blaue-box replied to your post: Money laundering scam? Omg, what happened? D:
Wow. That sounds absolutely horrific! I had NO idea something like this could happen when you respond to a job ad. I hope everything turns out okay for you!
It was pretty weird! I went to the police station just now and basically they said this happens all the time, and since I'm not out any money they don't file a report or anything. So lol they took the traveller's cheques to shred them and I can file a report or whatever with the Canada Fraud Association or something like that if I want. Otherwise I guess that's the end of it.
The other lesson is that apparently Western Union is super shady. The officer I spoke to said that almost all of these scams always, always involve sending money via Western Union. Sooo beware!