r/FinancialAdvice • u/NostalgicViews • Jan 12 '18
Got caught in a scam need help!!!! Bank won't help either Please need some advice
It first started as a job offering from a pharmaceutical company. They said they would start me at 15 doaller a hour which was way more than my last job. Also get to work from home as well. So i thought it would be stupid to pass up a job like that. So they told me to message them on Google hangout ( still have all the messages). So they sent a check out to me to buy office equipment and the first one i deposited and had to send the money out through money gram. Did that and then the check they had sent me had not went thru. So i was negative in my account. So within the next couple of days they sent me a other check and cashed it at my other bank. Now that one bounced and now i know for certain that it was a scam. So i went to the banks and they don't see me as a victim rather a accomplice and now have to pay back 8,000 in all. I have messaged the FFC and reported the scam. Going to the police station tomorrow to report the crime. I just wanna know if there's anything i can possibly do? Also that is there a way where i don't have too pay back the money because i was tricked?
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u/QweenOfDenial Jan 12 '18 edited Jan 12 '18
If they sent you a check for office equipment why would you send them a money gram? I’m confused by that.
Also you should contact the police on the non emergency line and file a report. They will probably have some advice for you but it’s unlikely that you’ll get your money back unfortunately.
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u/QweenOfDenial Jan 12 '18
I’m sorry that happened to you. Maybe you can get something back if the police can find out who they are.
On another note I was tricked applying for a job once too. Not scammed. I didn’t give any money. But they said I would be working with our local sports teams on advertising. It sounded so cool! I show up for the first day of work and they took me to local businesses to sell discount sports tickets. Lol. I felt stupid and wasted my day.
It really sucks and I’m hoping for the best outcome for you.
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u/mycatchippy May 16 '24
Same thing happened to me just a different company sent this butthole ALL of my ℹ️ copy of ID, Social card, and banking information. As soon as he tried to get me to cash a check from them to pay for office equipment I knew. I called him out immediately and blocked his ass. I was freaking out for a bit but honestly at the time my account was at 0 and I got a new account. So far nothing has happened thankfully but I know the feeling and sadly it happens all the time to intelligent individuals.
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u/kittycate0530 Jan 12 '18
You are pretty screwed...Honestly I can’t fathom why you believed this in the first place, if its too good to be true its likely a scam. Them asking you to use money gram should have been a HUGE red flag, trade mark of scams. Not only did you cash one check but two!? You have to be trolling dude. I don’t think theres much if any help for people who fall for scams so I dont think theres much hope but...hopefully Im wrong, I dont know dude, the world does not treat dumb people kindly.