Scam Type
Employment Scam
Date Reported
2023-01-23 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
75061
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
I was contacted via text saying this company had wanted to interview me for a remote position and was told to contact this person initially thru the wire app and then i did they asked me a few questions for about an hour then the next day i got an email from another lady saying i had been hired and told to download another app we chat to contact another lady for HR was sent PDF employment forms W4 filled out and sent back and then told that i was going to get w check emailed to me to buy my own computer equipment they said for $8000 asked me my bank told me to hang on while she checked with accounting dept then got a check for $2900 told to print out it a library cuz I didn’t have a printer and mobile deposit and then i would buy my equipment from some vendors but I never even went to print out the check because it seemed too strange and never heard back from them.
