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The Ezralow Company LLC Reports & Reviews (1)

Victim Location 91325
Total money lost $1,866
Type of a scam Fake Check/Money Order

I responded to a job ad posted on Indeed.com requesting a Front Desk/Administrative Assistant on Saturday, March 24, 2018. I received a response from Pithier Helton (company manager), who informed me that he received my resume and would like to have me work for him. He also informed me that he was a successful international entrepreneur that was looking for a Personal Assistant to run errands for him as he was out of the country on a business trip. He sent me an email requesting my name, phone number, address, who I bank with, occupation, sex, DOB and personal email address. I responded promptly with the requested information. The next day he told me that his financier will be sending me a check for ***, in which I was to take out $*** for my pay, and the rest I will send to the orphanages in South Africa on his behalf. He told me that he sends money to this specific orphanage and the person who will pick up the money through money gram is by the name of Jane Mashaba. On March 30, 2018 I informed him that I had deposited the check into my bank account (Bank of America) through mobile banking but the check was pending so I was unable to send Jane Mashaba the money until the next business day. He told me that sending the money is urgent because the kids in the orphanage were sick and needed the money for medicine. I decided to use my personal funds which I kept at home in my personal savings under my bed. I told him that I would use my personal money of $*** to send to Jane Mashaba since the check had not finished processing. He then told me that I would be reimbursed my personal funds once the check was finished processing. I was under the impression that I would be able to have my money reimbursed plus receive my pay for the week's assignment which is why I felt compelled to do so. The next day the money did not post so I sent $*** from my personal funds because 'the children in the orphanage needed money for Easter activities.' He then informed me that Jane Mashaba had received the money and that he would be sending me 5 checks the following week to cash in increments. I questioned why he was sending such large amounts of money and he said that he was doing that because he wanted me to start sending money to other orphanages because he wants to help all the children of the world. He told me to start looking up orphanages in my area so that I can have a choice on who to donate the money to for the next assignment. He told me to proceed with cashing two of the five checks sent to me. I went to cash two checks, the first one for $*** and the second one for $***. I went to the bank to deposit these two checks but the bank teller told me that my account had a negative balance of ***. I asked the bank teller what was the reason for my account having insufficient funds and was told that the check is still processing, which did not make sense to me but I did not further analyze the situation because at the time I was running late to complete a homework assignment. When I got home, I began to feel skeptical about the whole situation so I reached out to a colleague at my university who is an accounting major and she informed me that she will further research the company and the checks. She explained to me that I might have been scammed after I replayed the events that led up to me contacting her. I then tried to log into my online banking account but was unable to due to my account being locked. The online banking system prompted me to call the bank to clarify why my account was locked. I called Bank of America and they told me that I had deposited two counterfeit checks into my bank account and my account was forwarded to the Chex Systems. I wanted to have this situation reported so I visited the Devonshire Police Station to file a Grand Theft by Trickery report. The detectives told me they were unable to further investigate my case because it was not in their jurisdiction since the money was wired to another country. They referred me to ic3.gov to further investigate the case.

This man used orphan children as leverage to scam me by telling me that this company was helping children all over the world and that I would be able to also have a positive impact on them. When I insisted that I would not continue working for him until I had an official interview, he scheduled for us to meet on May 21st and agreed that I would cease working for him until we interviewed in-person. He inconveniently called me at various hours of the night and day (6:30am for example) and if I did not respond to him within a 5 minute time frame, he would call me multiple times until I answered. He would also guilt trip me and tell me that I need to help the kids by sending money or they will die. I had empathy and sympathy for the situation which is why I fell victim not realizing that I was being scammed until the situation escalated. I have recorded all of my conversations with the man, Pithier Helton, and I also have all of the receipts from money gram as well as 3/5 checks that I did not deposit into my account. I believe that this man or this company is using various Job Search Engines to commit fraud.

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