Victim Location 90019
Total money lost $5,250
Type of a scam Employment
I was sent an email on May 7 about an administrative assistant work-at-home job which I responded since I am not currently working and due to the pandemic sounded like a good opportunity. I was contacted by a lady that told me that communication was to be made through Google Hangouts. I was also to receive a check that i would need in order to purchase training materials. I received a check through FedEx in the amount of $3820. I called my bank and told them to make sure the check is good because the senders information was not from my "work" and put an alert if necessary. Bank told me it was ok. On May 12 the funds were available in my bank account so I proceeded with their tasks. I tried to send money through Paypal and doing so apparently hacked into my account afterwards. Then I used Zelle and sent $2000 to a email, and withdrew $1750 from my bank to go buy bitcoins at a nearby location. I called the bank to once again make sure the check did not bounce because I would be responsible for those transactions. My bank said that the check passed the 3 levels of security and that it looks good. The next day the check bounce, I called the bank and told them why they didn’t take the necessary steps to make sure the check was good after I called them twice to protect me and failed to do so. They said that because I used that money for what they called "personal use" they were not able to reimburse be or even file a claim. Then i got hacked through Paypal for $1500 and it went through my bank after I told them I was a victim of a scam they allowed such an amount to be taken from my account.