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

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 (?).
 
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Wire transfer? you can't send wire transfer without some contact details. ask your friends he must have his details.
 
ContentExpert said:
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.
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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.
 
Mr Positive said:
His best bet would be to reach someone on Instagram directly otherwise no chance of recoveey
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I am in a dialouge with him from my IG page trying to entrap him.

I'm working him in an attempt to acquire personal information beyond what he provided to my friend.

I have the screenshot from my friend that the scammer sent him containing the wire information but the address is to a commercial building in New York.
 
Check his instagram story. Hes trying to sell a watch for 5k right now....... LMFAO!
 
Kyle Martinez said:
Check his instagram story. Hes trying to sell a watch for 5k right now....... LMFAO!
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Yup, just saw it.

He's going to keep scamming until he's caught. Unfortunately, there are too many gullible people.
 
I thought once you start stealing money over about 3K that is a persuable offense by authorities as a felony charge? Am I correct?
 
From the looks of it, I think the bank above is either a payoneer or a virtual bank account used to receive and re-transfer funds.

Don't think that the scammer would be dumb enough to take the money in his own bank :(
 
Dox him.

Honestly, use steganography to help figure out who he is.

(Java script is your friend here, get him to connect to your host computer then you can capture his info)

Check exif data on the images that were used.

What escrow service was used?

Plenty of ways to get more info, but more info is needed or ways to contact him.

Sorry this happened to your friend!
 
TheKingSlayer said:
From the looks of it, I think the bank above is either a payoneer or a virtual bank account used to receive and re-transfer funds.

Don't think that the scammer would be dumb enough to take the money in his own bank :(
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The bank is fake. He used a Google verify service to make it seem legit from the wire perspective. Based on the listings and how it was authorized.
 
ContentExpert said:
Yup, just saw it.

He's going to keep scamming until he's caught. Unfortunately, there are too many gullible people.
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Try to get more information out of him by texting with him.

Be a real dickhead and say smth like "I already transferred but my bank isn't able to transfer it to your bank blablabla" until he gives out another payment method where you could trace him down.

Even scammers make mistakes.
 
neweaver said:
The bank is fake. He used a Google verify service to make it seem legit from the wire perspective. Based on the listings and how it was authorized.
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Totally wrong. I am pretty sure this bank is a bank used by Transferwise for US accounts. He's sending the money to TW, and then sending it to another account.
 
Sushant Pawar said:
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I'm sorry to hear this! :(
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Try hitting up @purchasable on Twitter. He's basically exposing scammers online for fun.
 
Nut-Nights said:
No offense, but people are really that stupid? I mean cmon $5k transfer to a guy you saw on IG?
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I know bro, I was enraged with my friend when I found out and told him he should've talked to me before making the purchase. There was no website or business name listed on the page and couldn't believe that he actually went through with it when there were many red flags to cause doubt.

It was a senseless purchase but the guy, through DM, seemed very legitimate/persuasive and said everything that would persuade the common buyer.

Nonetheless, I'm hoping there is resolvement to be had.
 
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