> but I have to think if I was a scam prevention expert that I wouldn't tarnish my own name by putting a story with this much raw honesty out there. I wouldn't

> but I have to think if I was a scam prevention expert that I wouldn't tarnish my own name by putting a story with this much raw honesty out there. I wouldn't consider sweeping one's mistakes under the rug a virtue. Quite the opposite - I think it shows integrity. > They basically violated rule #1 of scam avoidance which is that no legitimate business cold calling you will need you to do anything with urgency. There's an overlap between legitimate but dysfunctional systems and very sophisticated scams that can make telling them apart almost impossible. The author points this out repeatedly - is this a super sophisticated scam or are the bank's systems just that bad? For example, other commenters in this thread have pointed out instances where their banks would ask them for information that they should never ask for.