Form Submitted On: 2022-11-03
What name did the scammer use?: Zindwel
How old did the scammer say they were?: 37
What site/app did you first meet the scammer on? Please provide a link if possible.: Instagram @zind_ray4
Who made the first contact?: They contacted me first.
If they asked you to leave the site/app and go elsewhere, where did they take you?: Whatsapp
Scammer's email address if you have it.:
zind_ray4@gmail.comIf they gave you a phone number, please add it here.: +1 (716) 719-7455 +60 12-886 8241
Scammer's Skype name.: Zindwel
Scammer's Skype username .: Zind_ray4
Please upload any photos the scammer sent you.:
How much money did they demand?: 3500USD by bitcoin
Name you were told to send the money to.: 3NYhQeHaE9jHunNora5HdEscXA9gpDqa6o
What country/city were you told to send the money to?: Malaysia
How were you to send the money ?: Western Union
What steps, if any, have you already taken to block the scammer?:
Blocked on instagram, So far he's asking me to send him the money as soon as possible...
Are there any other details you wish to share? Anything you say may help prevent someone else from being scammed.:
He contacted me on Instagram two weeks ago, his name is Zindwel, he is 37 years old, and he told me that he was a marine engineer who lived alone in Chicago, who had a 7-year-old daughter, but who lived with his mother because his wife had died in an accident and We began to talk every day until he told me that he had to go to Malaysia to look for money from his father who had already passed away, but since his father worked for years there, he had to go look for it.
This week he sent me photos of his flight tickets so I would think he wasn't lying...and the day before yesterday he began to ask for money because when he arrived at the Pavilon Hotel his card didn't have enough money that if I could send him 3500USD and today He tells me if I send him that amount but in Bitcoin that I send him through Western Union three times to a QR code that he sent me.
Where did you find us? Please give a link if possible.:
On google I found a complaint from a woman who showed photos of the same boy who wrote to me but with another name
Fake Flight details:
Phones: +17167197455
Number billable as geographic number
Country or destination United States
City or exchange location New York
+60128868241
Number billable as mobile number
Country or destination Malaysia
City or exchange location
Original network provider* Maxis Mobile (Binariang)