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Same site that published the story about the woman who 'got scammed for $50K'. https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html https://

• apsurd 3y ago
  i read the whole story. is it made up? what's wrong with it? it's at least, well written.
  • ptero 3y ago
    I may be wrong, but I think the alleged victim writes a financial column at one of the pretty big houses. And covered scams before. I would be really surprised if that person stuffs $50k in cash into a shoebox for an "undercover CIA agent". Sorry if I confused this story with something else.
    • apsurd 3y ago
      thanks, you got the story right! It does sound crazy, but that also seems to be the point: scam victims are shamed and it's worth level setting on how "it can happen to anyone" because there's very sophisticated psychological warfare going on here.