Scammed

[Mosthigh77]

What is the name of your state? California


My name is Jacob. I recently was scammed by a company called Ambassador Texttiles. They sent me a check and I was to cash it and western union them the $ and I could keep 10%. Sounds too good to be true huh? Well I called the bank on the check(mellon national) and checking to see if the check was good. They said it was so I then proceeded to my bank (Wamu) and they cashed it for me and I sent them the $ via western union.... So now my account is overdrawn $1000 and Im disabled and on SSI. There is no way I will ever be able to pay this. Ive emailed the mellon bank as well as Wamu but I have yet to hear from them.Not to mention congress passed the Economic Stimulus payment act which lets people who dont normally get refunds to receive up to $300! But I probably wont get it due to my situation... I am curious as to what I should do... Any help would be appreciated! Thank you and God Bless!

[JETX]

Originally Posted by Mosthigh77

I am curious as to what I should do.

Very common scam. Your ONLY recourse is to make arrangements to reimburse the bank. If you don't, they will sue you to recover the money they lost.
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[CraigFL]

You may be in legal trouble also with this scheme. It would be hard to argue that you didn't know something was not right with this situation...

[Debt Guy]

I recently was scammed by a company called Ambassador Texttiles. They sent me a check and I was to cash it and western union them the $ and I could keep 10%. Sounds too good to be true huh?

Not a scam. A con. You cannot cheat an honest man.

[windchime]

I have seen story's like this on our local news. After they do the story they ask if anyone can help by donating money. A few days later the news team will do a short follow up and thank everyone who donated. There are some good people out there.