I am so upset, but I want to share my story.
I am a student, and as I am graduating and moving to another town, I posted ads on craigslist to sell my furniture.
One guy contacted me and said he'll send me $200 cashier check for my bed. I agreed. Then he said his secretary messed up and sent me $2900. He offered $50 for running around, and the rest of the money back.
I was so stupid, that I really sent the money through western union to his client in London. Then he told me he could not buy the bed any more, coz his wife in NIGERIA has just had a baby, and he needed that money to pay her medical bills. He asked me to wire the rest of the money to his wife.
I got suspicous, and reported to my bank. Yeah, typical scammer! But I lost $2650.
I have reported to the police, secret services, Western Union, and everyone I can...
I just feel so stupid...I even work with the police as my internship, and we talk about online crimes all the time...but I just never suspected that a cashier check can be fake...
So sad now. As a poor student, that all the money I earned from my workstudy job this past year...
The worst thing...this guy contacted me again, even after I reported him to the police. He sweared in God's name, that he is not a lier. How dare he! I just pray that the good Lord will have justice done.
When I start my grad program in criminology this fall, I will work hard on whitecollar crimes...
Feeling stupid still...
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