Woman is paid thousands for job she’s never worked…despite attempts to hand cash back
A Canadian woman revealed she keeps getting paid for a government job she has never worked in, despite her repeated attempts to stop the money from coming in.
Vanita Lindsay said she applied for the job and was offered a job as a clerk at the Canada Pension Plan call center in July.
She declined the offer, but was shocked to discover that the organization had started depositing salaries into her bank account in August.
Lindsay said she was paid a total of $8,816.20 for the job, despite numerous phone calls and emails asking to be taken off the payroll.
‘It’s hilarious, weird and a bit messy. I want it done because it’s just ridiculous,” Lindsay said CTV News.
Vanita Lindsay said she was paid $8,816.20 for a job as a clerk at the call center for the Canada Pension Plan, where she never worked
The stay-at-home mom from Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, told the outlet she had been out of the workforce for 20 years but signed up for the gig because it offered the opportunity to work from home.
Just days before he started, she decided not to move forward with the position.
‘I emailed the next morning and said, “I’m sorry, it’s nothing to do with you guys or anything like that, but I just can’t do the job.” So I thought that was that,” Lindsay said.
Weeks later, on August 14, she checked her bank account and discovered the unexpected deposit.
“I’m like, ‘Oh my God, they paid me,’” she said.
Lindsay said she contacted her future supervisor to inform them of the payment, but never received a response. Two weeks later another check arrived.
As the money continues to come in, Lindsay says she continues to try to contact the department to get it stopped, but she is receiving mixed messages that the situation has been handled or is being investigated.
‘With my husband’s career, I don’t need that money. It should go to someone who is struggling to feed their children,” she said.
The woman is concerned that the extra money will be recorded as income and could put her family in a higher tax bracket or affect their government benefits.
“I put it all in another account because it’s not my money,” Lindsay said.