Consumer complaint received 2020-03-04
Company: PNC Bank N.A.
State: IN
Product: Checking or savings account
Sub-product: Checking account
Issue: Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes

Complaint:
I applied for a job online and I get contacted with the company, they told me that I'm going to start chatting with their employees but first they give me a manager who gave me all the information about the materials things that I need for me to work with the, and told me that their company is XXXX XXXX XXXX. down here Im going to copy and paste some of the texts messages, Soon we will be setting up 2 new branches near your location.That is why we are looking for 16 new hires to work from home.Once the new branches have been built at your location, you can either chose to work in the office or continue working from home. Our office close to you will be completed estimated three months from now, so the position and job done for now is work from home till the office is completed, The office location will be disclose to you next 2 week and ( NOTE THAT ) As soon as you are confirmed qualified, you will be needing the complete office equipment to setup a mini office at home. After telling me the history and things that need here is what they send to me, Okay you scored ( 96 percent out of 100 and above average ) on the interview questions answered. 
Congratulations! The good news is ... .You have just been confirmed qualified for this position. You are now offered the job position ... You are HIRED! You are welcome to " XXXX XXXX XXXX. ". You are now given a chance to show your commitment, charisma, diligence and be a productive employee. After the main information regarding the job opportunity, they send this Welcome to the Company, The company will provide you with all the necessary materials including a XXXX laptop and a fast INTERNET connection which will be installed by the local vendor we have been buying from and shipped to you via XXXX next day delivery except the time tracker software which of course we are not specialized on..the cost of the time tracker is {$200.00}, And we will like you to purchase that ASAP As you have been considered by the company board..you will be needing the time tracker software to set up your mini office and start training briefing and orientation with your training supervisor first thing tomorrow morning..the time tracker software is to enable you keep accurate record of the time spent with me and your training supervisor during training. Then they send the paycheck which was on XX/XX/2020 they told me to deposit it in my account and I did after two days they told to buy XXXX cards and I did but didn't stop right there after that they send this message, but we have a little issue here of which we have resolved but now your own quota will be needed. Due to upgrade in software and equipment, the price of the software has gone up and as well equipment, based on the explanation of the vendor, and as well we just added a new equipment to the list but will really cost us a lot so i will say you are very lucky. The new equipment is the time tracker, it will automatically calculate time spent online during work period and as well we will achieve accuracy in terms of payment, this is very much expensive but due to your commitment so far we have decided to have the total fund to you to coverup for the purchase of this equipment and software. So they send another paycheck on XX/XX/2020 they wanted me to deposit in my account that when the bank said that people who send the checks are scammers so then we figured out that they were using me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with monetary relief