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Career Openings at 1st-line Equipment

We only advertise our job openings on our official account on www.indeed.com. Applicants at 1st-line are required to visit our facility, fill out an application in person, and are interviewed in person. This is for all job applicants and there are no exceptions – ever!

OPENING POSITIONS

Espresso Machine Repair Technician

Scammers for Career Openings (read and watch video below)

The below was a scenario that scammers used via those seeking employment. They used our highly regarded business name as a front for their scams.

Update December 30, 2022

It was reported on this day that these scammers are back at it. They will advertise that we are looking for a personal assistant when in fact we are not. Here is updated info on phone numbers they are using to text you. If you get a live number to reach a person or an email

1st name: Lewis Glover M. ed
2nd name: Margaret Clark
1st #: 1 (615) 239-5333
2nd #: 1(818) 208-0147

JUNE 18, 2020 – CHECK SCAM ALERT

THIS SCAM DOES NOT INVOLVE CUSTOMERS, NOR THEIR PURCHASES. 1ST-LINE HAS TAKEN A PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH FOR PUBLISHING THIS INFORMATION SO THOSE SEEKING LEGITIMATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT SCAMMED BY IMPOSTERS.

A CRIMINAL IMPOSTER USING CRAIGSLIST OR INDEED IS INVOLVING YOU AND 1ST-LINE EQUIPMENT IN A SCAM. WE ARE NOT OPENING ANY NEW OFFICES ANYWHERE.

A criminal imposter is mimicking our identity at 1st-line Equipment and trying to hire people as a personal assistant, administrative assistant, payroll assistant, etc.

HOW DOES THE CHECK SCAM WORK?

The criminal imposter has posted many help wanted ads on craigslist.org or indeed.com without any indication of 1st-line Equipment (this is to prevent us from finding those ads). Upon your email or resume submission, they will email you a link for further information. From what we learned, the email links to jotform (now closed because exceeded quota). DO NOT COMPLETE THAT FORM.

In most cases, the email or text message is signed by Thomas Cochran. We do NOT have a Thomas Cochran within our company. In addition, they have set up a fake web site http://www.1st-lline.com for emails [email protected]lline.com. – if you look closely, there is a double L in the web site address (URL). This URL was initiated on June 12, 2020.

Scammer's Fake Contact Info — Scammer’s Fake Contact Info

Thomas Cochran will also text you from one of the following phone numbers: 818-208-0147 (read more on this number dating this scam back to 2017), 646-244-3376. There may be more phone numbers as there is more than one imposter working this scam.

The imposter will ask you which bank you use. They will most likely confirm that you are using a major bank that utilizes a mobile app to deposit the check. They do this because most bank tellers are trained to physically spot fraudulent checks. If you use a mobile app on your phone, a bank teller will not see the check to verify if the check is legitimate.

The criminal will reference our real web site and even reference our YouTube channel.

The criminal imposter will usually FedEx overnight you a real looking, but fraudulent 1st-line Equipment business check (which is a EFT check aka Electronic Funds Transfer) between $3k-10k which he will tell you to deposit and wait for the funds to clear in a few days. Just to note, although a bank will not tell you, it really takes 21 days to clear. The check will look very legitimate, but it is fraudulent. Checks will be overnighted from Indiana, New York, California, and even New Jersey.

The criminal will ask you to make purchases on our behalf to send to other locations using your credit card. The criminal imposter is involving you in a crime ring. He is selling goods at a discount on Amazon, Ebay or other channels at reduced prices. The criminal imposter will keep the proceeds from his sales, while you are directed to order the merchandise from the web sites they advise and to use your own credit card for the purchases, making you think you have the funds in your bank account.

Within 21 days, the monies from the fraudulent check will be withdrawn out from your bank account because of the fraudulent checks. Meanwhile, you are stuck with the authorized credit card charges on your bill while you no longer having the money in your account.

Be smart. Do not fall prey to this scam. If the criminal imposter has contacted you, please email us the criminals’ details, any contact information, and all documentation so we can forward to the Secret Service and police departments. This also includes FedEx tracking numbers, return addresses, check copies, etc. We will forward to the police as well as Secret Service.

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What to do? These are our recommendations, but it is up to you to decide and advise with your accountant or lawyer.

a) Capture as much information as possible and submit to us as we are already working with the proper agencies. If you received any business checks, do not cash them as they will bounce and your account will be hit with bank fees. If you made any purchases for the imposters, cancel them and have the sellers as soon as possible recall the shipments and returned to sender for a refund. Explain it was part of a fraud scheme. If these orders get delivered, you may be able to fight those charges saying you didn’t authorize those charges. Also, contact the recipients and let them know they are receiving stolen merchandise, to refuse delivery, and request a refund from where they purchased from.

b) If you supplied a social security number, you will need to contact the major credit reporting agencies to block fraudsters from using your social security number from opening false accounts under your name and address.

c) If you supplied any bank account information, contact your bank immediately, and close the bank account. The imposters can and will use your checking account number to create new checks to FedEx overnight to new victims.