Donald Schwinn
Complaint 184520 Details

  • Date Occurred: 11/22/2014
  • Reported Damages: $2,700.00
  • Username: Donald Schwinn
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Location: CA
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The complaint is against an online dating profile

The complaint is a listing fraud posted on public forums or sites against an anonymous entity

The complaint is mobile text spam or smishing related against an anonymous entity

The company or person contact no longer exists

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I was contacted by a couple named Donald and Carol Schwinn, requesting for a nanny. I was looking for a babysitting job to keep me close to home and allow me to care for my child. I had a profile on care.com that I had connected to my Facebook account. I think that is where they found me for contact. The first email came in mid-Oct. requesting my services and asking for my resume. I blindly thought nothing and proceeded to email my resume, thinking that they got my info from care.com. They didn't email me back for a couple weeks there after. So I put them out of my mind thinking I got overlooked by another candidate. Finally on Nov. 7th I got the first email back responding to my resume sent and requesting my to watch their daughter named Sarah, he said that he was sending a check with the first week pay and extra money for groceries he wanted me to get before they arrive. At first my senses were heighten and I asked a lot of question to help ease my uneasy state. I should have listened to my first instinct, my curiosity and desperation for a job got the best of me. I told him that I was hesitant to work with him because of the lack of communication. He immediately contacted me through texting. He told of the check he was sending, telling me to deposit into my account as soon I got it. A lot of red flags streamed in my head, but I thought I was being cautious. He and I spent some time texting, so I began becoming a little comfortable with him and believing I was really getting a great job. I received the check on Nov. 21, I thought it was wiser I continues asking him questions to ease my hesitation. Asked about his landlord and his # ( to call him and ask about the house), he gave me his landlords # so I cash the check and hold the money. Failing to realizing that the check needs to clear and that it was attached to me because account. I wasn't even thinking of that, thought I was being smart. I texted him to tell him I deposited the check and needed the list of the things he wanted me to get. Well, after that things happened so fast that I didn't realize it until I had a bounced check and I was out $2700 and stuck with items I bought with money that wasn't mine. On Thanksgiving Day, we continued texting with him giving me a sob story about his home being renovated at his request to the landlord and he need somethings done to the home before he arrives. But he urgently needed money wired to the landlord in order to get it done before he arrives. He had a desperation and worry in his wording that I was started having concern for him and especially for Sarah. He asked me to wire $1980 to his landlord that was in FL. He told me to go ahead and pay the fee as he would pay me it back upon arrive the next day. Stupidly, I listen and wired money to him. The grand total for the wire was $2200, leaving me with $500. He told to keep $300 for myself and the rest to get what I could from the list he had emailed me prior. That night (Black Friday) my sister and I went to the store and got a few items off the list, the purchase total came out to $124. At the time I was pretty proud of my purchase cause it was all on sale, thinking I was saving him so money. Later the next day, he told me again that money wired to the Landlord to pay the painter. He needed $600, I told him I only had what was leftover from his portion. I didn't have the money he needed to borrow. My last text I explained that I didn't have the funds he needed and I was feeling uncomfortable running around doing all these errands for him, when I was only hired to watch Sarah and do a little grocery shopping. I began having some red flags again, but this time they were waving loud and clear to me. I looked into my bank account and found out the check had bounced and I was in the negative. Panic sank in and I knew and couldn't believe I was so stupid!! All the texting stopped for 2 days, I didn't know how to talk to him anymore. He had all my information off of my resume, my address and former employer. I am scared because I have small children. A cloud hovers over our household, because I recently had to share the remaining scammed story with my husband, who is no in disbelief. But this morning on Nov. 27, he contact me again! Telling me he urgently needed to talk to me!....PLs. help me what do I do? I wanna keep him at bay so maybe he can slip and he can get caught!!!!

  • Seeking Resolution: I'm Looking for a Refund
  • Refund Amount: $ 2,200.00

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  • Complaint Against Donald Schwinn
  • Complaints Filed: 1
  • Reported Damages: $2,700.00
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