Description

After getting a text message from Ms. Amanda Hawbaker from VYTALIZE HEALTH (where I applied for a job several months ago), I agreed to be interviewed via Skype by a hiring manager named Frank Elliot, who interviewed me (no phone, only by Skype chat) on 01/03/2023, offered the job on 01/04/2023, then sent a check ($2475.34) via email to be printed and deposited via mobile app to my bank account (one bank rejected the check, he asked me to try another bank, it was accepted), he waited online till I do so, then asked me to wire transfer (he first asked if I had Venmo or Cashapp) the money to Michael Bishop's (vendor's) account in Piermont Bank, NY, which I did $2345 (transfer fee $30), he asked me to keep $100, then he asked me come online on 01/05/2023, I did, then again on 01/06/2023, I did and this time he asked to deposit another check for $3600.45 the same manner, I did, and had to wire $3570.45 (transfer fee $30); these funds, Frank said, will be used by the vendor in NY (Michael Bishop) so he will send some verified work equipment (laptop, telephone, printer, etc.) to my home address so I can work from home for this company. In the evening of 01/06/2023, I got a message - "Return Deposit Item(s) Advic" - from by bank, the first check of $2475.34 is rejected due to originator's account being frozen or blocked. I panicked, texted and emailed Frank, he did not reply until next morning via Skype, I asked him to call on my cell phone, he never did. I also looked online and found other victims of this scam group. The other individuals in this scam group who emailed me were: Jessica Redmond, email: [email protected]; and Carlos Graham, email: [email protected]