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Old 04-09-2008, 08:38 AM
Dell2003 Dell2003 is offline
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Default HELP!!! Gave address and phone number to a 419 scammer.

To make a long story short, for the past month I've been in contact via e-mail with a female whom I thought wanted to sublet my room for the summer. Once she mentioned transferring money via Western Union, I went to go ask my bank about it and they told me that it was a scam. After doing research about this, I feel like such an idiot because all of the signs were there, especially the one about her being from Nigeria.

Anyway, my question is this: While I didn't give her any information regarding my bank or banking accounts, I did give her my name, address and phone number, so that she could send me the check (actually, it was from her boss) which I was to deposit into my bank account and then transfer into her account via Western Union. I have now stopped contacting her, but is there anything I should be worried about? The fact that I gave her my address and phone number, is that going to harm me somehow? I asked my bank and they said I should be fine. However, I only just remembered that I gave her my phone number, as well as my address.

If someone could please help me out, I would truly appreciate it. Thanks!

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