A friend of mine was scammed by a fraudster in Cameroon, please HELP!!!?

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A friend of mine wanted to buy a PS5, so this guy on Facebook by the name Mark Jimmy claimed to be selling. They spoke, and then my friend sent him $650 via Cashapp. He's gone cold. Turns out the profile is fake (I checked it out, and it uses stolen pics and the profile's friends are in Cameroon (a West African country). How can he recover his money back? Please provide detailed steps. He's so distressed right now. Is there a way to contact Facebook and trace the IP address, or for CashApp to track the transaction and where the funds went?

Judy · Answer

sorry, but his moony is lost.

Anonymous · Answer

FB is just a middleman.  They allow people to post items for sale.  They have nothing to do with the transaction.  That's between the buyer and the seller.  Your friend should have realized that.  He must be a bit dense in the head.  Anyway, he can contact them and report it, hoping FB will ban the seller, which is what Amazon does to people who commit fraud but the only way he can get his money back is through cashapp - IF he can.  I have no familiarity at all with cashapp.  Paypal has a recourse/resolution.  If cashapp does not, then your friend is more than a bit dense in the head, to use cashapp, with no recourse whatsoever.  He can sue someone within the country.  He can forget about Africa.

Anonymous · Answer

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Very few people ever successfully recover their losses from these kinds of scams.

I wouldn't waste time with Facebook.  Maybe see if there is any way to report the scam on the CashApp he used.

A friend of mine was scammed by a fraudster in Cameroon, please HELP!!!?

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