I applied for a job on Craigslist as a secretary of an up and coming company that was not named. I was told I was being sent cashier's checks that I would cash in order to set up my home office and my weekly compansation and the rest would be sent to him in Maylasia where he was purchasing fabrics for clients. I received the cashier's check from the client "Chris Ben" and put it in the bank. The next day I took out the money and sent it where I was told to and a week later my bank account was over drawn by over $800 when I had about $5000 in there, which was my 401K money because I had just lost my job. The "employer", "Clay Puente" said he would take care of it as soon as he could and I have yet to hear from him. I went to the police and they can't do anything because I took the money out and sent it plus its over seas and not their jurisdiction. So I am out $5884.00, lost my house along with everything I own and I am trying to raise a 7 year old on nothing. This person scammed me and my whole life changed in an instant. What do I do now? I have all emails and IM's from this guy, plus the bounced cashier's check, which I believe the bank should not have taken to start with because I got to looking at it after it cam back and the signature isn't even the senders signature like it is suppose to be. I didn't think to much of it at the time because you have to purchase a cashier's check before you are given one, so I assumed it was good. I have found that is not always the case now.
Please help,
Sara Montague
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