Hello, im not really sure what anyone on here could do to help me about this, but im feeling really really upset and so didn't know who else i could turn to.
I applied to join futex a few months ago now, and was 2weeks ago accepted to the assessment day.
Then today, a few days before the day i received a letter from someone from futex saying they have given my application careful consideration and are unable to offer me an appointment in this force, and they reserve the right to reject an applicant without giving a reason.
This shocked and upset me as they had previously said that i had passed the security checks and had been accepted, and i have no criminal record, so didn't know what could have caused this.
So i google searched my name, and was extremely shocked when i saw a search result for a stock market trading / gambling website, with someone who was claiming that they were me, posting a photo of me, claiming that they (i) have been committing illegal activity on ebay, and then encouraging someone else to forward the link for that thread to the chief of Surrey police!
I am a professional ebay trader for my career, but i have never ever used that website, let alone committed any illegal activity on ebay or any other form of illegal activity.
I have checked the date that the thread was posted on that forum, and it is the exact same date that the letter was sent to me,
and so i feel extremely concerned and upset that i feel this complete scam and false use of my identity may have caused me to lose my chance of working in futex
I have subsequently asked a few of my friends who knew that i was applying to work as a trader if they knew anything about this, and i have found out that it was done by a group of people strongly dislike me due to the fact that they racially assaulted me and so got arrested for it, and so when they found out that i was applying to be a trader they set out to set me up.
Im not sure what anyone on here could do to help me if anything, or what i could say to the police to convince them that this was not me who posted any of that material, and that i have never been involved in any scam.
Since they wont even tell me what the exact reason is that caused them to know reject my application, and even though im pretty sure this must be the reason as i simply cannot think of any other reason that could have caused it, and because the dates correspond,
i would simply be making myself look guilty if i contact them and say that i have found this website and that it wasn't me, as they would ask why i was googleing my own name.
I have wanted to join futex for my entire life though, and so working in the firm was very important to me, and so this is ruining my entire life and future and so is extremely frustrating and upsetting as i haven't done anything wrong whatsoever!
Any help you can give me will be extremely appreciated.
Thanks