I have been scammed

I cant believe to have been so stupid , i was naively made into a money mule. I have no idea on what to do , my bank has closed my account and has not responded to my letter. I dont know how to prove that i am a victim, i genuinely thought it was a job. But barclays did not advise me on what to do , once the payment arrived therefore i got scared and transferred the money to where it was requested. Please someone help me on what to do, i have been so stressed through this whole situation

[AlanJones]

Barclays have every right to close your account I'm afraid. If you are lucky they won't have put a CIFAS marker on your credit file or referred the matter to the police as money laundering.

I would suggest that you contact another bank and arrange to open an account, but be warned that if you do have a marker on your file you may find that no one wants to have you as a customer.

I would also recommend that you contact the police to advise them that you are a victim - it will look a lot better than if they have to come looking for you.

Welcome to Scamwarners Pavan1206.

It could be worse and I have posted a link in the 'News Forum' to a news story where people in the UK were jailed for acting as 'money mules'. The problem is that no bank has to provide an account to anyone and no UK bank will shut your account without good reason. My bank could shut my account tomorrow and they don't have to tell me why, and I can do little about it. Since you've admitted to money laundering you don't really have grounds to complain. They won't tell you why and anyway you know.

The bank's decision isn't personal, it's a purely commercial decision. The problem is that often the people most likely to get involved with this type of transaction have accounts that a bank may not be concerned to lose. If you have a track record over a period of years with a well paid job and a regular income with significant balances, the bank may reconsider, but the risks of you getting involved in a similar transaction could still make holding your account too risky, bearing in mind that your actions could make the bank liable to legal and regulatory action.

The problem is that the actual victim is the person who has lost money and does have grounds to report you to the police. The criminals who use 'money mules' usually don't don't care about protecting their identity. It's a nightmare situation but this is why criminals use 'money mules'.

I doubt the bank will change its mind.

You may want to post the fake company name and other details such as email addresses they used to help warn other victims . Also helps us track down any fake sites they may have built .

Print out the emails from the fake company, with complete headers, and show them to both the police and the bank. Also post them here. If there's already a thread about the fake site, post them in that thread; the site killers who are reporting the site will add it as evidence to the next report.