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> Asking your bank to "help" is like asking the US government for a refund when you mail an envelope full of cash to some anonymous person. This is actually wh
by legulere 9y ago
> Asking your bank to "help" is like asking the US government for a refund when you mail an envelope full of cash to some anonymous person.
This is actually what you should do: go to the police because someone committed fraud.
As someone not from the US I’m also a bit shocked that banks in the us don’t care that their bank accounts are abused for fraud.
- ghshephard 9y agoBut it isn't fraud - you sent them cash. The end. You can take them to small claims court if they failed to fulfill a contract, but there are a lot of reasons why a person won't, or can't fulfill their end of the bargain other than criminal fraud. This is why credit cards are awesome for this sort of thing - chargebacks.
- kevingadd 9y agoThe police literally do not help with this sort of scam unless the amount is big enough to matter. People run scams like this all the time on craigslist, whether it's for tickets or apartment rentals or whatever. It's so common that police simply don't have the resources to chase them down, and if you call to file a complaint sometimes they'll tell you not to bother. I previously ran across a scam like this while apartment hunting, and ended up contacting the local police along with the scammer's bank. Neither of them were willing to do anything about it so I left it be. Hopefully they didn't get anyone's money, but they probably did...