Hi everyone
I decided to register since I joined 419eater.com after I was scammed 2 years ago. Was an awful time.
I was advised to post my experience as a warning to others so here we go.
I found a 'job' on Gumtree (UK jobsite) and contacted the people in charge. They claimed they were a company in Australia who needed people in Britain to do their mailing and admin work for the British side of their business. I was in need of money and thought this was a great opportunity. I was 19 so quite naive...
They had set up a website and everything so it seemed genuine.
They then paid me my first wage plus about £900 that I had to send to get my stationary from their other office... in Nigeria. (Even as I write this I feel sick that I was so stupid).
I withdrew the money sent it to the address they gave me and then they cancelled their payment to my bank account. What a fright I got and the bank suspected me of fraudulent activity. Took 5 months to get everything settled and prove to them that I was scammed. Was thoroughly horrible.
I hope scamming eventually becomes a thing of the past and I applaud anyone who is wasting these scammers' time.
R x