Hello.
We were just scammed by someone pretending to be name “Jacob McCabe”.
We saw an ad on Gumtree about a job at an herb farm in Corrigin, WA. After several texts and extremely detailed emails that seemed legit, we were told that we had the job and could book a room in a share house. We were asked to pay rent for 2 weeks in advance (400$ for the both of us), and when I emailed to say the payment had gone through, the man said he would give me more information really soon because he was very busy with the season. A few days later, I wrote him to know when to arrive to check in. I got an email saying the email address no longer existed. I tried calling and texting, no answer. It is now very clear that there is no job and no accommodation, so we won’t bother to drive there. But I guess some people booked plane or train tickets and are going to show up on Sunday and find nothing.
We went to the police who redirected us to a website called Scam Watch. We are extremely gutted as we were really looking forward to this job, we needed the money and stopped looking elsewhere. Not to mention the 400$ that were stolen from us…
