Rickey McElroy

Victim Location 39759

Total money lost $1,850

Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

As a college student in a college town, there are a lot of people willing to let you being their personal assistant and run errands for them while they love their busy lives. This was one of those cases, I thought. I turned in my resume to a listing for a personal assistant and was contacted a few days later. I immediately accepted the job and I was told the checks would be mailed to me. I was fine with that because I wasn’t giving out any of my personal information. I received the first check and I was told to pay bills through money order. I did that and everything went fine. I checked my mail and there was another check that looked the exact same, with the exact same amount. I doubled checked with Rickey and he said that it was supposed to be that way. I was tried to electronically deposit it into my account, like the first check, and my bank contacted me to inform me that the check wasn’t real. Of course, I was irate. I was then informed by my bank that the money I took out to pay his bills, with the first check, had been returned. My bank account is now locked, I can’t electronically deposit any more checks, and i will have a negative balance of almost $2000. Of course, Rickey can’t be found.