Help Me Get Out Of A Scam Debt
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If you know me, you know I never ever look for handouts. I don't like to ask anyone for anything. But unfortuntely in this scenario, I don't have a lot of options.
My girlfriend and I just moved into a new apartment in Hammond, and I haven't gotten a job yet. So in the meantime, I've been looking around for freelance work that I offer. Photography, graphic design, songwriting, etc etc. I even stooped to posting an ad on Craigslist.
Well, I got a reply from that Craigslist ad. A lady asking me to shoot her wedding. I told her it'd cost $1200. She told me that was fine, and her sister also had a wedding the next day and she'd mail me two checks for $1200 each. I didn't think anything of it, didn't think it'd be a big deal. So I get two checks in, cash them both. She tells me her sister wants to go to a different photographer, so asked me to send $1200 back. So I put the $1200 in my account and was going to send it back the next day. I check my account, and I have -1485 in my account. I call my bank, and they tell me the lady reversed the two checks. I go into one of my bank's local branches, and they look at the checks and they say that it's weird the app even allowed me to deposit those checks, because they're fake cashier's checks.
So I'm $1485 in debt due to a scam. I froze my account, so no money can be pulled out from overdraft fees or anything. I have 45 days to clear this debt, or my account's gonna be closed and my credit is gonna be destroyed. On top of all of that, I have to come up with money for rent, as well as food and any other things I may need to pay for.
As I said, and as everyone knows, I don't like to ask for handouts. I hate to be someone's charity case, and I hate to have to ask anyone for anything. But in this scenario, as I said, I don't really have any other options. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
My girlfriend and I just moved into a new apartment in Hammond, and I haven't gotten a job yet. So in the meantime, I've been looking around for freelance work that I offer. Photography, graphic design, songwriting, etc etc. I even stooped to posting an ad on Craigslist.
Well, I got a reply from that Craigslist ad. A lady asking me to shoot her wedding. I told her it'd cost $1200. She told me that was fine, and her sister also had a wedding the next day and she'd mail me two checks for $1200 each. I didn't think anything of it, didn't think it'd be a big deal. So I get two checks in, cash them both. She tells me her sister wants to go to a different photographer, so asked me to send $1200 back. So I put the $1200 in my account and was going to send it back the next day. I check my account, and I have -1485 in my account. I call my bank, and they tell me the lady reversed the two checks. I go into one of my bank's local branches, and they look at the checks and they say that it's weird the app even allowed me to deposit those checks, because they're fake cashier's checks.
So I'm $1485 in debt due to a scam. I froze my account, so no money can be pulled out from overdraft fees or anything. I have 45 days to clear this debt, or my account's gonna be closed and my credit is gonna be destroyed. On top of all of that, I have to come up with money for rent, as well as food and any other things I may need to pay for.
As I said, and as everyone knows, I don't like to ask for handouts. I hate to be someone's charity case, and I hate to have to ask anyone for anything. But in this scenario, as I said, I don't really have any other options. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Jordan Anthony Scott
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Hammond, LA
