michb wrote:
Hi, does anyone know what a person could legally do to protect themselves if they are scammed? I have recently fallen victim to an online scammer. I performed a service for someone who paid me through email money transfer. I thought this was safe because I didn't have to give the person any of my banking information. I also thought that since I did a project for the person and they were paying me, there didn't seem to be anything to worry about. But now my bank is telling me he paid me with fraudelent money. I do not understand what is going on at all, and I don't know why my bank would do this. Why wouldn't they be bothering the person who paid me? The thing I am worried about is that I don't quite understand what has happened and why I am the one being treated badly! I didn't even do anything wrong!
Any opinions I can get on this would be greatly appreciated.