hey, can a scam artist hurt you now that they have my addres

i was recently scammed, but i now have the money the scammer wanted me to send to nigeria. i ended contact with him and still have the money in cash, but he still has my address and knows even my facebook. can he hurt me or my family? through having my address or even FB page?

[AlanJones]

The scammer is unlikely to turn up at your door, as that would cost him money to get from Africa to wherever you are and would also mean he would need to get visas etc.

As to your facebook page, well he could make comments on your wall about you stealing from him, but he's unlikely to bother as the money you've got isn't his it probably belongs to another victim.

With regards to the money, you were advised by both me and Dotti to go to the police with it and all the emails. Have you done so? If you are thinking of keeping the money then you are making a big mistake, it could come back to bite you in the future when someone complains about you scamming them. It will be you on the line, not the anonymous scammer in Africa (or whereever he is).

thanks, i will contact the police soon. im just looking things over and asking questions to my lawyer. i have all the emails and can the information he sent the money from to me be of any use? can that be the person he robbed from?

[AlanJones]

If I remember correctly, the money was sent to you via Western Union. If this is the case, then yes that money will have come from a victim (or victims depending on how many payments you received). The victims will have been scammed by the scammer into sending the money to you - eventually they will realise that they have been scammed and the name they will have is yours!

When you go to the police, they might be able to identify the victims (assuming they are in the same country as you) and make sure that the money gets back to them. But the main thing that you gain from going to the police before they come after you is that at the moment you are a victim. If you keep the money then they might view you as an accomplace to the scam.

Finally, it would help if you kept your posts to one topic rather than starting a new thread each time as it makes it easy for us to see the history.

ok thanks, i will go the police soon.