Is there any help to recover my loss

I am in need of any help to recover any of the money I have lost. I am looking at losing everything I have. My home, what little possessions I have. I am not able to pay my bills. Is there any help out there for me. I need help asap before everything is gone.

Hello Woodysmom,

Can you give us a little more information? Were you a victim of an Internet scam?

Justin

Hi Woodysmom, could you please explain a little more about how you have lost money.

If you have been involved with a scammer, and have sent him money using Western Union, I'm sorry, but there is no hope of ever getting that money back.

What the scammer will do however, is send you another email saying that they can help you recover some/most of that money, for the payment of more fees. This will be another scam.

Could you please give us more information.

I wish it was hello under happier circumstances woodysmom. No great detail in your post but I presume payments were sent to a scammer via western union or moneygram? If that is the case, your chances of recovering the money you have sent is like trying to stop the Titanic from sinking. However if the money was sent to a bank account, you may have a chance?
I wish there was an easier way of breaking the news to you.
Are you able to give some more info? Email headers, name the scammer used and maybe post the email where they asked for money?
Other forum members may have some ideas

Hello Woodysmom,

Can you give us a little more information? Were you a victim of an Internet scam?

Justin

Yes I was scammed using Western Union, with the total amount and fees of $4,564.00. It was Brian Resnick. I was hoping that there are some type of loan companies that could help me. I have taken out several payday loans that will take all of my paychecks for the next few months. I have $1,800 in payday loans not including their fees. I am trying to pay my usual bills as it is, without all of this on top.

I wish very much that we could give you happier news, but as the others have said, the money is not retrievable. While he was posing as an American soldier, the man you were in contact with is African, and he is operating out of Africa or Malaysia (I don't remember offhand if we got a location of his internet connection.) He is using free email addresses and an internet connection used by hundreds of other people, so an IP trace would only lead you to a general area, not a specific person. The WU has long since been picked up and transferred on, and the trail will undoubtedly lead to other fake names. Our government can't do anything except ask his government to investigate, as they have no authority where he lives.

He may claim that he feels bad and will give you some or all of your money back, or you may be contacted by someone claiming to be authorities that can get his arrested and/or your money returned. This is just new lies by the same people--eventually they will introduce fees that need to be paid or will try to get key information from you that is needed to steal more.

I know you were going to talk to an attorney--if you haven't, it is a good idea to do so to see if your debts can be restructured to something manageable, and as hard as it is, it may be worthwhile to talk to your family to see if they can help you to get through this. Also, there are many nonprofit credit counseling services that do more than just help you budget--several of these services will help you to negotiate with your creditors to get the payments to a level you can manage.