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Some people trick the scammers into traveling places, or losing money. They've managed to get them stranded for months in war-torn countries, to sell their cars
by MichaelBurge 10y ago
Some people trick the scammers into traveling places, or losing money. They've managed to get them stranded for months in war-torn countries, to sell their cars for airline tickets, and gotten them thrown in prison in foreign countries for immigration violations.
I have some family who was tricked by a scammer doing "Microsoft support" once, but we convinced her it was a scammer in time for the police to trace the call. So now he's in prison.
- digler999 10y agoI saw an article a while back about an older man, college professor I think, who fell for some "girl" in south America. She tricked him to flying to Peru, picking up a suitcase of dope, then flying it to Argentina where he was arrested. Never met the "girl" and still believes she was for real.
- selimthegrim 10y agoThe man in question was Paul Frampton, a theoretical physicist at UNC and the 'girl' was ostensibly well-known model Denise Milani