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I have an account set up with my resume posted on the Texas Workforce Commission website: www.twc.texas.gov as required by the State of Texas in order to receive benefits. I received in email that included "WorkinTexas Interview Invitation for Junior Project & Administrative Support Specialist Role - Case #2601-0323 in the subject line. The email included a teams link with an invitation for a virtual interview screening. I contacted the Texas Workforce Commission Representative and asked if it was legitimate in which they researched and responded that it looked safe after I forwarded the email to them for review. Communication was done thru Teams Chat Teams Link: https://teams.live.com/l/invite/FBAh8NaNc7yUo-rzwE?v=g1 with pre-screening questions then upon review they had me go thru a second phase of interview questions. They replied thru the chat that they would like to offer me the job. They then sent me forms by email to complete/sign/email back to the: W4, Benefits Summary, Code of Ethics, I9 form, offer letter, and employee contract. I sent the information once again to the Texas Workforce Commission Representative to review and confirm that it looked legitimate. I also looked up the company and it was international. The subject said they have an office in America, but main headquarters are in Germany. I completed/signed all of the forms along with a copy of my drivers license and social security card and emailed them to them on Friday, January 10, 2026. Someone claiming to be Annalaura Angelini in HR Neauraxpharm followed up with an email with an attached check front and back with instructions to print on a color printer and sign it and gave instructions to deposit the check thru my mobile app. They asked for my bank information several times, but I did not provide it to them. I printed the check front and back and then something told me to bring it to my bank and ask them about it in person so I proceeded. My bank informed me that it was a scam. I immediately set fraud alerts on my credit accounts and also filed a formal police report immediately with the City of Live Oak Police Department in Live, Oak TX after and contacted the bank that the check was from M&T Bank located at 100 Orchard Street East Rutherford, NJ 07073 Contact Person is ****** phone number ****************** *************** and he informed me that the bank account ***************** ********* was closed due to past fraud activity. He took my information and I sent an email to ****** with the check attached and he opened a case that will be assigned to someone in their fraud department for further investigation. This is a highly sophisticated scheme per police officer and the banking institutions.