<prompt> Human: Alright, Ill start from the beginning. I live in LA and I was in the process of looking for a new job on indeed. I applied for this digital marketing company called d.e. Foxx and associates, which appeared to be a legitimate business, so after a day or two I got an email from them saying that they were no longer looking to fill the position I applied for but gave me the name of an associate that might be looking for help. I sent my resume to the e-mail address and was put in touch with a woman named Sandra Mccann who told me that she was looking for a personal assistant to help her with the day to day management of her personal schedule, booking travel, shopping, etc. and the pay was going to be 780 a week with health insurance and 401k. She told me she believed my credentials would make me a good candidate for the job and offered me the position via e-mail. She told me that she is a retired real estate attorney and that she owns investment properties all over the world, so she was currently out on business in Toronto but needed me to start doing things for her before she got back. The first thing she asked me to do in addition to planning her flight back to LA was to deposit a check that she overnighted to me in the mail for 2,480.00 . I got this check from a company called Meyers RV Superstores in Churchville, NY signed by a guy named Mark Calzone. The store has a phone number and website and everything, so I called and asked to speak with Mark Calzone but was turned over to voicemail. I decided to deposit the check anyways. Once I deposited the check and received the funds in my account, she told me that she needed to pay off a premium she owed to Silvergray services a non-existant business in Richardson, TX to an address that was actually in hindsight the address of a Comerica Bank. I still have the address and the suite number, so Ill try following up with them tomorrow as well and seeing if they have any video footage of who signed for the package. I took out three money orders, two for 1,000 and one for 300 and sent them to the address with the receipt of purchase to the address via Fedex overnight for 97. She told me to leave the money orders blank to avoid errors in the deposit. I thought nothing of it and got on the phone with my mom, excitedly telling her that I just landed a new position and put my two weeks notice in at my job. After I told her what had just happened, she was like dude, are you a fucking idiot? You literally just got scammed out of 2,400. She scared the fuck out of me and so I got on the phone with Bank of America to report fraud and see what I could do on my end. They basically told me that checks will clear after the initial deposit, but once the bank tries to collect the money from the account number on the check and the funds arent there, it will bounce and Ill be down the money that I purchased on the money orders money. They gave me the number to the department of fraud which I plan on following up with tommorow. Seems like theres a slim possibility of getting this money back. I transferred all of the money I have in my bank account which is only enough to pay rent to a friend of mine so that I could make rent for this month. I called Fedex and gave them the tracking number, and the package was delivered and signed for by an S. Smith so Im assuming that the money order has been cashed out and I dont have the receipt for because sent with the money orders. The check hasnt bounced yet and I still have my money, but Im just trying to figure out what my next course of action is to try and get this money back. I mean I just cant understand why the bank would clear a check and make funds available to me without physically making sure that those funds were available in the other persons account. Maybe I can make a case for myself that way. I have friends telling me to liquidate my account and close it before it goes negative, which I think would fuck me up even harder if I had cops knocking on my door. I think the best course of action is to try and settle it with the bank and figure out what my options are, but I zelled my friend all the money in my account today and the transaction is still processing, so once they figure out whats going on they might take the money back from him and slap me with a negative -800 balance which will anally fuck me. Im looking for any general suggestions and advice here. If I go negative, I need a way to take out a personal loan or at least start paying that shit off in bits and pieces with bank of america before my social security number gets flagged and i cant open up another bank account to cash out my paychecks from work and continue to pay my bills. Please please help me I am desparate and I need to figure out what to do immediately before the next business day.  <response>: I really dont think blaming the banks procedure is going to net you anything 