Loretta Anderson

Victim Location 77494

Total money lost $250

Type of a scam Employment

On August 14th, I was offered a work from home job by the Addex Pharmaceuticals Limited Company. I was interviewed by the hiring manager through the Google Hangouts app. I did ask her if this was a fraudulent job opportunity but she said no and told me that this company is legitimate. After she asked me interview questions, she told me that I got hired for this job position. Then she contacted the accounting manager and had them email me a deposit check from Comerica Bank. Then they made me deposit the check with $1150.14 into my banking account on their behalf so I can buy working supplies for the training orientation. I did not deposit the check immediately that day.

Then the next day in August 15th, they told me to immediately make a money transfer of $1000 to the vendor. So I was feeling pressured by them and then I ended up depositing the check with $1150.14 into my banking account. I tried to make a $1000 money transfer like they wanted me to but the payment did not go through because the check was still being processed and reviewed by my bank.

Then on August 16th, when I told the accounting manager that I changed my mind and I’m not interested in working for this company so I wanted to return their funds, which is the deposit check with $1150.14, he made me transfer $250 to the vendor in order to return the company’s funds.When I checked my bank account, I saw that my own was transferred instead of the company’s fund so I lost $250 from account at that time and only has $92.86 left in my bank account. I did inform the hiring manager about how my own mom got transferred instead of the company’s funds. She told me that I can wait until tomorrow morning for my deposit check to be available and that I can get my own money back.

So I checked my bank account and saw that I have $292.86 but I noticed that $950.14 was still on hold. I did contact my bank regarding the deposit check and how I felt concerned that I’m being scammed by the company that offered me the work from home job. They told me that the check can possibly be fake and still being processed but they told me that the rest of the money will expected to be deposited on August 27th so I can return the funds back to the company.