Man tricks online scammer into giving him money
Now this is how you handle an online scammer...
A man from the Republic of Ireland is making headlines around the world after he managed to scam a scammer.
Ross Walsh tricked the unsuspecting criminal into giving him £25 (nearly R500), which he then donated to charity.
It all began when the University of Limerick student received an email from a man who identified himself as "Solomon Gundi".
Gundi claimed he was a "big business banker". He asked Ross to invest £1,000 (R18,500) in his stock trading business. The man said he wanted to teach young businesspeople his knowledge.
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The 22-year-old student knew instantly it was a scam and decided to toy with the man.
Walsh said £1,000 was an "insult" and wanted to give £50,000 instead.
He lied to the scammer and told him he had sent the money.
When the man did not receive the money, Walsh said his bank had flagged the transaction.
"I said they don't want to release the funds unless they see a small sum of money going from his account to my account just to prove this isn't a scam," he told the BBC.
The scammer then transferred £25 into Walsh's account.
The student donated the money to a local cancer charity and sent a copy of the invoice to Gundi's email address.
And that's how a university student from Ireland scammed a scammer.
Give that man a Bells!
Walsh revealed in an Instagram post that is was the third time an online scammer has tried to swindle him out of money.
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