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Description
It was the offer for a job as shown on the first page of this report, exactly word for word: My name is Patrick Shaw, and I'm the Executive Officer at Distillery Tech, Inc. I'm contacting you regarding............. The man proceeded to text me, then started calling me, but I could not understand his very broken attempt to speak English. He said he could not hear me, so he ended the call and someone else called me, again saying he was Patrick Shaw. I could not understand him either, so I asked "what is your accent", he answered "Dominican Republic" , which I did not believe - he sounded more like Middle Eastern. He proceeded to tell me to text my address and full name to him immediately, to send one month's car rental money and a week's pay $850, so he could overnite mail a check. At this point I said sure and sent them a screenshot of your first page.
Targeted Person's Location
CA, USA - 94591
Scam Type
Employment
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Business name
Distillery Tech Inc IMPOSTER
Date Reported
August 24, 2025
Scam ID
1045521
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