Victim of scam

[mistique2020]

Hi
I was recently a victim of online scam whereby i transferred money to a person who was pretending to be a law enforcement person
post i realized i was scammed, i reported this to police however was surprised that IO has frozen my account which my bank informed me . Only realised since i was not able to login and after multiple follow-up came to know about it. Is it normal that a victim account is frozen till investigation is going on?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Be damn glad that they. Obviously you weren't smart enough to call the bank and ask them to freeze it as soon as you knew you had be scammed. They are just trying to keep you from losing more money to the scammers.

[mistique2020]

understand my mistake can i still check if its normal for victim bank account to be frozen like this?

[sundaymorningstaple]

Don't you think calling either the Bank or Police post would make a bit more sense? We are neither.

[mistique2020]

dont think you have read my post properly. I called bank and reported it while i also called police myself and informed it. I was confused why my account has been frozen. I am just asking people here if anyone has gone through online scam reporting experience. Would love to hear what usually happens

[malcontent]

You need to contact your bank to find out.

Even if someone has gone through a similar experience, bank policies can vary.

[bro75]

Did your account get frozen after you reported the scam to the police? or was it before?

[tiktok]

dont think you have read my post properly. I called bank and reported it while i also called police myself and informed it. I was confused why my account has been frozen. I am just asking people here if anyone has gone through online scam reporting experience. Would love to hear what usually happens

Actually your English is not clear so don't blame people if they misunderstand you.

[PNGMK]

It's common for accounts to be frozen like this during these investigations as you said by the IO {investigating officer} or if the bank has detected fraud. It may never be unlocked or take a long time to be unlocked. You'll need a new bank account. The police need to unwind the entire mess along with the bank to work out who is the legitimate owner of the funds.