Description

An email came to my school inbox about a virtual assistant work-study program and a job position. It sent a letter and documents, but none contained a phone number. A person was texting me from a number and explaining the job and stuff. Then they sent emails that contained a job offer for me to accept, and then followed a 2000 check to deposit that was supposed to be for assignments and things I was going to be doing, and a partial payment. Immediately after depositing, the person asked if I could pay a merchant until the funds came through, and I said no. The check was supposed to clear by the 17th of December, then I got another email from my bank saying not until February, and so I called my school and my bank and investigated. I had my bank either change my account or remove the check from my account because it was not going to clear; it was a scam. When I texted and told the person the check was not getting deposited, they never responded.