Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?
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I was recently talking to another IT guy at a kid's birthday party and he was telling me something weird/interesting about some stuff that's apparently going on with foreign workers coming to the US on B1 Visas. The guy works in IT for a retail chain and he said he interviews candidates over Skype who are over in places like India. He said a lot of times while he is interviewing them, the video is intentionally low quality and a lot of people on screen move their mouths but someone else is talking behind the camera to answer IT questions or whatever. Then, if/when they are hired and they make it over to the US to start the job, it ends up being someone completely different than in the video interview. He also said a lot of times they end up not having the skills/knowledge they claimed to have. I only got to talk to him for a few minutes so I didn't get any more details than this.
Has anyone else heard of this?
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Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
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@scottalanmiller said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
What's the scam called so I can learn more?
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@dave247 said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@scottalanmiller said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
What's the scam called so I can learn more?
You going to start selling interview services to people to help them get hired?
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@Obsolesce said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@dave247 said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@scottalanmiller said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
What's the scam called so I can learn more?
You going to start selling interview services to people to help them get hired?
Yes yes that's the ticket
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@Obsolesce said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@dave247 said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@scottalanmiller said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
What's the scam called so I can learn more?
You going to start selling interview services to people to help them get hired?
Not a bad idea.
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@dave247 said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
@scottalanmiller said in Foreign B1 Visa employee scam?:
Yup. Its decently well known. Happens in the US too.
What's the scam called so I can learn more?
That I do not know. I'm sure someone has come up with a name, but it's a simple impersonation scheme. It's not so much a specific scam as just generally one person impersonating another.
