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My father was almost scammed out of $80k! My father was almost scammed out of $80k!
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How good was the scammer's English?
It was good.

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My last assignment before I retired was as a Fraud and Cyber Crimes Detective Lieutenant. We investigated all kinds of very sophisticated crimes and it was amazing how smart the bad guys were.
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It was good.
Proves it wasn't me

I've had to "fix" a couple of 20K utter B$ legal but unethical attempts with mom recently ... she's 89 .
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My last assignment before I retired was as a Fraud and Cyber Crimes Detective Lieutenant. We investigated all kinds of very sophisticated crimes and it was amazing how smart the bad guys were.
Yep, folks will expend a lot of time, energy, and intelligence figuring out a way to profit at the expense of others.
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