Victim Location 85017
Total money lost $9,500
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order
I am an international student from Japan that has been in desperate need of a job. The scammer offered me a fake job online and in it he sent me checks to fill out to cash in to buy various things and complete errands. He had me buy gift cards and send him codes on the back and made me buy bitcoin at a crypto ATM and send him the redemption codes. After spending all this money the checks came back as fraudulant and left my account in a negative balance and Wells Fargo is closing my checking account and making me pay the negative balance. I still have all the codes for the cards as well as location they were purchased from. I also have the reciepts for the bitcoin bought at the CoinMe ATM. I also have his routing and account number on the checks he sent me. He seemed to know where stores and other services were offered around my area as he instructed me what to do during the job. He never sent me a picture of himself, as well as barely talked on the phone. Most of our communication was by text and email. His first phone number seems to be disconnected so he contacted me by another phone after saying he broke his first phone. Both phone numbers have an area code that are from Ohio (567 and 513). Judging by the sound of his voice he sounds around 30-40 years old. He made me buy a printer for the sole reason of printing checks that he sent to me via PDF. The checks had a signature on it then he would tell me what to fill out on the check.