FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lisa Marston, VP Summit Scientific, Inc.
Phone: 206-395-3148
Email: lisa@summitscientificinc.com
THE SUMMIT SCIENTIFIC INC NAME HAS BEEN USED BY SCAMMERS TO
ACQUIRE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND FRAUDULENT PURCHASES
It has come to our attention that the Summit Scientific, Inc. company name has been used by scammers with a similar domain name to conduct mock interviews in order to acquire personal information and fraudulent purchases of office equipment from prospective job candidates. The candidates were initially contacted via text messages and perhaps other platforms such as WhatsApp. Note that Summit Scientific, Inc. does not use text messages, WhatsApp, or other social media platforms to conduct business communications.
We became aware of this scam by a job seeker that reached out to us to verify the legitimacy of a job that came to their attention from a recruiter pretending to be a member of our company. The individual has since forwarded all of the information they received and it was reported to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) along with the Federal Trade Commission fraud reporting division. If you are approached by these scammers we encourage you to report the incident immediately to the authorities listed above. You can read more about this type of job scam by reading this article; Make your Company a Hard Target for Job Scams.
Summit Scientific, Inc. takes fraudulent activities very seriously and greatly values the safety and privacy of existing and prospective clients, vendors, and anyone interacting with our company in a business context. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to us on our contact page.
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If you would like more information you can contact inquiry@summitscientificinc.com .