<prompt> Human: My friend, who is a Korean looking to stay in the states San Francisco for about 6 months due to her employment, had contacted a supposed homestay host through a homestayfinder.com advertisement. They exchanged contact through email and she eventually paid roughly 1700 USD to a Bank of America account and roughly another 450 for move in fee and rental insurance only to have all contact cut off yesterday.I know these situations are basically sucks for you, learn from it and try not to get swindled again but I was wondering if there was anything she could possibly do to try to get some, if not all, of her money back. If we were in the states, we could probably report it to the police or something, but as we are currently overseas, not much can be done...She is arriving in San Francisco in 1-2 days though.If additional information is needed please inform me and I will try to get it right away.Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.Assistant: Former bank employee here.Report this to the police immediately when she arrives. Get the police directly involved.Visit a Bank of America branch as soon as you can and speak with them directly preferably with the police. Bring every bit of proof you can with you. A bank account cannot be opened without proper identification.Human: Will tell her to visit both a police station and a BoA... thank you for the advice.  <response>: They have a Bank of America in Seoul perhaps they can help her in contacting that branch 