Ok so here goes: to start with I should've known better, and I did try to take every precautionary step, but regardless I fell for what I think is a scam. So I got a text message from a 5 digit number offering to make $400 a week by having Guayaki Yerba mate advertisements put on my car. It said to email if interested. I emailed with the subject "scam?" and the body of "how'd you get my phone number to text?" and they responded immediately with details on the offering, ignoring my question. The biggest red flag was that they would be sending a cashier's check with my first week's pay and payment for the installer, which I was to send to them. So I immediately asked why I would send it and not them, to which they responded it was to establish a relationship between myself and the installer, for if I needed it removed in the future... I figured it was a scam at this point but decided to see how it'd play out. Well, to my surprise, I received a cashier's check in the mail a couple days later. It looks legit, and I figured what the hell, I'd deposit it, and my credit union would deny it if it was fake. Well... they did put it on a 4 business day hold, but it eventually cleared. At this point the guy is now texting (started as soon as I received the check), so he text me to moneygram the money to the installer, which was in Texas (I live in ca). So I say "how is an installer in Texas supposed to install on my car in ca?" To which he explains this is the installer's main office, and he would have a local installer come out. So, stupidly, I take the money out and moneygram it to someone in Texas. The person that's been communicating with me is in MO from what I can tell, a well as the cashier's check, which was in his name, from a credit union in MO. So flash forward to a couple hours after the moneygram, I text him asking about scheduling (he had been very quick to respond and communicate in general up to this point). Nothing. This was yesterday. I text again today. Nothing. Last night I finally told my brother about this whole thing, and he said I should get out what money I have left in my account, as the check could reverse and I'd be negative the amount I pulled out for the moneygram. So I went to an ATM (live on a mountain my credit union is at the base) and pulled out my rent money. I'm basically just trying to figure out what my rights are, and what the best steps to take from here would be. As this is likely a scam, these people received 850 of someone's dollars, and I sure as hell don't have that kind of extra scratch. Please advise.
Update: this fucker's still going!! Quick, someone who's really good at this kind of stuff figure out a way I can get his ass caught!! Here's his most recent text: http://ift.tt/2ls5oKQ
Submitted March 01, 2017 at 01:24PM by Kalaniseguin http://ift.tt/2meIgnQ
