Have you been a victim of a Scam?

byDGardner19

241 followers

7 years ago

Good Afternoon WA family!

So today I wanted to share a personal story of mine. I recently left my job of 8 years almost 2 months ago to create my own business. I am so driven to be successful on my own and create a business from the ground up and be proud of. And just like many of you I am struggling financially but with he support of my family and husband who works full time they have encouraged me and now I will be successful. I decided to scroll on Facebook while researching a few groups for my business and I stumbled upon a job post for a part time payroll assistant. So just for fun I thought I could do this 3 hours a day no problem and why not make a few hundred a week to help out my family while I continue building my business. So I reply and get a great description of thee job, tasks, expectations, and the moon and stars. But in my head I think wow this was way to easy so I log back on to Facebook and type the phone number in the search bar. You guys my mind was blown over 40 posts to every group possible on face book within the last few hours exact same post was made for the last 2 years handfuls of comments of people interested. So I was asked to fill out a paper she emailed claiming to be Intuit Payroll and the owner so she listed a reference number on the form. And I decided let call corporate and verify this and I did just that completely fake and I already had the hunch. But what was upsetting the most is all the personal information she was taking from people who were genuinely just trying to find a job to support their families. So I took it a step further and posted on every single group page and reported that to Facebook. I could only imagine the amount of damage she would have done to my credit, bank account, and many others as well. I just had to share this experience with you all as frustrating as it was I learned a valuable lesson you just cannot trust as easily anymore which unfortunately makes it harder for honest business looking for clients, or employees as well. We tend to forget this and I am fortunate I went with my gut and was able to warn a few other potential victims before it was too late.