To the PROSPECTIVE client, please review my efforts to assist by quickly and frankly responding to your question with AVVO.Īlso, please realize this PRELIMINARY answer to your question(s) is for general purposes and based upon the information you have conveyed. The actions described are potential violations of federal and state law. Opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of those who hold other opinions. Unless we have both signed a formal retainer agreement you are not my client, and my discussion of issues does not constitute legal advice. I am an Attorney-at-Law, licensed to practice law only in the state of California. I am active on AVVO and answer questions only as a public service. If you need an attorney to assist you, please search in your local area, or click the 'Find a Lawyer' link at the top of the page. Instead, you may make a comment below, which will be sent to me automatically. PLEASE DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME with followup questions. Moneypak, Western Union, Walmart gift cards, and the like are all ANONYMOUS ways to receive money, and the scammers will not identify themselves or they would risk being arrested for EXTORTION. They WILL NOT give you their name or address, and will not meet with you. If you want to fool around with them, offer to send a check, or offer to meet them somewhere with cash. They use 'burner' phones and spoof caller ID.ĩ. You can report them to the police for fraud and extortion, but without an ID that is a dead end. The best thing to do is block their numbers and ignore them. THERE IS NO FATHER, NO GIRL, NO FBI, NO DETECTIVE, NO COUNSELING, NO THERAPY, and NO EARLY TERMINATION FEES ON THE PHONE.Ĩ. Questions about this scam come up several times a week here on AVVO.ħ. There is no minor child, no father, no mother, no detective, no wrecked car, no damaged garage door, and no ruined computer.Ħ. One guy reported, 'they were gonna contact the police unless I paid their company to take the nudes out their database!!'Ĥ The tip-off is that they want payment by Western Union, MoneyGram, iStore credit, Paypal.Me, Snapcash, money order, or gift cards BUT NOT by cash or checks.ĥ. Sometimes they 'send the minor to a juvenile military boot camp'. even a car that the 'minor wrecked while going to meet up with you'. Often, the money is supposed to replace a 'smashed phone', 'computer', or something else. Next, the 'father', the 'mother' or a 'detective' calls or texts you and demands money to keep them from filing charges. Then they say that they are actually 16, or 14, or some other age under 18.ģ. You are on some kind of adult dating or chat site - either heterosexual or gay- where a person says they are over 18, and either sends you (or lures you into sending them) sexy pictures.Ģ. You may be a victim of the infamous 'Underage Girl Scam'.

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