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I just received an email offering a career with PHC Consulting and confirmed that this is a scam. Despite it's elaborate looking website I'm 99.99% positive this website is a scam.
How do I know this is a scam?
It's registry data says the website was registered/create September 21 2008. No legitimate business can be created in 2 days.
Why am I writing about this?
Hopefully I this blog will show up in search results and prevent potential victims. Since this is a new scam there were no search results for this company so I thought I should make some.
How does a scam have such a sophisticated website?
Anybody can create a professional looking website in a matter of minutes by copying an existing website. You can do this is Firefox by selecting File->Save as File->Webpage Complete. A scammer would then change the logo and text to coincide with the name of their fictional company.
What's the purpose of this scam
They want to get information from you... SS#(from application), bank account number (from direct deposit info), email address (for spamming), or they are going try get you to send them money somehow or another.
Here's a copy of the email I received:
PHC Consulting has an opening for a TRANSACTIONS SPECIALIST position. We do our best to fit all our customers' needs as soon as possible. That's why all are staff is a professionally trained and can solve any problem that occurs on their way. We are not just a set of people, we are a family. We offer you, our potential colleague, to join us. See below, what we offer you.
General Requirements:
- Be at least 21 years old.
- Not special Qualifications Needed.
- Have a minimal experience and knowledge of basic bank operations.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of all information.
- Willingness to work from home, take responsibility, set up and achieve goals.
- The Ability to create good administrative reporting.
- Honesty, responsibility and promptness in operations.
- The ability to operate with more than one task effectively, and have an adaptable, flexible, professional attitude.
- The ability of stable communication with our company and on
-time and detailed reporting.
- Familiar to working online, Internet and e-mail skills.
What we offer:
- Generous salary (over 3,000.00 USD monthly).
- Social benefits and medical insurance. - Free training and seminars.
- Paid Holidays plus 2 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO).
This is easy job, but your help is very important for us and our clients. This job does not require any special education. You wouldn't have to pay us for taking you on our list. However we guarantee stable income.
Please send your answer letter or resume to our e-mail: makovski@phcconsulting-inc.com
(!) Add ours e-mail in your Address Book!!!
Best regards,
Linda Makovski.
phcconsulting-inc.com
What should I do if I provided my information to scammers?
- Do not respond to further communications.
- If you sent bank Information: Call your bank immediately and tell them what happened. They should be able to change your account number or cancel your account.
- If you are still concerned you might want to enroll in credit monitoring such as LifeLock Identity Theft Prevention
- You can also file a claim with The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). They are probably overloaded with these types of claim though, so I would not expect an individual response.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 05:22 PM
My second response to them yesterday was "sorry I don't have a bank account"
This article is good. Stay away from loosers that even have the theme to steal money.
Tuesday November 11, 2008 @ 05:38 PM
Tj thanks for the info, maybe they will get caught!
Tuesday November 11, 2008 @ 11:59 PM
Thank you for starting this blog. I also received this email and due to all the misspelling, thought to do a search on the "company" and found this blog. Like others have said, how can he claim to be professional, yet not use spell check?! :) thanks all.
Thursday November 13, 2008 @ 04:22 PM
I received the same detailed scam contract and I was hoping and praying that the other hundreds oif individuals that received it would see the same. This is really bad, thanks for the sharp people out there.
Sunday November 16, 2008 @ 11:53 AM
THANK YOU TJ, I received the same detailed
Tuesday November 25, 2008 @ 01:06 PM
Oh my God! I think that I have gotten myself into the scam! I already filled out all the informations and they pretty much know my personal ID and bank infos! They are supposed to send me some packages at the end of the week!What do I do now? Please help me! Reply ASAP!!!!
Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 04:48 PM
Thank you!!! I guess if it sounds too good to be true, it is!!!Thank you again for saving me the time and effort!
Monday March 2, 2009 @ 07:17 AM
Unfortunately the company at phc-consulting.com [and various other domains] is trying to benefit from the reputation and traffic that our website generates.
PHC Consulting in Celina Texas, has been owned and operated by Peggy McKee for more than 10 years and it is the nationwide leader in recruiting for employment in the medical sales and life sciences industry.
Visit us at www.phcconsulting.com
Sunday June 7, 2009 @ 01:58 PM
Thank goodness and god bless whomever made this blog. I received 3 "job" propositions from these scammers and almost fell for one of them. My gut told me to research this too good to be true job and your god sent blog popped right up.
Monday August 16, 2010 @ 10:25 AM
PHC advertises phony jobs and then tries to sell you thier "30-60-90 day plan" and other products. I would be interested in buying them if they weren't so shady about it!
Sunday October 16, 2011 @ 06:20 PM
By all indications, Peggy McKee is nothing but a scammer, in the business of taking advantage of people trying to find work. Her constantly shifting addresses and misleading search results are just part of her deception. Make no mistake. Peggy McKee is a scammer, whatever the websites say.
Saturday November 8, 2008 @ 10:37 PM
I think you've done all you can done. As long as the account was closed they won't be able to get money. If you are really concerned you could get credit monitoring to make sure they are not trying to create new accounts under your name with the info you provided but this may be overboard. You could also file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). IC3 is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C),
and the Bureau of Justice Assistance
(BJA).