Stay at Home Moms Targeted by Online Thieves
Donna Gonzalez wants to work at home for the sake of her daughter Leah.
She recently posted her resume on websites like CareerBuilder.Com and quickly got a reply, “They just need people who already had bank accounts set up, so we could cash the checks for them.”
According to Donna, a company called Global Healthcare Inc., out of London, sent her a contract asking her to cash checks and wire them the money. It was supposedly quicker than doing it overseas.
Donna was promised 10-percent of the money cashed, “It looked legitimate I mean I went to paralegal school and I knew some contractual law and so the contract looked legitimate.”
After Donna cashed a check from a “so called” customer and wired the company more than 25-hundred dollars,she later found out the check was fake and she was the one who was stuck paying
Sgt. Kevin Smith of the St. Petersburg Police Department says, he gets calls like this one at least two times a week, “It’s heartbreaking because you really hate to see people out there trying to work, trying to sell something to be taken advantage of.”
Smith says websites like CareerBuilder.Com are safe, but people need to be more aware of who they’re dealing with, “Unfortunately anybody has a right to log in and look at those resumes so you really don’t know who’s actually offering you a job.”
Photo by hp.com.
DT on March 14th, 2007 11:07 am
Sorry, with all the information out there about potential online scams and such, I really can’t understand why ANYONE would ever do this? Let me guess, she’s also convinced she won a new car, is going to see Oprah, is waiting in line to help a Nigerian Prince, and opened a new portfolio based on a hot “tip” she’d received?
Melyssa on March 29th, 2007 5:02 pm
I feel for those who have been scammed and are victims of identity theft. Dateline is putting “To Catch A Predator” on hold while they now show “To Catch An ID Thief”. The information was incredible. I urge people to watch this. So far single mothers seem to be a prime target.
I was a victim of identity theft, and it is no laughing matter. Now I’m here to help others. Please visit my website for more tips.
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