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| Author: | scamedeagle [ Tue May 12, 2009 9:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Information needed |
I was just scammed. I tried online dating because I don't have a lot of time to go out and meet people. After a couple of weeks of talking to this girl, she said she needed me to send money because she was robbed on way back from cashing her travelers checks to pay hotel bill. (Needed the money because she had to pay her hotel bill to leave.) They "flagged" her name. She was in Nigeria to buy artworks for her store. I didn't feel comfortable with sending money, but sent only 100 bucks. The whole Nigeria thing got me suspicious, but by this time I had feelings for her and trusted her. After a day or two, she said a client was willing to help by buying some art from her. She needed me to receive the check, cash it, and send a certain amount to her and keep the remaining amount for her until she returned. Long story short, the USPS money orders (3) were fakes. The people at USPS took my ID and phone # to make a copy with the fakes and said the postmaster general will contact me. Told me to keep the package that they were received in. What Im worried about is legal problems. I kept most of the e-mails from her and printed them. Also have the pictures she sent me and the envelope the money orders were sent in. I wasn't shorted any money, just worried about them trying to file charges for asking if they could cash them. Really worried because I'm in medical school, and legal charges will cause me to be expelled. Do they usually charge people like me/in my situation? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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| Author: | Janez [ Tue May 12, 2009 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Information needed |
Sorry you were scammed. IMHO you should contact the PD fraud division in your area and report this. They will not be able to do anything as "she" is in Nigeria. But at least they will have a record of it. Also if you have the time it would be nice if you could post the information you have on "her" including headers, email address, pics and emails on romancelovescams.com. This way anyone who google "her" infomation will be lead to that site and may be saved from being scammed by "her" Good luck to you. |
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| Author: | BigDal7 [ Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Information needed |
No, u will not be charged. Since u took the information into the post office , the post master usually takes all the data. They may be running late in doing so. But they will get it. Or u can give all the info to the local police. The best thing u can do , never send money to NIgeria, unless u have met the person and really no them |
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| Author: | admin [ Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Information needed |
BigDal7 wrote: No, u will not be charged. I have to jump in and correct you . . . there are SEVERAL cases of scam victims being arrested for presenting fake cashier's checks or money orders. I have blogged on this topic a few times. Here is the link to one blog I did on this http://scamvictimsunited.blogspot.com/2 ... ested.html search the word arrested on the blog to find other stories. |
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