An Australian woman has revealed how she was scammed out of thousands of dollars just days after starting a new job.
Gold Coast woman Jackie took to TikTok to explain what happened.
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She said she received an email from someone claiming to be the boss of the new company where she worked.
The email said: “Please don’t tell anyone and keep it a surprise, but I want you to purchase 15 Apple gift cards for staff members for Christmas.”
Jackie wrote back asking for details of the company credit card but was told to use her own and she would be reimbursed after sending the receipts.
“I’m not going to argue back – it’s the third day of my new job, I’ll do what I’m told, so I purchased the 15 Apple gift cards for $1500,” she explained.
The scammer then emailed her again asking her to buy another 20 cards, taking her total expenditure to $3500.
Jackie then received an email from her so-called boss asking for her bank details so they could reimburse her.
Sensing something was off, she messaged the company director.
“Just checking that’s you who sent those emails off your personal Gmail asking for those Apple gift cards?” she wrote.
“He calls you straight away and said, ‘No, that wasn’t me. You didn’t buy them, did you?’”
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