This is a job board fraud/scam where scammers are trolling job boards and making fraudulent job offers in order to obtain a persons banking info and identity. I posted my resume on zip-recruiter and after applying to numerous positions, received an email from Damien Roussea, HR Hiring Manager for Michel-Faure.com, a new French artisanal cheese company that would be opening a new branch in Los Angeles. I interviewed with him online and then had an interview set up to FaceTime w/Louis Dufour for the position as well as another phone interview.
A day later I received notification from Damien Roussea that they would be making me an offer - it was a great position and opportunity and when I received it, I had a paralegal friend review it and everything seemed legit. I signed it, designated how I'd like to be paid, if biweekly like normal in US I'd receive $77k, if I went monthly like in France they'd provide a monthly bonus of $1000, so I went monthly, bringing my new salary up to $89k. Normal for someone supporting the branch head of a company. I then began communicating w/my boss, Louis Dufour daily where he would give me tasks to help find location for site and shop for office furnishings, etc. Within a week came a request to open an account with Wells Fargo or Bank of America because that was who they had worked with and it would make transfers for direct deposit easier, and have less fees for them. So I opened an account w/Wells Fargo and gave them that account info as well...thinking they would have removed my Chase Bank info.
Shortly after, I received a task where my boss asked that they test the remittance by sending me funds so I could buy Bitcoins and send them because that was how US Customs wanted to be paid for shipping the Cheeses and equipment, so I made a Bitcoin purchase w/funds they sent. A week later, after repeated questions to my boss, Louis Dufour on dates he and the team would be arriving in the states, I then received an email from him stating that the company had been hacked and my info may have been compromised. He stated that I needed to wait 48-72 hours before doing anything because they were fixing it on their end. I immediately called my bank Chase and put a fraud alert on my account. There was an unauthorized debit on my account for $652.79 from a square account that I was able to stop in its tracks. I have t heard from anyone at this company or anything since!
Michel Faure Reviews
This is a job board fraud/scam where scammers are trolling job boards and making fraudulent job offers in order to obtain a persons banking info and identity. I posted my resume on zip-recruiter and after applying to numerous positions, received an email from Damien Roussea, HR Hiring Manager for Michel-Faure.com, a new French artisanal cheese company that would be opening a new branch in Los Angeles. I interviewed with him online and then had an interview set up to FaceTime w/Louis Dufour for the position as well as another phone interview.
A day later I received notification from Damien Roussea that they would be making me an offer - it was a great position and opportunity and when I received it, I had a paralegal friend review it and everything seemed legit. I signed it, designated how I'd like to be paid, if biweekly like normal in US I'd receive $77k, if I went monthly like in France they'd provide a monthly bonus of $1000, so I went monthly, bringing my new salary up to $89k. Normal for someone supporting the branch head of a company. I then began communicating w/my boss, Louis Dufour daily where he would give me tasks to help find location for site and shop for office furnishings, etc. Within a week came a request to open an account with Wells Fargo or Bank of America because that was who they had worked with and it would make transfers for direct deposit easier, and have less fees for them. So I opened an account w/Wells Fargo and gave them that account info as well...thinking they would have removed my Chase Bank info.
Shortly after, I received a task where my boss asked that they test the remittance by sending me funds so I could buy Bitcoins and send them because that was how US Customs wanted to be paid for shipping the Cheeses and equipment, so I made a Bitcoin purchase w/funds they sent. A week later, after repeated questions to my boss, Louis Dufour on dates he and the team would be arriving in the states, I then received an email from him stating that the company had been hacked and my info may have been compromised. He stated that I needed to wait 48-72 hours before doing anything because they were fixing it on their end. I immediately called my bank Chase and put a fraud alert on my account. There was an unauthorized debit on my account for $652.79 from a square account that I was able to stop in its tracks. I have t heard from anyone at this company or anything since!