Victim Location 93504
Total money lost $3,000
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
David pretend as a buyer and said he wanted to buy my goods. And he said pay by bank transfer. Becuz he claim that he is from USA but I am from Hk. So he cannot transfer bank to bank directly. Need to do online transfer .
After he said he paid already, I received an email from *** bank said David had sent me hkd135 and now I need to send the shipment receipt to activate the payment.
After I sent the receipt. On the second day I receive *** bank email said the payment by David is too low that they will ask David transfer USD350 to the account to activate the payment.
After few minutes I received David said he needs to transfer USD350 to me to activate the payment and already sent. And ask me follow the bank instruction to activate the payment
After that, I receive the email from *** bank say I also need to pay USD350 to the bitcoin account to activate the payment.
Come to this point , I already figure out David is a fake buyer and the "*** ***" mails are also fake. I ask *** bank official Facebook via fb messager, they also reply me that the email is fake and ask me to report.
And I figure out that the bitcoin link has already receive hkd3000 that’s mean somebody already being cheated to transfer Hkd3000 to the bitcoin account.