Victim Location 95112
Total money lost $4,974.99
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
Description
I was hired for an acting role in a commercial with money for clothes added
in. The contact information I have for this fraud is Company: Benmore
Productions, Individual: Alexander ‘Alex’ Lopez, Contact: 3233799590
[email protected] The commercial was going to be for
MobileAPPtelligence. I have text & email correspondence of everything w/
Alex including a signed contract stating the payment schedule & what’s
expected etc along with deposit slips of all transactions made & envelope the
check was mailed in showing fraudulent address, now that I look at it.
Payment schedule of what occurred below. Contract Stated: $*** total 1st
check $*** * *** upfront payment – $*** for wardrobe Check day
of shoot $5525 to reimburse clothes & final payment to make $*** total
Actual what happened:
$*** – 1st check 8/23/17 I deposited in my acct – check initially cleared
in my bofa acct but now I know that was the bank fronting the funds & the
security check hadn’t happened yet
-$4475 – Was told to send to stylist for wardrobe & I know longer needed to
do my own shopping 8/24/17 withdrawal from my acct and cash deposit to
citibank acct: Thomas Irigoyen Routing: 321171184 Acct:42021409877
(supposed stylist)
$*** – balance after paying stylist leaving me w/ this in my acct on
8/24/17
-$400 – for 2nd payment to stylist for mail & shipping 8/25/17 sent to Thomas
– check will be sent for reimbursement 8/26/17
$*** – balance in my acct from initial $*** check after payments for
stylist 8/25/17
-$*** – debited from my BofA acct 8/28/17 because the insufficient funds
in original check’s acct – Bank of America is holding me responsible for
$*** of the fraudulent check because I did cash deposits not check
deposits in the other acct & they can’t bring the funds back
8/28/17 I received a 2nd check of $*** that’s supposed to be
reimbursement of $*** and $*** for a new stylist payment for next ‘job’ I
have this check & have not done anything with it.