He called all the time. Was very friendly. He worked in the usa and was went to his home country to care for his sick mother. He made it all sound true. He told me his daughter was sick and when she was feeling better he would coming back to the states. He asked if his boss could mail me his pay check and if I could cash it for him and western union it. Because it would be faster then having it mailed. And he said in his home country they would not cash american pay checks. He said they owed him three th ousand dollars and four my time I could keep 500.00 for my help The money orders came and I was a bit leary so I went to the bank and they cashed it. So the next day I took the other ones back to cash and send western union. A cop showed up at the bank and I was told to come with him and the president of the bank. They were usa postal money orders and looked real to me. They were fake. I was then taken down to the police station for questioning. I gave the police the guys name.
The man lied and said he did not know me and never heard of me or never talked to me on the phone before. It was a money order scam. He really gained my trust with all the phone calls, told me about his job in usa and his daughter. He was never once in usa he was doing a usa postal money order scam and he went to usa dating sights to pick up women. I am waiting to here if I am going to be prosecuted. I told the police to search my home, take my computers just to prove I was not making fake money orders. I have not heard yet. I did have to pay the money back to bank. Has this happened to you before? being scammed from someone from another country
Once his mother and daughter was well he and his daughter were coming back to the states so he could return to work and we could meet. He scammed me.
Sorry to hear your story, but I believe you are not alone in this. There had been previous similiar incidents like yours that was posted here.
Yes, there are people who prey on your feelings to get your money. So you should have come out wiser now.
Such scams are like the Nigereian scams you get in your emails. This is a variation, in person. And they use other people to do the dirty deeds for them. They will use a bit of real stuff with the rest in fakes. Sometimes they tell you that they send the cheques to you by mail with registration and all that as proof, and asking you to transfer money first due to urgency on their side. Same thing, will be false information and they disappear after getting your money.
I hope you had not suffered much financial loss. And maybe the police at your side can help by continuing contact with that guy to get him to divulge his true identity or something like that.
Just be more careful and cautious the next time.