An Aussie woman has detailed her costly mistake just days after starting a new job, with the simple error leaving her $3500 out of pocket.
In a video on TikTok, the Gold Coast woman named Jackie claimed she received an email request from who she thought was her new boss, but after learning it wasn’t, she realised she’d been scammed.
“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,” the email supposedly said. Jackie said she asked for the company credit card details to make the purchase, but was allegedly told to use her own and that she’d be reimbursed.
New to the company, Jackie said she “wasn’t going to argue back” as it was only her third day on the job so she did “what [she] was told” and purchased 15 Apple gift cards for $1500. But things took a turn when the alleged scammer requested another 20 gift cards, boosting the total spend to $3500, she claimed.
Another email allegedly followed asking Jackie for her bank details so she could be reimbursed. The request made her question the exchange so she messaged her boss.
“Just checking that’s you who sent those emails off your personal Gmail asking for those Apple gift cards?” she asked him. “He calls [me] straight away and said, ‘No, that wasn’t me. You didn’t buy them, did you?'”
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