asked several times to speak with them over the phone and not just via email and the only person that ever spoke to me on the phone was the same lady with a moderate accent.

I emailed them with my reservations and they just disappeared. I was not taken for any money but I do feel like these people will be able to continue to advantage of people wit this con they are running.

Colin – Aug 29, 2020

Victim Location 98502

Total money lost $10,000

Type of a scam Employment

I am MBA student, recently just separated from the ariforce. I have been looking for jobs during pandemic. I have been working in the logistics field for 7 years in the military. On 31 July, a recruiter from Tech Pro Logistics contacted me via email, gave me some information about their company. I learned they were a logistics company based in the U.K and has an office in NY. The recruiter told me they are expanding and trying to open offices in LA and Seattle area( where I am located).

I told the recruiter I am interested. She told me I will first have an interview, if I passed that they will do a background check on me. Then I will be in a trail period for one month where I would do case studies and practical projects. If I pass the trail periods, I will be offer a position to either work in the office they are about to open or work from home.

1- Phone interview. Typical job interview, asked me some technical questions.

2- passed interview and background check

3- total 5 case studies on logistics, and a cash flow analysis on buy/lease

4-Passed case studies, moved to practical project

5-Started to work with senior project manager, help them open up an office in LA. The job is to purchase 10 units of MacBook air.

6- Payment method- I was told they did background check on me so they could gave me their account# and routing #.

step 1: I buy with my own credit cards

step 2: file for reimbursement

step 3: after the senior project manager approval, I will request funds, transfer from the account info they gave me to my own credit cards

7-I did not send the computers until I saw transactions showed completed in my bank account. After I transferred, I saw the transaction completed and I verified with my bank customer service and made sure the transaction completed

8- I sent off the computers because transactions showed completed, 1 week later, my once completed transactions showed as "refund".

9- Lost contact from the scammer

10- I called my bank why the transaction showed completed and then 1 week later it showed refunded or reversal. My bank credit card customer service told me " completed" means they have done their part to request the fund, it showed completed once they submit the request. It will then submit to the requested bank, the other bank can either decline or approve later. All in all, completed does not mean completed. I do not understand how credit company works in this country.

Those scammers I had email traffic with were very technical, they know business bug words like LEAN, PMP, CASH FLOW ANAYLYSIS, etc.

The interviewer sound like a educated Indian person, has very slight of Indian accent.

Red flag: sometimes in the emails I see grammar errors. Due to I am a foreigner myself, I tried to understand their struggles, they made typical grammar mistakes I sometimes even make.

I reported to FBI and waiting for their response.

I was scammed for $10,000, now I am in debts and feel like an [censored].