help me find out what they need this info for?

[meja08]

i need to know somwthing? why do they want info like your name where you live, your phone number and where you work and stuff like that, that most people would see no problem in telling them but that is all they want for th most part? is there more behind it all and they are just waiting or can they get what they need from that little bit of info, must know have a scammer trying to scam me right now it is the tobias one and he is very persistant, until i told him i sent the info to him to the addresses he sent to me for "info to prove who he is" and he is freaking out i think it is funny as i did not really send anything anyway i just said that to see what this person would do and they freaked help me find out what they are really looking to find out about me??? liz


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[Ralph]

Hi Meja,

There are a few reasons why they want those details but the main reason is so they can make sure you will be a suitable victim, a victim who happily provides those details, in the minds of the scammer, will also happily provide their next payday.

Using your details their Banker or Lawyer (all part of the same group of scammers of course) will be able to produce fake documents with your details to make them look more authentic.

Another reason is so they can steal your identity, especially if you have sent them your ID

[Ev105]

The main reason they give you that "application" form of listing your particulars is to simply be quasi-official.

This happens mostly in an email that has not yet mentioned your sending the money. It's just a day or two to "incubate" the confidence aspect. It's just a dog and pony show. Don't give that info of course.

[MRAMZI]

i have sent my scanned passport copy to the scam email address. so please tell me that what i will do at that time. thanks

[MRAMZI]

i have sent my scanned copy of passport to sacm email address i-e [email protected] so please help me in this regard that what i will do. thanks

[GomerPyle]

Can you copy the original e-mail (with your personal e-mail and details removed) here so that we can see what you were asked to do.

That will help us to understand what sort of scam this is. Usually any request for you to provide a copy of your passport is a reasonable indication of a scam but if we see the e-mail it will be a lot easier to explain what sort of scam it is.