One of my best friends has been scammed by her so-called boyfriend. Here is the story that he wove:
-"Darik" owed "Brianna" a sum of $500, which she generously lent him after he wove some other sob story for her.
-Brianna asked Darik for the $500, as she needed the money for this month's rent.
-Darik then went to another "friend" and asked to borrow the $500 he needed to pay back Brianna.
-The "friend" being oh-so generous, gave Darik a $5,000 check made out to the "friend."
-The friend claimed he came into it because someone else owed him money, and being the generous person he is, wanted to help out Darik.
-Darik then came to Brianna with the check, which was somehow signed over to her (that part I'm cloudy about).
-Darik told her to cash the check at her bank, take the $500 he owed her, and give the remaining cash back to him.
-Of course the check was a fake, the bank called Brianna and told her she needed to repay the funds immediately or they would go to the authorities.
-Since Brianna had already given up the cash, and her account did not contain nearly the $5,000 that was needed, she had to go to her brother-in-law for help.
-He obliged, because, well that's what family does.
-When Brianna asked Darik what in the hell had happened, he sold her yet another sob story about one of his dying friends needing the money, and 'oh, he had NO idea that the check was bad.'
My analysis: yeah freaking right. What I think happened was that Darik owed someone around $5,000--and desperately enough that he needed to take advantage of someone (Brianna). He keeps making up more and more sob stories as to why he cannot repay the $ yet. Darik is obviously still in the picture at all due to the fact that he has to keep conning her so she doesn't go to the police.
My question is, where do we go from here? Lawyer? Police fraud report? Or if she does that will she never see the $ again? What if she can't afford a lawyer? So many questions, so little time. I truly feel that this guy and his cohorts are DANGEROUS. Please HELP!
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