GOFUND ME!

「TLDR: I got scammed, and the bank is completely unhelpful despite my attempts. Now I'm $2000 in the hole and could really use a hand here.」

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Hey everyone, Theo here (also known as SodaPupCosplay). On July 6th I was offered a job for a branding company called Gorjana Jewelry. I of course was skeptical at first but after doing some digging and trying to double check my sources of the company I believed that the company was legit. So I agreed and filled out an application to join the team. However, after I had filled out an application (This did not ask for any of my bank information nor did it ask for personal information like SSN etc.) So that was another reason for me to believe that this job offer was legit. After speaking with the person on the other end known as Ethan(?) I felt safe enough to deposit a check they had given me as part of the onboarding process. The original amount they sent me was $1000. This money was supposed to be used to buy their jewelry brand and I would wear it and post videos for them. And as part of them "thanking me" for joining the team I would get to keep $300 as part of that.

Again, I still had no reason to believe that this was a scam, everything leading up to this point seemed to check out to me and also seemed like they were a legit company. However, they asked me to deposit another $1000 because the first one didn't go through. So very stupidly I happily obliged and did just that. STILL, my alarm bells weren't going off, it wasn't until my good friend/roommate came in to check on me that they had asked what I was up to. After telling them the whole story thus far they immediately let me know that it sounded too suspicious and that it was most likely a scam.

Now flashing forward to today, since then I have made three-four calls to my bank asking them to dispute it and giving them the paper trails of the incident and they still refused to help me. I also have reported it to the IRS (and TikTok, who didn't do anything about it) as a scam/fraudulent occurrence and will be going to my local police station to file a report on the matter. (Will update this once I file the report.) I have asked my bank if I still had to pay them back for something that fell out of my hands/money that I myself DID NOT spend whatsoever. Unfortunately, my bank wouldn't hear me out (they literally wouldn't let me speak a word in) and insisted that I have to pay them back the full amount.

As many of you are aware, I do have bills to pay for. I'm also in the process of trying to save up for top surgery and right now I am basically in between jobs. I've been applying to jobs left and right, going to interview after interview, making many many phone calls, and even trying to go back to therapy. With this all happening at once I am at a complete loss here. I cannot afford to pay for this on top of everything else I need to take care of.

So I am trying to fight my stubbornness and money trauma and needing to ask for help from all of you. All it would take is just 100 people donating at most $20 dollars and I can be out of the fire from the bank. Sharing/Reposting/Commenting/Liking literally ANYTHING will help my cause and I absolutely hate having to ask people for money of any kind, but I'm out of options.

Just anything at all is a huge help to me. I can even offer sketched commissions if anyone would like. But all and any help is very much appreciated and I thank you for even taking the time to read this.

I am also willing to open up sketch commissions for $5 to $10!

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SCAMMERS INFO

(please protect yourself)

Scammer Phone Number(s) they used:

(734)219-8275, [phone redacted], (945)2702570

Scammer Email(s) Address:

dessicakess719 @gmail.com and florence3jugonzaleqjv @gmail.com

(without the spaces ofc)

Scammers Tiktok Account:

Mauria Cole @mauriacoleeeee

Scammers Zelle:

Destinee Justine Machado

email used for Zelle -

dessicakess719 @gmail.com

(without the space)