by strawberry daiquiri
Sat Aug 15, 2015 5:30 pm
I have never reported anyone in my life for anything, because I'm just not that type of person, but the scammer that I was dealing with over a past couple of days is seriously getting on my nerves and I want to report him or her, but no idea where to start.
I was looking for a personal loan, but having a bad credit history I had to go through craigslist, kijijiji and many others. I came across lots of scammers asking for upfront fees etc. I found this person on facebook https://www.facebook.com/chrysler.sands I was thinking that since the person has pictures and is active on facebook it might be legit. He/she sent me an application that looked suspicious (I will post below). It has mentioned a fee that their bank supposedly charges for a transfer, but I couldn't find the abbreviation of the fee the person mentioned online. It said c.o.w.t. fee. So I asked about what bank it is and how much is the fee. He/she told me the name of some bank in Nigeria and said the fee is about $400.
Obviously I didn't believe it and just stopped answering. I already came across a few scams like that with banks in some African countries (yet advertising on Canadian websites, one person even put her Toronto address in an ad which was a hotel) and then asking me to transfer money to some e-mail like bank this and than @gmail.com. When I google the bank, the e-mail is completely different. Plus what bank charges $400 for a transfer of $2000? I just stooped talking to that person but he was very pushy and insisting, kept sending me messages asking why I'm not answering. So I got annoyed and told him pretty much everything that I wrote here. He got mad and send me a huge letter with lots of personal insults calling me a dumbass and an idiot. So I think I should report him. I don't even know what country he is located and where to start. Never done this in my life. I haven't answered him yet. Should I?
I was looking for a personal loan, but having a bad credit history I had to go through craigslist, kijijiji and many others. I came across lots of scammers asking for upfront fees etc. I found this person on facebook https://www.facebook.com/chrysler.sands I was thinking that since the person has pictures and is active on facebook it might be legit. He/she sent me an application that looked suspicious (I will post below). It has mentioned a fee that their bank supposedly charges for a transfer, but I couldn't find the abbreviation of the fee the person mentioned online. It said c.o.w.t. fee. So I asked about what bank it is and how much is the fee. He/she told me the name of some bank in Nigeria and said the fee is about $400.
Obviously I didn't believe it and just stopped answering. I already came across a few scams like that with banks in some African countries (yet advertising on Canadian websites, one person even put her Toronto address in an ad which was a hotel) and then asking me to transfer money to some e-mail like bank this and than @gmail.com. When I google the bank, the e-mail is completely different. Plus what bank charges $400 for a transfer of $2000? I just stooped talking to that person but he was very pushy and insisting, kept sending me messages asking why I'm not answering. So I got annoyed and told him pretty much everything that I wrote here. He got mad and send me a huge letter with lots of personal insults calling me a dumbass and an idiot. So I think I should report him. I don't even know what country he is located and where to start. Never done this in my life. I haven't answered him yet. Should I?