Centene Corporation

Victim Location 89509

Total money lost $2,500

Type of a scam Employment

I was recently sent an email from someone named Brandon O&#; Nail offering employment through the Centene Corporation. If interested to send email address and phone number to [email protected] and set up a Google-Hangouts account. Then I was instructed to contact the HR manager Tiffany A Church. through Google Hangouts.They talked about a part-time data entry position with the Centene Corporation and promised a salary of $20.00 an hour for training and $35 an hour once it is completed. From there Tiffany A Church proceeded to tell me more about the job offer via email and how it strictly confidential and that I could not share information with anyone else. She told me to check-in with her regularly around 7am by responding to her texts with “Good morning Tiffany Church this is [insert your name here] just checking in for the day” She informed that the vendor needed $5,000 for installation of software programs and deposited $4118.00 into my checking account promising a reimbursement for it. Tiffany said we’d be using the check funds for reimbursement on office equipment that we would be using remotely until they opened up an office here in Reno, NV on April 27th, 2020. Everyday she contacted me asking for slightly higher payment than previous first it was $500 to $1000 as a minimum for software products. Then it was $1500 then $2500. Told me to use Target and Google Play gift cards when I could not get loan from the bank with $500.00 on each of them. Kept asking about what I was doing and did I have the cash on hand. Eventually, it was clear that something wasn’t adding up. Called the credit card fraud department and confirmed it was a scam using the Centene Corporation name as a cover up. Beware of the random employment offer email that comes without any in-depth interview by the company itself.