Help me! I got a scam

A strange person gave me an offer about money and I was stupidlly interested in it. I rejected the offer under further consideration. Please help if you see info like this and advise what I should do now. Thank you.

There is not much this kind of scammer can do with a scan of a passport. Scans are not high enough quality to duplicate.

Sometime scammers will use the names of former victims in their scams. This can be a little bit of a problem for you, but it is typically pretty easy to show that you were not the person who sent out the scam emails.
It's not a bad idea to notify your local police that you gave that information to someone you discovered was a scammer, just as a precaution, but it's not something to lose sleep over.

if by National ID then that ID can be or is linked to your credit, then it wouldn't be a bad idea to alert the credit agencies to a possibility of Fraud on your credit accounts, and check your credit reports to make sure no new activity is detected. Most of the time this type of identity theft is far beyond the typical scammer's know how, but it might be better safe than sorry sometimes.

Thank all. I'll report to the national goverment about that. I really scared.

ngocvu. There is no need to be scared. Whilst it is true on odd occasions a scammer may try to intimidate a target. You need not worry because the scammer is simply full of bluff. If the fraudster did cause too much grief, it's real identity would become known and that is what the trickster will avoid. Their life revolves around deceit, lies, false names and trying to fool people. Thanks to websites such as this, their silly antics are becoming widely known.

Thank you. The rogue continuouslly sends me emails telling me about the procedures to get the illegal fund (contact info of the attorney but in hotmail/ Phone #: +971...). Pls advise what I should do other than that. Thanks a lot. I am really getting confused.

[AlanJones]

The best thing to do is to block his email and don't respond to him. He will soon give up and start looking for his next victim.

attorney's giving out their mobile phone #'s?? That does not happen to unknown clients!!

Information on phone number range +971 56XXXXXXX
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination United Arab Emirates
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Etisalat

They also do not use free email services like hotmail or mail2Uae.com. Real attorney's have their own domain (dot com) and use it.

Chances are good after you block the sender that is trying to scam you, you will start receiving other emails from a different address claiming to be a different person still relating to the non existent money. Block any other new email addresses this guy comes up with as well, they are all the same scammer, and they will all be free email addresses.

Thanks all. I already locked that person. What should I do to avoid the case he uses my info (passport and ID #) to scam other people?

He is probably not going to attempt identity theft, but may edit the passport to put a different name or picture and use it in another scam. See the passport thread in the image forum for lots of examples.

As vx indicated, the scammer is probably not going to use your info. The reason they ask for such things is to simply make the scam sound believable and put the target at ease during the sting. I too have sent personal info to a scammer long ago with no adverse affects happening.

Thanks for sharing. The scammer keeps approaching me and sending me scanned copies of his fake passport/ ID/ employee card. He wants some things from me other than my info, moneys - I dont know. A friend of mine gives me his thoughts that there are many cabals in Africa defrauding people of money and not only me is getting into these kinds of troubles in my country.

[AlanJones]

No, all he wants is your money - that is all he is interested in.

As long as you are still replying to him, he will see you as a potential victim. Stop replying and block his email and he will move on to the next victim.

Thanks all. I already locked that person. What should I do to avoid the case he uses my info (passport and ID #) to scam other people?

you can contact the offices that issued the ID and passport and see what they recommend. They may or may not allow you to report them stolen, then issue you different #'s. (Think of flight 370 with 2 stolen passports), it is possible, though highly unlikely from west african scammers that can or will do anything to hurt you. They are all threats, no action. They earn their money by placing fear into your head.

You also need to be aware for more scammers to contact you. No Attorneys/Soliciters/Barristers/FBI Agents/Bankers/Or Government officials of any kind contact people blindly! If you get an email from someone you do not know about anything, consider it a scam and just hit delete