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?
Once again demonstrating the general intelligence level of “journalists”.
Gonna have to try that.......
What bank had $50,000 on hand when she made her withdrawal and was it located next to a SUBWAY?
She is a “ nobody “ financial journalist.
I think she did a “Jussie” for notoriety.
The story is probably true - most reporters are not that smart.
I disagree with you.
She’s not a financial advisor. She is a columnist who appears to have no training or certifications related to financial planning.
This story gave her the only thing a media loser wants: free public exposure.
Her bio profile says she has a B.A. in English. That’s it.
Anyone who takes financial advice from this moron is retarded.
FrozenAssets wrote: “Once again demonstrating the general intelligence level of “journalists”.”
Several years ago, the WSJ did a study of college majors measuring the SAT/ACT scores of specific majors and the academic difficulty of the majors. Journalism ranked 2nd from the bottom in both measures. Unfortunately, education majors ranked even lower.
Absolutely.*
[*See Jesse Smollet.]
Most banks will not allow you to withdrawal that amount of cash without prior notice and will likely ask some questions and at minimum have to file a Currency Transaction Report with the IRS.
“Are people that desperate for fame that they are willing to embarrass themselves for it?”
Ever hear of Only Fans?
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