We have recently learned of a scam where a fraudster impersonates æternity HR in emails, social media or text messages, informing the intended victim that they are shortlisted for a position.
To get more personal information of the intended victims, the fraudster tried to get in touch with them through unsolicited social media or email accounts.
You should note that the only official email account for HR matters is [email protected].
For clues and evidence which would allow a successful criminal investigation æternity Establishment has set aside a bounty of 1000 AE Tokens that will be rewarded on its discretion and for legally compliant tips.
If you get contacted by him, please report him to LinkedIn.
This is how the scam works: this person contacts people on LinkedIn, probably based on their profiles and informs them that they have been shortlisted for a job interview with æternity Crypto Foundation. They are then referred to a Telegram account impersonating AE’s HR manager Olga Polischuk. Please see below:
“She” then tried to get me to send $2,000 via Venmo to a personal account for a Mac. The website for the company’s “preferred vendor” of IT products is a spoof of a website of an actual legitimate company based in the Phoenix area that is a preferred vendor to a lot of large companies. The scam artists emailed me a fraudulent bank draft that was deposited in my business checking account yesterday via my mobile banking app."
We are grateful to everyone coming forward and helping us hunt those scammers down.
I get how frustrating these scam impersonations can be, especially when they pretend to be part of a legit team like æternity’s HR. It’s important to stay alert and spread the word so more people don’t fall for it. One thing that helps me whenever I suspect something is off is to double-check the phone number or email being used. You can easily do that through sites like whocalled.co.uk , where people share details about scam numbers. Reporting any suspicious activity there might help others avoid getting tricked. We have to stick together and keep these scammers on their toes!
