Description

On September 17, 2025 I received an e-mail from Nexus Web Space regarding a potential job offer. They attached a job description, and asked me to review it, and if it aligned with my career goals, respond with my most recent resume. After providing them with my resume I received a response the following day stating that they were offering me a provisional position (permanent hiring depending on how well I did with their initial training). They sent a copy of their training agreement, and I was to provide my desired start date, the date I signed the agreement, my name, address, and signature. I scanned a copy of this agreement once the requested information was added, and attached to the replied e-mail, along with pictures of my driver's license (front and back, as they requested), and also provided my bank's routing number and checking account information (for paycheck direct deposit). Nexus responded by saying that they do not work with the bank I provided and requested that I open an account with Bank of America, Citibank, or Wells Fargo (the hiring process attachment also stated this and provided a list of 7 banks they worked with). I opened a Bank of America checking account and provided them with their routing number and my checking account number. Once training started on September 29th, the Nexus Web Space Recruiter called me and told me to open up accounts with CoinBase, Crypto.com, and later BitStamp. I was given the first of a number of theory and practice tasks. This lined up with what the hiring process attachment I was sent on September 17th said. The theory tasks took the entire workday (and sometimes longer) to complete. The practice tests usually only took a little while as I was required to wait until Nexus would deposit funds into the Coinbase account. Once this happened, I was instructed to transfer them to my Bank of America Account, then once it was confirmed to be received by Bank of America, I was to wire transfer the funds to either Crypto.com or Bitstamp. The recruiter stated that the reasons for moving this money from one source to another was that "Our goal is to understand the process of completing payments via crypto platforms, as you will be assisting our clients with this as a manager for our company. " Once funds have served their purpose in either Bitstamp or Crypto.com, I was asked to transfer them to a "wallet account." I was provided with a long code to enter on a certain screen which did cause the funds to be transferred. Fortunately, none of this was my personal funds, but the use of my bank account that was originally set up just for direct deposit of my paycheck and then using this bank account to conduct transactions that I later learned that Coinbase, Crypto, and Bitstamp were all capable to doing caused red flags to be raised. Also, at the end of the three weeks, I inquired about my first paycheck, as the information I was provided stated that this would be when I would receive my first paycheck regardless of when I was hired or not. The recruiter stated that I still had 4 more Theory tasks to complete and this last practice task of transferring funds needed to be completed before I would get paid. I never understood why these additional 4 theory tasks were not provided to me prior to the end of the training. The practice tasks were more understandable since it did take a few days for Crypto.com and Bitstamp to process/release the transfer deposits. I had to request one of the remaining 4 theory tasks to be sent to me the Monday after training was over. It was sent to me; I completed the task and sent it back. However, I never heard from the Nexus recruiter again and never got paid. 3+ weeks, consisting of 8-hour days, 5 days a week for this time wasted! 5 days a week, for 3 weeks, = 15 days. 8 hours per day at $32 an hour. Alltogether, that was about $3,840 that I never saw. The only upside is that it didn't cost me any money.