Details of my report:
Applied for a job on careerbuilder.com. Delivery driver/company confidential 10
Received confirmation of getting job by email from employer, 10/21
Told I would receive notice of when job would began and involved driving a individual around the Phoenix area for two weeks three hours a day. Pay was $300.00 per day.
I was to receive a vehicle at my home to use as the transport of the individual.
I was to receive $2700.00 and cash the check take my first day pay and wire the rest to a Texas destination via Western Union.
I received the check on 11/30 via Fedex
I called the bank the check was written on to confirm its legitimacy, it was a legitimate bank but they could not give me any info on the account.
The employer emailed me if I had received the check, I confirmed through email I did.
On 11/30 at 5:11PM AZ time I went to my credit union where I had just become a member on 10/12 and attempted to cash the check. After a brief wait as the teller went to the back room he returned and told me they could not cash the whole check as I was a new member but I could receive $500.00 and deposit the rest. I told, because I had suspicions about the whole deal, the teller I did not want the cash but to deposit the whole check so it would clear. They did. My intention was to have the bank run the check to see if it was good.
I constantly monitored my account online and by phone to follow the check. At the time of deposit I had $1045.00 in my account.
On 12/02 at 4:00PM AZ time I did one last call to the bank and the check had not cleared of that time. I checked online at 10:30PM AZ time and it still had not cleared.
On 12/03 at 7:00AM AZ time I checked my account online and the check had cleared into my account, I called the bank to confirm this and it was confirmed.
My employer was emailing me as to the dispositionof the funds and I told him the bank would not cash it it had to clear first.
At 8:00AM AZ time I went to Western Union and transferred $2200.00 plus a $176.00 transfer fee for a total of $2376.00 to a agent in Texas.
I made some purchases in the store and went home.
I checked my online account and all was well.
The next couple of days I made routine purchases of fuel, food, hardware and a couple of meals at restaurants for my wife and I.
On 12/05 at 1:22PM AZ time I purchased some groceries for $58.00. I came home and checked my online account it was good. At 2:30PM AZ time I went to Office Max to purchase a ink cartridge for $15.00 and my debit card was declined.
Once home I checked my account and my account showed a backcharge of $2700.00 plus a $15.00 backcharge fee putting my account at -$1746.00.
Upon conferring with the home office of the bank and the local branch and the fraud department and alerting to a possible cyber scam and the fact that they allowed a FRAUDULENT/ALTERED check to deposit into my account after a three day hold was told it was my fault and I had to repay the money and that reporting it to the authorities would be of no consequence really got me.
I did report it to the Chandler Police on 12/06 and found that a similar event had occurred through the same bank in Texas but through Monster.com and there were other victims. He also said that the investigation was made difficult because the banks were not cooperating with authorities.
I have reported this crime to numerous law agencies and multiple media outlets.
The Chandler Police have not as of 12/19 completed their report. They possess all reverent materials from my case but have had no personal contact from them.
I have not heard from Careerbuilder's fraud department.
The Texans credit union has reportedly filed with the US Postal Inspector.
I have spoken to the fraud investigator from that bank and seems to be in about as much in the dark as I am.
Serious inquiries need to be brought to light on this matter.
No alerts from Careerbuilder have arisen nor has my bank done anything to assist me in this crime.
Nor have they assisted me in trying to clear matters with my account.
Thank you for all you might be able to stir up on this potentially dangerous evolving cyber crime.
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