Somebody e-mailed saying that her father deposited money in the bank and she asked me to be her foreign guardian since her father said this deposit can transferred to only foriegner. Then I got mail from bank(United Trust Bank of London), saying everything she was saying was correct. Then she introduced a lawyer to make the transfer. I know lawyer's name and I sent him money. I know his phone number. Every document lawyer sent was fake,but I got to know that later. What shoul I do now???
2007-11-27 10:52:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I am still contacting with the people who scammed. I know his name and his telephone number. Does it help me?
2007-11-27 19:19:27 · update #1
Report it at once.
2007-11-27 10:55:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably don't want to hear this but there is not much you can do. This is a very common scam, and your money is long...long...long...gone. That is you can report it to your local law enforcement, they will take a report but that is about as far as it will go.
The only thing you need to worry about now is if they have any of your personal information. If you gave them your SSN or Bank Account Number you need to immediately contact your bank and report it to them. They will most likey close out the account and transfer the money to a new account. What this means is that you will have to re-setup any automatic debits/deposits linked to the old account. If you do not do this you could very possibly wake up one morning and have your entire balance withdrawn.
If you are in the US and they have your SSN you also need to place a fraud alert on your credit report. This is where the police report will come in handy. Once placed they will have to go through extra steps to verify it is indeed you before new credit is opened up.
2007-11-27 11:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by OC1999 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How main times have you been told about computers If it sounds to good to be true,it
is .
Contact the FBI and they will give you all the inf oration on how to contact INTERPOL in
London.
THERE isn't much you can do now.But you will
be contact again, with a new scam.
2007-11-27 11:04:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call your bank and report fraud and call police.
I almost fell for that type of scam too...
2007-11-27 10:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You report crime to the police. They will direct you to the correct division or department.
2007-11-27 10:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋