Posted on 02/21/2024 9:20:58 AM PST by PJ-Comix
A lot of people are amazed at the story of New York Magazine financial advice columnist Charlotte Cowles who claims she was scammed out of $50,000 by someone supposedly from Amazon who called her up about unusual activity in her account and then turned her over to an FTC official who finally put her in touch with a CIA guy. Who knew that the CIA is involved in domestic activities down to the level of Amazon account activity. To make a long story short she was convinced by the wild stories concocted by this group to go to her bank, withdraw $50,000 in cash, and later place the money in a shoe box in the back of a car driven by a complete stranger.
She ended up writing this sad story of getting scammed in her column. However, there is now growing skepticism of her hilarious tale of scam woe. Of course, this brings up the question. If Cowles made up her story, what would be the upside of presenting herself to the world as an idiot who totally humiliated herself? Could it be publicity? Are people that desperate for fame that they are willing to embarrass themselves for it? What do you think? True or NOT true? And if the story is NOT true then WHY did she make it up?
I do think there is something "OFF" about her in her interviews so "Just Plain NUTS!" is a possible explanation.
PING!
Having your financial advisor falling for a scam like this is about as disconcerting as going to a dentist who has bad teeth.
The only way this makes sense is if she was about to be fired and so she thought she’d make up this story so she could set u a Go Fund Me account.
Have you never watched reality TV?
People are lined up to humiliate themselves.
Look at Nikki—humiliated by “None of the above” and comes back for more of the same....
Lol.
“Having your financial advisor falling for a scam like this is about as disconcerting as going to a dentist who has bad teeth.”
Old barbershop advice. Sit at the chair with the guy that has the worst haircut. He may not be the best but certainly not the worst barber in the shop.
To become a “victim”? If you are stupid enough to put $50,000 in cash in a shoebox and give it to a complete stranger you are too stupid to have $50,000.
In her profession this seems like a fatal mistake. Who wants to listen to a financial columnist who fell for something even more unbelievable than Amazon gift cards?
Unless he’s a British dentist.
Because there’s no such thing as bad publicity...............
I always get my financial advice from columnists...
Must have been a big box..........
Bellefontaine Man Scammed Out of $341,000
A 37-year-old Bellefontaine man reported to Bellefontaine Police that he was scammed out of $341,000 between November 17, 2023, and Monday.
The man said he initially deposited $200,000 to purchase gold online with a company and within a few days his investment grew to $800,000.
When he went to withdraw money, the company informed him that he would need to pay $91,000 in taxes to be able to make the withdraw.
An unknown person went to the man’s home, collected the “tax” money, and told the victim that the money was placed with Bitcoin and that he would have to withdraw it through them.
The person went on to tell the man that he would have to pay $50,000 to Bitcoin to have the money unblocked and deposited into his account.
The victim then paid the person and was told that he would have to contact the Department of Homeland Security because they had his money.
When the victim was unable to successfully contact the office, he contacted the police.
Further investigation is pending.
https://www.peakofohio.com/featured-news/bellefontaine-man-scammed-out-of-341000
Just 5 stacks of 100 $100 bills.
“ what would be the upside of presenting herself to the world as an idiot who totally humiliated herself?”
Dunning-Krueger effect. Stupid people don’t know they are stupid.
A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.
Stanley Weiser
Some scammers are brutish, and dumb. But others are quite sophisticated.
The clever ones sweet-talk their victims into downloading special software. This special software lets the scammer take over the victim’s computer. AnyDesk and TeamViewer are two such programs. There are many others.
Once the scammer has control of the victim’s computer, the scammer shows the victim all sorts of fake websites and fake documents. It can be convincing if you’re by nature a trusting person.
But the $50,000 in a shoebox? I’ve heard of such scams before. I don’t know about this particular case, but people do fall for it.
Either way she’s as dumb as a box of rocks
NOt true unless she’s a total moron. Why she would make it up though might be that she’s writing a book on how not to get scammed and she’s highlighting her own story as publicity.
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