Pertus Worldwide Counterfeit check employment scam Milan Other
My experience with Pertus Worldwide was exactly the same as the other posts. Their employment ad was posted on Monster.com here as well. I received a check written to me for $9925 from a legitimate company (I researched everything as much as I could at every step) and deposited the check into my account. The funds were to be available on October 22nd and I checked my available balance online at 8:00am that morning and the funds were in my account. On my lunch hour, I went to the bank to withdraw the money, and as of 11:00am, there was a hold on the funds because the check had been returned...Thank God. If I had been able to withdraw the money, I would have gone straight across the street to Western Union. I wish these posts had been when I was searching the internet for information about this company. I even searched "Pertus employment scam" and nothing came up. Hopefully, this will help others before it's too late.
Kerry
Atlanta, Georgia
U.S.A.
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Kerry
McDonough,Georgia,
U.S.A.
I contacted the company
#2Author of original report
Wed, October 29, 2003
This may or may not help anyone, but I contacted the company the the check I deposited was supposedly from. I told them I had kept all my communications with "Pertus" and even kept the fedex envelope if they needed it. The representative was very thankful and said he would pass my contact information on to the FBI and they would contact me if they needed anything. He said that at first, they were going after the individuals cashing the checks, but then they soon realized what was really happening and quit going after these people. I really have no hope that anyone will get their money returned, but those who were charged with a crime should definitely be able to gather some evidence. It may be worth contacting the company your check was supposedly from. Also, companies have a lot more power when it comes to getting the FBI to do something about this. It's worth a shot.