I applied for a supply manager position with a company called WebLab Agency (wblab.com) which ended up being a scam. The position was listed on CareerBuilder.com.
The company pretended they had a part time position for a supply manager whose duties were to purchase necessary equipment for their company (all digital/electronic supplies) and then ship them to their location in the Ukraine. The salary for this position was said to be $5500 a month paid biweekly.
I was called for an over the phone interview and then sent a list of training materials teaching about the supply chain that I had to complete in order to get the job. I was also sent a contract and the list of supplies I was to purchase for the company.
In turn, they sent me their bank account information (Routing and Transit number and account number) with Suntrust Bank so that I could reimburse myself for the purchases prior to shipping them to the company.in order for me to establish transferring capabilities from my bank, I had to provide the amounts of the trial deposits to my bank that were sent to this external account. Simon Holm was my primary contact for WebLab Agency and he was able to give me these amounts so I thought the assignment and everything was official.
My first purchase was at Best Buy for 2 MacBook Air laptops on 12/02. The total amount of the purchase was 2493.73. I scheduled the electronic transfer to my bank account on 12/06 and it was received on 12/08. I shipped the equipment from the post office on 12/09 to an address in the Ukraine.
My second purchase was at two stores, Best Buy and Ritz Camera totaling 9550.76, on 12/13. This was for 4 high tech digital cameras. I requested payments on 12/16, the same way, via electronic transfer and they were received on 12/18,12/19 and 12/20. The equipment was shipped from the post office to Ukraine on 12/21.
It wasn’t until 1/05 that this company reported they did not authorize the transfers and all of the money used to reimburse me for the purchase of the equipment they had received was withdrawn from my accounts leaving them in negative status.
I emailed the company to notify them of this situation and I was told on 1/6 to just retransfer the funds. I have not heard anything back from them since so I filed a police report on 1/7.
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