How The Cut's Financial Advice Columnist Was Scammed Out Of $50K
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This week, Sara and Danny cover the viral story from The Cut's own financial advice columnist, Charlotte Cowles, who was the unlikely victim of a scam that cost her $50,000. They get into Cowles' article, which details how over the course of just one day, the scammers - posing as Amazon employees and and FTC agents - successfully convinced her that she was the victim of extensive identity theft, with multiple warrants out for her arrest for cybercrimes, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Cowles withdrew and handed the scammers $50,000 from her bank account, before realizing it had all been a lie. SOURCES: https://www.thecut.com/article/amazon-scam-call-ftc-arrest-warrants.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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