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How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000
The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.
How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000
The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.
Devil’s advocate: target has a forensics team that frequently collaborates with the FBI, so a developed relationship leading to an easy transfer like that isn’t too crazy
FBI, sure, but CIA? Might as well have claimed to have been the comptroller for Walter Reed VA Medical Center demanding kidneys for the troops.
The premise was the identity thieves were involved in international drug trafficking, so in that sense CIA involvement is plausible if you don’t look too hard
“Your help will save the noble lives of our troops, ma’am.”
“Oh, really? My goodness!”
“According to our
informationintel you are New York Magazine’s personal finance columnist.”“That’s right!”
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Edit - I fixed a tragic mistake.