'I want that money back': Toronto woman loses $5K to fake job scam
CTV
An Ontario single mother who was looking for a side-hustle to make more money to help her two children is devastated after losing thousands of dollars to an employment scam.
An Ontario single mother who was looking for a side-hustle to make more money to help her two children is devastated after losing thousands of dollars to an employment scam.
“I feel very sad. I’m going through so much right now,” Amandeep Gill of Scarborough, told CTV News Toronto.
Gill, who drives a school bus, said while she was looking for a second job, she was contacted by someone who said they were moving from Vancouver and needed a caregiver for their child.
They sent Gill photos of their family and said they would send her cheques to pay for their expenses before they arrived, which she deposited.
“I thought, ‘This is not my money, this is their money,’ so I thought I should [buy] what they wanted me to,” said Gill.
After paying for their moving costs, household items and other expenses, Gill said the cheques bounced and she was scammed out of $5,120.
“I want that money back in my account because it is my hard earned money,” said Gill.
