I applied for a job that was posted on Monster.ca. They had an opening for an office assistant which is the field I am in. I applied and received an email back from the company a.S.A.P. They had said they were going to open an outlet on 11 avenue S. E in Calgary and were looking for someone to run the branch. I researched them online with BBB as well as a few search engines nothing fraudulant had come back so I continued with the process. They had offered $400/ week for 2 hours of work a day for the two weeks of training and then it were to be a starting salary of $22/hour once the outlet opened. I received a money order via canada post. Once I opened it there was a slip of paper stating that this was to be my first assignment. It seemed fishy from the beginning so I took precautions. First I went to the C.I.B. C bank to get the money order certified before I were to enter it into my account. I asked to see the Manager and explained to her how I had assumed it had been fraudulant and would like her help to verify. She tried to call the bank and there was no answer. SO I went to my bank where I lucked out and the District Manager as well as the Branch Manager were there to assist. I had brought copies of all of the emails sent back and forth between the company and I and we had decided to place an automatic 5 day hold on the funds. I asked for a photocopy of the money order and got the names of both managers to protect myself from being charged with fraud or having my account closed. I came home and replied to the company telling them what had happened with the hold knowing that there would be no response... And there wasn't. I received a call this morning from my bank informing me of it being fraudulant and thanking me for bringing it to their attention. Fortunately I was not out any money., nor was my account closed. Although I suffered no monetary damages I had the impression that I would be working and as a single mother am now a few weeks back on a job search. Leaving me without wages for the previous few weeks. So all in all a minimum of $2500 worth of lost wages is what I am out.
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