Victim Location 20047
Total money lost $1,000
Type of a scam Other
Hi, I am a graduate student in ** ***. I am looking to sublet my current apartment during summer. So, posted the availability of my room for Summer 2018 on Facebook, Sulekha. A girl named Ramya Eluri had messaged me on facebook asking whether my room was available or not. I checked her message and replied that it was available. After asking a couple of questions she was ready to take the room, and I asked her to pay me $100 as a deposit to confirm her stay. She then took my phone number (as we can transfer money using a phone number in Bank of America) and tried paying me using it. I gave her my number. Then she had some issues making the transfer, but finally, I could see a credit of $1000 on my account. She told me that by mistake she send me $1000 when she had to pay me $100. I told her I will pay her back her $900, which I did instantly. In the evening, again I saw an extra $1000 credit on my account. She said that the bank had deducted the amount twice from her account, and maybe because of which I got it twice too. I transferred her $1000 back again. This morning, I checked my account balance and it had $1000 less than the initial balance I had. I tried contacting her again, but she had blocked me on WhatsApp and Facebook both. I tried reaching on her number but it was a Google number and no one ever answered it. I tried reaching her from my friend’s account, she blocked her too. Now, we are unreach her at all. I called Bank of America, and they filed a case and told me to contact Local Police for help. Name of the spammer = Ramya Eluri Facebook profile – https://www.facebook.com/ramya.eluri.10?ref=br_rs Phone number – +1 (929) 335-3805 Email ID (to which I transferred money) – [email protected] Bank of America transaction details – — Temporary Credit Adjustment on 04/16/18 Claim *** —