I answered an ad for a job posting on craigslist in Yuba/Sutter California as an Administrative Assistant/Data Entry Clerk. Several days later I recieved an email saying that I had been approved for an interview and was to chat with my interviewing/hiring manager via Yahoo messenger. I found this odd, but being new to the work-from-home world, I went with it. After an extensive interview, I was told that I was hired and could begin work once I purchased and downloaded the required software. Throughout the whole process, I found it odd that I could not find this company on the internet (I was searching Bing.com and nothing ever came up, I even searched the BBB!). I was pleased to discover that they would be sending me the money to purchase the software (I was not to pay anything out of pocket). Oliver Martin (my hiring manager) seemed very nervous about me recieving my check and asked me about it several times. He also mentioned that the payment officer had made a mistake and issued me 2 checks... I was to wait until I got them and then report to him immediately so that he could give me instruction on returning the extra check. I was told that as soon as I recieved the check, I was to deposit it into my local branch so that the funds would be made available for me to purchase the needed software for me to begin work. When the checks came (2 CASHIERS checks in the amount of $2,780.00), I found it odd that the Payment Officers name was Betty Oliver (as I mentioned, my hiring manager was OLIVER Martin). I assumed it could be coincedence, however I wasnt going to take any chances. I also thought it strange that they sent me cashier's checks instead of business checks! I went straight to the bank and asked them to determine whether or not the checks were real or fraudulent. After calling SunTrust bank, it was confirmed that the checks were indeed fraudulent. I had wasted a week of waking up at 5 am to perform training tasks for a company that was a scam. I wasted a week of quality time that I could have been applying for a REAL JOB! Needless to say, I will be filing with the district attorney's office in Yuba County as soon as the holidays are over. Had I not known any better, my bank would have confronted me and possibly tried convicting me for printing out a counterfit cashier's check!!
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