I'm a bit embarrassed to even admit I fell for a scam like this but I need some advice. My company has been working remotely at home for the past month and a half so it's not uncommon for all work requests to be made via email. On April 30th, I received an email from my "boss" asking for a quick favor. The email address had his full name and a picture (I don't know if my email was glitching because I send emails to him all the time). I didn't think much of it because he emails me to do things all the time and I was in the middle of a project that I needed to complete that day.
He requested that I send money to a vendor and that I would be reimbursed later that day via the company funds. He said he was busy in a bunch of meetings and conference calls that he was unable to get out of. Again, this sounds plausible to me because the clinic I work at is in charge of a lot of Covid-19 trials and we constantly have conference calls/meetings to initiate the studies. So I sent the money ($1,700) to the "vendor" on Cashapp, didn't think much of it, and went back to work.
A couple of hours later, I get an email from my real boss and he said that there has been phishing emails going around with someone impersonating him (they sent emails to everyone at my clinic). I quickly realized that I sent money to a scammer at that moment. I honestly feel so stupid right now but I blame it on my lack of experience (I'm the youngest at my clinic). I quickly called my bank to try to reverse the payment but they weren't very helpful. I called again the next day and got someone that actually tried to help me. He filed a fraudulent claim for me and temporarily reversed my payment while they "investigate" the situation with SquareUp and Visa. I guess what I'm asking is: how likely is it for me to win this case? I have email correspondence proving that it was an impersonator and I filed reports with Cashapp and the police. Is there anything else I should do? Any advice would be helpful right now. :(
Submitted May 02, 2020 at 08:38PM by kachow77 https://ift.tt/2Swy0pP
