i got a counterfit check from someone?

Question

i had thought that this guy name [e-mail] name supposed to be richard taylor saying he have 8 million dollars in texas in a consigment box he says hell pay me 2million if i help him then i gave him my number then he call and said can i help with 1800 dollar for shipping of the box i said no then he said( you cant say that to the diplomat) that i hanged up then he said contact him on some email address but make the story more shorter i send the 200 dollars to western union to the name of stella iyamaha and he said send it to kingsley iyamaha the address supposed to allen 33 ave lagos nigeria this guy send he a christian but when he sent a counterfit check that has 5100 dollars 850 each i lied said i cash it he told me send it immediately i got suspicious so i took the check to the checking store and told them check it and came up counter fit Well if you need to am a police officer ive been getting threats saying he im digging mhy grave he going to have no place to hide

Answer 1

you have been beat and chalk it up to experience my friend and all others should learn from this persons mistake and if it is too good to be true it probably is .

Answer 2

Hey,
This is called a "419"scam.Have a look at www.fraudwatchers.org for more variations of them.
As you have sent money,and given your home address the scammer is in a position to intimidate you.
However.
The scammer is most probably in Nigeria.
They see scamming people as a business.They have made some money from you and they now know you as an "easy mark"
If there is any chance they can bully you into sending more money they will try.
This will include pleading,begging,threatening,.They will call you at 4am just to catch you with your guard down.They will threaten to burn you in your house,call the FBI etc,etc(however the emails will be from something like thefbiusa @ yaho . con...ie they pretend to be the FBI.These are their "business" tactics

These people are scum.They hide behind a computer,using false,UNTRACEABLE identities.They will not risk coming out from the hole they are hiding to physically threaten you.They are scamming several people at once and they will just move on to the next person.

The best thing you can do is completely ignore their emails.If you answer them,even to call them a scammer,you will be carrying on a dialogue with them..
As for the phone calls,Leave them talk...string it out for as long as possible.Phone calls from to America are expensive.It makes bad "business sense" for them to spend money on calling you when you do not send them anymore money.
When you get bored of that....buy a very LOUD whistle.
For some strange reason....they dint like being deafened

Answer 3

This is the Nigerian email spam con.

If the other person - the scammer - is in the US, you probably have more luck with the authorities. If he is out of the US, you lost.

Close your bank account and open a new one.

An expensive lesson for you my friend.