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I applied for a job via a recruiting firm through LinkedIn--the next day I received an email from Sarah Moore ([email protected]) offering me an interview. She asked me to send over my resume and once I had sent it got back to me and asked me to fill out a form and a questionnaire. The next day she emailed me saying that due to time pressure they wanted to offer me the job (without interviewing)--I gave some basic personal information (email, address, phone number) and she asked me to continue messaging on Telegram (@sarah4409). We proceeded with the onboarding process during which she attempted to get me to deposit a (presumably) fraudulent check in order to allegedly allow me to buy a personal software licence for the role. The message after I said I had done this and was waiting for the funds was the last I have heard from her. The bank identified the check as fraudulent and contacted me, at which point I looked into the company further and discovered that it's a scam. The website, correspondence, offer letter, etc all came across as very legitimate--it is impersonating a company that according to the CT Company Directory was withdrawn in 2017.