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How I barely escaped a 50000PKR cyber fraud?

On the night of 16th May 2020 I got approached by a person online (as I do freelancing so I often deal with international clients), he was from Morocco he asked me that he wants me to make a bank transaction to one of his clients in Pakistan of 50,000PKR and for that he'll pay me 550$, when I asked the reason that why isn't he paying his client himself, he said that the client needs money instantly but client's Payoneer is not working well so he wants me to send his client money through the bank that's the reason he is ready to pay some extra bucks so that his client receives the money on time, that was a pretty good deal for me. I obviously asked him that first, you'll send me 550$ once I receive money from you I will make the bank transaction, he instantly agreed and asked me for my Payoneer ID. I gave him my Payoneer ID, he asked me to wait for 5-10 mins to receive money in my Payoneer and well right after the mentioned time, he sent me a screenshot from his