[plain talk]

I feel sorry for woman but I can’t imagine being that stupid though to fork over that kind of dough.

[mmichaels1970]

I feel sorry for woman but I can’t imagine being that stupid though to fork over that kind of dough.

They convinced an 80yo I know that hackers were using her laptop to traffic child pornography and the teller at the bank literally had to rip the phone out of her hands when she attempted to make a withdrawal to "protect" her money. She cried for days.

[Leaning Right]

> I feel sorry for woman but I can’t imagine being that stupid though to fork over that kind of dough. <

As scams go, this one was rather crude.

But some scams are very sophisticated. As an example, a scammer will send out an email blast claiming to be from Amazon. The email looks EXACTLY like a real one from Amazon - the only tip-off is the sender’s email is not Amazon’s. Most people don’t even look at that.

The email claims you are due a large refund from Amazon. Please enter your Amazon name and password. Sometimes they will even ask for your bank information. Then bad things happen.

Many older folks fall for this. I suppose the only consolation is that the younger generation will not be fooled as they grow older. They’re hep to the scene, as I like to say.