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Telling the brother seems to have done the same function as telling the parents, since that's the point at which the behaviour changed.
Telling the brother seems to have done the same function as telling the parents, since that's the point at which the behaviour changed.
The scammer said it is his parents that he does not want to be told, so that's precisely where his care factor is.
or may be he was a master social engineer and this was a calculated move to stop the author from going to the police
Yup, he said that just like he said that he was paying for the cards, and it was and then wasn't his ebay account...
Telling the brother showed that there was a threat. Not telling the parents showed that the threat was a bluff.
Not calling the cops showed that, especially.
The message was sent to brother and mother simultaneously.