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Business Name (as listed in offer): Bartion Estates Ltd / Bartion Estates LLC / Bartion Estates (U.S.) Business Address: 13010 Morris Road, Suite 600, Alpharetta, GA 30004 Georgia Business Number: 24213021 Website / Email: (insert any email or domain they used — if none, write “Not provided”) Phone: (if they used any, include; if not, “Not provided”) Type of Scam: Employment / Money Transfer (Money Mule) / Fake Investment Hiring Description of the Scam: I received what appeared to be an official job offer from a company calling itself Bartion Estates Ltd. They provided an employment agreement claiming I was hired as an “Assistant Manager” at $30/hour with paid training. The agreement, which appears professional and legally formatted, includes instructions for me to: Provide personal banking information (voided check or direct deposit form). Receive “training transfers” into my personal account. Process and move company or client assets under something they called a “Trust Assets Management Agreement.” They state these funds would come from the company’s “Financial Department” and that I’d report when transfers were “cleared.” The offer promised no personal funds would be needed and said this process was “a failsafe strategy for training.” The address they provided (13010 Morris Road, Suite 600, Alpharetta, GA 30004) is legitimate, but the company’s operations appear suspicious. Public records show Bartion Estates LLC (Control No. 24213021) is newly registered (November 13, 2024) with InCorp Services, Inc. as the registered agent, but there is no trace of real business activity or licensing consistent with investment or financial operations. This setup is consistent with money-mule recruitment scams, where new hires unknowingly launder stolen funds by transferring “training payments.” The entity uses mixed jurisdictions (Cyprus, UK, and U.S.), unverified names, and unverifiable executives (e.g., “Mark Mills, CEO”)