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Every step feels plausible to me, except the last. Sending crypto to a government agency? Not saying I wouldn't be taken in by this or other scams in the heat

• MobileVet 3y ago
  That is the beauty of the scam… plausibility, isolation and sunk cost. They had my wife on the phone for 90 minutes! It was so exhausting and nerve wracking that by the time the crypto request comes, you are too drained to think straight. It was quite traumatizing… I am very thankful the money (while significant) wasn’t make or break for us. I am sure for lots of people it can mean missing some payment or something. My 8yo was worried we wouldn’t be able to pay the mortgage. (Thankfully not a concern)
• everforward 3y ago
  Just a small thing if it helps someone; you don't pay bail to avoid pretrial detention, you're paying to get out of it. I.e. you can't bail out if you aren't in jail. Even if you do bail out, you still have to be processed, get your fingerprints done, mugshots, whatever. This may change if you're someone notable, but for us run of the mill people, the police won't call to say "pay bail or well arrest you". You get arrested and then pay bail, in that order.