Victim Goes to Address of Her Alleged Scammer
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A woman from Northern Ireland who fell victim to an online scam took matters into her own hands after losing a large sum of money. Rhonda Montgomery said she was tricked into entering her login details on what she believed was the Revolut financial services website. After providing her information, she discovered that about $23,000 had been taken from her account.
While reviewing the fraudulent transactions, Montgomery noticed a name and address connected to the account that received the stolen money. Instead of leaving the matter entirely to authorities, she decided to travel to England to investigate herself. She flew to Cambridge and went to the address she had found.
When she arrived, the person who answered the door was the suspected scammer’s mother. According to Montgomery, the woman told her that her son no longer lived at the house. The BBC later attempted to locate the man independently but was unable to find him.
Despite the loss, Montgomery was eventually able to recover some of the stolen funds. After the BBC contacted Revolut about the situation, the company returned roughly $12,000 to her. She also managed to reclaim about $5,000 from purchases that had been made fraudulently.
The case involved more than one scam attempt. After the initial theft, Montgomery said she was contacted again by people who claimed to be from her bank. They told her they were trying to help recover the money taken in the first scam, but this turned out to be another attempt to deceive her.
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