Description

I was approached by an individual named Jasmine via text message from the company "Remedy Intelligent Staffing:. She put me in touch with Aliana who reached out to me from "Grove 86". She walked me through the job offer and responsibilities which required me to review a product online through their portal (https://work.grove86digital.com/start). She opened a training account for me and we spent the first two days together going over how the review process goes and how commissions work and weekly paychecks. The process is to deposit no less than $100 into your work account to start your day. I was fine doing this because I used funds that I had received the previous day into my account so I was not essentially using my own money. Product pops up on the screen and I click "submit" and then go on to the next item. If an item comes across the screen that is worth more than what is in your account, this sets your account into a negative balance. So you would need to deposit the funds needed to cover the negative balance. I did this for 4 days and did not mind the amounts I needed to deposit because they were under approximately $200 and at the end of the day you cash out whatever you deposited plus your commissions. On my 5th day, this is where things changed. I took a chance knowing this may be a scam and deposited a large, over $6000 thinking I would be able to wrap up my work and cash out. But then, my account went into negative balance on another high priced item and the amount I needed to deposit was over $16000. I refused to move forward and complete this deposit. I have reached out to the company via "Telegram" as that is their source of communication and they of course state that I can only move forward if I pay the "refundable" deposit and clear the item out of my account. Then of course I can withdraw my funds and my commissions earned that day. They have told me there is no way to get back the money I have already deposited until I make this other deposit. This company states that they are associated with Grove86.com but I can tell that is not true now. I see discrepancies from website to website. I am now picking up on different things I should have noticed before in how they are communicating with me, how the group chat sounds robotic on Telegram, etc. I do have saved messages from Customer Service on their portal, I still have a log in for the account so I can access the site, I still have screen - recordings of the type of work I was doing. Happy to share.