<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance, I have been unemployed for the better part of a year coming up on eight months and have been desperate for any sort of income. As such, I apply to a slue of jobs daily and often times lose track of where I send my applications out to. All this is to say that I received an email from an Italian company asking if Id be interested in becoming a Travel Manager for their North American office they were soon to be opening here in the States. After expressing my interest and filling out some documents that outlined my responsibilities, I was happy to begin working with the company. My first task was to cash an incoming check from one of the companys clients, to the tune 2300 USD. Once Id cash the check, I was to transfer via wire the sum of 2000 USD to an foreign country 2300 minus my remuneration. Whereupon Id receive another check and another, being payed a monthly salary of 3000 USD. Well this past weekend I did as I was told and following the clearing of the funds I thought I withdrew the amount from the bank and went about transferring the funds to the prescribed recipient. Its now Monday, and I have -2300 in my bank account. What next steps can I take to start getting myself out of this monumental fuckup that is my stupidity?TL;DR: Ive made a huge mistake in taking a job that seemed to be easy money. I was told to deposit a check and transfer the money via wire to someone else. The money is gone, I know that now, but Im trying to figure out what my next steps are moving forward.  <response>: but Im trying to figure out what my next steps are moving forward.Unfortunately, this is a very common type of scam, and usually the casher of the bad check is left holding the bag. You can contact the fraud department of the wire transfer agency and see if theres anything they can do to stop it, but if there isnt youre probably going to be out 2000. You can file a police report, though that wont help too much if the perpetrators are in another country. You can try and work with the bank to setup a payment plan and try to convince them not to put any black marks on your ChexSystems profile. 