CBIZ Inc Independent Auditor Job Scam! Stolen Identity!

by Webmaster · April 30, 2017

Last week several readers reported receiving MULTIPLE suspicious emails from several different email addresses attempting to recruit job seekers as an Independent auditor with a company called CBIZ. Some reported receiving as many as 9 separate emails over a span of approximately 5 days! If the sender’s names and email addresses wasn’t enough to recognize these emails as coming from scammers, the actual content should have, since they were crammed full of grammar and spelling errors!

The Recruiting Emails

Here is just some of the names and email addresses these scammers are using to send these recruiting emails:

Sherry Douglas <lstumpf@manalapan.org> Reply To: kingpril.l9@gmail.com
Carla Page <manoj@tataref.com> Reply To: bechtelfloc.ruing93@gmail.com
Brendan Henderson <secrdrpmt@ch-havre.fr> Reply To: pikeelease@gmail.com
Joyful Sweet <gelin_guanggao@sina.com> Reply To: pikeeleas.e@gmail.com
Samuel Morales <libohanpioneer@sina.com> Reply To: da.mianidausle711@gmail.com
Pretty Girl Great <sandym@ryushu.com> Reply To: pikeelease@gmail.com
Pretty Girl Caprice <scott@bigalbaseball.com> Reply To: bechtelflocruing93@gmail.com
Magdalene De cabaret <stastny@bonusgroup.cz> Reply To: da.mianidausle711@gmail.com
Jenise <lzhou1@netvigator.com> Reply To: damianid.ausle711@gmail.com

And here are the various Subject Lines they are using-misspellings and all:

Fresh bJob for (recipients name)
Hi (recipients name)
Fresh job for (recipients name)
(recipients name), wokr for you
Employment qOpportunity for (recipients name)
Job lOffer for (recipients name)

The actual content in all the emails are basically the same with the exception of some words and of course the spelling and grammar errors:

dWe are experienced expert’s company CBIZ, creative minds and standard setters from many different industries and ethnic background.
We propose an aspirational career route and the opportunity to make a great impact in an developing industry. If you have a innovative spirit, a knack for issue resolving and a desire to promote the envelope, we’d like to invite you to enter our team for the function of Independent auditors. Bonuses & Benefits We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and a advanced company culture
Paid Vacation
Flexible Work Hours
21 Years old or above
distant work potential
Internet access, E-mail, home / mobile phone number
Experience is not required

If you are ready to become a part of our team, please respond us to: damianid.ausle711@gmail.com, our operators or supervisors will contact you as soon as possible to provide more info

Attention: This proposal is available for US citizens only

And here’s another:

fWe are proficient professional’s firm CBIZ, creative minds and typesetters from many various industries and cultural background.
We propose an aspirational career track and the opportunity to make a great impact in an evolving industry. If you have a pioneering spirit, a ability for issue solving and a wish to push the envelope, we’d love to invite you to enter our team for the function of Independent auditors. Bonuses & Benefits We offer competitive compensation, vast benefits and a progressive company culture
Paid Vacation
Flexible Work Hours
21 Years old or above
distant work potential
Internet access, E-mail, home / mobile phone number
Experience is not required

If you agree to try your skills at this job, please reply to: da.mianidausle711@gmail.com, our operators or managers will contact you as soon as possible to provide more info

Please NOTE: This offer is valid for US citizens only

The Follow Up Offer

One of our readers decided to reply to one of those emails just to see what they were recruiting jobseekers for and below is the response they received:

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From: tara-becker@cbiz.us.com

Hello (recipients name).
We are glad that you have interested in our offer. The CBIZ, Inc company offers various benefits to new employees. We offer you the employment in the position of a Independent Auditors. This is absolutely legal opportunity. The stages are simple and allow started in 2-3 days.

1. In this letter I attached JOB DETAILS document: Attentively read and study a complete description of offered work and a position (If you can not open the pdf document, immediately inform us about it).

2. If you are interested in our offer, send us your answer.
Please reply to this is email with the fill correct information in app Application Form (If you can not open or fill the pdf document, immediately inform us about it).

3. As soon As your application has been accepted for processing, We will Send you Employment Agreement.

FAQ:
– It does not work at full-time. You can combine it with your main job.
– Working entirely online.
– You’ll get “online task” on your email. And once you get task we will send a notification SMS text to your mobile phone number that the task to your email.
– You will be able to perform tasks in your every free time. When you will be comfortable. (But not to ignore our messages and letters)
– You need quickly to respond to our txt messages and letters. Warn notify us in advance if you can not perform the job.

We look forward to working with you. I will look forward to hearing from you to this letter with your questions or consent to work – fill in app Application Form.

I always in touch during US business of day in Flock online chat.

Best regards,
HR Manager : Tara Becker

Here’s The Job Details PDF Attachment: Job_Details

And Here’s The Application Form PDF: Aplication_Form

Stolen Company Credentials

Did you notice that the domain the email above came from was cbiz.us.com and the name used is Tara Becker? Well if you look at the “Job Details” attachment you’ll notice the domain they list as their website is cbiz.com not cbiz.us.com.

We checked all this out and found that “cbiz.us.com” is apparently being used by the scammers for email purposes only and was just created on 4/3/2017 for one year. Obviously by judging the grammar and sentence structuring, whoever wrote the above email is not from the US, and is likely Russian or Eastern European where most of these type of scams originate.

Cbiz.com is the actual website for a legitimate company call CBIZ Inc. which has approximately 56 offices located all over the USA. Below is a little information about the company found on the website.

CBIZ is associated with Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. (MHM), a national, independent CPA firm through an alternative practice structure. The two companies are separate and independent legal entities that work together to serve clients’ business needs. CBIZ, Inc. and its Accounting, Tax and Advisory companies are not licensed CPA firms. CBIZ offers tax, consulting and advisory, and non-attest accounting services. MHM offers audit and all other attest services. CBIZ and MHM are members of Kreston International — an association of separate and independent legal entities.

The scammers is not only using the legitimate company name and website for their fraudulent job scheme but they have stolen one of CBIZ’s actual employees name and credentials to appear legitimate to their potential victims! Anyone who checks out the CBIZ.com website will find a Tara Becker listed as an Area Sales Manager for the company (not an HR manager) and her actual email address is NOT tara-becker@cbiz.us.com.

CBIZ.com also has a link on their website that takes visitors to their Jobs and Careers page at cbiz.jobs.net which lists all their current openings available at their various locations and guess what? None of the jobs or careers they offer is a work at home Independent Auditors position!

CBIZ Inc. and some of their employees information has been targeted and stolen by scammers in order to appear legitimate and lure potential victims into a money mule scam or fake check cashing scam!

The company has been contacted and made aware of this scam.

What To Do If You Are A Victim

If you have fell victim to an employment scam like this, you need to contact your bank immediately and close your account IF you have provided your account information to the scammers. Next file a police report with your local authorities and then file a complaint with the FBI’s internet crime center at http://www.ic3.gov/

If you provided your personal information like completing a W-9 for taxes, your drivers license, passport, social security# birthdate etc , you need to contact the 3 credit bureaus- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian, and place a fraud alert on your report. These criminals can steal your identity and may try and obtain credit in your name. Doing this will alert you for at least 90 days about any suspicious activity.

In the hands of a thief, just your name, address, Social Security number or date of birth, can be used over and over months- even years down the road to:

Open new lines of credit
Seek medical attention
Drain savings and retirement accounts
Provide an alias when arrested
Get a job or file false tax returns
Get Payday Loans in your name
Obtain service agreements for cellular service or utilities
Obtain Government Documents such as a drivers license or passport
And MORE!

That’s why I highly recommend you get some sort of ongoing identity theft protection such as the services offered through companies like LifeLock-Visit Their Website Here or Identity Force-visit their website here! LifeLock and Identity Force are both reputable companies that monitors your accounts and alerts and protects you from identity theft.

Have you received a suspicious email offering you an “opportunity” as a Independent Auditor for CBIZ? Feel free to copy and paste the emails or other information in the comments so we can help alert and prevent others from becoming victims.

Have a question about a suspicious job offer or perhaps considering or accepted a work from home job offer and you don’t know if it’s a scam or not? Let us check it out for you. Send us copies of these emails on our Contact Us Page or our Facebook page below and we’ll let you know. If we find it is a scam we will publish an article to warn others.