Fraud Investigation?

Question

I need advice from Law Enforcement. I was scammed for $20,000 by a guy who used a fake name and said he was from a company that he wasn't associated with. He had an e-mail address that looked like it came from the real company, phone number the works. I wired the money to a B of A account which he setup with a stolen ID and has since moved the funds to one of those offshore gold accounts. I even looked up his IP address from his e-mails he used something called a proxy server to make it look like he was in different cities.

My lawyer wants a fortune to go after him and doesn't think he will catch up with him. I have contacted the FBI and they don't investigate crimes this small and referred me to my local police department.

Is it worth going to my local police? I am wondering if they will investigate something like this if it involves other states and countries? Is it worth the effort and what are his likely consequences ff caught.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

No, the local police are worthless, and will do NOTHING with it.  The FBI should have referred you to http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/ this contact is, unfortunately, your ONLY point of recourse.  Even worse, there is almost a 100% likelihood that you will never see a dime of that money.  Your only possible hope would be going after B of A civily, IF you can prove they were negligent establishing the account (easier to do with the new Homeland Security rules).  Good Luck.

Answer 2

depend on how much you want to seek out justice for this