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I may have recently recieved an email from a scammer asking for payment. I may have responded to them asking for an incoming transfer of £10 to confirm the account and given them the details of an empty savings account that can't make direct external payments. It may now have £10 in.
What's the right thing to do? Part of me thinks screw the scammer I'll keep the cash, but intend to tell the bank and or police. Anyone else?
What's the right thing to do? Part of me thinks screw the scammer I'll keep the cash, but intend to tell the bank and or police. Anyone else?
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: Giving criminals your bank account details so they can transfer you money that might be the proceeds of other crimes.
What could possibly go wrong
So far i appear to have been paid £10 but made a world of hassle trying to report the fraud to companies/the police where it doesn't fit any category they care about!What could possibly go wrong
mcdjl said:
So far i appear to have been paid £10 but made a world of hassle trying to report the fraud to companies/the police where it doesn't fit any category they care about!
If the scammer comes round to your house and burns it to the ground with you and your familiy in it they might care then, but that's about the starting point for the police's interest.Apart from anything else, nothing illegal has happened yet - you asked for £10 and they sent it to you.
Sheepshanks said:
If the scammer comes round to your house and burns it to the ground with you and your familiy in it they might care then, but that's about the starting point for the police's interest.
Apart from anything else, nothing illegal has happened yet - you asked for £10 and they sent it to you.
Well arguably I'm now meant to be paying them £3209.....Apart from anything else, nothing illegal has happened yet - you asked for £10 and they sent it to you.
NGee said:
I thought the whole point of a scam was that the scammer got paid, not the other way round.
A scam that costs the scammer money doesn't seem a very good scam!
it is as old as the hills. the only issue will be the people that transfer the money and receive it are usually innocent victims themselves..A scam that costs the scammer money doesn't seem a very good scam!
mcdjl said:
Sheepshanks said:
If the scammer comes round to your house and burns it to the ground with you and your familiy in it they might care then, but that's about the starting point for the police's interest.
Apart from anything else, nothing illegal has happened yet - you asked for £10 and they sent it to you.
Well arguably I'm now meant to be paying them £3209.....Apart from anything else, nothing illegal has happened yet - you asked for £10 and they sent it to you.
IANAL. (Can you tell?)
mcdjl said:
Yeah that's my worry, that is a normal person who's back account is being used, that I got the money from.
And that's why you don't mess with criminals.The money you've received could be proceeds of crime.
And if the victim reports money disappearing from their account have a guess where the breadcrumb trail leads to.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: And that's why you don't mess with criminals.
The money you've received could be proceeds of crime.
And if the victim reports money disappearing from their account have a guess where the breadcrumb trail leads to.
At the moment having sent the trail of breadcrumbs to action fraud, 3 banks and a friend who's company has looked into these emails for me in the past, right now I'm trying to show the authorities the way to the scammer!The money you've received could be proceeds of crime.
And if the victim reports money disappearing from their account have a guess where the breadcrumb trail leads to.
mcdjl said:
At the moment having sent the trail of breadcrumbs to action fraud, 3 banks and a friend who's company has looked into these emails for me in the past, right now I'm trying to show the authorities the way to the scammer!
Scammer to mcdjl - please send me moneymcdjl to scammer - please send me £10 to show you're genuine here's my bank account
Scammer to someone else - please send £10 to this bank account
You get the idea.
Honestly I can't sugar coat it what you're doing is daft beyond words.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: And that's why you don't mess with criminals.
The money you've received could be proceeds of crime.
And if the victim reports money disappearing from their account have a guess where the breadcrumb trail leads to.
That assumes the police have the time, resource or inclination to persue petty fraud.The money you've received could be proceeds of crime.
And if the victim reports money disappearing from their account have a guess where the breadcrumb trail leads to.
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Scammer to mcdjl - please send me money
mcdjl to scammer - please send me £10 to show you're genuine here's my bank account
Scammer to someone else - please send £10 to this bank account
You get the idea.
Honestly I can't sugar coat it what you're doing is daft beyond words.
Sounds a lot like some of those fundraisers for people that spent all their money on drugs and can't get home. It's daft, I agree. I'm just surprised i actually got money.... For the moment!mcdjl to scammer - please send me £10 to show you're genuine here's my bank account
Scammer to someone else - please send £10 to this bank account
You get the idea.
Honestly I can't sugar coat it what you're doing is daft beyond words.
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