Question posted in the Criminal Law category relating to Western Cape
Someone used my bank accounts to scam people to deposit money in my account without my approval. they phoned me and said they have wrongly paid money to my bank account and i must transfer it to someone else account, They got hold of my account pretending that they are people Trading money on Bicoin. I alsoinvested some money in it They said the only way to get my money and profit back if i give my banking details. If someone has open a fraud case agains my bank account can i be held Responsible because i did not give anyone permission to use my account for people to deposit money and then asking me to transfer it
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Hi there,
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These people are complete SCAMMERS and they have tricked other people into depositing their money into your bank account. If you pay that money over to the scammers, you would be assisting in their criminal fraud and you could be held liable.
If you still have the money sitting in your bank account, leave it there, and report it to your bank!
Your bank will then be able to return the money to the original person, because they have been tricked and they need to get their money back.
If you do not return the money, you run the very real risk that the SAPS get involved as well and hold you liable for what happened to this money.
Do not listen to these scammers! Do not pay the money over to the scammers!