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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
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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