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I received an email from Brenton Hall regarding my résumé he found on Cal jobs with Alpha mechanical based in Corona, California for data entry specialist paying $30 an hour with $22 an hour training of seven days. He asked me for an interview to which I did all via Microsoft team. He said he enjoyed my interview. It went very well. He was gonna pass on his notes to his team and to keep an eye on my email for the results. The next day I received an email with a job offer to which I accepted this scammer asked me for a photo ID front and back of my California drivers license. I had to fill out a new employee application. I also filled out my banking information for direct deposit and I also had to fill out the W-4 for taxes, although the W-4 do my attention because there’s no place to indicate how many taxes exemptions I wanted I also was asked what day I wish to start, which should’ve been yesterday and I say no, I was doing training as of last Thursday, which would be I believe December 14 I wasted 21 hours of my time going back-and-forth with this scammer as each morning at 8 AM. He sent me text messages. via Microsoft team with his questions and I have three hours to answer them print them and scan them back over to him via the email he provided. He then told me to be on the lookout for a FedEx envelope which he messed up on the tracking number. I think it was part of his plan and then he also told me that the envelope was delivered to my house, but I wasn’t home to accept it only to realize he had the wrong house 930 yesterday on December 19. I received the FedEx envelope. I opened the envelope and there was a check in there for $3150. Brenton told me to mobile deposit the check into my bank account to which I did. He also asked for a snapshot of the check for verification to which I did. I grew very suspicious when he asked me how much funds were readily available so that he could then send those funds which ended up being $1000 to the procurement team to get the ball rolling to get my office equipment ordered as time was of the essence due to the holiday season of Christmas when I brought this to my husband‘s attention he said he’s trying to leverage your money for himself and he says get ready. We’re going to the bank. The check was drawn on Wells Fargo money we went down to the bank. I took my entire folder which contained all of the forms that I have been using filling out, etc. I showed the check to the business banker who I’ve been dealing with in the past, and the banker shook his head and said the check is fraudulent. I nearly dropped to my knees. I was humiliated, embarrassed, belittled hurt. The good thing is no money was lost. The banker told me to take it to my bank to which I did, I showed my banker what it happened. She saw the mobile deposit in my account and she took the appropriate steps of reaching out to her manager and getting it resolved. My account was closed. My credit card was shredded and the personal banker had to open up a whole new bank account for me and give me another bank card to use. They told me to go onto two websites to which I did to report this as a scam and fraud. I also went down to our local police department and filed the claim with them once I got home. I had to call up the unemployment department and explain the situation to them. they were shocked to hear that this Brenton Hall used Cal jobs, which is a federal government website for the unemployed, and he posed as a scammer under Alpha mechanical. Needless to say with this happening to me, I had to go and reach out to Social Security Medicare all sorts of different people that I do business with bill pay, etc. and update everything I also had to go and freeze all of my creditors actually the reports Experian, Trans Union Equifax, so that in case someone tries to hack into my accounts, they have been froze. I did today this monster back and asked him why he did this. He said, I don’t know what you’re talking about and I told him you’re a scammer you use a fraudulent company you sent me a check knowing it was fraudulent. I have reported you to the FBI the police and enter the banks. You must think I was a real dumb person, but you’re messing with the wrong person and I’m taking you and all of your accomplishes and accessories down and I hope you all burn in hell. I did try to call three different numbers associated with Alpha mechanical but none of them worked After telling this a scammer of what he did I then blocked him, but before I blocked him, I even asked him for employee ID or ID and he told me I dented his personality boo-hoo for him. I hope this person is caught brought to justice and spends the rest of his life in jail..