Business ProfileforUniversity of Georgia

I recently graduated from the University of Georgia in Spring of 2022. I received an email through my student account through UGA. It was presented as an opportunity to work with UNICEF remotely and get paid $550 a week. I spoke with **************** which is actually the name of a professor that works with the organization. I assume that someone disguised themself as the Professor. I received a check in the mail and cashed it at my bank at the time,WellsFargo. The check was not detected as a fraudulent check until I discovered what was really going on and reported it to the bank immediately! By this time I had sent money to what I believed were two orphanages and purchased two $500 gift cards,but it was too late. The thief was now asking for the back of the cards but something did not feel right! I called my mom and she told me to contact the school. I spoke to a lady who told me to contact my bank. She said that someone had been sending out emails to recent graduates trying to con individuals out of their money. I went into my local bank despite them telling me that I would have to make an appointment even though I was dealing with fraud. I spoke to someone who did not handle fraud cases but connected me with someone in the company that did. I was given a number to contact the fraud department. At the time I felt relieved because I now had a case open to resolve the issue. The lady I spoke with made it sound like everything would be okay and somehow they would get to the bottom of it. Instead they denied my claim within the same week and hounded me to pay back the money. I was taken advantage of when I was simply just trying to do what I could to support myself as a new graduate! I had to pay back about $2,000 dollars that I didn't have to begin with! It really set me back mentally and financially. I will be filing a complaint to both **************** who did nothing to help me resolve the issue and UGA who allowed my student email to be obtained by thieves.