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Emails from - "Brenda" Hello, I received the application form you completed for the position through our website, I am currently out of the town for 3 weeks but would like to give you a try to start to test your efficiency and training for you to be prime ready to take up more responsibilities as soon as we meet. I will have an independent shipper ship the products to you and when it delivers, I will head to the nearest Library to arrange a zoom call to meet you virtually and guide you through your first working day. The products will come along with W-2 Form, A Tablet with pre-installed apps and tutorial videos and office supplies. Our conversations will be through email and text until the zoom meeting when the products arrive as the cell reception out here can be bad. As you must have read from our website, this position involves receiving beauty products and repacking into our own company customized boxes. Our conversations will mainly be through texts and sometimes email when I have internet for now, in a few days I will have one of my employees call you for a short phone interview as my cell reception here in these woods is weak. I want to delegate some work to you and see how well you perform so as to kick start our working relationship. Do you wear makeup or have someone close who does? If yes, I will have an extra welcome box shipped along with the products, it will be a token to welcome to our team. The First day is paid training, I will work on the products and your paycheck being mailed to you as soon as possible so we are ready for next week. The W-2 Form and offer letter will be mailed to your address along with the products. Kindly answer the below information correctly so as to make sure the information you filled on the form is correct. Full Name Mailing Address ( Do include an apartment number if applicable: Who do you currently bank with? Note: Your account information is not needed. what is needed is who you bank with to confirm if it is same with the company in order to process your pay. Are you currently employed? If yes, what is your current work schedule? What days and hours works best for you for this position: Do you want the products shipped to the address specified above or a nearby post office? Are you ready and available to start working? Once the above information is received, I will email you an employment agreement form. Do reply to this email asap. Thank you, Brenda Davis. Congratulations again on your employment Molly. In anticipation of getting started with the training with you, I have a shipment that will be arriving soon, they are a new line of products which my buyers are excited about and I want to assume on you the responsibility to handle a few of the shipments which will directly serve as your training procedure. Therefore, I have authorized my account manager through my bank to mail out a check in the amount of $1490. This is the USPS tracking # 9202809901265261907651 for the check for you to track and know when it is delivered. The check is for your first week's pay and for every other expense that may come up during the process of getting the job done, the extra expenses are namely shipping fees and office supplies. Your first two weeks pay will be tax free and considered as a gift, the W-2 form will come along with the products and be submitted in person when we meet. I have attached a picture of the boxes you will be receiving, it will be 8 boxes in total for the first (training) week while the volume will increase afterwards depending on how much you can handle. The products will come along with postage labels(paid) which will be used to mail out the products at the post office for free. Once you receive the check, proceed to depositing it on your bank app, at the ATM or at the bank. Once the funds go through, I will give you further instructions on how to handle the balance that remains after your pay. I will have the products shipped to you through a sorting shipper that will ship to you only the designated volume as specified above. I will head into town to set up a zoom meeting to meet you virtually and guide you through your first day of work as soon as you have the shipment. I am counting on you to do your duty and follow instructions at all times. Do confirm that you got this information and totally understand all I have explained thus far, I look forward to us getting started and have no doubts you'd be great. Thank you, Brenda. The check is for your first week's pay and the rest is for the job. The products are being processed and will be shipped to you soon. Yes every details on the check is correct. You can go ahead and deposit it now. Are the funds available now? I will let you know the next steps. I need you to make a payment to the shippers. Do you have Apple pay or PayPal? You are to make a payment to them for shipping of the products to you. I need you to make an Apple Pay payment to them and i will send you the information. I need you to let me know which of email or text is faster for you to respond. Good morning Molly. You will be receiving your weekly payments of $680 through checks and you do not have to pay the shippers every other week as this is only a one time thing. The necessary paperwork needed will come with the products. You do not have to use any part of the website for your job. Everything you need for the job will come with the shipments. You will be doing the training through Zoom call to put you though the whole process and this will be when the products arrives. You are to make an Apple Pay payment of $500 to the shippers and here is the Apple Pay Information 405-862-0045. Get it done once the funds have cleared this morning and send me a screenshot of the payment. You can relay any of your questions to me and i will make sure to answer everything. I will be waiting for your update.

Dollars Lost

$1490

Targeted Person's Location

IL, USA - 62320

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

New York, NY

Mobile logo

1(315) 243-5840

Web logo

https://www.beautybybrendadavis.com

Scam Type

Employment

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Business name

Beauty by Brenda Davis

Date Reported

September 25, 2025

Scam ID

1066912


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