New to active baiting reporting scammer's bank account?
Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2021 3:57 pm
Hi all,
first, a quick intro: I've known about scams and baiting since around 2004/2005 when I came across the old forum and Shiver Metimber's hilarious "Tale of The Painted Breast" ...
I have, however, never been active in scambaiting myself. That is, until now. A couple of days ago I was approached by a guy who claims to be in The Gambia, his shtick being what I would call a charity scam -- basically, he needs money to feed his starving family (unlike food, internet access seems to be readily available in his neck of the woods though ...).
Knowing a thing or two about how to sidetrack conversations, playing dumb, asking a myriad of ridiculous questions etc., I've managed to drive my new friend to the brink of insanity. After refusing to use the likes of Western Union and xoom for days, I finally got him to send me bank details to get the money transferred to him.
Now, I figured it would be great to have this bank account reported or even shut down if at all possible. I've read that bank details can be reported to the forum mods, so they can forward the info to the bank involved for investigation/monitoring.
So, my question is this: This is NOT an e-mail scam; rather, the lad chatted me up on a language learning app. Is there still a way someone on here could help me with this?
I would really love to at least make life harder for my new "friend" and his ilk, so any help/tips/pointers on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated!
first, a quick intro: I've known about scams and baiting since around 2004/2005 when I came across the old forum and Shiver Metimber's hilarious "Tale of The Painted Breast" ...
I have, however, never been active in scambaiting myself. That is, until now. A couple of days ago I was approached by a guy who claims to be in The Gambia, his shtick being what I would call a charity scam -- basically, he needs money to feed his starving family (unlike food, internet access seems to be readily available in his neck of the woods though ...).
Knowing a thing or two about how to sidetrack conversations, playing dumb, asking a myriad of ridiculous questions etc., I've managed to drive my new friend to the brink of insanity. After refusing to use the likes of Western Union and xoom for days, I finally got him to send me bank details to get the money transferred to him.
Now, I figured it would be great to have this bank account reported or even shut down if at all possible. I've read that bank details can be reported to the forum mods, so they can forward the info to the bank involved for investigation/monitoring.
So, my question is this: This is NOT an e-mail scam; rather, the lad chatted me up on a language learning app. Is there still a way someone on here could help me with this?
I would really love to at least make life harder for my new "friend" and his ilk, so any help/tips/pointers on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated!