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I had applied for a remote data entry job with what I thought was Barnes Construction through Zip Recruiter. I received a text message from Julie Cardinel claiming to be with Barnes Construction. She informed me that I had advanced to next phase of their hiring process. She informed me to contact a Mrs Christina Shams through Signal app. Gave me the link to download it. I did download it and had to add this person and phone number to my personal contacts so that I could reach out to her for the next phase. When I finally got it all downloaded, I proceeded to call the number (816) 972-1064 through the app and there was no answer. I finally hung up and sent a text. She never asked anything about my skills or anything job related. She did ask for my email address so that she could send my hiring packets to me and then proceeded after that to tell me that she was going to turn everything in to the Admin that was making the decision and I should hear something shortly. I did receive an email but the offer letter was for Cordial Dental first and then a few minutes I received another email with Barnes Construction on the offer letter. Both emails were sent from the same email and had 2 different names for the president of each company. I will note that the letters were the same type of form letter. I looked up Barnes Construction on Google and it took me to a website for the company. At first I was like, ok it looks legit but the more I thought about it, I was skeptical so I decided to call the phone number listed on their website and I was told it was not a valid number. I thought ok....maybe I hit a wrong digit so I tried again. Got the same message. Mrs. Christina has reached back out asking for feedback and I have not responded. I came on BBB to see if they were listed and found another person had the same issue. I never sent my documents (thank goodness) and won't.

Targeted Person's Location

NC, USA- 28429

Scammer Information
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Fayetteville, NC

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(816) 972-1064

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Zip Recruiter

Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

Barnes Construction

Date Reported

July 11, 2025

Scam ID

1013781


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