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This was in regards to a (fake) job offer from a company calling themselves Bistonia Estates LLC, the American branch of a Cypriot company. On the 20th, I was approached with a job offer, Assistant Manager, for this alleged company (please see website that I linked to earlier in this report) by a Jane Bowyer (May be an assumed name). Because I thought it was legit, I went ahead and accepted the email, and received a call later on that day from the phone number listed. A few days later, I was told I had successfully been accepted as an Assistant Manager with Bistonia Estates LLC at a wage of $26 an hour. However, this is when the red flags began: The emails for the higher ups do not seem real, when using them, the response is from a Mailer-Daemon claiming that "[email protected] could not be found." Please keep in mind that this is the same email address response from multiple sources, including my alleged manager, Anna Bland. The only email address that did not present this response was from Jane Bowyer's. The phone number does not seem real. Yes, it directs to Bistonia Estates, but it doesn't seem to be manned. There is no way to reach a real person, despite an alleged manager calling from that number. The address is fake. When I got the suspicion that something was fishy, I called the Corporate Plaza that Bistonia Estates LLC claims to have a physical presence within. The Security booth had no record of Bistonia Estates LLC being in that location. I am unable to verify that the Cypriot address is legit, when using Google Maps, it does not seem to match a corporate location, it looks a bit like a Hotel. Nearly *everyone* I've spoken to sound East Indian. Unfortunately, this is not prejudice on my part - As someone who has caught scams before they could impact my life, nearly all of the individuals were of Indian descent. Even Mike Harmon, the alleged manager who called me has a slight Indian dialect. There is zero transparency with the job duties, with the claim that more information will be shared when I am signed on after my probationary period - including how the pay cycle works. Attempts to gain more information are met with silence. After I was told I would be receiving a phone call from the manager, he never called on the assigned day. This is when the Training Manager stopped responding. Within the past 2-3 days, she only said two things to me. A lot of the verbiage used, such as the use of 'Mr', and the urgency of receiving this phone call seem to be along the lines of scammers who require you to download Microsoft Teams to continue a conversation. This company has both my ID image and my Direct Deposit form. When asked if this company was legit (in a very professional way) They sent me some random, confusing response that didn't seem correct. As someone who knows technology, a lot of what they say just isn't true. As of 10 minutes ago, my access to the website has been revoked.