G/F's Mother - Scammed - now what?

Hi, so I just joined this (and 419eater) b/c my blood is boiling and I would love some revenge on these scum-bags that tricked my poor girlfriend's mom into giving them over $7k before we could find out what was going on (thank God we caught on before she lost everything). Also want to bring any awareness I can regarding these guys to make sure this doesn't happen to others.

I just called the number that has been stalking her and spoke to them (the Dept of Justice - of course) and it just made me so angry that these people can get away with this. They thought I was the dumbest person in the world..."hold on, I'm going to transfer you to the FBI now" - lol. It would be funny how ridiculous it all is...if they weren't ruining people's lives with it.

So, I guess I'm here to see if folks have any advice, options, thoughts for getting back at these people somehow. I don't want to wait for the FTC, (real) FBI / DOJ to do something - is there something that can be done now?

The number is (202) 470-3361. Typically a Gabriel Nunez would call her mother and say she won money but cash was needed to get it to her. Since my g/f and I found out, they've been panicking and calling her every hour to try to extract every last drop.

She wrote her check out ($4,500) to a Margaret Shimata in Hawaii. I called her too. I think she's in on it. She picked up, and said she used to have a bank account at the bank where the check was cashed, but that it was closed. Also - she called my g/f and blasted her asking why she left a nasty message for her "son". Interesting...the plot thickens.

I feel like these guys aren't that good at covering their tracks??? I can get both numbers on-line and probably the addresses too.

Any thoughts / help would be appreciated. I am soooo pissed.

Unfortunately, you won't be able to get her money back.

But, I would recommend that you check out 419eater.com, our sister site, where we have training and tools that will help to make scammers' lives more difficult.

Some advice though wrathOFscam.

You won't achieve anything if you're emotionally involved. It's always said that victims don't make good baiters for this reason and, if you're angry over someone else's loss you won't get anywhere. Very often you have to make the scammer your best friend and buddy to get close to them, and you can't do that if you're seething with anger.

You'll get the necessary advice, help and support at 419eater.

makes sense...appreciate the advice. Like what you all are doing in these forums and making life a little harder for the scammers, I'm going to get involved