Help!! I think i am been scammed by a online buyer?

I recently posted a advertisment on gumtree classifiy and there is guy from usa wanted to buy my item. I do not have a paypal account and i tell him to transfer the payment to my local account and i stay in singapore. I was been informed by the bank there was some problems in the procedure that needs activation fee about SGD 550 and the buyer gave the authority to deduct the money from his Citibank account in usa and after i have to pay back to the buyer friend local account via bank transfer in singapore for the money and was been informed that i can get the money is refundable once i mail the bank receipt to citibank. I mailed the bank receipt to Citibank, USA for verification. The next day, the buyer and bank informed me that minimum transfer rate has change to about $1800 for to be able to transfer to Asia country due and again the buyer gave the authority to citibank to debuct about $1500 from his account and i have return the money to the buyer once again and mailed the details to the bank. And today, The bank informed me that i need to sent another SGD 750. I was so stupid to trust the buyer The buyer doesnt know my real name, telephone number or anything except my bank account number. I am thinking to close down my bank account. I lost about SGD 1600 I need help!? I am sorry for my English and i hope you can understand. What should i do now?

I'm very sorry to tell you that this sounds very much like a fraud.

I strongly doubt that any mail you have received is from a 'real' bank and there is no reason why in selling an item you should have to pay anyone anything.

Thanks for the reply!~

BEWARE OF ONLINE SCAMMERS BUYERS!!
They use all type of tatics and fraud email from bank to con people. They are really good at this so please do not fall it and Never ever transfer or pay anyone money for selling. I do not wish any innocent people get con anymore. Beware!!~


Scammers details:

Email address: [email protected]

Bank Name.... POSB bank
Name-Koh Poh
Account number...871108129

Account Number : 5641002182
Account Name : Umesh Nanadan
ocbc bank

I'm sorry that you were scammed. Unfortunately, I'm certain that this was a scam.

the buyer gave the authority to deduct the money from his Citibank account in usa

The Citibank account did not belong to the scammer. The account information was phished or stolen from a real (completely innocent) person. The scammer most likely isn't in the USA. If any money was transferred into your account, it was stolen.

I mailed the bank receipt to Citibank, USA for verification.

You were never in contact with the real Citibank. The address you were given would have been fake. It is important to post this address as well, so that others will find it.

It would be very helpful to other potential victims if you posted the actual emails he sent you (delete your own personal information first) and the emails sent to you by "citibank." The scammer is likely to reuse these emails with new names and different bank accounts, so the emails themselves can be very helpful to stop people from falling for the scams and sending money to the scammers.

If you have not done so already, I would also report what happened to your police.

Thanks for pointing out.

The Email address is [email protected]
Mr. Anne Welff ring.a
Citi-Bank Zonal Manager.

Not surprisingly, that is a free email address, just like a yahoo or a gmail address, that is not in any way connected to citibank.

HI!! I am currently in the same exact situation!!! the buyer claim he was in the US and told me to ship the item to someone in Malaysia! What did you do to get Ur money back! I did not pay the amount and they told me they wanted 650$ i refused. I Realised at that point in time something was wrong. I also checked with the bank about the emails they sent, they also felt it is a scam. The buyer was really agitated when I told him I seeked help from the real bank. But my item that I was selling is on its way to ship to him!! Hope I can cancel it !! HELPPP!!