[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]

A friend of mine hired a contractor to do some home renovations. He went to his bank to withdraw $7000 to pay them (cash is king). All very legitimate.

The bank gave him a a hard time. Who are you paying? What is the money for?

My friend got upset. He’s a bit of a hothead. “Give me my money!” Which they did.

Afterwards I settled my friend down. The bank was trying to do the right thing by asking those questions. They are, in many ways, the last line of defense against filthy scammers. So be nice, and answer their questions.

My friend agreed. I was going to ask him to go back and apologize, but I figured I’d better quit while I was ahead.