robbie61685
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? North Carolina
Hello so I fell for one of those personal assistant craigslist scams. To understand it all let me start from the beginning. It started in MI, I found the job on craigslist and the guy sent me packages and I delivered them to people. And the guy I would deliver them to would give me a money for them. Sounded a little weird but, nothing happened and I only did it a few times. The guy also sent me one of those cheap pre-paid phones that I would text and call him from. I moved down to SC and I sent him a text and email telling him where I have moved. He said he had a guy he does business with down here. So he connects me with a guy. I actually meet this guy!!! So to me it seems even more legit. So the guy says he is going to busy with meetings and he wants me to go pay a guy for him. He said he will write me a check and I would keep $100 and the rest I will take to a guy he works with. I had a app that I could take a pic of the check and deposit the check. So I did, I did it with 5 checks and I meet the other guy, and paid him. I could only do a $500 check at a time due to the mobile check thing I was using and I was banking with an online bank. After the last check, my bank called me and told me they had to put a hold on the check. I called the guy and he meet up with me, he stated that it was his bank because it was so many checks in a row of the same amount, and that he would handle it. He also said he was going to upgrade my phone to an Iphone and took the old one. Well that was the last I saw or heard from him. That night I went straight to the police and filed a report. 5 months later I am facing charges in NC for these checks. The charges are 5 counts of obtaining property under false pretense. which are all felony's!!! I am going to trial, but my lawyer(public defender) sounds optimistic about it, but I feel she is not going the way we should go.
To back track a little, when I meet the guy he had a ID with the same name as the one on the checks and seemed so legit it was crazy. If i had a question about the process or what was going on he would answer it before I even asked it! All I have now is the email's and the phone number I called and texted him at. Yes I cashed the checks I do not deny that, But I did not do so knowing or thinking I was doing as fraud!! At the time my bank put a hold on that last check I had $900 in my account I could have taken out, but I did not know it was fraud. My account ended up getting froze and I lost all my money!!!
When I tell people about my case I always get the comment."does that actually happen". So I was wondering if during my trial could I some how bring up facts about how real this is and does anyone know of any cases I could use in court to show this is real??!!???!!
Any thought would help please!!
Thank you!!!!!
Hello so I fell for one of those personal assistant craigslist scams. To understand it all let me start from the beginning. It started in MI, I found the job on craigslist and the guy sent me packages and I delivered them to people. And the guy I would deliver them to would give me a money for them. Sounded a little weird but, nothing happened and I only did it a few times. The guy also sent me one of those cheap pre-paid phones that I would text and call him from. I moved down to SC and I sent him a text and email telling him where I have moved. He said he had a guy he does business with down here. So he connects me with a guy. I actually meet this guy!!! So to me it seems even more legit. So the guy says he is going to busy with meetings and he wants me to go pay a guy for him. He said he will write me a check and I would keep $100 and the rest I will take to a guy he works with. I had a app that I could take a pic of the check and deposit the check. So I did, I did it with 5 checks and I meet the other guy, and paid him. I could only do a $500 check at a time due to the mobile check thing I was using and I was banking with an online bank. After the last check, my bank called me and told me they had to put a hold on the check. I called the guy and he meet up with me, he stated that it was his bank because it was so many checks in a row of the same amount, and that he would handle it. He also said he was going to upgrade my phone to an Iphone and took the old one. Well that was the last I saw or heard from him. That night I went straight to the police and filed a report. 5 months later I am facing charges in NC for these checks. The charges are 5 counts of obtaining property under false pretense. which are all felony's!!! I am going to trial, but my lawyer(public defender) sounds optimistic about it, but I feel she is not going the way we should go.
To back track a little, when I meet the guy he had a ID with the same name as the one on the checks and seemed so legit it was crazy. If i had a question about the process or what was going on he would answer it before I even asked it! All I have now is the email's and the phone number I called and texted him at. Yes I cashed the checks I do not deny that, But I did not do so knowing or thinking I was doing as fraud!! At the time my bank put a hold on that last check I had $900 in my account I could have taken out, but I did not know it was fraud. My account ended up getting froze and I lost all my money!!!
When I tell people about my case I always get the comment."does that actually happen". So I was wondering if during my trial could I some how bring up facts about how real this is and does anyone know of any cases I could use in court to show this is real??!!???!!
Any thought would help please!!
Thank you!!!!!