Victim Location 60634
Total money lost $275
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I spoke with someone on Instagram who I ended up purchasing dried morel mushrooms from. I gave him my personal information for shipping after providing payment via cashapp. I was then sent an email with the tracking info from a bogus shipping company. A day later the shipping company stated I needed to pay an additional amount to avoid my package being opened and confiscated. It was an obvious scam the moment I checked the shipping company. I told him to send via usps or fedex and it was an obvious mistake to pay prior to shipping. After I contacted the seller I pointed this out which was when I got the double down attempt to extort more money through the threatening Covid19 pandemic customs email. Under the guise it was drugs or something and I would be arrested. It was really ridiculous. Absolute scam. The name he used on Wickr is Donnie Brooks, the cashapp was O’Neil Forseh $MrZobo