Totally puzzled

[Psychdog]

I’ve been chatting with a “sergeant” who asked me for money for his daughter’s surgery as he is in Romania. I suspected a scam but agreed. He gave me an address in the US to send the money and said his friend at that address would get the money to the hospital. I checked the name and address and it was legitimate so I sent a one dollar bill. It was received by the person at that address and he was very angry that I didn’t send the $4250 he requested. Is the person at that address the scammer? It is a professional lady who I looked up on LinkedIn!!

[IceFM]

.... I would also not be "amused" when I would get only $1 instead of $4250. By the way, was very clever from you. Be happy that you've lost only $1.
You should post all things to this case. From a "narrative" it's hard to say, actually it would be uninteresting who is involved and how. I doubt you want to reclaim the dollar either.

[Psychdog]

Lol! It was worth a dollar to hear his reaction!
He is supposedly stationed in Romania and he wrote like a true American - no bad grammar and no suspicious type language, however when he found he only got a dollar he suddenly lapsed into Pidgin English, berating me for being cold hearted. The person who received the dollar had been at that address for years and was listed in LinkedIn as an executive of a company. I’m puzzled by the fact that everyone involved appeared to be American until they didn’t get money. And why would a professional businesswoman get involved in such a scam?

[Igulinka]

There is no professional business woman, but there are a bunch of Nigerian boys as girls are not allowed to sit in internet cafes. The scammers became pretty sophisticated lately but are still stupid and greedy.
You most likely sent a dollar to a money mule or someone with fake ID who cooperates with scammers.
Please post info as you are not exclusive for them.
It may help to safe others.
Be safe!