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I need advice, my friend fell for Nigerian internet scammers for around 10,000 dollar
Ok a few years ago I received my first Nigerian email scam invitation, and I laughed for weeks because of it. Later on I found out that this type of scam goes on all the time. Well a few weeks ago my friend tells me about this girl he met on a dating website, and they started talking. It turns out she lives in Africa, and wanted to come here. I warned him that it was a scam, but obviously not sternly enough. So like a week later supposedly her boss sends my friend money orders for back wages he owed her that she couldn't get in Africa. He went to the bank cashed 10,000 dollars worth of these money orders and then sent them by Western Union to her. A few days later he gets more and he goes to the post office to cash them but they tell him that they are counterfeit and at first they act like they are going to charge him with a crime. The next day they back off and say that basically they knew he wasn't trying to purposely do anything wrong, and they tell him to break contact with her. They then go about their business.
However, the money orders my friend cashed came back to his bank and now he is 10,000 dollars in the hole. This is a pretty devistating blow to him, and he doesn't know what to do. So I was wondering if any of you could give me any advice that could help him out. He is only a waiter trying to finish up college, so he lives on a very modest income. He's really kicking himself because he was so naive, but basically the bank said that he was liable and not the person posing as the boss who created the counterfeit money orders then sent them to my friend, because nobody knows where to find him.
So what are some of my friends options? He doesn't really have the money to pay them off, he doesn't want to declare bankruptcy, so can he do anything about this? Thanks for your help!
However, the money orders my friend cashed came back to his bank and now he is 10,000 dollars in the hole. This is a pretty devistating blow to him, and he doesn't know what to do. So I was wondering if any of you could give me any advice that could help him out. He is only a waiter trying to finish up college, so he lives on a very modest income. He's really kicking himself because he was so naive, but basically the bank said that he was liable and not the person posing as the boss who created the counterfeit money orders then sent them to my friend, because nobody knows where to find him.
So what are some of my friends options? He doesn't really have the money to pay them off, he doesn't want to declare bankruptcy, so can he do anything about this? Thanks for your help!
What a muppet, what was he thinking? Even a five year old on LSD could see though that scam
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