Thomas Griffins
Complaint 163197 Details

  • Date Occurred: 10/02/2014
  • Reported Damages: $0.00
  • Username: Thomas Griffins
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Location: Unknown
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The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

International boundaries

I am appending to this message a copy of the email sent to me offering a part-time position with the payroll processor Paylocity. Since it seems similar to a scam that victimized me earlier this year I looked the company up on the internet and found their website. I called their main office in Arlington Heights, IL, and no one there recognized this person's name.

Herewith follows the text of the email that I received from him earlier this afternoon:

Dear Prospective Employee,
My name is Thomas Griffins. i saw your resume and I would like to
offer you a job position
in PAYROLL starting as a part time job.
As an independent payroll officer in contract,your basic duty is to
write and mail out payments to billed clients on our behalf.

About Paylocity

Headquartered in Elk Grove Village, IL, Paylocity was founded in 1997,
and is one of the top thirty payroll service providers in the US.
Paylocity has grown from three employees servicing 50 clients in April
of 1998 to 40 employees servicing nearly 1,000 clients today. Last
year, Paylocity became Chicago's largest independent payroll service.
Paylocity specializes in providing unparalleled PC-based payroll and
HR solutions to mid-sized businesses. Paylocity currently processes
over 190,000 checks per month for clients in 42 states and Puerto Rico.
Paylocity is now one of the largest independent payroll services in
America, processing over 2 million checks per year for over 1000
clients. Paylocity also has one of the highest client retention rates
in the payroll industry and was the winner of the IPPA's prestigious
Service award in 2001.

Paylocity is a fast-growing, exciting place to work with tremendous
opportunities for personal growth and professional advancement. We
offer excellent starting pay + unlimited commission and a full
benefits packages.
Our employees understand that keeping our commitments to our clients,
our communities, ourselves, and our families is vital to our success.
If these values are important to you and you genuinely adhere to this
philosophy, we hope you'll consider joining our team. Don't miss your
chance to join a thriving, successful company!
REQUIREMENTS AS AN INDEPENDENT PAYROLL OFFICER
- printer
- scanner
- A computer
- A check printing Software(if you have one please give me the name else one
would be given to you)
- Check Paper

OTHER DUTIES
BASIC AND PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

- Write and mail/deposit out payments to clients/workers on behalf of
the accounting department.
- Mail out payments to individual clients.
- Direct deposit of funds to clients
SALARY:
Wage is 900$/monthly + commission with a reimbursement package of
$199.99 for supplies payable after a month and successful completion
of a month job with dedication and efficiency your job will become full time.
Please once again Provide the below details as confirmation;
Full Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Cell Phone:
Employment Status:
(Required) Yahoo chat ID: if you dont please have one created

We eagerly await your formal confirmation of acceptance into our
company. I also hope
you are preparing well ahead for forthcoming task. We eagerly
await your reply. In light of this we look forward to your speedy and
favorable reply so that we can finalize proceedings here and we can
expedite your Job and ours. Again if you have any query in regards of
this employment offer, please inform me as soon as possible.
I look forward to your response and not to long afterward looking
forward to meet you in person.
Thanks again for considering our company in your job search. We do
appreciate your interest.
Yours truly,

Thomas Griffins


Thank you"
Note: This is a part time work at home job and it is indifferent where
you work from.


One indication of this person's lack of legitimacy is in how he writes the compensation offered: 900$

Please make your members aware of this scam.

Thank you,

Michael B. Snyder <(Personal Information Removed)>

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  • hateliers
  • hateliers SBID #7b3766d06c
  • Posted 11/04/2014
  • I got the same email. and I talked to him on yahoo before i gave him my information. He seemed very nice guy and he told me who he was working for and what he did and stuff like that. i asked for the website he gave it to me so looked real.. he was sending me files for me to type and send checks. I never got paied for the stuff that I spent my money on. He was suppose to send me money few weeks ago and he told me he got sick and he didn't feel good and bla bla bla. Then he told me to write a check to myself and i did but he never told me that i had to wire money. He told me that his boss is yelling at him because he tried to pay me a mth a head (red flag right there). On Friday I got this email from him: From: thomas griffins <[email protected]>
    Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:18:34 +0100
    Subject: Need your Help How are you doing? so sorry i was not online
    yesterday,the appointment was rescheduled to yesterday so i was in the
    hospital through out doing series of test. Good news is that i would
    be fine with therapy,bad news is that i need to get it started by next
    week.
    I talked to my boss and i got approval from him for a loan which he
    granted.I would need you to issue some checks in my Mother's Name and
    i would also need you to take care of other things for me,Please can
    you help me do that.I am still weak as a result of the test but i
    would need you to issue 5 checks in my Mother's name"Katherine Fenol
    Martinez, 425 N. El Dorado St * Stockton, CA * 95202 " and 5 checks in
    your name, you'd help me do some run arounds Please.The loan i got is
    for $25,000.
    Please Advice
    Thanks and thanks a million for your time....
    Then he wanted me to wire $2000 dollars to another woman becase she dosnt believe in banks she thinks they still our money. I told him that i wont be able to do it its a lot of money and i'm very busy. He was begging me. Then later in a day when i told him that he screwd up my bankc account he wont answear my emales and my txts. but he been txting
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  • hateliers
  • hateliers SBID #7b3766d06c
  • Posted 11/04/2014
  • that was his screen name and last conversation i told him that I will not send another money to anybody till he will fixes my account... I havent heard from him since!
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  • hateliers
  • hateliers SBID #7b3766d06c
  • Posted 11/04/2014
  • As soon as I started to tell him that he signed off yahoo chat and ignored my emails and my txts. So i really HOPE he will get cough one day. And Paylocity you need to do investigation about him because he sent me EVERYTHING signatures and stuff like that!
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  • Complaints Filed: 3
  • Reported Damages: $2,100.00
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