The Outreach Team

Victim Location 02149

Type of a scam Employment

"The Outreach Team," a vague website that does not have much information about what they do except that they will hire you part time or full time. I was under the assumption that I was applying for a political campaign worker job, some sort of voter turn out initiative. Some of the pictures on their website contain images of Amnesty International and Children International – but I only realized this didn’t add up after I gave up personal info. I put in my resume, name and contact info, and they texted me with a note to say – please select an interview time. The also emailed me, and then called me when I didn’t answer the text/email. I agreed to a zoom interview and they proceeded to ask me where I live and things about me like what experiences I have. They told me exactly how much $$ I would make on the election day, and that there would be a 4 hour training, half online half "social distanced style" in a park in the city in the evening. They said to bring two forms of valid ID to the training (I.e. the park), license and passport. After the interview I realized this was an extremely convoluted scam of identity theft, or something bad.

Hey there! The Outreach team is a consulting firm, so we partner with progressive nonprofits to do various things like voter registration, petition gathering, get out the vote, fundraising, etc. Because of COVID-19, we switched to a completely remote model for our salaried staff. But because we must follow work authorization and tax laws, we still need people to fill out onboarding forms and this has to be remote, as we don’t have central offices anymore in the cities we are working in (again, because of COVID). I have been employed as a canvasser, field director, and now recruitment specialist with The Outreach Team since July, 2019. I can assure you, we’re pretty darn legit!

Victim Location 90802

Type of a scam Employment

The Outreach Team and their partner, 360 Campaign Consulting LLC. have been posting fake job offers on various online platforms, including their own websites. Their sites both mislead job seekers to believe that they are offering canvassing jobs as an affiliate fundraiser for Amnesty International. At the on-site job interview, my driver license barcode was scanned, a photo was taken of me without consent, and I was required to provide personal information about my home address and vehicle. I later learned that the group is not a legitimate arm of Amnesty International and does not even have real employees. I fear for my safety in my own home and neighborhood now because some guy has all my information, including a picture of me.