Meet this ‘modern day hero’ who is determined to outscam the scamsters

[Legal Beagles]

By day Julian Siddle is an HGV mechanic. But in his free time he leads a very different life – as part of a group of volunteers engaged in a citizen fightback against online fraudsters: hunting them down, exposing them and freezing the flow of money into their accounts. This weekend he will be hunched over his computer trying to con the conmen out of their own bank account details – and then making the banks shut the accounts down.

The group, all volunteers who offer legal advice to the public via a consumer rights website, LegalBeagles.info, spend much of their spare time “baiting the scamsters”.

They claim to be gathering and reporting up to 10 accounts a week to the banks’
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[Amethyst]

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And the Hispanic Times http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014...ank_frauds.htm

[kairos]

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I have been doing the same all week with a scammer and have these details of an account that needs to be closed down. What should I now do with the information:

Account Name: edit
Bank Name: Barclays Bank
Bank Sort Code: edit
Bank Account Number: edit

[Tools]

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Please email the full details to me, including any "invoices" to julian.siddle@legalbeagles.info as soon as you can

[kairos]

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Sent - thank you. I have stringing along this guy all week so that I could get these details. Appeals to my mischievous nature but at the end of the day, I get so angry at the thought that innocent people get caught up in these scams. Thank you for what you do.

[Tools]

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We have a team of good people doing exactly the same. Details received and account reported to Barclays directly

Thank you for that, I will message you.

[kairos]

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Such a good idea - I'll keep at it too. I am always looking at car adverts and the fraud ones are so transparent. Such an effective way to make an impact, though. I'll message any details to you. Thanks for your email.

[Celestine]

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Well done for a great article AND great work xxx
:beagle::beagle::beagle::beagle:

[righty]

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Well done Julian
Have you seen some of the comments posted about the story Some people deserve to be scammed, silly sods

[Tools]

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Everyone is entitled to an opinion righty, as long as they are aware of the facts. You will have seen I have tried to respond to most of them (that deserve a response) and it gets people talking about the issue. Haven't had chance to read today's, will have a look

[wales01man]

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Keep up the Good work if one person does not fall for a scam because of sites and people like Tools its worthwhile hope its thousands though

[Tools]

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I cannot take credit for this alone, people such as Buster Jack, Boycie, Rod Jones do far more than I do. I am just lucky to be in the position to try get the message out to as many people as possible with the support of LegalBEAGLES, it's founders, members and other forums such as Scamwarners.com and 419eater.com. There are many others who work anonymously behind the scenes including victims such as Dixie2013. (Jesus, starting to sound like an Oscars speech)

All those who contribute know who they are.