The scammer posted on Facebook an advertisement that they have an abundant surplus inventory of Hewlett Packard laptops that they are giving away for $10 plus shipping and handling to anybody who wants one. Anyone who is interested in the deal should click on the hyperlink that they provided....complete the billing information....and they will mail the laptop. I fell for the scam. I clicked on the hyperlink and provided them my Visa credit card billing information approving of my purchase. My credit card was then immediately charged for $10 plus $2.65 shipping/handling for a total of $12.65. I then waited for delivery of my Hewlett Packard laptop. It never came. About five days later, my credit card was charged again another $75.85 for which i did not authorized. I called the vendor and talked/complained to them about it.....but I got the run-around, denial, lies, more sales-pitch, and hostility. They told me and tried to assure/convince/persuade me they would email be coupons and rebates on some stupid crap if i would agree to pay half of the $75.85. I replied and told them: "NO.....I will not pay a penny more....this is fraud and a scam.......you guys are scamming people....your company is a fraud..... and I will report you and your company to the Better Business Bureau......I will also report you and your company to my bank for fraud, internet fishing, and scamming consumers". I also contacted Bank of America and reported the fraud and scam to their fraud department. Bank of America immediately closed my existing credit card account and is re-issuing me a new card to prevent this scam/fraudulent company from charging to my account again. I am reporting my ordeal to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) so they can be aware of this fraudulent/scam company. I am hoping the BBB can do something about this to prevent the next innocent victims from being a victim of the scam. This scam/fraudulent company operates under the alias/name: GADGETGRILLX PERTCOOKTR. Their "Merchant Description" is MISC HOME FURNISHINGS SPECIALTY STORE. They operate out of Nevada.

On Jan. 17, 2025, they posed as IT recruiters sourcing Sr. IT Technical Writer position with project management experience at HP. I was first contacted via phone by a man named "Arun" (628-208-0511) at "Career Staffing Sourcing." He told me they'd seen my info on LinkedIn, and they were recruiting for positions at Hewlett Packard (HP), which was moving their production from China to Thailand. He said if I was interested, the Sr Recruiter named "Jay Gomes" would soon be contacting me to discuss the position. Jay contacted me (also by phone from 415-868-4916) and later by email (from [email protected]) sending me what looked like a legitimate job description. He said one of the requirements was that you had to have a Scrum Master Certified (SMC) certification or be in the process of getting the certification because the role involved managing Agile projects. He emailed me two links for online courses that he said would be acceptable. I had been thinking of getting this certification anyway, so I was willing to get it and to move forward with the interview process. I had to reply back with my enrollment showing I had enrolled in one of the online courses. He then said I would have a 30-minute interview the following Friday with one of the HP team members. I was expecting to receive a meeting invitation with the person's name because that's how other interviews I'd had with other companies handled interviews. When I didn't receive an invitation by the Wednesday before the scheduled interview, I emailed Jay asking asking who would be interviewing me and asking about the meeting invitation. He said the person would call me at the appointed time and sent me the supposed LinkedIn profile link for the person. (Ironically, that person does indeed work in the HR department at HP but had no knowledge about any of this.) Jay even sent me a reminder email the day before the interview. On 1/21/25, I contacted a former colleague who I knew was now working at HP. I told him about the upcoming job interview and joked that perhaps we might be working together again. Through a series of communications, my contact started questioning various things about the role in an effort to perhaps put in an internal recommendation for me. On 1/24/25 I had a 1/2-hour phone interview with "Devin," the supposed HR rep at HP, who told me he was initially screening candidates and those that made it to the next round would then interview with the hiring manager. I thought it was odd that he never asked me anything about my previous tech writing experiences. He essentially asked me the same 3 questions in different ways the whole 30 minutes, all dealing with project and people management. I thought that was a little strange and felt a little blind-sided. Toward the end of the conversation, he explained next steps and said they would notify me in a week or so if I had made it to the next round. I tried to shrug it off the strangeness of the interview but finally tried to call Jay on 1/29/25 to talk to him about it. When I got no answer on his phone, I sent him an email requesting a call. He responded asking if he could call me the next morning. He never did. When I didn't hear anything for several days, I began to think I had been led down a bunny trail and just didn't get the job. On 2/3/25, I sent a message to this effect to my former colleague. He had kindly begun trying to look further into the role. He reached out to the HR person whose LinkedIn profile I had been sent. Today, 2/5/25, he reported back that this person said they had never met with me. This is when it became patently obvious I had been scammed. Meanwhile I had logged onto the upgradeskill.us website and done some of the training which all looks very legitimate (it is video based and then you take tests) and tracks your progress. I also received hard copy study materials through the mail. I even got a "welcome" email from Kim Bains, Senior Account Executive, (347) 952-4595, fax (347) 959-4545, [email protected], 5555 LONG BEACH BLVD., APT 122 LONG BEACH, CA 90805. After hearing about the scam from my former colleague, I started to look further into whether the certification of this particular website I had enrolled with (https://upgradeskill.us/course/scrum-master-certified/) was well regarded in the industry. As I started to research it online, I quickly learned that it was indeed part of the scam reported by other users.

They pose as IT talent recruiters. They find your resume on job boards and contact you to interview you for a corporate company. In my case it was a position for HP. They send what looks like a legitimate job requirements/duites/and salary format document. They ask all the same questions as legitimate IT talent recruiters. After that they tell you everything is great but you need a scrum certification. A scrum certification class is 16 hours with an exam so I said no problem and signed up for a scrum class and sent an enrollment screenshot shot. I was immediately called by them stating that the training academy I chose would not be accepted by HP. They then sent me 2 links of accepted scrum training classes. I work in IT and was suspicious. If you clink on the link it looks like a legitimate website https://www.cprime.com/learning/courses/psm-certification-training-course/ However if you remove everything adter the .com you'll see that companies real website. The same was with https://upgradeskill.us/course/scrum-master-certified/ They are trying to get you to buy scrum certifications from their scam websites. I called Hewlett-Packard and they said that job opening was fake. DO not believe "Jay Gomez" phone number +16282080511. Or his email [email protected]

I chose a website HP Support that I assumed was a Hewlett Packard website. I allowed the technician to access my laptop remotely. I gave my name, address, phone number, and email address. When I finally got suspicious I brought my laptop to Geek Squad. Geek Care had disabled my antivirus and installed malware and spyware on my laptop. It cost $400 for them to clean it up and recover what Geek Care had done to it. Beware!

I ordered a youtube influencer hoodie i received the hood and the threads were loose and the printing cam out really bad and i tried to get a refund and they wont give me my money back i sent them pictures about the problems and they still wont give me a refund they also dont have a number i can call just the email i provided.

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Contacted Hewlett Packard printer tech support when offer to chat with tech. I thought it legit. They used logmein to diagnose and fix. They did fix the problem and charged the communicated cost - $199. They asked to use an online bank check - I refused and used a CC. The then tried to hard sell me on a maintenance program. I refused. They have tried calling me on a follow-up - I have not picked up. At the very least, they misrepresent themselves as HP certified reps, which I think is untrue.

Tried to find a # for Hewlett-Packard online so I could exchange a laptop infested with mites/lice. The website appeared authentic, and the guy assured me I could exchange it under warranty. He requested permission to access my computer and I allowed it, thinking he needed the serial numbers, etc,. but I asked him why he needed to access my software when this was a hardware issue, got no reply. He then told me I needed an Amazon account for pick up/delivery to exchange the laptop, I didn't have one so while he was on my computer, he set up one for me very quickly. He then told me to relax, everything would be taken care of , and to close down my computer, stop using it. He gave me the last four digits of my bank debit card and then hung up, but called me back saying he needed to verify the credit card I used to buy the laptop and needed another card #, saying the card he had wasn't the one used to buy the product. I reluctantly gave him a different card and all the details of the card. I was immediately contacted by Wells Fargo and by CapitalOne that a purchase through AMAZON PRIME was requested to both for a GIFT CARD for $ 400, plus another 17 dollars was declined due to suspicious behavior. He gave me a phone number and a bogus name of "David Usher" when I called it back it was a voice mail for "Joyce Trainer" in Dallas. He tried to blow up my phone the whole afternoon while I was cleaning up the security breach and then I found that he had a spyware type of program on my computer and was able to see everything I was doing all day. At the same time I was getting emails about delivery from Amazon Prime about my delivery of my $ 400 GIFT CARD that he had purchased.

Was transferred to this business via a call to Hewlett Packard while experiencing a problem downloading drivers for a new computer. The prompted method prescribed by HP resulted in an error and I was directed to call 8445490649. I was put in contact with a technician, Sherman Wyatt, who did some research and informed me of several malware problems in my desktop computer which prevented the requested downloads of software and drivers which would enable my new printer to operate. A thorough cleanup was required at $199.99 plus tax. Then I was referred to Jeremy at 8008679181 who accomplished all of the corrections needed and resulted in fixing my problem. I had to pay by check through the internet, which I thought strange but complied. Then the bite was put on me to purchase their firewall protection costing $386 and upward, depending upon the length of the contract, which I refused. I think I got the service that I paid for at $199.99, (exorbitant or not?) but the business tactics seemed very strange to me.