Helping Hands Services
Complaint 4488 Details

I was on line (mainly Craigslist) looking for employment to work from home. Christopher Smith contacted me, I filled out an application ect. The last assignment I was on I was told to contact this artist to have him recreate an important painting that was destroyed. the artist had a website www.artmilovsky.ru I contacted him he said it would cost 8k to recreate this painting. I contacted Mr Smith he said the "Client" said this price was okay to continue with the process "the Painter" said he'd prefer his money western union. he also sent forms to be filled out the whole nine yards. Mr. Smith asked for my account information so that I could be paid for my services and also to pay for this painting because the client tryed to do it online and was unable to send that amount so I would have to do it. On July 7 2011 the $9,737 was placed into my account by Harold E. Nutterach I went to my bank they told me I could not take the money out. Iwas on the telephone with Mr. Smith at the time (another # he used(Personal Info Removed) I told him what the bank said and went back to my full time job. My cell phone began ringing several times with Mr SMith on the other line irrate telling me I had this clients money and I needed to take care of this situation.Now I was concerned because I had almost 10k of someones money that had ALL my information so I did what I was told. he told me to contact another branch so when I did that branch said the funds were available and there was no reason the bank shouldn't have given me the funds. They gave me 4k in cash and the remainder in the form of a check which I had to take to another Suntrust bank to cash. Then I western unioned the money to Vyacheslav Podgornity in Saint-Petersburg Russia which was the name and place I was told to send this money to. the MTCN for the first western union is 944-895-6210 in the amount of 5k, the other MTCN 369-860-8299 in the amount of $3,840. Immediatily after I reported that the task was complete. Mr. Smith instructed me to close my SUntrust account. When I asked why he said they couldnt put any more money into my account and in order to pay me for my trial period I had to open another account. I agreed but never did it. On Monday when I returned to my fulltime job I look online into my account and it was negative $9,793. Mr. Smith has continued to call me up until yesturday (7/11/11) to get my new account number I guess to scam me again. I have printnd copies of emails, receipts and employee documentation for all of this. I know they are scamming hundrends of people please catch them. I know owe my bank $9,700 I'm pregnant and was just looking for extra money to prepare.