Feb 21st 2011, 16:59:44
One thing that stood out like a sore thumb was the infereance that, "they claim they already reported it to the police and gave me a police report # and that if i sent the money now theyd call again and say they mislead them..."
Just imagine for one second how that sounds BRD.
Save yourself some time and good money. Don't communicate in any fashion, absolutely none! Keep a record of all your messages and at some point, YOU, report it to the local authorities in your area. If you didn't do anything wrong, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Someone who is attempting to extort funds in this manner has got to be pretty stupid and I mean, very stupid. i repeat, do not attempt to communicate with this party, et/al.
Take this data to your local authorities and provide them with all of the details. The only problem I see here is a jurisdiction issue which could become challenging. The internet is a wide open world of opportunity and in this case, a most certain questionable opportunity. This is possibly an intelligent scam artist that knows they can actually get away with this and is working on percentages.
Don't waste money with a lawyer, get it to the police and start your own police file number as soon as possible, if you haven't already done so.
Good luck!
