Is she being Scammed?

TrustyOven

anna42hmr wrote: »

as for the photos, try doing a google picture reverse as may be able to see if been pulled from another site. https://reverse.photos

Just a quick note on the above (in case people are curious if it can correctly guess their identity from their own pictures):


It doesn't seem to be Google! Seems it's some other company's website, and the images are hosted somewhere else - so be careful of your own privacy if you just wanted to check it out, out of curiosity.


The real Google search-by-image is at: https://images.google.com/ and you press the camera icon in the search box.

Voyager2002

sheramber wrote: »

The account would be in the friend's name and with her address. No connection to a foreign national

The first step in opening a bank account is to provide proof of identity and proof of address. So she would need his passport (or similar) to open the account in his name; and a bill in his name at her address in order to satisfy the bank that he lived there. Not going to happen.


If this is what he requested then perhaps he is naive rather than a fraudster, and the worst that could happen would be a lot of frustration and wasted time for her. A different scenario from her opening an account for his use but in her name, which would of course be extremely dangerous for her.

Zanderman

Voyager2002 wrote: »

The first step in opening a bank account is to provide proof of identity and proof of address. So she would need his passport (or similar) to open the account in his name; and a bill in his name at her address in order to satisfy the bank that he lived there. Not going to happen.
If this is what he requested then perhaps he is naive rather than a fraudster, and the worst that could happen would be a lot of frustration and wasted time for her. A different scenario from her opening an account for his use but in her name, which would of course be extremely dangerous for her.

It helps if you read the OP, which clearly states:

this chap had asked her friend to open a bank account in her name over here that he could use while he is here

Tallaght

You get a lot of Nigerian scammers doing this on facebook and dating sites mainly using someones stolen pics.

anna42hmr

TrustyOven wrote: »

Just a quick note on the above (in case people are curious if it can correctly guess their identity from their own pictures):


It doesn't seem to be Google! Seems it's some other company's website, and the images are hosted somewhere else - so be careful of your own privacy if you just wanted to check it out, out of curiosity.


The real Google search-by-image is at: https://images.google.com/ and you press the camera icon in the search box.

thanks for that, i always thought that was googles own one, sorry for any confusion!