Day 086
Scammed
Today I was victim to an Internet scammer. Someone acting as a very flirty 28 year old girl in Findley, Oh blackmailed me and extorted $100 from me in the form of this iTunes gift card.
After asking me for a nude picture on Instagram I requested we move the conversation to Google Hangouts (usually the scammer's suggestion) and sent a couple inappropriate pictures (not nude). Jacqueline Sandoval (scammer) gave me two different Google Hangouts profiles: one "she" sent an invite from and a different email given to me on Instagram. After she insisted on me using the Instagram provided email the 30 minute threat began. If I did not want her to send the pictures and details of our conversations to my wife, I was to go to the store and get a $100 Steam Wallet Gift Card. This was at least the second time she had requested a Steam Wallet Gift Card. I immediately freaked out. If my wife were to see any of the conversation or pictures I sent, my marriage would be over. Target was the only place I could think of that would have a Steam Wallet gift card and I could use my debt consolidation (0% interest) visa to get it. When I got to Target I could not find a Steam Wallet gift card. Since we were on Google Hangouts I was able to pull up the conversation and explain that they did not have the card she wanted. She then said iTunes or Amazon. They only had iTunes so that is what I got. I took pictures of the front of the card, the back of the card with the code exposed, and the receipt as instructed. In the car I sent all of the pictures and asked them to please stop and leave me alone. They said wait and they would get back to me.
When I got home there were more messages from them now asking for a $200 iTunes card or they would contact my wife. I further explained that I have no money so I took screen shots of the profiles, then deleted and reported the conversations on Instagram, I blocked the profiles on Google Hangouts, and then I reported as much of the information as possible to the FTC.
I hope to hell that Julie does not find out about this and it is behind me.
Day 086
Scammed
Today I was victim to an Internet scammer. Someone acting as a very flirty 28 year old girl in Findley, Oh blackmailed me and extorted $100 from me in the form of this iTunes gift card.
After asking me for a nude picture on Instagram I requested we move the conversation to Google Hangouts (usually the scammer's suggestion) and sent a couple inappropriate pictures (not nude). Jacqueline Sandoval (scammer) gave me two different Google Hangouts profiles: one "she" sent an invite from and a different email given to me on Instagram. After she insisted on me using the Instagram provided email the 30 minute threat began. If I did not want her to send the pictures and details of our conversations to my wife, I was to go to the store and get a $100 Steam Wallet Gift Card. This was at least the second time she had requested a Steam Wallet Gift Card. I immediately freaked out. If my wife were to see any of the conversation or pictures I sent, my marriage would be over. Target was the only place I could think of that would have a Steam Wallet gift card and I could use my debt consolidation (0% interest) visa to get it. When I got to Target I could not find a Steam Wallet gift card. Since we were on Google Hangouts I was able to pull up the conversation and explain that they did not have the card she wanted. She then said iTunes or Amazon. They only had iTunes so that is what I got. I took pictures of the front of the card, the back of the card with the code exposed, and the receipt as instructed. In the car I sent all of the pictures and asked them to please stop and leave me alone. They said wait and they would get back to me.
When I got home there were more messages from them now asking for a $200 iTunes card or they would contact my wife. I further explained that I have no money so I took screen shots of the profiles, then deleted and reported the conversations on Instagram, I blocked the profiles on Google Hangouts, and then I reported as much of the information as possible to the FTC.
I hope to hell that Julie does not find out about this and it is behind me.