The police are now involved - am i in trouble?

[Anonymous]

Same scam happend to me but hsbc somehow realised that the cheque was stolen. This happend in November 2003 i recieved a call from the bank telling me that the cheque was stolen and i should not give my car! i WAS NOT TOLD WHAT TO DO NEXT but they did day that the police may want to ontact me. This morning i recieved a form from my bank asking me to sign and authorise the police to look at my account etc so that i can help in their investigation.

When i called up hsbc they were behaving as if i am in fault and told me that i should have written a complaint FIR then.....but i did not as i wasn't sure what was going on.....i will be going to the police tonght though......am i in trouble for not reporting this to the police....surely it was hsbc who should have reported this?

[imported_admin]

Hi,

Sorry to hear of your ordeal, I guess it is routine that they involve the police. Have they deducted the money from your account? I would cooperate as at the end of the day you are completly innocent, the bank said the money was available in your account. See www.scamvictimsunited.com - the message board for victims of this crime, some have been jailed. The BBC is running a lot of info on this recenlty see www.bbc.co.uk.

I hope it was not through this site that this happened? Let me know - need me to talk with the police let me know!

[Anonymous]

Thanks! It was not through your site. The bank called me to say that the cheque was stolen so no money was taken out of my account! but i was concerned that coz i didnt report it to the police i may be in trouble. I thought the bank was looking into it