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A Nichole contacted me through text message with a remote job offer for a company she called Tinzon Group. She stated that she found my resume on Indeed which is entirely possible. When asked a question, the "recruiter" ignored it and continued to inform me of the job offer and offered times for an online interview through Microsoft Teams. They provided a link to the interviewer they referred to as Christine Bickle. When contacted, she scheduled a time to interview through messages. After answering her non-invasive questions about the job she congratulated me on being an "excellent fit." She began to give me more information on the job offer and the company, stating that my assigned supervisor will contact me soon through email with the job offer letter and contract of employment. The name, Cedric Stanton, was given to me. He stated that he was going to help me set up my home office and asked me to fill out the direct deposit form promptly which I have not done as it asks for sensitive information. We continued communication through Microsoft Teams about the next week of "paid" training. He provided their vendor's website where I was asked to fill out a quote form to receive my home office. The site provided was ************************** and the quote for the at-home office equipment was $4,539. I was told by my "supervisor" that they would be providing me with a check sent through the mail to pay for the equipment along with a $300 sign-on bonus adding up to a total of $4,839. Once I received the check I was asked "to have the check deposited Via Cashier, Bank ATM, or Bank App Mobile deposit." The check arrived in the mail five days later and I proceeded to double-triple-quadruple check if it was legitimate by calling the bank from which the check belonged to. I checked the account number and company name and they proceeded to tell me it was a fake check. I sent them a picture of the check and the address from which it came from before blocking any and all communications from Cedric, Christine, and Nichole.