Jersey Police warning after islander scammed out of 'large amount of money'

A Jersey resident has been scammed out of 'a large amount of money,' prompting a warning from police.

It is understood that the scammer made initial contact with the victim through a friend request on Facebook, which appeared to be endorsed by an existing friend of the victim.

The victim had been unaware that the existing friend's Facebook account had been hacked, and it was in fact the scammer who was recommending themself.

Once the friendship on Facebook had been established, the scammer told the victim that he had bought some lottery tickets for them and as a result of that, the victim had won a large amount of money. The scammer then asked for an amount of money to be sent to him to cover the tax. This would then be followed by another request for money to cover shipping charges and so on.

The requests for money would continue, with a different reason given each time.