Budzy306,
I'm sorry that you were scammed.
What you need to do right now to end this scam, distance yourself from him,
and give the details others may need:
Do not send them any more money! There is no doubt that it is a scam.
Most important:NO MORE CONTACT WITH THE SCAMMER(S).
You must now block all contact with the scammer, and any fake "Characters"
that were involved in the scam; lawyers, couriers, bankers, police that
emailed you after the scam saying they could get your money back.
Do not open any emails from them., delete them unopened. You may want to
consider changing your email address.
Do not chat with them online. Block them in chat, and anyone else unknown
that tries to contact you for a few weeks or more. Do not ADD anyone to
your contacts. You may want to change your chat name, too, so they do not
continue to bother you and lie to get more money.
Do not talk to them on your phone. Block the number(s), do not pick up.
You may want to change your phone number, as romance scammers will keep
calling over and over, and try new numbers to try and suck you back into
the scam.
It is important that you do not say one word to them, not goodbye, do not
tell them you know they are a scammer, or that you will post their details
online to warn others.
Scammers can work on a dozen or more victims at a time, so it is important
for you to stay quiet to them, and post their details for others to find.
DO NOT report their profiles to the hosts to be closed, their email
addresses, face book accounts, chat accounts, dating profiles, to be
closed. They need to stay open where they are now so that others can
find them listed on antiscam sites and get help.
Please post all the scammer's details: NOTE: We do not want YOUR DETAILS,
only the scammer's. We do not want your emails to the scammer(s), only
their's to you.
Please delete or XXX out your name and any other personally identifiable
information of yours from emails. If any documents you want to post have
your details in them, send them to me or any member of the staff here to
edit or black them out before posting.
Where did you meet? What is the website?
What was the scammer's name there, and his profile link?
Pictures he sent to you.
What is scammer's FB account profile link if he gave you one? Not just the
Name you see on the account, as many people can share the same name,
but the profile link in the address bar, the URL.
What is scammer's EXACT Skype Profile name or other chat name and service
like yahoo and details there? (Right-click mouse on the name in Skype.
Click on the right arrow on top and give us the name on the bottom of that
skype page.)
Who were you told to pay? How to pay? Name, address, city, country?
Phone number(s) of scammer?
Email address of the scammer?
Email addresses of any other characters in the scam, and their emails sent
to you with email headers. Bankers, lawyers, couriers, relatives who
also emailed you about the scam, all of them.
Their phone numbers, if given.
Any documents sent to you as attachments.
Original email to you, with email headers.
All money request emails from the scammer.
Scammer websites mentioned? Courier websites, banks, financial sites, other?
What is the website address? Can you post the email where the website is mentioned?
Any other details of scammer? Anything else specific that others would
google to find the scammer?
To get a better understanding of scams and this website, please read our
FAQ here:
Frequently Asked Questions. The all important FAQ page.
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=337
Important Information section also has topics on finding email headers,
how to post, etc. viewforum.php?f=3
Watch out for "recovery scams," from fake police, gov't, etc. saying
the scammer is arrested, or that they can recover your money.
This will be the scammer himself, trying to scam you again.
If you have any concerns or questions, you may post them here
or PM a staff member with red or green names.
by Wayne » Sat Mar 29, 2014 8:11 pm 
