Expert: Aaron Shifferly - 9/26/2010

Question
Hi my name is simone and i have a very important question regarding employment as an Administrative Assistant/Customer Service on the army base in fort worth, texas. A friend of mine which is in the military told me that he can help me to apply for a job at the army base in ft worth he told me in order to get the job i have to pay a gvt security clearance of $350.00 at the time i was $50 short so he said he was gonna pay the other $50 for me he brought the application to my house and collected the money from me. When i asked my uncle who is a retired seal about the employment process he told me that u only apply online for those types of jobs and that you dnt have to pay for a security clearance to work on base the guy called me the other day and told me that his commander said that i need to sign some more papers then he will give me a card that will allow me permission to come on the base to get my fingerprints done but i have been trying to reach him but he would not answer my calls so my question to you is DID THIS GUY GET ME OUT OF MY MONEY AND IF SO IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT?

Answer
If you think there is an issue or that something illegal happened you can report it to the base police.  They are charged with investigating all crime that occurs on it.  If I were you, I would check there first because this doesnt sound kosher.  Take any and all paperwork with you.