I work at a store and while I was closing, the person who was in charge that day was called by someone who claimed to be the owners of the store, as well as through another number claiming to be the boss’s other phone, telling her she needs to put a large amount of money into the Bitcoin ATM. They’re not local as one phone number was in another part of the state, and a WhatsApp number from outside the US.
Long story short she needed to log into this crypto ATM so she asked me to log into it and I had to put my social, phone number, driver’s license and a face scan into it before we realized these are scammers. Our other coworker messaged the boss and asked if she was supposed to be putting lots of money into the ATM and he said no then asked why. It felt kind of odd but I figured it was nothing, now I know not to give that kind of information as part of my job. The scammers got several thousand dollars from her before she stopped.
As far as I know my sensitive information didn’t go straight to the scanners, but I’m concerned that now they have my identity through the ATM. Also, now I heard through a co-worker that the owner of the store wants us to stay quiet about it and that it’s a “private situation to be handled in house”. My boss wants me to make a police report when I go in today.
This feels like it is A violation of at least a few work laws here in the US and I certainly don’t like the idea that they’re telling me to keep it between them and my co-workers when it’s my personal information involved. Already called my bank and had them block my cards. I suspect my coworker is playing dumb but is in on it as she asked me a few days ago about crypto and it just seems suspicious in general.
Have any of you guys ever been in a similar situation ? What pointers and advice do you have moving forward? This all just started last night.
I don’t know much about crypto or traded but I got involved in a scam involving it
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