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A couple of months ago i stupidly gave enough of my personal details to who i thought was a friend to enable them to defraud me of money.

I lost money from my bank and PayPal and they also took a loan out in my name.....

All this was done through Facebook and then WhatsApp.

As soon as i realised i contacted banks and loan company etc.

Nothing has been refunded so far as there was no money in accounts money was transferred into, i reported all this to ActionFraud but they say its not a crime.

Anyway i thought that was the end of it until i recently received a letter from the courts as this fraudster had used my Driving Licence picture to obtain almost £6000 worth of BitCoin from another person.
This person obviously is chasing me for the money as he thinks it was me.

I have replied to the court letter telling them about my fraud and am now very worried that i will be liable for this £6000 too as i gave my personal details to this fraudster.

I suffer badly with depression and this has made me consider ending everything as it is so stressful and i realise it is all my own doing!!!

Any help or advice on this matter would help me so much

Thanks for listening

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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    I can't advise you on what to do but I do know you shouldn't end anything at all.
  • SandraX
    SandraX Posts: 840 Forumite
    edited 27 December 2018 at 3:35PM
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    Accept that, see your GP/Samaritans/etc, citizen advice as they may be able to help.

    ATB and I hope it's sorted out soon

    Btw, funding page? Not sure if worth a try as you appear to be a genuine case of being deceived.

    Cant recall what those funding sites for good causes are called but someone will say, again aTB
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    FORESTBRI wrote: »
    i reported all this to ActionFraud but they say its not a crime.


    You need to question this, because from what you have posted it clearly was a crime. You will need to have AF at the very least issuing you with a crime number as that will greatly support your case not to owe anything to the person who sold the Bitcoin.
  • SandraX
    SandraX Posts: 840 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    You need to question this, because from what you have posted it clearly was a crime. You will need to have AF at the very least issuing you with a crime number as that will greatly support your case not to owe anything to the person who sold the Bitcoin.

    I think it is because she disclosed some of her details, but please recheck as speaking with a different person can get different results.

    About the funding sites - I had a look but I think they relate to medical problems only, sorry.

    ATB :)
  • agrinnall wrote: »
    You need to question this, because from what you have posted it clearly was a crime. You will need to have AF at the very least issuing you with a crime number as that will greatly support your case not to owe anything to the person who sold the Bitcoin.
    Hi , yes I reported the initial Id fraud to Action Fraud and got my ref number, they said that Identity theft is not a police recordable crime. I also reported the Bitcoin fraud recently, once I found out about it and had the same response.


    I suppose at least if I end up having to go to court they can at least see that I have reported these instances.


    I am not sure if I would need to speak to a solicitor about all this???
    Going to ring Citizens Advice today and see what they say
  • SandraX wrote: »
    I think it is because she disclosed some of her details, but please recheck as speaking with a different person can get different results.

    About the funding sites - I had a look but I think they relate to medical problems only, sorry.

    ATB :)
    Many thanks for looking and checking :)
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