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Scamming
Can anyone give me some advice a 69 year old friend of mine was taken in by a romance scammer and sent him money that he asked for, where does she stand in getting her money back, does the fact that she was taken in rather than someone getting her bank details matter, at the end of the day she was scammed, she tried to stop the money, the bank said that it was still in her account but when she rechecked it was taken out. Surely the banks could do something because they have the receiving account no, but the bottom line is she authorised the transaction.
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Elcee, there are very many scams on the net via emails, advise your friend not to open ANY EMAIL from a source she does not know, our so called friends from Nigeria are a threat, the Far East regards PC Problems, her bank telling her they need to upgrade her bank details, advise her for her own good, if in doubt ask her to call you, if she's a member of this site,...
18:50 Tue 11th Mar 2014
Yes, JNO she was so worried she got up and phoned the bank in the middle of the night and they said it was still there and gave her an international banking no to phone at 8.30am which she did, it was still there then and they said it wouldn't go out, but when she checked later on it was gone, they said that the system had not updated and the money showed it was there but it had been paid. The very fact they had a receiving account should have been enough to either stop or track it.
ToraToraTora, I spoke to my friend on Sunday evening and I said it looked like a scam, so it was Monday very early am she phoned the bank, and 8.30am the international bank,it showed still there both times then I am not sure when she actually sent the money. But when she checked later on in the morning (Monday) it had gone. It was over £500 I just so wish I had spoken to her earlier in the week and advised never to send money, but she believed his sob story about his daughter and was convinced he was genuine.
Joko, no it did not say he was a model, the model was the one that got his photos hacked. After searching I found out this. I think she was flattered that this younger man was speaking to her, he had lots of sob stories and she is a trusting person and believed him. We all make stupid mistakes sometimes in our lives. This was an expensive one for her.
Elcee, there are very many scams on the net via emails, advise your friend not to open ANY EMAIL from a source she does not know, our so called friends from Nigeria are a threat, the Far East regards PC Problems, her bank telling her they need to upgrade her bank details, advise her for her own good, if in doubt ask her to call you, if she's a member of this site, members will advise her, there are hundreds of B@sdards out there that will rip you off & the WEB is full of them, IF IN DOUBT ASK. regards to her x