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\nSomeone pretending to be a high-profile figure in Louisville real estate has cooked up a scam the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has not seen before.<\/p>\n
\nSomeone pretending to be a high-profile figure in Louisville real estate has cooked up a scam the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has not seen before.<\/p>\n
In late February, Bob Sokoler, owner of the We Sell Louisville real estate company, started receiving calls from people asking strange questions.<\/p>\n
Sokoler said he received a call from a staffing agent saying someone was claiming to be him and they wanted money sent to them basically in the form of paychecks. He said if not him and it was a scam.<\/p>\n
Sokoler said he has since taken over a dozen calls from staffing agencies, about a request from someone using his name.<\/p>\n
According to the BBB, a scammer, claiming to be Sokoler, \u201creportedly sent dozens of fraudulent 1099 forms (of fake employees) to a local recruitment agency in an attempt to convert those forms to W-2s.\u201d<\/p>\n
The scammer also asks for paychecks to be deposited for the fake employees.<\/p>\n
There are no reports of anyone taking the bait yet. However, Sokoler worries about what might happen if a company is targeted and they do not call him to verify.<\/p>\n
The popular advice is to stay vigilant, check things out, and call BBB if something is suspicious.
\nSource: WAVE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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