<prompt> Human: Redditors,On behalf of a group I am traveling with, Im here to seek quick advice on what to do, if anything, in a current scam situation. We were scammed by a man who claimed he was with a management group that rented properties; somehow, we foolishly bought the scam. After an attempt to wire the deposit to the man that failed because he gave a faulty bank account to us which we later deduced, 1,000 was paid as a downpayment THROUGH MONEYGRAM ??? as we were desperate to make reservations. I was not involved in this part of the saga so I dont even know what monogram is, Im just trying to clean up the mess.Is there any way to contact the bank from which the money departed Wells Fargo as well as the authorities in order to get money back from this scam? We contacted the property managers and they said that the man did not work for them, ever.What is your best advice in this situation? What do you suggest for avoiding similar situations? IF THIS IS LOCKED, PLEASE ADVISE WHERE TO MOVE. Also, not about employment, not sure why that was put there.  <response>: Just agreeing with the first poster. That money is gone. The best advice is any hope for justice or compensation should be dismissed from your mind, it wont happen, and you shouldnt stress yourselves even more about it in that way.In the future just remember that things like Moneygram or wire transfers are very common tools that scammers use. If it sounds too good to be true, and those things are involved, probably a scam. If it sounds like you are jumping through hoops to get money to someone like that, probably a scam. If a person sends YOU money first for a sum of money in return, probably also a scam.A google of common online money scams or similar will get you plenty of ideas of what people have run into.Sorry it happened to you and your group. 