Consumer complaint received 2022-07-27
Company: Paypal Holdings, Inc
State: CA
Product: Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service
Sub-product: Mobile or digital wallet
Issue: Fraud or scam

Complaint:
XX/XX/2022 : I received a text about a company called XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX offer working from home. The phone number was ( XXXX ) XXXX under the name XXXX XXXX, telling me to download " XXXX '', and then to text this ID ( https : //t.me/Rosalie_centerfieldhrdept ). I started to text " XXXX '' through the app Telegram. The told me their mission, about the job, etc. which sounded legit to me, too bad I did not realize it wasn't until it was too late. She continued to tell me about the benefits they offer and then gave me 7 Interview questions to answer which I did. Then she offered me the job and I accepted. She then asked for my full name, address, phone number and email address to enable her secretary to enlist me in the company 's register. After she said the software needed for this job was going to cost {$3300.00}, they were going to scan a check to me for me to print out and then deposit into my account to pay the vendors. I mobile deposited the bank into my account and then she sent me a list of equipment I will be provided from their check. She then told me XXXX XXXX  the vendors at phone number ( XXXX ) XXXX but XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX would not allow it. They told me to do a wire transfer and I said I have never done that before. So then, they sent me the Venmo of the so-called vendor. The person 's name on Venmo was XXXX XXXX and user name was @ XXXX for {$2000.00} and another payment of {$1200.00}. Because my bank had deposited my check and on my mobile banking app it says the check amount of {$3.00}, XXXX. We ended the conversation but XXXX said to check back in at XXXX tomorrow to provide me training details and such. I message her XX/XX/2022 before XXXX in the morning, she asked how my night was and then she told me the vendor was able to confirm the {$3300.00} was received and that they will send another check for the amount of {$4700.00} for the time tracker. But I went to log into my mobile banking app and I kept getting an error code, which has never happened to me before. I got a big pain in the pit of my stomach, so I went to my bank for them to tell me the check was fraudulent, my account is in the negative and frozen. XXXX said we will get this worked out. I then knew I was scammed and I still proceeded to ask her to give me my money back and she said if I could get a prepaid card so they can put money on there for me. I told them to Venmo it back into my account. I went to Venmo to request my money back and XXXX denied both attempts. After XXXX, her XXXX account icon changed and the banner was deleted. And then, the XXXX account on Venmo was deleted. My bank XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX will not return my money. I am a XXXX XXXX XXXX full time college student, working full time XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX and I am getting married XX/XX/2022. Which I told these scammers. They had no regard for the law and for me. I am out of {$3300.00} from my savings account and checking account. To make it even worse they were still trying to scam me for more money today. This is definitely a lesson learned for me. I was a victim of grade A scammers and I hope they all get caught so justice can be served. I have all the screenshots of my conversations with XXXX, XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX and XXXX XXXX email ( that is the email I received the fraudulent check from ). Last Thursday, the same scammers sent me a text to try to do the same scam again. I was floored when I read that text that day. This is devastating that this happened to me.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation