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> The article makes no mention of the bank warning or asking any questions. The article, about half way in, indeed does say the bank teller which counted out
by pwg 3y ago
> The article makes no mention of the bank warning or asking any questions.
The article, about half way in, indeed does say the bank teller which counted out the $50k warned her of scams. It is in this paragraph:
> When I reached the bank, I told the guard I needed to make a large cash withdrawal and she sent me upstairs. Michael was on speakerphone in my pocket. I asked the teller for $50,000. The woman behind the thick glass window raised her eyebrows, disappeared into a back room, came back with a large metal box of $100 bills, and counted them out with a machine. Then she pushed the stacks of bills through the slot along with a sheet of paper warning me against scams. I thanked her and left.
Note the second half of the second to last sentence: "along with a sheet of paper warning me against scams".
The person being scammed ignored the bank's scam warning.
- Arrath 3y agoCurious that it was only an easily ignored piece of paper, though. Not even a short chat as to "how sure are you that you are withdrawing this lump of cash for a legitimate purpose"?
- pwg 3y agoAgreed, the bank /should/ have tried harder to point out the possibility for a 'scam' occurring here (and of course this would eventually evolve into a discussion of "how much is sufficient"). But the article does admit that the bank did warn her, she just ignored the warning (and I don't recall her saying why she ignored the warning on the sheet of paper).
- prawn 3y agoWasn't the scammer on a live call in her pocket, listening in? In which case, a warning on paper might've been the best way to secretly convey the message. And also give her something tangible to review at multiple times before the money was handed over?