Background check scam
Sep. 14th, 2019 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dennisgorelikI just spent 4 hours on the phone talking with a scammer.
He started with telling me his fake business story: petroleum drilling operations and hiring security guards to protect these drilling operations.
He explained that they are only hiring Americans, even for work overseas, because he is a big American patriot.
Then he told me his life story (he's 69 now), and, eventually, his true business story.
He sells background checks to "security guard" job seekers for $198 per report.
He promises to job seekers that these background checks go directly to the prospective employer that may hire them for $71,000 - $100,000 per year (too good to be true).
He ran his "Internet business" for about 20 years and changes about 20-30 identities (personal names, corporations, bank accounts, websites) over these years.
He likes President Trump, because Trump is selling hope and is successful at that.
His business somewhat declined since Trump become a President, because more people have jobs now, so the demand for hope is not as high.
His business at the times when "Black President" was at power was more successful (thanks to high unemployment) and he sometimes was making more than $1,000 per day.
He started with telling me his fake business story: petroleum drilling operations and hiring security guards to protect these drilling operations.
He explained that they are only hiring Americans, even for work overseas, because he is a big American patriot.
Then he told me his life story (he's 69 now), and, eventually, his true business story.
He sells background checks to "security guard" job seekers for $198 per report.
He promises to job seekers that these background checks go directly to the prospective employer that may hire them for $71,000 - $100,000 per year (too good to be true).
He ran his "Internet business" for about 20 years and changes about 20-30 identities (personal names, corporations, bank accounts, websites) over these years.
He likes President Trump, because Trump is selling hope and is successful at that.
His business somewhat declined since Trump become a President, because more people have jobs now, so the demand for hope is not as high.
His business at the times when "Black President" was at power was more successful (thanks to high unemployment) and he sometimes was making more than $1,000 per day.
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:16 am (UTC)I know a guy who started a company dedicated to "reputation" check and cleanup. It was popular about 10 years ago (when "black president" just started). Seems like it lasted for a little over a years.
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:25 am (UTC)Yes, both of us.
> "reputation" check and cleanup
Do you think it is scam too?
I have only a limited understanding about how these "reputation" companies operate.
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Date: 2019-09-15 02:55 am (UTC)How much he charges from identity thefts for personal information?
>was making more than $1 per day.
$1000?
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:21 am (UTC)What is "identity thefts for personal information"?
I know what "identity theft" is.
> $1000?
Oops, yes: $1000+/day (I fixed it).
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:23 am (UTC)There is nothing that I can report that will interest Police.
There is no explicit victim in these stories, so Police (or FBI etc.) is not going to do anything about it.
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:26 am (UTC)His business is to sell background checks and keep low profile.
My hypothesis is that if he would deviate and start selling job seekers' profiles, then he would become more visible to law enforcement that will likely to crash his "selling hope" business.
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:28 am (UTC)It takes only 6 "Background check" reports sold in order to get over $1000.
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 03:39 am (UTC)But law enforcement is not interested in these reports, so there is no fun in reporting scammers to them.
BTW, this scammer challenged me to report him to law enforcement.
But I pass on that. I already know that it is just a waste of time.
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Date: 2019-09-15 03:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-09-15 04:01 am (UTC)I receive more than 10 calls per day from recruiters, I don't pick up calls from unknown numbers.
Anyway, I believe that if 100 or so users block the same number, phone company will mark it as a "Scam Likely"
Phone spam
Date: 2019-09-15 04:40 am (UTC)If phone companies were competent in preventing spam, then they would block 99% of spam calls.