John Hamilton
Consumer Report

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?

Company: John Hamilton
Country: USA

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