I'm sorry if my formatting is horrid, I'm on my phone and not in the best place ATM.
So almost a year ago now I went through some health stuff that has left me with mobility restrictions, I had to resign from my job due to my ADA being rejected by my job. The last year has been a whirlwind of surgeries and recovery/PT. I've cashed out my 401k and i'm now down to my last 100 dollars.
Well I've been trying desperately to find a position I can work from home that's actually legitimate and pays enough to live on and make payments on my bills/medical debt. I can't drive at the moment due to the nature of my disability. It's been rough, I got my insurance license but I haven't had much luck so far and I can't afford to buy more leads. So i've been continuing my hunt for WFH jobs, I had a-few interviews this week and I honestly was ready to go with one job if the rest of the interview process went well but on Tuesday morning I got hit up about an job opportunity that seemed amazing (28.75/hr, Full benefits, paid training, flexible schedule, equipment provided..the works) I know what you're thinking, I should have seen through it and my gut kept trying to tell me something was off but my heart wanted it so bad.
They had me communicate with them through telegram (I know that's sketchy now) they had a whole website that looked beyond legit, I couldn't find anything adverse about them online, even checked here to see if anyone had encountered them, everyone's name matched up with company info.. honestly I feel like the biggest fool around for believing it.
They were supposed to send me the “check” for my work equipment today but I couldn't get this nagging feeling to go away and reached out to the company headquarters and I emailed the actual company just to double check, I even thought that maybe I was being paranoid but my fears were confirmed by the companies PR guy. To say I want to dive off a bridge right now is an understatement.
The last year has been hard and i'm starting to feel hopeless and more like an burden to my partner than an asset. When we started dating I was the breadwinner and that meant a-lot to me to be able to make his life easier but now we have so much debt from all my surgeries and just trying the live that I feel like I'm ruining his life. Anyways, putting the sad stuff aside. I wanted to post this as a warning to anyone else out there looking for online work. Please trust your gut.