I need advice, my friend fell for Nigerian internet scammers for around 10,000 dollar

[korn469]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
When you say friend, you mean yourself don't you?

nah

but sucks though because it looks like he has if any options, does anyone know about declaring bankruptcy and its repercussions? because that's what I advised him to do if he couldn't pay it back in this case

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Guynemer
And I prefer "dumb as a sack of hammers." "Dumber than a boxful of hair" is also a good one.

It's way beyond that. This is "dumber than two boxfuls of hair" level.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by korn469
. . ., does anyone know about declaring bankruptcy and its repercussions? because that's what I advised him to do if he couldn't pay it back in this case

Congress just changed the bankruptcy laws, so who knows. If he's that bad off, it's time to talk to a bankruptcy lawyer.

[chequita guevara]

Bush hasn't signed the bill yet, but it's not credit card debt anyway. Your friend needs to declare bankruptcy. That's the only way out of this situation.

I can't believe he didn't at least wait for the money order to clear.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by reds4ever
It doesn't work like that, by presenting the orders he's effectively vouching for them/ bought them. It's up to him, not the bank, to recover the money if those orders are fake.

Sorry theres no easy way out Korn. He's screwed.

Suppose you go to your new job the first day, and your boss gives you a 10,000 pound money order to cash. You come back with the money, your boss takes it, leaves office, and never to be seen again.

Are you stuck with this? It doesn't make sense if you do, and these are similar situations.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
Couldn?t some insurance cover this? Like stupid insurance?

Doesn't cover pre-existing acts of stupidity.

[notyoueither]

They are getting more and more inventive. They are using direct mail and other approaches now.

I had a cheque on a British bank sent to me with the request to immediately ship certain products, please.

I sent the cheque through our bank for collection. The answer came back that it was fraudulant. Colour me shocked.

[Kingof the Apes]

Check out www.419legal.org

Your friend should be able to get some expert advice from there. The admin works for the South African police, I believe, and the site is dedicated to combat Advance Fee Fraud.

I doubt your friend will be able to get any money back, but he can help build evidence against the scammers, and possibly hasten their arrest.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I'm wondering if he is liable for the counterfeits.

How's a lay person supposed to spot counterfeits if the people who work at the bank can't?

It might be worth a trip to a lawyers, or a law library, or a legal aid society, or something in order to look into it. Maybe even the detectives on the case might know a little something about this...although they're trained in criminal law, and who gets stuck paying for these bad boys is a civil matter.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by Kingof the Apes
Check out www.419legal.org

Your friend should be able to get some expert advice from there. The admin works for the South African police, I believe, and the site is dedicated to combat Advance Fee Fraud.

I doubt your friend will be able to get any money back, but he can help build evidence against the scammers, and possibly hasten their arrest.

Well done.

[Solver]

Really, have your friend talk to the FBI. Even if he doesn't want to, force him, be stern this time around. I guess it will also help if he can get all of his correspondence forwarded to the FBI later.

[Sikander]

The good news is that for $10,000 he can easily afford to have the scammers killed.

[Spiffor]

Could you and other friends/family of his offer him a friendly loan? 10,000 is a ***** to gather, but a few thousands should be possible with several contributors.

It would seriously help him not turning desperate.

[chequita guevara]

This is why you should never talk to anyone from Africa.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Your friend is dumb as a rock.

I don't know any rocks that have fallen for these things. Dumber.