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Complaint 13505 Details

I applied for a parttime housekeeper on craigslist. The gentlemen responded to my email offering me the job saying he was out of the country with his son for some school thing in the UK. He would be returning in two weeks. He was going to send me $500 up front pay for two weeks to ensure my employ. Then he emailed me the next day asking me if I would be able to be at the apartment to recieve his furniture and car. He said he was going to have his financial person send me a check to cover the cost of the moving charges as well as my two week pay. I recieved the check and it had the name of Maricopa Schools on it. I assumed that maybe he was someway affiliated with the school as his employ here was on contract for only 3 years. I felt suspicious and told him that I deposited the check but would not be sending any money until the check cleared. Well by this time he was supposed to arrive in a couple days and he wanted his things to be there prior to his arrival so he was pretty insistant that I keep checking with my bank. I did so. The first day the bank told me that it would take up to 3 days for the check to clear since it was out of the state. I received an email from the gentleman again the next day and he said he had spoke with his bank and there was no problem with the check that they had recieved it. I then called my bank and explained the situation and they put me on hold like three times. I explained to my bank that I would not have the funds to cover this check and I needed to make sure that it would clear prior to paying his shipping fees. The bank got back on the phone and said that she checked and there are no holds on the check and it is from the school so it would be fine. Well I pulled the money out that afternoon and sent it to who I thought was the shipper. The next day the check was returned :( I am now negative 3,777.00. This was supposed to be a parttime job to supplement my income as I am a single mother. Well I was paid through my fulltime job on Thursday and naturally due to the overdraft status I got none of it!! I am in such a horrible situation all because I wanted to get a second job. I am an honest person and I just cant believe there are people out there like this that would just ruin someones life. I am about to be evicted from my apartment. My daughter doesnt have what she needs for school. All of this again just because I wanted to get a second job and actually WORK for money and not live off of the state. I am just beside myself I cant believe this is happening. The bank wont help me the police dont seem interested. They all act like I should of been more careful which I understand but I called the bank and explained the situation and the lady told me it would be fine there were no holds and it was from the school. Ugghhh any advice I dont know what to do I am about to lose everything!!!!