I answered an ad for a part time admin assistant and was told I had the job. I was sent a description of duties and told my employer was out of the country until January and that I would be receiving mail on his behalf and buying things and sending them to him. I was told I would receive a check for my advance wage extra to do these tasks.
I received the check the next day and was told to deposit to check and wait its clearance, which I did. I thought since it cleared, everything was ok. Then I was told to withdraw the majority of the money and wire it by western union to 2 individuals who were supposedly suppliers in the UK, which I did.
The next day I checked my bank account and I had a huge - balance and went to see what was wrong. Found out the check had been a fraud. Why did the bank not make sure the check was good before clearing it in my account? Why is the bank never held liable for not doing their job properly?
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