Am I being trafficked?
I don’t really know what’s happening but I think I need help.
I am a sixteen year old female and I have been volunteering at a library for community service hours. I usually only help set stuff up for activities for children but on Wednesdays I’m in charge of the computer lab doing small tasks like faxing or helping people print something out.
Lately there has been a man roaming the place but I thought nothing of it, as the library has many people roaming. However this man seemed to be roaming the computer lab on Wednesdays a lot. One day he came up to me and asked me to help him format a document.
The work consisted of copying and pasting “news pitches” from ChatGPT onto a word document. It seemed weird but it isn’t in my place to tell him what he can’t and can do.
After nearly 15 minutes of work we were done and he pulled out his wallet. He had a ton of cash and paid me 30 dollars and said to me that he’d like me to work with him because what I was doing was excellent. However, as I said before, the work was just copying and pasting and was not a two person job. He said he could pay me very good and asked for my number to contact me and gave me his buisness card, which showed his office was cities away.
I, foolishly gave it to him. I thought finding jobs was hard and wanted cash. He texted me asking to meet and I told him I’m there every Wednesday and that was our whole conversation on the phone.
Today while volunteering (not in the computer lab) he found me and came up to me to ask for more help doing the same type of tasks which kind of freaked me out but I went with him. It was the same work as the last time.
It’s probably worth mentioning that he showed me his website and it’s like some vague car and house reselling thing. I dont want to assume but to me it feels like a front so that he won’t have to explain his source of income to like the government, that could explain the cash.
Anyway while I was helping him he asked me to walk with him to a restaurant nearby to get some change. (He was printing papers and copies are 10 cents each). I got a really bad feeling in my gut and told him I couldn’t do that. Thankfully he did not press any further.
He went and came back and paid me thirty dollars just like last time and told me he’d see me soon.
I feel like I’m crazy. Technically he hasn’t done anything yet but he’s just always there. If he’s so rich why won’t he get a real employee. And why is he at the library two cities away from his office.
I don’t really know what I’m doing but if anyone has any advice please let me know