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Description

It was on the Facebook dating site. He goes by the name Eric Bisterfelt or Eric Bister. He says he was in the US for security contract work. There was a breach in the contract. He can no longer work in security for 2 years. He went back to Germany. Says he is trying to get a job in the US again. CrowdGen, Outlier, any online AI companies. He says he needs you to verify for him for the company. You do a facial authentication and scan the front and back of your driver's license. Then he set up a Gmail account and password and had me create it. When I put my email as the recovery email instead of his, he got angry. Then I changed the password. He got angry again. He called me demanding the password. I refused. He was trying to get access to my Gmail and Yahoo email accounts to get information on me. I deleted the Gmail account and set up 2 step verification on all my accounts and fraud alerts. The email he used was either [email protected] or [email protected]. I don't remember which one.

Targeted Person's Location

NE, USA - 68128

Scammer Information
Scammer location logo

Atlanta, GA

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(208) 941-4629

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Facebook Dating App

Scam Type

Romance

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Business name

Eric Bisterfelt or Eric Bister

Date Reported

February 5, 2025

Scam ID

942844


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