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Complaint Review: Careerbuilder - internet Arizona

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  • Reported By: Karl — Chandler Arizona United States of America
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  • Careerbuilder internet, Arizona United States of America

Careerbuilder Henry George cyber fraud job notice/bank depositing a fraudulaent check into my account internet, Arizona

*Consumer Comment: Assist?

*Consumer Comment: How are the banks supposed to cooperate?

*Consumer Comment: Good grief

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Details of my report:
Applied for a job on careerbuilder.com. Delivery driver/company confidential 10/2011
Received confirmation of getting job by email from employer, 10/21/2011
Told I would receive notice of when job would began and involved driving a individual around the Phoenix area for two weeks three hours a day. Pay was $300.00 per day.
I was to receive a vehicle at my home to use as the transport of the individual.
I was to receive $2700.00 and cash the check take my first day pay and wire the rest to a Texas destination via Western Union.
I received the check on 11/30/2011 via Fedex
I called the bank the check was written on to confirm its legitimacy, it was a legitimate bank but they could not give me any info on the account.
The employer emailed me if I had received the check, I confirmed through email I did.

 On 11/30/2011 at 5:11PM AZ time I went to my credit union where I had just become a member on 10/12/2011 and attempted to cash the check. After a brief wait as the teller went to the back room he returned and told me they could not cash the whole check as I was a new member but I could receive $500.00 and deposit the rest. I told, because I had suspicions about the whole deal, the teller I did not want the cash but to deposit the whole check so it would clear. They did. My intention was to have the bank run the check to see if it was good.
I constantly monitored my account online and by phone to follow the check. At the time of deposit I had $1045.00 in my account.

 On 12/02/2011 at 4:00PM AZ time I did one last call to the bank and the check had not cleared of that time. I checked online at 10:30PM AZ time and it still had not cleared.
On  12/03/2011 at 7:00AM AZ time I checked my account online and the check had cleared into my account, I called the bank to confirm this and it was confirmed.
My employer was emailing me as to the dispositionof the funds and I told him the bank would not cash it it had to clear first.
At 8:00AM AZ time I went to Western Union and transferred $2200.00 plus a $176.00 transfer fee for a total of $2376.00 to a agent in Texas.
I made some purchases in the store and went home.
I checked my online account and all was well.
The next couple of days I made routine purchases of fuel, food,  hardware and a couple of meals at restaurants for my wife and I.

 On 12/05/2011 at 1:22PM AZ time I purchased some groceries for $58.00. I came home and checked my online account it was good. At 2:30PM AZ time I went to Office Max to purchase a ink cartridge for $15.00 and my debit card was declined.
Once home I checked my account and my account showed a backcharge of $2700.00 plus a $15.00 backcharge fee putting my account at -$1746.00.

 Upon conferring with the home office of the bank and the local branch and the fraud department and alerting to a possible cyber scam and the fact that they allowed a FRAUDULENT/ALTERED check to deposit into my account after a three day hold was told it was my fault and I had to repay the money and that reporting it to the authorities would be of no consequence really got me.
I did report it to the Chandler Police on 12/06/2011 and found that a similar event had occurred through the same bank in Texas but through Monster.com and there were other victims. He also said that the investigation was made difficult because the banks were not cooperating with authorities.
I have reported this crime to numerous law agencies and multiple media outlets.
The Chandler Police have not as of 12/19/2011 completed their report. They possess all reverent materials from my case but have had no personal contact from them.

 I have not heard from Careerbuilder's fraud department.
The Texans credit union has reportedly filed with the US Postal Inspector.
I have spoken to the fraud investigator from that bank and seems to be in about as much in the dark as I am.
Serious inquiries need to be brought to light on this matter.
No alerts from Careerbuilder have arisen nor has my bank done anything to assist me in this crime.
Nor have they assisted me in trying to clear matters with my account.
Thank you for all you might be able to stir up on this potentially dangerous evolving cyber crime.

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#3 Consumer Comment

Assist?

AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sorry but you are going to be waiting a long time.  Because there is NOTHING to investigate.

The e-mail address they gave you is an anonymous e-mail address that anyone can get(such as yahoo or gmail).  The names they gave you are fake.  With the Western Union they had you put down an "account number" that is actually enabled them to pick up the Western Union without an ID, so this is untraceable.  The phone is to a throw-away cell phone that was bought with cash or a stolen credit card. The address is to a business that does not exist, or belongs to a company totally unrelated to this scam.  These type of people love to use vacant lots as addresses.  Oh and the biggest thing..they are in a foreign country.

Now this scam has been going around in various forms for decades, and it will probably continue for decades more.   Because these scammers rely on greed.  After all did you really think you were going to get paid $100 an hour to do nothing more than drive someone around?

As for Careerbuilder not giving warnings..WRONG.  Here is tips from their site that was posted back in 2010 and still available on how to keep your Job Search Safe. 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-704-Job-Search-Strategies-Keeping-Your-Online-Job-Search-Safe/

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#2 Consumer Comment

How are the banks supposed to cooperate?

AUTHOR: Ken - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, December 19, 2011

The checks are completely fraudulent and the money you sent is untraceable and you will NOT be getting ANY of it back...sorry it happened, but you did ignore many red flags in this.

Serious inquiries will go NOWHERE...NOTHING about this is real...not any names, not any locations, none of any phone numbers, they're from disposable stolen phones. 

It is NOT the credit union's fault either, and the post office can't help.  There's nothing to investigate.

Write this off as a very expensive lesson.

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#1 Consumer Comment

Good grief

AUTHOR: Diogenes - (USA)

POSTED: Monday, December 19, 2011

Evolving crime ?  This scam has not only been going on for YEARS, but has been exposed on  EVERY  TV news station, newspaper and radio station in the country. Even Western Union has signs ALL OVER their locations telling you NOT to fall for this scam !  And, indeed, the warning is printed RIGHT ON the form that you filled out there. 

Tell us, just HOW did you NOT see the signs and the warnings ??  And how on Earth did you fail to comprehend all of the exposure this scam has received over the years ??  And here is the most bone-headed thing of all - WHAT EMPLOYER PAYS YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN START TO WORK ?????????  Get real !!!  Yep, stupid is, as stupid does.

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