by peg » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:02 pm
Although I truly understand your anger and desire to seek revenge, you should keep in mind that these are very often from organized crime in countries such as Romania. Additionally, they will not generally be fooled by simple forged receipts. To them it doesn't matter. They will not send you ANYTHING, and wait for you to send them SOMETHING. If you Wire them money... As soon as they get it, expect NO CONTACT from them whatsoever.
Unless you are prepared to get DEEPLY involved (which I don't recommend for safety sake) You should leave it up to the professionals. Let the Police (or other appropriate law enforcement) do their jobs and provide them with the details that they need to do it.
The next thing you should do is let EVERYONE you know (I know it sounds like a spam email but really you should let EVERYONE know) about this scam and make them aware. Education is the key to truly stopping them. If more people become aware, then less people will get caught by these scams.
Finally, I recommend that you post ALL details of this scam that here in the forum for others (Keeping YOUR personal information private). That way more people will see if YOUR scam is like THEIR scam. Additionally, many law enforcement agencies use this site regularly especially the database and gallery to help identify scams and stop them.
I know it's not really the answer you want, and short of hanging them (the scammers) up by their short hairs, you won't get the satisfaction you want, but I am here to tell you, the "I was saved by your site...." stories make me more and more happy that I have developed this site and makes up for the money that I lost in a similar scam.
- peg -
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