Welcome SCB and thanks for telling your story here. I'm sorry that you were scammed.
We really need this scammer's details posted. This UK, Nigeria, Malaysia connection with fake websites, fake banking sites, fake bank statements, fake courier websites is a very dangerous and successful scam that has been running over the last two years or so, and many victims have gotten caught up in it for huge amounts of money and lots of broken hearts. Please return and give us as much of the details as you can. This scammer is actually part of a whole big group or gang of scammers all over the world. I guarantee that they have more than a dozen more victims each on the hook at this moment and adding more on a daily basis. Only the details that you possess posted here can save them from heartache pain and financial loss.
Please post:
Name the scammer used and his email address.
Any and all names of any other fake associates and their emails used in this scam. (Couriers, bankers, lawyers, etc.)
Pictures the scammer sent to you.
Name and website links of any bank or courier website. These can be closed down.
Opening emails of each "character" with full header information.
Any "images" attachments of bank account slips he or anyone else in the scam sent, with the emails/headers when he showed you that.
All money request emails with headers. If he gave you a bank account to transfer money to, the email with the banking details inside include full headers of the email. (We can also get his accounts reported for closing.)
Every phone number he or his associates used to contact you and character who used them.
His profile name on match.com and his posted details of himself and descriptions.
Lastly, do not tell the scammer you posted his details or confront him in any way, and do not say one thing to him. Ignore all contact, and watch out for recovery scams.
If you need help or direction in posting this information, please contact us here in the topic, via pm to staff here, or visit our chat room. We will give you all the help necessary to get as much information posted as possible. Thank you for thinking of the other victims.