By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
WEST WINDSOR — A 35-year-old West Windsor Township woman was the victim of a theft-by-deception scam after she was told she had been hired for an administrative assistant position advertised online, according to the West Windsor Township Police Department.
The incident occurred between Sept. 28 and Oct. 8, police said.
After she was “hired,” she was told she would need to buy business check paper so she could print out checks that the company would be sending her, police said.
She received an emailed check for $4,000 that she deposited into her bank account, and then two days later she received another check for $4,000 that she also deposited.
Three days later, she was asked to send $255 to “Peter Babayemi” from her bank account. Immediately afterwards, she was asked to send an additional $1,350 to “Peter Babayemi.” On the same day, she received a check for $3,500 that she deposited.
The next day, police said, she was asked to transfer $3,300 to “Peter Babayemi.” And on the following day, she was emailed another check. She did not deposit it, because she had become suspicious. When she checked on all of the deposits, she was told the checks that had been emailed to her had bounced.
When she tried to contact the company in question, she was advised that she had been in contact with imposters, police said.
