Scammed for $5,000 - Help me Track Down the Scammer

No offense, but people are really that stupid? I mean cmon $5k transfer to a guy you saw on IG?

The world has never been dumber, my friend. People waste so much of their time on IG that they begin to trust it.
 
I found his website URL! :D

Who wants it?

It was registered on 4/24/2020 and is built using WIX. Unfortunately, his WhoIs information is concealed (from what I can see) but someone else may be able to dig deeper.
 
In my bank, you can dispute wires up to 30days after they were made. Double check with your bank.
 
What information do you have on the guy already?
And what's missing exactly?
You said you have his first name and know he has been arrested before so I am guessing you have his last name too.

anyways, I have a private investor that does my skip tracing for me. he's tied into the same database used by the government. hmu and I can work out a deal to get a report done for you guys. his data is usually pretty good. he can even find out which street cameras license plates have driven past. If you guys are in the US I am pretty sure he can return some details for you
 
anyways he spends $5k, try some on some good detective who can track him down.
If you got contacts within any domain registrars, they can see the real info of the owner without Domain Privacy.

anyways from what you're saying, I don't think this guy is easy to track down with criminal history and all should have learned to clear any tracks.
 
Dude just Call your Credit Card Company or Bank Provider. Tell them you lost your Card and you never made that charge.
Bank will 100% side with you and get your money back................ Chargeback bro, Call it a day and move on with your life.

It was a wire, not CC so no simple chargeback. He needs to get the authorities involved for that

This is the hole-in-the-wall bank the scammer had the funds wired to:

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I'm wondering if anything can pursued by calling them and informing them of their account holder scamming others via wires (?).

Um, how about going to the authorities vs BHW? I mean I'm just saying they could maybe just maybe actually get some warrants and get IP,s addresses etc... vs BHW ...um yeah. Sure you can try calling, like hey I am this random person without any authority and you just have to believe me so Now I need the account holder info....

I think your friend should report to the right authority and not here, 5,000 USD is a money worth investigating.
And the mode of payment is wire transfer and not something untraceable like Bitcoin.
And if your friend doesn't care about getting the money back, WHOOSH, let the scammer enjoy.

This. I mean if the friend has that much money then well guess does not matter, but ultimately this is not something I'd investigate on BHW...
 
My friend was scammed a few days ago for $5,000 and I need help tracking down the scammer.

Unfortunately, my friend has too much money and too little sense and sent a $5,000 wire to someone that owns an InstaGram jewelery page to purchase a watch.

Once sent, the guy blocked him and the bank said the wire cannot be reversed.

Well, today, after doing a little research, I found that someone else set up an InstaGram page with the same name as the scammers but with the word "scam" added to the end. There are other posts and stories of others saying this same page/guy scammed them too.

Well, I guess a month or so ago (before my friend found his page), he had a different IG page name that contained his actual FIRST name. Not only that, he was arrested in 2016 for a jewelry-related robbery.

I want you guys help in tracking down any social media pages of his or sources of his contact details so I can make the proper reports.

He is swindling thousands upon thousands of dollars from people via his IG page and I want to track down this dirt bag so he can be held accountable on the legal level.

I have a news article that was published on him but am unable to find any additional information, social media pages, or sources that would help my case.

I'd be happy to share this with anyone here and hope you can offer some advice on how to proceed.
The wire transfer was made to which country
 
You should put more information.
His ig acc, the bank details your friend wired.
 
The first thing is Just to file an FIR against the Scammer with whatever the evidence you have because using this FIR Police can ask the Bank manager regarding the details of the Scammer's Account (Without any FIR, not bank officials reveal the account holder identity that's why) Then Police will do their work. I hope he will get all the money soon.
 
My friend was scammed a few days ago for $5,000 and I need help tracking down the scammer.

Unfortunately, my friend has too much money and too little sense and sent a $5,000 wire to someone that owns an InstaGram jewelery page to purchase a watch.

Once sent, the guy blocked him and the bank said the wire cannot be reversed.

Well, today, after doing a little research, I found that someone else set up an InstaGram page with the same name as the scammers but with the word "scam" added to the end. There are other posts and stories of others saying this same page/guy scammed them too.

Well, I guess a month or so ago (before my friend found his page), he had a different IG page name that contained his actual FIRST name. Not only that, he was arrested in 2016 for a jewelry-related robbery.

I want you guys help in tracking down any social media pages of his or sources of his contact details so I can make the proper reports.

He is swindling thousands upon thousands of dollars from people via his IG page and I want to track down this dirt bag so he can be held accountable on the legal level.

I have a news article that was published on him but am unable to find any additional information, social media pages, or sources that would help my case.

I'd be happy to share this with anyone here and hope you can offer some advice on how to proceed.
Submit it to a good Doxing forum, ask someone who is good at Doxing.
With the informations you supposedly have, it should be easy to get a good report on his private details - especially as it didn't sound like the guy looks at his OpSec.
 
Your friend must have some of his details if he sent a Wire.
 
Let me check the URL.
I found his website URL! :D

Who wants it?

It was registered on 4/24/2020 and is built using WIX. Unfortunately, his WhoIs information is concealed (from what I can see) but someone else may be able to dig deeper.

What is the URL?
 
I found his website URL! :D

Who wants it?

It was registered on 4/24/2020 and is built using WIX. Unfortunately, his WhoIs information is concealed (from what I can see) but someone else may be able to dig deeper.
Maybe you can report him to Wix / Whois or the necessary authority, mention the circumstances and gain more information?
 
This is the hole-in-the-wall bank the scammer had the funds wired to:

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I'm wondering if anything can pursued by calling them and informing them of their account holder scamming others via wires (?).
That's the bank payoneer uses and it provides an account to everyone even if outside the US.
 
All these people in here saying go to the authorities have obviously never had an issue they had to report to Police in the USA. From the info provided, the bank the wire was sent to was NYC. This means he has to get the NYPD involved. They are not going to be very interested in doing anything over a 5k wire, that is essentially a he-said she-said. They can find out who this person is, go see him, and the person can provide a receipt from the post office saying he shipped a package and it just hasn't arrived yet. Then the investigation goes no where.

Once something crosses state lines, it becomes federal. Now the FBI really does not care about a 5k wire. They have more important things to do.

The only saving grace is if this dude is rich enough to be deemed important enough that the authorities put any effort into it
 
All these people in here saying go to the authorities have obviously never had an issue they had to report to Police in the USA. From the info provided, the bank the wire was sent to was NYC. This means he has to get the NYPD involved. They are not going to be very interested in doing anything over a 5k wire, that is essentially a he-said she-said. They can find out who this person is, go see him, and the person can provide a receipt from the post office saying he shipped a package and it just hasn't arrived yet. Then the investigation goes no where.

Once something crosses state lines, it becomes federal. Now the FBI really does not care about a 5k wire. They have more important things to do.

The only saving grace is if this dude is rich enough to be deemed important enough that the authorities put any effort into it
You got a fair point, thats why its always good to go for a private investigator specialised in digital trades, it would be costly but with their contacts, could track down the scammer fairly quickly.
 
I found his website URL! :D

Who wants it?

It was registered on 4/24/2020 and is built using WIX. Unfortunately, his WhoIs information is concealed (from what I can see) but someone else may be able to dig deeper.

Shoot it to me, i was able to bypass it so far a couple of times.
 
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