I suspect this guy is a scammer from a dating site. I have been chatting to him for 2 days and he asked for my assistance.
He is supposed to be paid money but he wants it right now before he goes back to Germany hence the reason he says he
wants a South African bank account to have the money deposited into. I am not stupid or dumb but I play along...
I told him that I am in debt to the tune of $26,000 (R435,000) and my bank will just take that money off of the $45,000.
He says this is fine because I seem sincere! I even suggested I could go on a spending spree. He said he knows I will not.
I told him that I do not know how I would pay him back and he said that is fine too. I have found his face on several romance
scammer sites during a reverse image search. His phone number is from the USA, not Germany where he is supposed to be from.
So basically I will never give him my bank account details nor full name (which he has requested several times now)
What are the implications for other people (dumb romantics) who fall into this trap?
What could a scammer do with this information?
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