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Here’s How I Lost $25,000 Last Week From This One Scary Email Scam
Trust no one — especially on the Internet — who promises you a fortune
That’s the moral of my story about how I was scammed out of $25,000 last week by someone posing as the nephew of a wealthy man.
It all started when I received an email from someone claiming to be Fred.
Fred said that his uncle, a wealthy oil tycoon in Saudi Arabia, was sick and needed money to pay his hospital bills. He told me that he tried to access his uncle’s bank account, but couldn’t and asked if I could kindly wire him the money.
Of course, I was hesitant at first.
But Fred was sweet. And he came off as a good guy.
Fred even sweetened the pot by saying that his uncle would reimburse me the money as soon as he recovered, and that he was certain his uncle would reward me handsomely for my time and help.
I daydreamed for a few minutes, thinking about how much money Fred’s rich uncle would send me when he got out. Would it be $50,000? $100,000? Maybe a million dollars?
I was saving the man’s life after all.
