Agito.pl review: payroll 25

Here was a site I found by cutting and pasting some text from a "Task" for editing corrections in English grammar.

https://www.coursehero.com/file/p4dm0lcu/Thank-you-35-Letter-for-the-purchaser-Charles-583446-Hello-Mr-Charles-Please/

I only translated three documents in my spare time, so practicing grammar is my takeaway. No money lost, no PayPal information was exchanged.

I have received more, disturbing information about this matter, and wanted to share it here, and warn people to STAY AWAY from this at all costs...
#[protected] is the link to the item that was supposedly purchased from Agito.pl, and in reality it is just an item that was sold on Ebay. This is ignorant, and I suppose I should have guessed this since the Email contact point for these people was a disposable freemail account at gmx.com, which can be abandoned easily, or just completely ignored after the con is finished.
So, I guess that eastern Europe is joining the gang of online scams directed at Americans who need money now, and anything that comes from Poland, or the ex-Soviet Union should be assumed to be a bunch of cyber-criminals.
Now, you cannot just watch out for west African offers anymore, 419 scams are going viral!

I did this so called proofreading for these people, Agito.pl after they claimed to find me through a job board site, and they discontinued this position on me as well after offering me a position as a representative for my good work. I took them up on their offer as I wanted to be sure to get the money they already owed me, and working from home sounded really great.
They had me send them multiple screen shots, and scanned copies of documents including a picture of me next to my fiancé', to prove my identity before beginning, and then they had me open a PayPal Premier Business account with no limits on transactions, which I did. Then war broke out in the Ukraine, and I did not hear from them for over a month...
Finally, I got an Email saying that a payment was going to be deposited to my PayPal account to be forwarded to them, which happened. As soon as I had the money in my PayPal, I transferred it to my personal checking account, and then sent it to the Czech Republic via wire transfer.
This is when things seemed to go south with this. After sending them their money, I got an Email from PayPal saying the buyer had filed a dispute against me for not receiving the item he paid for, and they ruled in his favor, taking the money out of my account to refund him. It seems Agito.pl just took his money, but did not bother to ship the item he purchased to him, and now I am stuck holding the bag.
I have filed an appeal with PayPal, trying to explain that I was not responsible for shipping anything to the buyer, and that I was just processing the payment for Agito.pl, but I am not sure how that will work out as yet.
For now, it looks like I am out $5300, because Agito.pl just scams people into purchasing high value items, and then doesn't even send them anything for their money.
I could be wrong, and will post back once this is worked out, still I am not thrilled so far!

PLEASE NOTE:

ALL of the above statements apply to my situation as well. But I managed to get a little further. They have sent money to my PayPal, The customer presumably received the merchandise and I transferred the funds by wire to my checking account and they are now waiting for me to respond (now that the monies have cleared - in two days, I might add) by wiring the funds to Czech Republic.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! If you all say this is a SCAM - and I wire them the money (minus my $607 pay) I could possibly end up with a $8, 400.00 deficit to my checking account if this transaction bounces.

THIS IS SO SAD...all I wanted was HONEST PART-TIME WORK and I get caught up in some CRAZY "International Money Laundering Scam"?

THAT'S IT - I WILL CEASE AND DESIST FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD! SO SADDENED BY THIS... : (

Same with me. They owe me $350 and then said they were stopping the editing because there was a shift in positions and they offered me the representative position. I was also talking to Petra and someone else that started with a "J".

Hi Everyone,
Here is the latest scam out of Poland, I received this email over the weekend.

Hello,
High Efficiency Shipping head office is based in Polish city Warsaw.
Our clients purchase, sell or exchange different types of goods worldwide.
The major part of our activity is electronic equipment. We offer you a courier
position which consists of receiving, combining, repackaging and
shipping parcels purchased in United States by our customers. The main
reason of that activity is to purchase a cheaper merchandise for an
overseas customer which does not have international shipping option at
the store it is sold at. You will be provided with all the needed
instructions and materials timely by your coordinators. There are no out
of pocket expenses. The position is remote and flexible and can be the
second additional job for you. Your minimal monthly salary is $1500.00
and also there is a bonus of 30 dollars for each timely sent out
package.
We are looking forward to get started with you.The agreement is attached for you to review and fill it up.Also,
if you want to start the application process, please provide:your full
name and date of birth(for 1099 tax form), your correct shipping address
and a working phone number(better if several). Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Alex Polinik,
High Efficiency Shipping company manager

Hi Everyone,

Here is the latest scam out of Poland.
I received this email over the weekend-

Hello,
High Efficiency Shipping head office is based in Polish city Warsaw. Our clients
purchase, sell or exchange different types of goods worldwide. The major
part of our activity is electronic equipment. We offer you a courier
position which consists of receiving, combining, repackaging and
shipping parcels purchased in United States by our customers. The main
reason of that activity is to purchase a cheaper merchandise for an
overseas customer which does not have international shipping option at
the store it is sold at. You will be provided with all the needed
instructions and materials timely by your coordinators. There are no out
of pocket expenses. The position is remote and flexible and can be the
second additional job for you. Your minimal monthly salary is $1500.00
and also there is a bonus of 30 dollars for each timely sent out
package.
We are looking forward to get started with you.The agreement is attached for you to review and fill it up.Also,
if you want to start the application process, please provide:your full
name and date of birth(for 1099 tax form), your correct shipping address
and a working phone number(better if several). Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Alex Polinik,
High Efficiency Shipping company manager

read the info on this site about auction internet scams which is what agito is.
http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx#item-1

my contact was also a person calling herself Petra

Same scam here. It is international money laundering, that's obvious. Contact the Internet police agency at the info below

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

The IC3 accepts online Internet crime complaints from either the actual victim or from a third party to the complainant. We can best process your complaint if we receive accurate and complete information from you. Therefore, we request that you provide the following information when filing a complaint:
Your name
Your mailing address
Your telephone number
The name, address, telephone number, and Web address, if available, of the individual or organization you believe defrauded you.
Specific details on how, why, and when you believe you were defrauded.
Any other relevant information you believe is necessary to support your complaint.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).

exact same scam for me. This is international money laundering and don't touch it with a 10-foot pole! Here is info to report Internet crime. It doesn't sound like they are very on the ball though.

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

The IC3 accepts online Internet crime complaints from either the actual victim or from a third party to the complainant. We can best process your complaint if we receive accurate and complete information from you. Therefore, we request that you provide the following information when filing a complaint:
Your name
Your mailing address
Your telephone number
The name, address, telephone number, and Web address, if available, of the individual or organization you believe defrauded you.
Specific details on how, why, and when you believe you were defrauded.
Any other relevant information you believe is necessary to support your complaint.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).

They will never (most likely) provide you with a formal employment offer or salary. Beware. Google has a translator. Products appear to be the genuine consumer wants/needs, but I wasn't brave enough to order from them. . I was unable to locate a "Careers" dropdown from agito_pl. If you didn't get paid for Doc Editor, I suspect you won't be paid as a representative. I contacted FTC, but got no response from them or the GM of agito. I kept my PayPal, but never sent them any info about it. Good luck.

I got the same email. I am currently editing emails for them from customers. They sent me the same email about the representative position. I inquired and they sent me an email with questions and answers. It was saying that I had to open a PayPal account to receive money for their company due to Poland has a limit on there PayPal accounts. I was wondering if it was a scam. So I used Google to search information about the company. I went to the website to see what are some of the products they sell. But it is in Polish. Some guy name Marcin Komorowski for Petra. They claim the obtain my resume from career builder.

Agree with everyone ... I politely cleaned up the text and sent in back within the deadline. Got this response "Thanks a lot for doing your job well, we like your efforts! If you go on doing it well some time, we will promote you to the next post." The last set of edits was very strange. I received a lot edits for "becoming a representative." "If you do not steal our money, there is no risks" about becoming a rep. Along with other comments about going around Polish regulations. It appears that a lot of money is flowing thru US accounts. I started asking tough questions yesterday. So far, no response., As with others, my contact was Petra Semansky. I did receive some information from PayPal about scamming ... my next step will to contact the Federal Trade Commission. It's possible they can shut this down. "Don't mess with Texas."

I feel taken. My experience mirrors the other complaints here, but I don't get the angle. I have not been "scammed" out of anything, except doing free work I guess. Has anyone lost any money? I will shut down the PayPal account I opened to be a "representative." If something sounds too good to be true...

I am so glad that I saw this! I also had the same experience. I am working with an individual by the name of Miha Koranovich doing editorial work for the past two weeks. I was not interested in the representative position so I am really glad I saw the post regarding that. I am not due to be paid until July 10th but, I am pretty much convinced that it is not going to happen. I did look up the company profile on the Internet and I was able to find the names of the President and the Vice President of the company (provided it is a legitimate company). I am going to write an email to these gentleman to let them know about the abuse that is going on and is affiliated with their company. I will also ask them to verify that Miha and Petra in fact work for their company. In case anyone wants their names they are as follows:
Tomasz Sypula - President and Chairman of the Board - Didn't give an email address but I am going to use Tomasz.sypula@agito.pl
Tomasz Bator - Vice President, Director of Sales & Marketing- same as above. I will use tomasz.bator@agito.pl
I will keep everyone posted. Please feel free to use this information as you see fit.

I got into the same situation like you guys, did some text translation for them, then asked to be their representative, they asked to have a Paypal account with limits lifted, in other words the account needs to be linked to a bank account, and I did and I lifted all the limits and even spoke to Paypal about this opportunity, and was told that it's not for paypal to find out if this was a scam or not...So I went ahead and confirmed to this Lady Petra that I have the account, so she e-mailed me again asking for my full name, my address and my phone number, and I went ahead and sent my details, so I received another mail with some sort of contract including the rules of the position, and asking at the end my confirmation, so again I confirmed that...Then I received a call about a couple of hours ago from a lady, ...She is supposedly an agito expert, and saying to activate and finalise the position, she needs two screen shots of my papal account, one including the status verified, and the other the status of limits lifted...then she wants a coupe of passport size photos of me supposedly to confirm my identiy...at this point I said no and asked her for full name and address then she hang up...clearly this is a sophisticated scam and there are in fact many venerable people out there who will fall into this trap...they still haven't paid me $155 translation work I did to them...I attached the sort of rules for the position they sent to me earlier...

Guys, sorry to break it to you but it is a scam. I sent a email asking for proof and it's been 5 days since I sent the email. They could easily prove it by sending an email using an agito.pl email address, he never responded. I refused to send details until they told me so they never responded. And be honest with yourself, wasn't it a little weird from the start? Did they seem dodgy about your questions?

I have worked as an editor also and I was offered the opportunity to become a representative.
I was told that the document editing position was discontinued and I could become a representative.
I thought it was a legitimate offer but now I am not sure. I also have not been paid "YET" but I don't expect to see payment.
I was also contacted by a man named Petra also someone named Agito. I was also told they found my resume on a job board and offered the opportunity to edit the documents and that I would be paid monthly. I will wait until the end of the month and see what happens.

Hello vtho, I have been in contacted by Petra and I am in the same situation you are. I was hoping someone already working would let me know if it is real or not.

I found this email as well and I also received an offer for a higher salary after the first few days to become a representative. Hoping it isn't fake but just out of curiosity, did a person named Petra Semjansky get in touch with you guys?

Yeah I found the same scam. They asked me to be a representative so being skeptical I googled if this was an email scam and found this page. So I am assuming that this is a scam and I will not be getting paid...

I pointed out a published scam report to them and they instantly sent me the following:

May we have your attention please!
There have been some business changes in our company in view of the works to improve the timely servicing of customer transactions.
Therefore, the job of the document editing is temporarily suspended. Please do not worry about the payment.
We will pay for your services as agreed. (All that you have earned while working with us, will be paid to your Paypal on time). During the collaboration you have proven to be a good and reliable employee.
We appreciate the individuals like you and we do not want to make a pause in our work with you.
Therefore we can offer you an other position to work corrently or for a long time if you will like it. The position is with the possibility of career drowth.
You are encouraged to work with the fixed salary $ 1500 every month plus 5% interest from each completed deal. So your income will be about $ 5000 - $7000 every month.
The new job will not take you more time than editing of documents. You should have access to computer and be available by phone during the working day. So you can combine collaboration with us and your main job.
We expect from you the confirmation about the receipt of our offer and we will immediately send you the precise details to learn more.
We are looking forward to your reply!
Sincerely yours,
agito.pl

I think I got taken in by the same scam.

Did they say the project would stop, and then offer you the position of a representative?