Sarah Osterheld

Victim Location 07722

Total money lost $1,950

Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I am a freelance translator, and on 8/4/18 received a request (via e-mail) to translate a huge (15-16 thousand words) research document from English to Russian. "Sarah Osterheld" agreed to my rate, with 50% paid upfront, and I started working on it. On 8/16/18 I received a check No. 775003 from "B.Windham" in Chicago in the amount of $4,975.17. This was about twice as much than I was supposed to be paid for the job, and, as appeared later, after I deposited it in my bank (***), it was not confirmed and taken away. But before I received this information, "Sarah", claiming this was a mistake, asked me to return $1,950 to "Elena Moriarty", *** account 953404472. I did this by transferring it from my account in ***. This is the story. One more detail: "Sarah" also mentioned "Agbonze S. David" as another recipient of the money with account 1000245236608 in Suntrust Bank. And when asked about her affiliation, she wrote "I’m working for a top Russian diplomat".

Another curious fact: "Sarah" communicated with me in writing only, asking to write to her by e-mail ([email protected]) or messages to her phone, claiming "she" is hearing impaired.

Thanks in advance for any help you could provide.