But I doubt if any scammer will file a complaint or report you to the police. Criminals generally aren't too keen on contacting the police.

In the US, even lawyers pretend to be lawyers. Have you seen the TV ads?

Actually that is not accurate, as long as you are not practicing law with out a license, and not impersonating an actual lawyer and not doing it to facilitate a crime, there are no laws broken.

The FBI and PIs pretend to be other professions all the time. What is the scammer gonna do? Report her? To do so he also has to admit that he committed a crime.

In America, it won't get you in trouble in a case like this. Maybe an admonishment. But she didn't file any official documents as an attorney or any official reports, complaints, or take other legal actions usually limited to legal professionals, and she also didn't try to represent herself as an attorney for the sake of financial or other malfeasance (e.g. to con someone) so....no one would give her a second thought for how she went about it.

Actually thats not true. ANYONE can act as their own lawyer. What you cant do is sell yourself as a lawyer for money. These false inaccurate beliefs is exactly how these dirtbags are successful. They prey on people not knowing what they can do. In my life experience most laws are written in favor of criminals...written to Actually make it easy for criminals to profit and virtually impossible for honest people to live.

So have friends who are lawyers and who are willing to be with the fake law firm. I know that doing this is not illegal, at least in my state.

It is illegal here in the U.S. as far as I know to represent yourself as an attorney when you aren't. Legal Eagle covers this while reviewing the movie "Legally Blonde" talking about the scene where Elle represents herself as an attorney to get a friend's dog back from her ex.

What’s he going to tell the police? (Scammer)“Yea so she pretended to be a lawyer to scare me” (cop) “Sir, why was she trying to scare you?” (Scammer) oh because I scammed her out of $450 prior to the email, I pretended to sell a PS5 and she sent me $450 but I never sent her anything” (cop) umm sir do you realize you just confessed to a crime? You have the right to remain silent *handcuffs click around his wrists) That’s how that would have gone down had he reported her so I’m pretty positive no scammer is going to the authorities because the victim is trying to get her money back.

This is another unjust, one - fits - all laws. Pretending to be a lawyer to do what??? That should be taken into consideration by lawmakers, especially if law enforcement do not respond to filled complaints - calls for justice. This is the reason why crooks, scammers, liars are kept in business. It doesn't take a genius to correct this problem, if only people we (voters) put in power did their job. Think before you vote.

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Oh okay, adult. Thanks for the advice. 😂

A long-time friend of mine (and most decidedly not a Nazi, as his father and his family fled Germany to get away from those vermin) spent his career as a USPS lawyer. His work motto was that of Bruce Banner aka The Incredible Hulk--"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."

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I see what you're saying but also have you sold anything online before? I wouldn't ship anything until I was sent the money first. But I do usually go through Ebay or Marketplace so it's more legit.

Exactly! Although, I strongly doubt the story- too many holes and too much space used emotionally manipulated the reader. She’s clearly an over-sharer (Ativan/disabled irrelevant to the “story” and tmi, imo) and people like that are usually also attention-seekers who spend their time thinking of ways to garner attention. For some, attention is like a drug and they’re addicted. Wasting time on Bored panda and Pinterest are bad enough (for me alone). Not judging anyone who spends their time online, at all, I’m just hard on myself- the little voice (that varies between dad & mom) in my head saying, “lazy woman- do something productive!” If the voices ever do go away I’ll probably waste entire days online but I still won’t waste my time seeking attention.

After you send the money, yeah it's a done deal.

I know this was ages ago but I can answer your question. Blue Text Bubbles mean when the person is using iPhone to iPhone. Green Bubbles mean an iPhone user is texting to an android user so if the author used Apple Pay it should have been blue text bubbles.

Mmm, I wasn't sure either but assumed it is the same as blue ticks in WhatsApp that show the message has been read?

There are. In Germany are love-scammer-hunters for example.

Sounds like you are almost describing a PI Private Investigator

So that we’ll disregard her bad decision to foolishly send the 2nd/final payment? To me it reads as: being disabled makes/made her profoundly more sensitive (than the rest of us) to his sick daughter therefore, it excuses her bad decision, and any judgements about the bad decision are unacceptable. Emotional manipulation, which is one of the reasons I doubt the story. Sharing that she took Ativan is equally irrelevant to the story but sharing both these things may be intended to “check the boxes” relating to any special/protected classes, which (for some) makes her above reproach. As though anyone who reveals their skepticism is attacking their disability/race/gender, etc. Those with dissenting opinions are often treated with contempt and, to sharer & those who agree with/support sharer, is a justifiable. For some, it’s okay to be hateful but it’s not okay to respectfully disagree.

tried to bolt and they grabbed her. They did not show me to her as boyfriend was linebacker large and not the same color as me. They said here is the camera can she be released and the cops said NO. Since the amount was now a felony she would be arraigned and bail set. So she got bailed out according to cops and they asked if I would testify and I said yes but she took a plea, did 20 out of 30 days. Got my money back and Best Buy got their camera back as the money had been taken out of their account by my bank.