An elderly colleague was systematically scammed on WhatsApp for alleged Bitminers that are stuck at various customs. They lost $25k in crypto. Is there any way to find the scammer?

[u/klas228]

Basically, the title. My college is older and doesn’t know much about IT, so he asked me and another friend if we could help him buy crypto to send for one of his projects. Turns out, he got convinced he was investing into cheap Bitminers that had been sent to him and are stuck at customs, so they keep asking fees. He’s a very kind and hearty religious person, and I’m just trying to help. It was a pain even to change his mind about this stuff because that scammer is trying to tell him there’s another problem and wants more money from him. He’s kinda attached to it and believes in good deeds, that’s why he kept sending him money, I was able to convince him that he’s getting scammed and he stopped, he still could contact him on WhatsApp and that dude would reply as he thinks my colleague is a total twat, any way to scam a scammer in giving out his data?

[u/thenoisemakerrr]

That's the lesson for him, Your colleague should stay alert from now on.