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I was laid off Aug 22 of this year and 2 days later my husband who is a tree surgeon fell out of a tree about 40 ft and broke his back in 2 places. Transported immediately to hospital surgery to follow. Luckily I wasnt working and could be there with him in the hospital. Fast forward we come home i begin applying to different jobs. LinkedIn, Indeed, Remote.com, I mean tons of platforms and within a week or so I began getting calls back for interviews. Well a gentleman by the name of "Keith Louise" contacted me on Teams app, which is a platform many many remote positions use to stay in contact with their supervisors and colleagues! So I responded and this man made this job seem glamorous and how they take care of their employees. Ok well that sounds great. He sent a very formal application to me which I completed and returned and I was then interviewed by Mr. Louise what is considered a text interview over teams. Later the same afternoon he messages me saying good news our leadership wants me to extend the offer to you. Great, me just going through all the stress that comes with losing my job and then taking care of my husband on top of it all. I missed the red flags. Anyway we get to talking me and "Keith" I tell him about our situation and he asked me how much money I was in debt and I asvided about 4k and thats only credit card debt. Then he says well our company wants to help you out, pay off your credit cards and then you can use your credit cards with a 0 balance to obtain your equipment needed for the position you are being hired for. So I ask tons of questions he continued to make me believe he was not a scam and he would never. Yea Ok. Well once my credit cards were paid off I kinda felt obligated but he asked me to go to a store and purchase Apple gift cards to use to purchase the equipment. So I rode to our local Dollar General and got 4 gift cards 500 each. [BBB Scam Type: Employment] [Business: Treasury Guardian] [Location: GA, USA -

I applied using third party websites wanted to use other than the usual indeed, zip recruiter, or remote.com. I applied and received an email from a federick with other people emails stating that apologies for lengthy application review process and to respond back with my country and interest. I did and few days later I received an email from original company email saying next steps of my application would be to reply back to accept and then written documents will be emailed. But when I seen 5,000/month for part time I had to google and I had no idea it was a scam so I’m not even surprised! [BBB Scam Type: Employment] [Business: OranjeBor Energie BV] [Location: TN, USA- 38116]