I have been cheated by someone who promised to sponsor me!
Question Posted Friday April 18 2014, 12:21 am
I have paid a sponsorer to sponsor me 14000$ but no w he doesnt pick the call nor call us.Every penny we gave him was hard earned money this man have cheated us what shall we do with this person if I am from NSW.
I dont have his address just bank details and phone numbers.
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Work/School Relationships? prettyinpink16 answered Thursday April 24 2014, 11:02 am: You have not given much information to help me answer this question for you, but I will definitely try my best and give you the best advice I can. You do not need his address to get the law involved, this is what you must do first before you do anything else. The law is the only way to deal with this properly, so I suggest calling your local police department (you can look up the number on the internet) and telling them all about what happened and they might ask you for the information of this man, in which you have (some pretty crucial information, might I add). Don't worry, I am sure stuff like this happens a lot but the best thing to do is let people handle it that have dealt with this stuff before and know how to do it in the proper manner. What he did was against the law, so that you have the law on your side, which in this case is a very good thing. It's times like these that make you thankful for things like the government! Anyways, please start this process ASAP so you can get the process started and work on putting your mind to ease. I hope everything works out for the best.
AskSinz answered Tuesday April 22 2014, 9:07 pm: Hey,
That is really unfortunate that this guy bailed on his commitment to sponsor you, it must really anger you. When you paid him to sponsor you was there any form of contract involved?
You could potentially get legal services involved as that is a lot of money for someone to take from you. I would suggest you contact the numbers first of all but I'm guessing that's been done. I would not advise using his bank details for anything as that could get very messy and end up making the situation much worse; any form of fraudulent activity would.
I'm sorry that I haven't been of much help but if you have any way of proving that he basically stole this money from you then your best bet is to seek legal help.
mrsh answered Monday April 21 2014, 4:58 am: Can I just ask why did you have to pay him to sponsor you?
He's under no legal obligation though there is of course a moral one. Even so given that you have no written legally binding agreement I am not aware of anything you can actually do
I'm sorry and hope you have more success with other sponsors [ mrsh's advice column | Ask mrsh A Question ]
wittedpanda answered Sunday April 20 2014, 10:02 pm: Don't wait, go to the police and tell them about the fraud. They'll ask you for whatever information you can give, so give them the bank details and phone numbers. They can track people through those, and figure out what's going on.
This person has stolen a LOT of money from you, and that is a serious crime. So please, do not wait. Talk to the police before the person has time to disappear.
pinkpolkadots answered Saturday April 19 2014, 2:43 am: I'm not sure how to answer this question, because I'm not sure what sponsoring you're referring to or any details about it. If you want to ask again, please give more details. [ pinkpolkadots's advice column | Ask pinkpolkadots A Question ]
YourFairyGodmother answered Saturday April 19 2014, 12:21 am: hmm. Perhaps phone him and if it goes into voicemail or whatever, just say in a really sinister tone, "I know what you did last weekend. Call me back or everyone finds out."
adviceman49 answered Friday April 18 2014, 11:14 am: I would not follow bluehearts advice and try to scam a scammer you can only be hurt more. This and should be a police matter. If they want to set up a sting, which is what they might try and you are willing to participate, it should be up to the police not you.
The chance of getting your money back is probably slim. I'm not familiar with the laws in Australia as I live in the USA. If the person is caught the courts can order restitution though he would have to have the assets to garnish to get restitution.
Report what has happened to the police. Give them all the information you have. I am fairly certain this person has pulled this scam before. As the police gather more information the closer they get to catching him. You may not get your money back but you hopefully will get closure and some satisfaction of having him arrested and hopefully sent to jail for his misdeeds. [ adviceman49's advice column | Ask adviceman49 A Question ]
blueheart answered Friday April 18 2014, 5:46 am: Oh sweetie you are in trouble. This man cheated you and you've been scammed. Thousand of people are scammed in Australia every year. It's pretty tough to locate a scammer however You must immediately get in contact with the cops. Report the scammer to your higher authority or to the local prosecutors.
Call the scammer with his numbers and the authorities can locate wherever he is. Unfortunately, the chances of recovering your money back is quite not good.
However you can trick the scammer back. Msg him or call him that you want to send more money to him just to sure that he can sponsor you more and continuesly. Yet you are doing this for letting him get into the boat and hook him up to the prosecutors. However this is really risky. My mom did this when my sister was scammed when the guy promised her to process her papers and she gave money but weeks after the guy didn't do anything and went away. So my mom reported to police and she made a negotiation to scammer and told hom to give more money to process the papers faster. Then luckily the cops hooked him up. But unfortunately the money wasn't able to be back.
I think this idea would help somehow. But to tell you that it's risky. You need to report the scammer then fall him into a bait.
Lastly, you need to educate yourself for that matters to avoid further risks. The sad fact is that the scammed were not able to see their money again. But let us not lose hope. We must pray that the money will be back, somehow you must take an action also.
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