I am a victim of a vicious scam. I was contacted through a freelancer website, XXXX, by a woman who offered me a job ( XXXX ). She assured me that it was a legitimate job and I only had to complete simple tasks for {$400.00} a week. A poor college student struggling to make ends meet with rent and utilities, I foolishly accepted the job. She then sent me XXXX checks, {$2800.00} each, and instructed me to deposit them and then send the money in separate transactions of {$1400.00} each via XXXX XXXX. I was totally unaware that the checks were counterfeit until my bank started closure procedures on my account without notice. When I called them, the customer representatives and Risk Department refused to revoke the decision because I am fully responsible for all transactions and since the money was already taken out, I may be held to repay the overdrawn amount of XXXX-something dollars. They told me that I made transactions on money that was n't there to begin with, but that means that I never had the money in the first place, thus I should not be held liable for it. The bank also holds responsibility for not contacting me when the checks were verified as counterfeit, but when I called and went into my local branch and told them my situation, they were unrelenting. They hide themselves behind monotonous masks of " there 's nothing we can do '' and furtively put the blame on the consumer. I am just a poor college student who fell victim to a vicious scam but now, I am the one in danger of being swamped in more debt on top of student loans and being blacklisted. At this point, I do n't even care for reimbursement. I just do n't want, and I do not need, to pay back money that was never mine to begin with. 
