tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86392692544934350472024-03-14T16:34:29.541-07:00Stop Phishing Scam EmailsHackers want your money. Protect yourself now. Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-2379268722026130512024-03-14T16:33:00.000-07:002024-03-14T16:33:49.969-07:00California Woman Wires Her $720K Life Savings to a Scammer. She is Now Suing Chase Bank<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px;">An 80-year-old woman is suing Chase Bank after she fell for a crypto investment scam known as "pig butchering" that took over $720,000 of her life savings, and left her "struggling to pay her bills."</span></p><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><div data-editornodeinfo="%7B%22type%22%3A%22editor-image-node%22%2C%22imageUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fi.prt.news%2Ffb0971253ae6da292fefb6cf11964361.blob%22%2C%22imageCaption%22%3A%22Chase%20bank%20(stock%20photo)%22%2C%22creditText%22%3A%22Mike%20Mozart%3B%20CC%20BY%202.0%20DEED%22%2C%22creditUrl%22%3A%22%22%2C%22imagePlatform%22%3A%22SELF_UPLOAD%22%2C%22imageOriginalWidth%22%3A1024%2C%22imageOriginalHeight%22%3A828%7D" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="editor-image-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 24px auto 12px; position: relative;"><div class="editor-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><img class="" data-credit-text="Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED" data-credit-url="" data-image-caption="Chase bank (stock photo)" data-image-original-height="828" data-image-original-width="1024" data-image-platform="SELF_UPLOAD" src="https://i.prt.news/fb0971253ae6da292fefb6cf11964361.blob" style="border-radius: 8px; border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 356px;" /></div><span class="image-introduction-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 12px; user-select: none;"><span class="image-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 3px;">Chase bank (stock photo)</span><span class="photo-by" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);">Photo by</span><span class="credit-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 6px;">Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED</span></span></div></div></figure><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Taiwanese immigrant and senior citizen with a disabled adult son had no idea she was being scammed, but this is how many "pig butchering" scams go.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">A scammer gains the trust of an unsuspecting person and convinces them to send money or invest money in a scheme, and it ends with the victim losing all of their money.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">This is what happened to one California woman who is now desperately suing Chase bank after losing over $720K to a scammer.</span></p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Los Angeles Woman Trusts Scammer and Loses Life Savings</span></span></h4><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">KCAL-TV News </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/local-senior-sues-bank-after-losing-over-700k-to-bank-fraud/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">reported</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> that 80-year-old Alice Lin in Los Angeles thought that a man she met on WeChat would help her make money with cryptocurrency investing in a trading app. She didn't know the man and met him when he messaged her for the first time.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He gained her trust through an online friendship that started on WeChat.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He then convinced her to download a "trading app" and he convinced her to send her money, but she didn't realize it was not a real investing app.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Then I was thinking, I can help my son, who is on disability. So, I thought, that would be good. That I can, you know, make a little bit of money.” -Alice Lin, Chase bank customer</span></blockquote><figure style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><div data-editornodeinfo="%7B%22type%22%3A%22editor-image-node%22%2C%22imageUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fi.prt.news%2F999f4bd4c5f6ccdb3adfdad62da991d1.blob%22%2C%22imageCaption%22%3A%22Alice%20Lin%2C%2080%22%2C%22creditText%22%3A%22KCAL-TV%20News%22%2C%22creditUrl%22%3A%22%22%2C%22imagePlatform%22%3A%22SELF_UPLOAD%22%2C%22imageOriginalWidth%22%3A678%2C%22imageOriginalHeight%22%3A507%7D" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="editor-image-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 24px auto 12px; position: relative;"><div class="editor-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><img class="" data-credit-text="KCAL-TV News" data-credit-url="" data-image-caption="Alice Lin, 80" data-image-original-height="507" data-image-original-width="678" data-image-platform="SELF_UPLOAD" src="https://i.prt.news/999f4bd4c5f6ccdb3adfdad62da991d1.blob" style="border-radius: 8px; border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 356px;" /></div><span class="image-introduction-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 12px; user-select: none;"><span class="image-caption" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 3px;">Alice Lin, 80</span><span class="photo-by" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);">Photo by</span><span class="credit-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 6px;">KCAL-TV News</span></span></div></div></figure><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Then over several weeks, he convinced her to wire over $720,000 to him. She went to her local Chase bank branches to wire "hundreds of thousands of dollars" over several days in August, and the total amount came to $721,500.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">After he received the money, all communication from the scammer stopped.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">It was a scam, and the returns on her money were too good to be true.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“He gave me the instructions and where to send the money to. So for me to go to the bank, to wire the money, and at that time, I totally trust him, so I just follow him.” -Alice Lin, Chase bank customer</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">CBS 4 News Miami </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-80-loses-720000-in-savings/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">reported</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> that Lin was extremely depressed after she lost $720K, to the point that she felt suicidal.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">With very little left in her bank account, she is now "trying to find comfort in the simple things in life," because the pig butchering scam stole her life savings.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alice Lin is Suing Chase Bank After Losing $720K in Scam</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Now, she holds Chase Bank at fault for allowing her to send her money to a scammer.</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Only if they had done a little something to protect elders like me from being scammed, I wouldn't be where I am now an 80-year-old widow left to pick up the pieces of my life." -Alice Lin, Chase bank customer</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">On Monday, 26 February 2024 Lin's attorney Anne Marie Murphy filed a complaint in the Los Angeles Superior Court, citing "red flags that Chase bank knew Ms. Lin was being scammed or definitely should have known."</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lopez, Lolita. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/grandmother-loses-life-savings-and-sues-bank/3326151/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grandmother loses life savings and sues bank</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">." NBC 4 News. Updated 26 February 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabir, Nadirah. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-80-loses-720000-in-savings/" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Woman, 80, loses $720,000 in savings due to crypto scam 'at my age, I do not have a second chance'</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">CBS 4 Miami</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. 6 March 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-19172250031858701412024-03-09T17:17:00.000-08:002024-03-09T17:17:11.105-08:00Colorado Woman Sees Error on Computer Telling Her the Computer was Hacked. She Calls Number and Loses $37K<p>A woman from Westminster is alerted by warning messages on her computer that "her IP address has been hacked." It tells her to call a number and she is greeted by a person claiming to be from "Microsoft headquarters," who conspires to steal $37K from her in an "imposter scam."</p><figure style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 0.67em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div data-editornodeinfo="%7B%22type%22%3A%22editor-image-node%22%2C%22imageUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fi.prt.news%2F225f3f5aaa873c84afdba61fe176858c.blob%22%2C%22imageCaption%22%3A%22Microsoft%20logo%20(stock%20photo)%22%2C%22creditText%22%3A%22Mike%20Mozart%3B%20CC%20BY%202.0%20DEED%22%2C%22creditUrl%22%3A%22%22%2C%22imagePlatform%22%3A%22SELF_UPLOAD%22%2C%22imageOriginalWidth%22%3A2048%2C%22imageOriginalHeight%22%3A1298%7D" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><div class="editor-image-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px !important; position: relative;"><div class="editor-image" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><img alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=031V0l_0rlwZ6jB00" class="" data-credit-text="Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED" data-credit-url="" data-image-caption="Microsoft logo (stock photo)" data-image-original-height="1298" data-image-original-width="2048" data-image-platform="SELF_UPLOAD" height="1298" src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&url=031V0l_0rlwZ6jB00" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-radius: 8px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1024px; pointer-events: none; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 684px;" width="2048" /></div><span class="image-introduction-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 12px; user-select: none;"><span class="image-caption" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 0px !important;">photo credit: Microsoft logo (stock photo)</span><span class="photo-by" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);">Photo by</span><span class="credit-text" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 6px;">Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED</span></span></div></div></figure><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">According to the FTC data on the </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Consumer Sentinel Network</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">, Americans lost more than $2.7 billion in "imposter scams" in 2023. These are scams where an unsuspecting person is duped by a scammer posing as an official or representative of a company.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">A Colorado woman shared her recent experience with a scammer to try and warn others before it's too late.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Westminster Colorado Woman Believes 'Imposter Scammer'</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">KUSA 9News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.9news.com/article/money/consumer/steve-on-your-side/westminster-woman-loses-37000-phantom-hacker-scam/73-e69ae29d-6c5d-4395-8cde-c75e90fb24d4" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> on Thursday that Diana Peltier from Westminster, Colorado received a troubling message on her computer, warning her that her "IP address had been hacked." The warning alert provided a phone number for her to call and looked very similar to the image on the screen below.</span></p><figure style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 0.67em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div data-editornodeinfo="%7B%22type%22%3A%22editor-image-node%22%2C%22imageUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fi.prt.news%2F026a3b1e87830f3d85bc2292f82abbfe.blob%22%2C%22imageCaption%22%3A%22Windows%20message%22%2C%22creditText%22%3A%22KUSA%209News%22%2C%22creditUrl%22%3A%22%22%2C%22imagePlatform%22%3A%22SELF_UPLOAD%22%2C%22imageOriginalWidth%22%3A688%2C%22imageOriginalHeight%22%3A375%7D" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><div class="editor-image-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px !important; position: relative;"><div class="editor-image" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><img alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0hp5lC_0rlwZ6jB00" class="" data-credit-text="KUSA 9News" data-credit-url="" data-image-caption="Windows message" data-image-original-height="375" data-image-original-width="688" data-image-platform="SELF_UPLOAD" height="375" src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&url=0hp5lC_0rlwZ6jB00" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-radius: 8px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1024px; pointer-events: none; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 684px;" width="688" /></div><span class="image-introduction-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 12px; user-select: none;"><span class="image-caption" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 0px !important;">photo credit: Windows message</span><span class="photo-by" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);">Photo by</span><span class="credit-text" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 6px;">KUSA 9News</span></span></div></div></figure><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She trusted the information on the screen and called the phone number where she was greeted by a man claiming to be from Microsoft headquarters, who sounded "calm and assuring," who told her "they were going to take care of her. They are going to be certain that I'm going to be OK."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The scammer told her to click on a link, which downloaded remote software onto her computer, which allowed him to take "complete control" over her computer.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">That's when he told Peltier that he could "see her accounts were being hacked." He then offered to connect her to her bank's fraud department.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Peltier Was Transferred to 'Bank Fraud Department'</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Peltier was transferred to a woman named "Allison with US Bank" who was soft-spoken and calming her down, telling her to "breathe," while continuing to emphasize her accounts were hacked.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Peltier was then instructed to go to her bank and withdraw her money from her "hacked" bank account and to deposit it into a "safe place" and the safest nearby place to deposit her money was the nearest Bitcoin ATM at a liquor store.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">That's where Peltier deposited the $37,000 she removed from her bank account, just as she had been coached to do by scammers.</span></p><figure style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 0.67em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><div data-editornodeinfo="%7B%22type%22%3A%22editor-image-node%22%2C%22imageUrl%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fi.prt.news%2F757a762444004c6ea93e82085033f558.blob%22%2C%22imageCaption%22%3A%22Diana%20Peltier%22%2C%22creditText%22%3A%22KUSA%209News%22%2C%22creditUrl%22%3A%22%22%2C%22imagePlatform%22%3A%22SELF_UPLOAD%22%2C%22imageOriginalWidth%22%3A472%2C%22imageOriginalHeight%22%3A384%7D" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><div class="editor-image-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px !important; position: relative;"><div class="editor-image" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; position: relative; z-index: 1;"><img alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2RDdkB_0rlwZ6jB00" class="" data-credit-text="KUSA 9News" data-credit-url="" data-image-caption="Diana Peltier" data-image-original-height="384" data-image-original-width="472" data-image-platform="SELF_UPLOAD" height="384" src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&url=2RDdkB_0rlwZ6jB00" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-radius: 8px; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 1024px; pointer-events: none; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle; width: 684px;" width="472" /></div><span class="image-introduction-wrap" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 12px; user-select: none;"><span class="image-caption" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 3px; margin-top: 0px !important;">photo credit: Diana Peltier</span><span class="photo-by" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);">Photo by</span><span class="credit-text" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 6px;">KUSA 9News</span></span></div></div></figure><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"Within four hours, it was all over with. It was all gone." -Diane Peltier, Colorado scam victim</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">In hindsight she regrets it.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"I should have hung up with everybody. I should have unplugged the computer. I wasn't thinking right. I wasn't thinking right. I wasn't thinking clearly." -Diane Peltier, Colorado scam victim</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Now, it is unlikely Peltier will ever see her money lost in this scam.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Always remember: Banks and officials will never ask for <b>payment</b> in gift cards or <b>cryptocurrency</b>.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Help protect friends and family by liking and sharing this article with others so they can be informed about this type of scam.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Federal Trade Commission: </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/consumer-sentinel-network" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Consumer Sentinel Network</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Iacurci, Greg. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/15/imposter-scams-are-top-fraud-of-2023-ftc-says-how-to-protect-yourself.html" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">How to avoid the top scam of 2023: The internet has ‘really supercharged’ it, expert says</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">CNBC</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 15 February 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Staegar, Steve and Anna Hewson. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.9news.com/article/money/consumer/steve-on-your-side/westminster-woman-loses-37000-phantom-hacker-scam/73-e69ae29d-6c5d-4395-8cde-c75e90fb24d4" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Colorado woman loses $37,000 in phantom hacker scam</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">KUSA 9News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 7 March 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" /></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-58429217446574801592024-02-20T17:04:00.000-08:002024-02-20T17:04:44.089-08:00Scammer Leaves Her Fake ID at North Carolina Bank After Trying to Steal $4,000 from Bank Account <p>A woman in North Carolina went into a bank in Roanoke Rapids with a fake ID that had her real photo as the picture. The fraudster got nervous and quickly left while the bank teller was checking on the account she was trying to withdraw funds from.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrb8tM4bBy3gmwYPy1POIH15h65Sin7Vz2GBig5RD7pcB4zK5NPJRMcKjEtwQn4J4llLULw8owTjKKwgDseezFkvpqz1FjuYyauLAxnpC396C_MJbY3XVgSoARDIKljFxAHnrnsj_zg3WJC3jtPNalPejvu_Kj6XnSV5d7hK8IQ13Ph7Gj-sO_sLjdPg/s605/NCW.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Fraudster" border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="605" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrb8tM4bBy3gmwYPy1POIH15h65Sin7Vz2GBig5RD7pcB4zK5NPJRMcKjEtwQn4J4llLULw8owTjKKwgDseezFkvpqz1FjuYyauLAxnpC396C_MJbY3XVgSoARDIKljFxAHnrnsj_zg3WJC3jtPNalPejvu_Kj6XnSV5d7hK8IQ13Ph7Gj-sO_sLjdPg/w640-h436/NCW.PNG" title="Bank scammer" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">credit: Roanoke Rapids Police Department</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Some scammers never learn. </i></span><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000;">NC Police Department is Looking for a Bank Scammer</span></h3><div>Roanoke Rapids Police Department is actively looking for the woman seen in the photo above after she left a fake ID at a bank in Roanoke Rapids, NC.</div><div><br /></div><div>She walked into the bank around noon on Feb. 7 at a location on East 10th Street in Roanoke Rapids.</div><div><br /></div><div>She attempted to withdraw $4,000 from a bank account that was not hers.</div><div><br /></div><div>The bank teller became suspicious and had another teller contact the real account owner. The account owner said that "no one should be removing funds from their account."</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">As the teller was checking on the bank account, the woman quickly left the bank branch, leaving her fake ID behind. Bank employees said that the picture on the Identification card was accurate, while the other information was not. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have information on this woman, please contact Halifax County Crime Stoppers at 252-583-4444.</span></span><br /><p><br /></p></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870, USA36.4615395 -77.65414648.1513056638211552 -112.8103964 64.771773336178853 -42.4978964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-46875306933316485952024-02-18T11:40:00.000-08:002024-02-18T11:40:36.600-08:00Nigerian Scammer Admits He Took $100K from Women Online with Romance ScamsA Nigerian scammer confessed that he took money from women online, divulging details about who he targeted so others can learn from his past romance scams.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojtfswWFHje8LeIHWAKn4aQCNbAcLNW2msgIyUk2UIAilvST8TIFj5zDa8ZgMl08LZut7pIE9s1Ngva18-RdDdeT59Jvx2ZhsWxMpDqIZUSRtELOsjJDvc52iWh-o8Iic-nECvOhur_L82i4Ln5srgxSK9ugxKatJ9ncLmQrDEQb7WsR1NnMSXnOONBI/s641/Scammer.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nigerian Scam" border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="641" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhojtfswWFHje8LeIHWAKn4aQCNbAcLNW2msgIyUk2UIAilvST8TIFj5zDa8ZgMl08LZut7pIE9s1Ngva18-RdDdeT59Jvx2ZhsWxMpDqIZUSRtELOsjJDvc52iWh-o8Iic-nECvOhur_L82i4Ln5srgxSK9ugxKatJ9ncLmQrDEQb7WsR1NnMSXnOONBI/w640-h442/Scammer.PNG" title="Nigeria man" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nigerian scammer "Christopher Maxwell"; credit NBC4 Washington</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that romance scams totaled $1.3 billion in 2022.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now the consulting firm Social Catfish consults with a past romance scammer from Nigeria.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cofounder Brianna McClellan shares a big red flag.</div><div><br /></div><div>She said:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><blockquote>“You met someone, and they're professing their love to you right away followed by someone asking you for money, gift cards, wire transfers, anything,” she said. “Anything that has to do with money being sent, red flag.”</blockquote></span></div><div>Take the image of the person you are talking to, and put it into Google reverse image or on Social Catfish reverse image feature to see if you are talking to a catfish.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nigerian Man Shares Details About His Past Romance Scams</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>A Nigerian man shares the details of his past romance scams on American women so now they can be careful when dealing with scammers online.<div><br /><div>NBC4 Washington <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/consumer/reformed-romance-scammer-says-he-defrauded-women-of-100k-over-5-years/3544349/" target="_blank">reported</a> that a man who calls himself "Christopher Maxwell" is now divulging how he targeted women with romance scams to steal money.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maxwell shared how he typically picked his victims.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><blockquote>“I usually pick my victims from the ages of 38 to, maybe, 60 to 65. Single women. I look for women that’re single that have kids, and they need someone to take care of them, to love them.”</blockquote></span></div><div>He would often look for divorced women on dating platforms while using a picture of a military service member to portray himself as a trustworthy individual.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said that sometimes his scam could yield money quickly, while other times it could take months. He would employ a "sob story" that he was deployed, and didn't have access to his bank account, and he needed help making a payment on a house, car, or for his kids. Of course, it was always a lie.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">“Sometimes you have to be patient for months,” Maxwell said. “Sometimes I can get money in three days...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Definitely, she would want to help me, because I’m her boyfriend.”</span></blockquote>Maxwell even admits that he worked on and perfected his American accent so he could chat on the phone with his American victims.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><blockquote>“If you’re talking to someone online, a stranger that you don’t know, um, you can ask for a video call,” he advised. “If someone is refusing to talk to you on a video call for absolutely no reason, it’s a scam.” </blockquote></span>But Maxwell said he did feel guilty taking money from these women based on his lies.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said:</div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px;"><blockquote style="color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;">“I felt so guilty,” he said. “I showed her my face on video call. She cried. She did not block me.”</blockquote><div style="color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He confessed what he did to his last victim after she got sick and went into debt. </span></div><div style="color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nigerian Man Was Fined $250 and Spent One Day in Jail after Scamming $100,000 USD</span></h4><div style="color: rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9); text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></span>Maxwell stole about $100,000 over five years and was arrested by authorities in Nigeria. He paid a $250 fine for his crime and spent one day in jail.<br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-74752932751524770332024-02-16T16:48:00.000-08:002024-02-16T16:48:53.329-08:00Maryland Woman Loses $17K from her Bank of America Account After a Crook Goes into a Verizon Store w/ Her Phone Number & Gets a SIM Card<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A Maryland woman was scammed out of $17,000 in her Bank of America bank account after a scammer walked into a California Verizon store with her phone number and obtained a SIM card for her account, shutting off her phone. Then the scammer steals $17K from her Bank of America bank account.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2A4m0iIJSrLVX6ZfcQpDKKaZhf2ForlsfA1CEiEQrRWx8Utlq1Zuw4-Wis_7o6fDHWeA0_UPPpl8LKwHm5Pnqjl9PzH3rSHVjxuWOvhIhNgzcEfoVuuvJ7C2YsVhSsvogIXYVcJSg41gUDTSn_q00kKFBp-Qn3tBF57E1ZPpqp64etQOra8bTGOyEuA/s2048/14500839148_bdbd9ef612_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Verizon Wireless" border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="2048" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2A4m0iIJSrLVX6ZfcQpDKKaZhf2ForlsfA1CEiEQrRWx8Utlq1Zuw4-Wis_7o6fDHWeA0_UPPpl8LKwHm5Pnqjl9PzH3rSHVjxuWOvhIhNgzcEfoVuuvJ7C2YsVhSsvogIXYVcJSg41gUDTSn_q00kKFBp-Qn3tBF57E1ZPpqp64etQOra8bTGOyEuA/w640-h254/14500839148_bdbd9ef612_k.jpg" title="Verizon store" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Verizon Wireless store</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Scammers continue to find new ways to steal money from hard-working people, even when a person has two-factor authentication on an account.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">A Maryland woman learns that even with two-factor authentication, a criminal still accessed her account and took $17K from her with a SIM card swap.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Details on what happened are below.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">A Scammer Walks into a Verizon Store with a Woman's Phone Number</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">7News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://wjla.com/features/i-team/scams-verizon-bank-of-america-two-factor-step-authentication-cell-phone-sim-card-swap-criminals-crime-hackers-money-iphone-5g-service" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> on Wednesday that Sharon Hussey from Maryland was "stunned" after a criminal took control of her account after walking into a California Verizon store with her phone number.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The crook then changed her Bank of America contact information "within minutes" and then took $17,000 from her bank account, even though she had two-factor authentication enabled.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"I don't know what kind of story they told them, but they bought a new phone, gave them my phone number and were issued a new SIM card, and with that SIM card they can take over everything. I don't know if the could access my banking apps. I don't know what immediate access they had...they could change my Verizon account information, they changed my password, they changed another phone number that was on there, and then they went into Bank of America, and now that they have this phone with my control, they were able to make a sizable withdrawal and when they were sent a code to the phone, they had it." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">-Sharon Hussey, Verizon customer</i></blockquote><p> <span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"It was absolutely stunning. My heart dropped to the floor...and the bottom just kind of dropped out." -Sharon Hussey, Verizon customer</i></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">When a new SIM card was issued in California, the SIM card in her cellphone no longer worked, and should could no longer get a verification code to her phone, because the scammer was now using her phone number.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She needed to contact Verizon about her phone issues, but when she called Bank of America, she found out that $17,000 had been removed from her account.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"Initially, I didn't realize how big of a deal it was. I thought I had handled it on the first day by calling the bank, calling Verizon. Figuring things out.” </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">-Sharon Hussey, Verizon customer</i></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Hussey says that the "two-factor authentication" in her particular situation didn't help her.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"And I have two-factor identification which ended up biting me in the face when it all came down to it. That was the thing that completely hijacked everything. They had complete control of my phone and there was nothing I could do about it." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">-Sharon Hussey, Verizon customer</i></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">7News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> revealed that the scammer in this situation used two-factor authentication via receiving a text code to access accounts that have this feature enabled.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">That's how the scammer gained access to Sharon Hussey's bank account.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">In the video below on X.com (formerly Twitter) Sharon explains what happened.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Update to this Story: 24 January 2024</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">7News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://wjla.com/features/i-team/scams-verizon-bank-of-america-two-factor-step-authentication-cell-phone-sim-card-swap-criminals-crime-hackers-money-iphone-5g-service" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that Bank of America initially denied her claim for her $17K loss "over the next three months," but did reverse its decision, and decided to refund the money that was stolen from Sharon Hussey's account.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Thoughts</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Now it is time for the reader to share your thoughts on the story.</span></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Did you know this type of SIM scam existed?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">What would you do if someone stole your phone number?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Do you use two-factor authentication to protect your accounts?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Please help others stay informed about this story by sharing this article on social media.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Scott Taylor's account on X.com (formerly Twitter): </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://twitter.com/ScottTaylorTV" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">@ScottTaylorTV</a></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sharon Hussey on Facebook.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Taylor, Scott. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://wjla.com/features/i-team/scams-verizon-bank-of-america-two-factor-step-authentication-cell-phone-sim-card-swap-criminals-crime-hackers-money-iphone-5g-service" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Maryland woman loses $17K in SIM card swap scam despite two-factor authentication</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." WJLA 7News. 24 January 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Bank of America's </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.bankofamerica.com/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">website</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Verizon's </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.verizon.com/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">website</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;" /></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-10743577234833274552024-02-05T18:40:00.000-08:002024-02-05T18:44:08.973-08:00Hacker Takes Control of a Man's TV & Puts a QR Code on the Screen. The Man Scans it and Loses Thousands of Dollars.<p> A <b>Florida policeman</b> who recently had surgeries after being hit takes a financial blow when a <b>hacker</b> puts a <b>QR code</b> on his <b>TV</b>. He scans it and it directs him to call a phone number, connecting him with <b>scammers</b> ready to steal his <b>money</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUXZAnE_hRJt8UMSM-ijnYThvXauQ9UiWu5Bwb9EwY_hEb-Ky-QmJ1_OUdKGKE-nEPm7gKDRsoCN45kuB5Wt5Zx8_1UWO9NzGu9zkCTwoQY1d0Bav18Cieyvb47Lh0fcrYbTuygiTkO2FIwOMTdt00pNhi1i1TFNqYXVKBVMVPxGZmVhJFCQpMRI0vlQ/s995/Rafael.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rafael" border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="995" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUXZAnE_hRJt8UMSM-ijnYThvXauQ9UiWu5Bwb9EwY_hEb-Ky-QmJ1_OUdKGKE-nEPm7gKDRsoCN45kuB5Wt5Zx8_1UWO9NzGu9zkCTwoQY1d0Bav18Cieyvb47Lh0fcrYbTuygiTkO2FIwOMTdt00pNhi1i1TFNqYXVKBVMVPxGZmVhJFCQpMRI0vlQ/w640-h392/Rafael.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rafael Cubela; credit: 7 News</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Florida Policeman Hacked After Scanning a QR Code on His TV</span></h3><p><i>7 News</i> <a href="https://wsvn.com/news/help-me-howard/scammed-from-a-qr-code-on-his-tv/" target="_blank">reported</a> that a policeman who drives a motorcycle is recovering from a vehicle colliding into him, and something else happened.</p><p>As he was recovering, he was watching a movie on Amazon Prime when a QR code came on his TV screen. He scanned the code and it directed him to call a phone number.</p><p>After he called the number, they informed him that they were employees of Amazon. The representative could tell him personal information, all found on his smartphone.</p><p>Rafael said:</p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><blockquote style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> “He knew my Social Security, the last four numbers, he knew the banks that I used, that were on my phone.”</blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the scammer said he fixed the problem, Rafael noticed that his smartphone was displaying strange notifications. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all of this, Rafael also noticed that he opened up an app and saw a large amount of money from one of his accounts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sure enough, the scammers had stolen $5,000 from Rafael's bank account.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">He contacted his bank, and the bank refused to return the money.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rafael said:</span></p><p><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></p><blockquote>“For them to say that they’re not going to be held responsible for this, to me, it’s sad.”</blockquote><p></p><p></p><p>Now he will take it to small claims court after he recovers from his surgery. </p><p>Always be aware that scanning a QR code can allow hackers to gain access to your phone and personal information.</p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-52252132376332013372024-02-03T12:09:00.000-08:002024-02-03T12:09:07.392-08:00Colorado Man Loses Almost $140K to Scammer Posing as Chase Fraud Department<p>A Jefferson County man was living in a "nightmare" after a <b>scammer</b> posing as Chase Bank's <b>Fraud Department</b> sent a "<b>Chase Fraud Alert</b>" to his phone. After giving the scammer access to his account, 11 wire transfers initiated by the scammer stole almost $140K out of his <b>Chase Business account</b>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48rxiLpzcVE4_64VCAcfAIvijlHjQsH2OpCx0cO8FeIKaqDgRhlCHNIY1Ju50qgjkwi9mfzvwiaLh9c3ryKCTFa-yYGhd2Fzj-daDoe_MEJYn0aDUkidBaFzPT4_yW6FRfK_PyzPIzZXePMxSR-2NJZ-RuiR_b4crj2dkxhRQg5D_dEHxK2Fsrwbc4T4/s1024/18528942482_661ae9a86a_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chase Bank branch" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1024" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48rxiLpzcVE4_64VCAcfAIvijlHjQsH2OpCx0cO8FeIKaqDgRhlCHNIY1Ju50qgjkwi9mfzvwiaLh9c3ryKCTFa-yYGhd2Fzj-daDoe_MEJYn0aDUkidBaFzPT4_yW6FRfK_PyzPIzZXePMxSR-2NJZ-RuiR_b4crj2dkxhRQg5D_dEHxK2Fsrwbc4T4/w640-h518/18528942482_661ae9a86a_b.jpg" title="Chase bank" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chase Bank branch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What happens when the bank isn't prepared to help you resolve a fraud alert quickly, and a scammer posing as the fraud department is "more than eager" to help?</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">It's a situation happening far too often after a man in Colorado learned the hard way to be more cautious after losing almost $140K in a fraud scheme that all started with a <u>text message</u>.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">An FBI </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2022_IC3Report.pdf" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">report</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> on fraud in 2022 found that 405 Colorado residents lost almost $500k to phishing scams, while 467 residents lost over $2 million to spoofing scams in the state.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">More details are below.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Colorado Man Tricked by Scammer's Text Message Spoofing a 'Chase Fraud Alert'</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">FOX31 News</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://kdvr.com/news/local/phishing-scam-dupes-jefferson-county-couple-out-of-137k/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">reported</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> on Friday that Scott Koll from Golden, Colorado received a Chase Fraud Alert text to his phone in January, which started a nightmare situation for him and his wife.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott is seen in the photo below along with the Chase Alert he received.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx8kOtuxX-dqWR21YQKSB_nE0j96v1txU8F94zgLJ3JtbYYrjZm2Ne8OKfSmupceRUmzUWn0gOnFTWT5yyiPQDdyNrQ7thu37mCME7awsF2xRejcMHjrMK1eBbBcsApTpIKE-U7x4v7xTL5eIOOHlFVpCnJZzfovGbIXeyGdBCYcidpk1bgBbBLpyw2A/s1532/Scott%20Zoll.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chase Fraud Alert" border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1532" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyx8kOtuxX-dqWR21YQKSB_nE0j96v1txU8F94zgLJ3JtbYYrjZm2Ne8OKfSmupceRUmzUWn0gOnFTWT5yyiPQDdyNrQ7thu37mCME7awsF2xRejcMHjrMK1eBbBcsApTpIKE-U7x4v7xTL5eIOOHlFVpCnJZzfovGbIXeyGdBCYcidpk1bgBbBLpyw2A/w640-h389/Scott%20Zoll.PNG" title="Chase alert" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott Zoll and Fraud text alert; credit: FOX31 News</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Chase fraud alert read: “Chase Alerts: Did you attempt to send a Wire transfer for the amount of $4,500.00? Reply Y or N. STOP to end."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott contacted his business partners to see if they knew anything about it.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“At that point, before I did anything else, I reached out to my business partners and asked if they had initiated a wire. They had not. So I then called the bank branch to see if they could see any activity on my account." -Scott Koll, Chase customer</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Next, Scott called his local bank branch in Golden, which gave him the number for Chase's fraud department.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">While communicating with his bank, he also replied to the "fraud alert" text.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">“At that point, I acknowledged the text that came through, said, ‘No, we did not initiate this wire,’ [&] got a text back immediately saying somebody from the Chase fraud team will be in contact with you.” -Scott Koll, Chase customer</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott didn't know that his text replied to a scammer waiting for his response.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chase's legitimate fraud department number was being "spoofed" by the scammer, which also fooled Scott into thinking it was his real bank.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Probably within 30 seconds, I received a phone call from the exact number that the branch had just given me." -Scott Koll, Chase customer</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">He was on the phone with a scammer and the call dropped. So he called the real Chase Bank fraud number. His real bank could not see the texts or communications that he had with the scammer, and Scott began to get frustrated with his real bank.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">That's when the scammers posing as his bank called back. Since they seemed to know what they were doing, he continued on his call with them. They knew how much money was in his account and could tell him his bank account number.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Scammer Asked Him for a 'One-Time Passcode'</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scott was working with who he thought was a member of the fraud team to look into a fraudulent wire that was posted to his account.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The scammer told him they would need Scott to reveal a one-time passcode that would be texted to his cell phone to authenticate his identity. Scott complied with this request, which then gave him the access needed to initiate 11 outgoing wire transfers out of his business account totaling $137,130.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Never give anyone a PIN or "one-time passcode" from your bank. Real employees of the bank do not ask for this and would get in trouble if they did ask for it. <b>Only scammers ask for this type of information.</b></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chase Bank released a statement to FOX31 News.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">It read:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 90, 90); box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 16px 16px 16px 30px; position: relative;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">"These types of scams are heartbreaking. Beware of new contacts asking you for codes, access to your device, or to send them, yourself, or anyone else money to prevent fraud. Chase, other banks, law enforcement, and technology companies won’t ask you to do this, but scammers will. Like cash, wires are final payments and are rarely successfully recalled, once sent." -Chase Bank</i></blockquote><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">An Update to the Scott Koll Case</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The U.S. Sun reported that Scott Koll was notified by Chase Bank on 31 January 2024 that a "significant amount" of their missing funds are expected to be returned after investigating his case over several weeks in January.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Their investigation also uncovered that Scott Koll's computer was infected with malware and "was hacked more than one year before the fraud took place."</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Thoughts</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Now it is time for the reader to share your thoughts on this story.</span></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; list-style-position: outside !important; margin: 0px 0px 0px 14px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" value="1"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Do you know anyone who has been the victim of bank fraud?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" value="2"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have you ever had fraudulent charges posted to your debit or credit card?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" value="3"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Have you had to contact a fraud department to dispute fraud charges?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Please share this article with friends and family so they can be informed about this story.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 20px 0px 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chase Bank's </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.chase.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">website</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">FBI Report: "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2022_IC3Report.pdf" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Report 2022</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">." Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). Date accessed: 2 February 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Low, Rob. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://kdvr.com/news/local/phishing-scam-dupes-jefferson-county-couple-out-of-137k/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Phishing scam dupes Jefferson County couple out of $137K</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">FOX31 News</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. 1 February 2024.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: "Source Serif 4", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 20px 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">White, Debbie. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/10269199/never-trust-call-chase-customers-warned-couple-loses-137k/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; cursor: pointer; outline: none; text-underline-offset: 5px; touch-action: manipulation; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">DON'T BANK ON IT. ‘Never trust an incoming call,’ Chase customers are warned after couple loses $137k – it looked like an official number</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The U.S. Sun</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">. 2 February 2024.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-9627365685309543732024-01-27T17:08:00.000-08:002024-01-27T17:08:22.201-08:00Three Men Steal More Than $38K in Apple Products from a Chesapeake Walmart & Get Away in a Dark Pickup Truck<div style="text-align: left;">Three men steal more than $38K of Apple products from Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia on January 4, 2024 around 10:40 p.m. One of the men distracts a Walmart sales associate while two other men pry open caged lockers containing "a large amount of Apple products." <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They fled through the employee break room and drove away in a <b>dark pickup truck</b>.</span></span></div><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMnT_2AKCqGMFuH_sFgbeAF0bD1wXdyu6WRHHhx6q4xhNGLEQz6LII2VOnBlBnWkpxVof5DR7HjnWSAFsAzqN3hr3lN1qNGsFaRmVX1iI0tM2p24GDpBMED3XNBEEs4nCWFUv7UbVoFOnTJn85NPNvt6P9lkEYYZ0bhGGRJ1R7lEHneQBMyfElEOMM08/s4220/julian-o-hayon-Bs-zngH79Ds-unsplash%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Apple watch and iPhone and Macbook" border="0" data-original-height="4220" data-original-width="3376" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMnT_2AKCqGMFuH_sFgbeAF0bD1wXdyu6WRHHhx6q4xhNGLEQz6LII2VOnBlBnWkpxVof5DR7HjnWSAFsAzqN3hr3lN1qNGsFaRmVX1iI0tM2p24GDpBMED3XNBEEs4nCWFUv7UbVoFOnTJn85NPNvt6P9lkEYYZ0bhGGRJ1R7lEHneQBMyfElEOMM08/w320-h400/julian-o-hayon-Bs-zngH79Ds-unsplash%20(2).jpg" title="Apple products" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apple products (stock photo) by Julian O'havon on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Three Men Steal More than $38K of Apple Products from Virginia Walmart</span></h2><div><i>WAVY 10 News</i> <a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/docs-suspects-steal-almost-40000-of-apple-products-from-walmart/" target="_blank">reported</a> that three men stole over $38K worth of Apple products on January 4, 2024, around 10:40 p.m. One of the men distracts a Walmart sales associate while two other men pry open caged lockers containing "a large amount of Apple products." <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They fled through the employee break room and drove away in a dark pickup truck.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This theft took place at the Walmart located at 632 Grassfield Parkway in Chesapeake, Virginia, and was captured on their surveillance camera. This is a busy road in Chesapeake.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Chesapeake deputy working part-time witnessed the three men get into a dark pickup and speed off.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);">Stealing more than $1,000 of goods in the state of Virginia is a felony, which is punishable by up to 20 years in state prison, and because they used a tool, this is also considered a felony, which could add an additional 5 years of prison time to their sentence.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);"><br /></span></span></div><div><i>WAVY 10 News</i> <a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/crime/docs-suspects-steal-almost-40000-of-apple-products-from-walmart/" target="_blank">reported</a> that local residents were shocked, as they "have never seen anything like this happen at that Walmart before."</div><div> </div><div>Chesapeake resident Tim Pickett said:</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>“The people that walked in and stole this amount of money out of Apple products, I don’t understand how that was — people watching them do that and how that was allowed,” Pickett said. “And then watching the segment on WAVY 10 last night, I saw they went out the employees’ entrance. So I was stunned for, like, how that happens in our neighborhood.”</blockquote></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0Chesapeake, VA, USA36.7682088 -76.28749278.457974963821151 -111.4437427 65.078442636178835 -41.1312427tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-65478053711253230572024-01-23T18:59:00.000-08:002024-01-23T18:59:58.440-08:00$6,800 Taken from California Woman's Wells Fargo Bank Account Days After Receiving Fraudulent Phone Call<p> In August 2023, Nadwa Perket received a phone call claiming to be from Wells Fargo. Days later, $6,800 was taken from her bank account and sent to Florida.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l-2rAec3dHHnqaV0s5g-xwn6fHbXh_9VgPoB0gpD_riCdxHFp8_dogdjm_q8Jx3Bpiz8VryObY9u5lxnQBeoprxgOIetyIjSqXPbYUUqnlPGpX_RYlRVazvVyHEPIN9xjx4FqkR4dfMnkNGDq1tcIP57ed5oZ-TslC0ddhoNrGF-jhz6Z47b40Yj0KA/s2048/14040049929_a87162394e_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Wells Fargo branch" border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l-2rAec3dHHnqaV0s5g-xwn6fHbXh_9VgPoB0gpD_riCdxHFp8_dogdjm_q8Jx3Bpiz8VryObY9u5lxnQBeoprxgOIetyIjSqXPbYUUqnlPGpX_RYlRVazvVyHEPIN9xjx4FqkR4dfMnkNGDq1tcIP57ed5oZ-TslC0ddhoNrGF-jhz6Z47b40Yj0KA/w640-h384/14040049929_a87162394e_k.jpg" title="Wells Fargo bank" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wells Fargo bank (stock photo) by Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>A woman in her 60s from <b>San Diego</b> lost $6,800 from her <b>Wells Fargo bank account</b> after being tricked by a <b>scammer</b> who pretended to be a Wells Fargo bank employee. Nadwa Perket said she felt betrayed by the bank, which refused to reimburse her <b>money</b>.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">California Woman Receives Scam Call and Loses Money from Bank Account</h3><p><i>The U.S. Sun</i> <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/10115570/wells-fargo-bank-account-wiped-thousands-san-diego/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Nadwa Perket from San Diego received a phone call in August 2023 from a man who claimed to be from the Wells Fargo fraud team. He told her that someone had tried to wire money to an account in Florida and that he needed to add extra security layers to her bank account.</p><p>Perket said the caller sounded very professional and convincing. She did not give him her password or username, but she did provide him with some personal information and a one-time access code that he requested.</p><p>A few days later, she got a notification on her phone that her account balance was low. She checked her account and found out that $6,800 had been withdrawn from her account.</p><p>Perket contacted Wells Fargo and reported the fraud, but the bank told her that "she had authorized the transaction" and that they would not refund her money. She said she was "shocked and angry that the bank did not protect her as a client."</p><p>She said:</p><p></p><blockquote>"It didn't look fishy to them." -Nadwa Perket</blockquote><p></p><p>She said she then had to borrow money just to pay her rent and that she felt like the bank did not care about her. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Questions for the Readers</span></h3><div>Now it is time for the reader to share your thoughts in the comments.</div><div><br /></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do you think that commercial banks care about their customers?</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Do you think they will take care of customers that are victims of fraud?</span></li><li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Have you ever seen fraudulent charges on your debit or credit card?</span></li></ul></div><p><i><br /></i></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-44916659211743594002023-12-30T08:12:00.000-08:002023-12-30T08:12:29.680-08:00Florida Woman Leaves a Cigarette Burning in a Tissue Box in back seat of BMW After Owner Won't Take Her to Miami<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A woman in Palm Beach County, Florida tries to bum a ride with a random person filling up at a <b>gas station</b>. When he declines, she hops in his <b>BMW</b> anyway when he goes to pay for his gas. The <u>BMW owner</u> calls the police and they discover she left a cigarette burning in a tissue box in the back seat after departing from his car.</span></p><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7gURffBT8dANZ0ttXMiiCbEJIdd8rUYYWPebJvd31uRGGMe3D4fuokfDg7RsGrVy_BqxxPZ8gm2YJnO-e8xZ2XXxBbPj6NarFkn5xuPU3P_M8iA10sII4OdPiEw1xYvMoFKVnBCETHnrNdq1jCtTcBVfcxjispAAxyPuf4nqIhwYQULHnXX0uc38zoo/s580/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="BMW" border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="580" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7gURffBT8dANZ0ttXMiiCbEJIdd8rUYYWPebJvd31uRGGMe3D4fuokfDg7RsGrVy_BqxxPZ8gm2YJnO-e8xZ2XXxBbPj6NarFkn5xuPU3P_M8iA10sII4OdPiEw1xYvMoFKVnBCETHnrNdq1jCtTcBVfcxjispAAxyPuf4nqIhwYQULHnXX0uc38zoo/w640-h426/image.jpeg" title="BMW owner" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Jon Koop on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Some people don't accept "no" easily, as a Florida woman in Palm Beach County still gets inside a stranger's BMW anyway, which she now likely regrets from behind bars.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The owner didn't want to drive her at least 70 miles south to Miami.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Guess what happened to the Florida woman?</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Hint</span><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">: She didn't make it to Miami.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">More details about this story are below.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Florida Woman Almost Causes a Fire Inside BMW at Gas Station</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">CBS12 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://cbs12.com/news/local/antonina-pevzer-lit-cigarette-tissue-box-flames-chevron-gas-station-victim-bmw-ride-to-miami-palm-beach-sheriff-office-deputies-chase-arrest-charged-burgarly-florida-12-26-2023" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that 27-year-old Antonina Pevzer (pictured below) tried to "hitch a ride to Miami" by jumping into his BMW at a Chevron gas station in Palm Beach, but was turned down by the owner.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She didn't like it, and she "cursed at him and flicked him off" as she exited his vehicle.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLoz7emaobznf2TQewAY6yVt35p2kC0ChrX59TJUCwhNwz0lzQuO6gn1y-kKX-rZofDoJMopJlA-MJgzOggNnewqktcZBHZfwyDePG95v-zbtyyEonIxM6mOPEWFBSqYnSzXAeUIN30E3PSEI8fuk-BUlzISs3OU1a5APpLq3JzNwNMFRCfy-dbAIKXw/s728/FLwoman.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Florida woman" border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="728" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLoz7emaobznf2TQewAY6yVt35p2kC0ChrX59TJUCwhNwz0lzQuO6gn1y-kKX-rZofDoJMopJlA-MJgzOggNnewqktcZBHZfwyDePG95v-zbtyyEonIxM6mOPEWFBSqYnSzXAeUIN30E3PSEI8fuk-BUlzISs3OU1a5APpLq3JzNwNMFRCfy-dbAIKXw/w640-h462/FLwoman.PNG" title="woman" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antonina Pevzer</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">When the BMW owner went inside the Chevron to pay, she reportedly hopped back into the backseat of the BMW and lit a cigarette.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">(Someone should probably tell her that gasoline is combustible.)</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The owner saw her light up the cigarette in his vehicle from inside the gas station. He called the police.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Deputies from Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO) arrived on the scene, and Pevzer tried to flee when she saw a patrol car arrive. They told her to get on the ground, and they apprehended Pevzer.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">At that point, authorities searched the man's BMW for evidence.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">That's when they found her cigarette "actively igniting" a box of tissues inside the car. They quickly removed it.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">It could have started a fire in the vehicle and been much worse.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Antonina Pevzer was booked into the Palm Beach County jail on Thursday morning. She was charged with unlawful disposal of a lighted object and burglary.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She was still "in custody" at the jail as of Tuesday, 26 December 2023 with a bond of $2,000.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Thoughts</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Now it is time for the reader to share their thoughts on this story.</span></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Have you ever been approached at a gas station by a stranger asking for something?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">What would you say if you were asked to give someone a ride at the gas station?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Please share this article on social media so others can be informed about this story.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Chevron gas station locations: </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.chevronwithtechron.com/en_us/home/gas-station-near-me.html" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Find a Gas Station</a></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Myers, Troy. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://cbs12.com/news/local/antonina-pevzer-lit-cigarette-tissue-box-flames-chevron-gas-station-victim-bmw-ride-to-miami-palm-beach-sheriff-office-deputies-chase-arrest-charged-burgarly-florida-12-26-2023" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Woman asked for ride south from driver, was denied, then left lit cigarette in tissue box inside his car</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; 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--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-42170686047363431792023-12-18T19:39:00.000-08:002023-12-18T19:49:13.538-08:00Chase Bank Won't Accept $5K Check Mobile Deposited by Georgia Woman. They Close Her Account, Claiming it is Fraud<p>A <b>Georgia</b> woman is upset after she claims she is being unfairly treated like a "criminal" after trying to <b>mobile deposit</b> a U.S. <b>government</b> <b>refund check</b> for $5,298 into her <b>Chase bank account</b>. The bank <b>flagged</b> the check for <b>fraud</b> and froze her bank account, eventually closing it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE1zHQRB2h-VX6Zz-M2dvTDTAVwYsp1H5-r96m8ldnxyDVLTJhMMhBDXLenj3AJjDWTxIH41rJyWCVQ9lgitNdsEuqeAmy61c9pUYVmQTswk6gOiZyLbwHE90aABLa-O2CM34QuFHTr4TeSefLZFVtTb0qUepPYr3qIsHyJWMHwmDhevlX0fVbDllLvo/s2048/27898267922_6bc11b36e5_k.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chase bank" border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJE1zHQRB2h-VX6Zz-M2dvTDTAVwYsp1H5-r96m8ldnxyDVLTJhMMhBDXLenj3AJjDWTxIH41rJyWCVQ9lgitNdsEuqeAmy61c9pUYVmQTswk6gOiZyLbwHE90aABLa-O2CM34QuFHTr4TeSefLZFVtTb0qUepPYr3qIsHyJWMHwmDhevlX0fVbDllLvo/w640-h286/27898267922_6bc11b36e5_k.jpg" title="Chase bank sign" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chase bank sign; by Mike Mozart, CC BY 2.0 DEED</td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Channel 2 News</i> <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-womans-bank-account-closed-after-they-cant-verify-5k-student-loan-refund/IXNBKETSEZC5BOCTUMSQU4DHAY/" target="_blank">reported</a> that <b>Lois White</b> from <b>Atlanta</b> is in shock after trying to deposit a check using mobile deposit into her Chase bank account.</p><p>She said:</p><p></p><blockquote>"I feel like a criminal, like I've done something wrong... Apparently, they couldn't verify this check was real." -Lois White, Chase customer</blockquote><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">US Government Forgave Lois White's Student Debt</span></h3><p>Lois White received a letter in the mail from the U.S. Government forgiving her student debt.</p><p>The letter said, "Congratulations -- your student loan has been forgiven."</p><p>White was grateful that her debt was forgiven but had no idea that Chase Bank would flag the check as fraud.</p><p><i>Channel 2 News</i> <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/atlanta-womans-bank-account-closed-after-they-cant-verify-5k-student-loan-refund/IXNBKETSEZC5BOCTUMSQU4DHAY/" target="_blank">reported</a> that Chase put a "fraud hold" on the check, and closed Lois White's bank account. The bank would not allow her access to her money.</p><p>Lois went down to the bank and took her letter. </p><p>She said:</p><p></p><blockquote>"I went to the branch. I gave them this letter. I gave them this check, gave them my ID, my birth certificate, [my] social security card." -Lois White, Chase customer</blockquote><p></p><p> Then Channel 2 News contacted Chase Bank. That's when the bank said they were "researching her case."</p><p>As of 8 December 2023, Chase Bank was still holding White's money.</p><p>She said:</p><p></p><blockquote>"I'm devastated because I've always been able to pay my bills on time and handle my business. But I'm like couch surfing now." -Lois White, Chase customer</blockquote><p></p><p></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-26398820610494096582023-12-15T07:43:00.000-08:002023-12-15T07:49:02.415-08:00Texas Man Loses $49K in a Banking Scam. His Account was at Chase Bank<p>A Texas man received a call from a person claiming to be from <b>Chase Bank</b> and informing him that his account had been compromised and the only way to protect his funds was to transfer them to a "safe" account to protect his money.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEMhgRshEl9OkRCd1lJPqCn2AyF3zaS6UggY1abDWqQnvYNfBYNszZuYkrBbBSrueQGACDWOuSVpGz1fJBF2UE1Wa_N0v0uPOdXEAQuraHZXHhgjH1crpMWcskLjV0wLsdgB0SmSzqQGQ5T_70Rp99Ab9OkhsKMvASzRGQP8ZC7dbELTAN0zpKwfN6g8/s1024/18528942482_661ae9a86a_b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chase Bank" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1024" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmEMhgRshEl9OkRCd1lJPqCn2AyF3zaS6UggY1abDWqQnvYNfBYNszZuYkrBbBSrueQGACDWOuSVpGz1fJBF2UE1Wa_N0v0uPOdXEAQuraHZXHhgjH1crpMWcskLjV0wLsdgB0SmSzqQGQ5T_70Rp99Ab9OkhsKMvASzRGQP8ZC7dbELTAN0zpKwfN6g8/w640-h518/18528942482_661ae9a86a_b.jpg" title="chase" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chase bank (stock image)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Texas Man Fell For a Scam Losing $49K at Chase Bank</span></h1><p>CBS19 News <a href="https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/traveling-nurse-loses-49000-in-banking-scam/501-8a4770f8-bb0a-4b55-94a7-d344cb398b73" target="_blank">reported</a> that in December 2022, a Texas man named Angel Pineda received a fraudulent phone call, but said they were calling from Chase Bank, and that his bank amount with $49,000 had been compromised.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JTr04V-UmH-9RPO6j-C42bc-rcZtSkiuPtXYqE8IwBnNbiWCkkIP6bu2AVVkPOVUjKfN_9I3o5hSQQQX6d4PSmry6s2N8m8tS-0AkpXpRIWUNwFZtBNfnCWwAVUvNn2doQ4Fjc9_ThZ_41fS610UVytOT4pnvz5ZRKqcz2E4onJR7CWA0-HGLWWRISw/s977/Angel.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Angel" border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="977" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JTr04V-UmH-9RPO6j-C42bc-rcZtSkiuPtXYqE8IwBnNbiWCkkIP6bu2AVVkPOVUjKfN_9I3o5hSQQQX6d4PSmry6s2N8m8tS-0AkpXpRIWUNwFZtBNfnCWwAVUvNn2doQ4Fjc9_ThZ_41fS610UVytOT4pnvz5ZRKqcz2E4onJR7CWA0-HGLWWRISw/w400-h276/Angel.PNG" title="Texas man" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angel Pineda; credit: CBS19 News</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After the individual informed him that his account had been compromised and that he urgently needed to transfer his funds to a "safe" account in order to protect them. This is not standard operating procedure for a bank. That's because he was on the phone with a scammer.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The phone call didn't surprise Angel because he was used to getting fraud alerts from his bank, like when he made his regular car payment. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He said:</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">"They were just like your account is not safe, it's compromised," said Pineda. "So we need to make sure your money’s secure and move it to a new account." </span>-Angel Pineda, Chase customer</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;">Feeling nervous and confused, Angel followed the instructions of the caller and transferred the funds to the account provided. It was only later that she realized she had fallen victim to a scam and that he had lost most of his savings because he trusted the scammer.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;">The scammer even asked for personal information over the phone to create a new Chase Bank account and he complied. </p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-text-opacity: 1; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; border-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(16 24 40 / var(--tw-text-opacity)); margin: 1.25em 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">"So there wasn't any reason for me to suspect anything," said Pineda. "Then I got the notification for fraudulent activity for a small amount and I was like no it's not me." -Angel Pineda, Chase customer</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angel says he finally got a call back from a legitimate Chase Bank associate who plans to review his case and call him up with an update. </span></span></p><p>It is important to always monitor your bank account and statements for fraud activity. If possible, use two-factor authentication to log into financial accounts.</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-3769191268021068422023-12-13T20:18:00.000-08:002023-12-13T20:18:17.644-08:00Florida Man 'Watched $27,000 Go Missing' From His Bank of America Account & His Bank Denied His Claim at First<p>A Florida man noticed that $27,000 was missing from his Bank of America account. He called his bank to file a claim and they denied his claim because they claimed there wasn't fraud after detecting "a device that was known to use bill pay."</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjwWmD4gR4pL_TP-4ZGdvqPA7JXq0LUwdhx6hsg323-qaV5KFcPmoJaRpL_OpcR6qUrdJVe5G_d8OR-Ps-CtrvUbakOiaA39VPC27Fr67SL8_j__9xhUP-8J-sGZJo8gg7q0dyK11o6G7im_4cjkxJtwLNRVFQknvPd1egmn99ifiahlP137_9CHIBt0/s2048/13754769965_34331924c5_k.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bank of America sign" border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjwWmD4gR4pL_TP-4ZGdvqPA7JXq0LUwdhx6hsg323-qaV5KFcPmoJaRpL_OpcR6qUrdJVe5G_d8OR-Ps-CtrvUbakOiaA39VPC27Fr67SL8_j__9xhUP-8J-sGZJo8gg7q0dyK11o6G7im_4cjkxJtwLNRVFQknvPd1egmn99ifiahlP137_9CHIBt0/w640-h374/13754769965_34331924c5_k.jpg" title="BofA sign" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bank of America sign; credit: Mike Mozart CC BY 2.0 DEED</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Bank of America Customer Loses $27K in Online Banking Bill Pay</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 2022, a chain of events led Luca Bencini to discover that $27,000 was missing from the bank account he had with Bank of America.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">An email he received from Bank of America asked, "Did you open up a bill-pay to an unknown American Express card?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This email prompted him to look into his finances with <b>Bank of America</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's when he logged in to discover a whole lot of cash was in fact <b>missing</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He said:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222526;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>“I went to my account, I saw that $27,000 was drawn to that American Express card. At that point, I immediately called the Bank of America for fraud, and that's where the whole thing started." -Luca Bencini, Bank of America customer</blockquote></span></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Bank of America Denies Fraud Claim Before the News Got Involved</span></h3>He called his bank to file a fraud claim and they denied him a refund because they claimed his bill pay was accessed by a device that was "known to use bill pay" and deemed him liable for the money leaving his account.<div><br /></div><div>Bencini then decided to contact the Broward County Sheriff's Office and WTJV 6 News. He was hoping that detectives could tell him if his bank account with Bank of America had been hacked.<br /><p>Bencini said:</p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222526;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222526;">“But it wasn't my laptop nor my PC. Both of them were shut down while I was traveling, and nobody came into the house." </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222526;">-Luca Bencini, Bank of America customer</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">WTJV 6 News <a href="https://www.nbcmiami.com/responds/nearly-30k-vanishes-from-mans-bank-account-how-to-protect-yourself-from-fraud/2898963/" target="_blank">contacted</a> Bank of America to ask about the situation, and then Bank of America executives decided to call Bencini and inform him they had a change of heart on the matter. They informed him that "they had decided to return the money or refund the money."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Did Bank of America only refund the money because they would receive negative publicity if they didn't choose to do the right thing?</i></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Hindsight is 20-20</span></span></h4><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Luce Bencini noticed that he received a lot of spam emails flooding his inbox around the time that he received an email from Bank of America, which is a commonly used tactic called "email bombing."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always pay attention to the fraud emails you receive from your bank, and identify the emails that are a form of phishing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Always contact your bank at the trusted phone number and website, and never by the phone number or URL provided in the email.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222526;"></span></span><p></p></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-34692578286969244722023-12-09T18:16:00.000-08:002023-12-09T18:27:05.969-08:00Atlanta Man Claims That $14K Was Stolen from His Account, Paid to Mercedez Benz. Wells Fargo Denies Claim & Won't Issue a Refund<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">What happens when there is a fraud purchase on your account and a large sum of money leaves your bank account and when you dispute it the bank says it was authorized? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">This happened to a Georgia family banking with Wells Fargo. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN2N249ku2Is11-U5ZKuikh0PGKImE_C-5N0NbbrKawlywxCLL19S1SGMmLu6aHp8ISP4BKfwsHbie0ydF54_TnOtbDCHHsHv2H0yRYYpnZAHlRjMvonUumHfU-0qErvZU0KLI_94yDg9M4GEXdJofscDPiLk5ZwLUHnNHPUHbrNUQBYW1KIOm7W5lM/s6698/jakob-rosen-4-GzesKL1NM-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mercedes-Benz" border="0" data-original-height="6698" data-original-width="4465" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHN2N249ku2Is11-U5ZKuikh0PGKImE_C-5N0NbbrKawlywxCLL19S1SGMmLu6aHp8ISP4BKfwsHbie0ydF54_TnOtbDCHHsHv2H0yRYYpnZAHlRjMvonUumHfU-0qErvZU0KLI_94yDg9M4GEXdJofscDPiLk5ZwLUHnNHPUHbrNUQBYW1KIOm7W5lM/w426-h640/jakob-rosen-4-GzesKL1NM-unsplash.jpg" title="Mercedes Benz car" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mercedes-Benz car; credit: Jakob Rosen on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Georgia was ranked as "the worst state for fraud" in Q3 2023. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">WSB-TV Channel 2 <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/14k-metro-familys-money-vanished-bank-says-they-spent-it-mercedes-they-dont-have/6K2CBKUZAFEDDM35W6XSBPIXHQ/" target="_blank">reported</a> that <span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Ken Pischke filed a dispute with Wells Fargo after $14K </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">was paid to a Mercedez Benz Financial Services account, claiming his family didn't authorize payments to Mercedes Benz and they don't own a Mercedes Benz.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Wells Fargo Denies Fraud Claim and Closes Bank Account</span></span></h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wells Fargo contends that t</span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">here were three transfers from Pischke’s bill pay to someone’s Mercedes Benz Financial Services account. They have denied his claim of fraud, and have closed his accounts.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Wells Fargo wrote in a denial letter to Pischke:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><blockquote style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“It was determined the transactions were authorized by you or someone you authorized. We have closed your claim.” -Wells Fargo</span></blockquote><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a result, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Pischke filed a police report, provided paperwork to Wells Fargo, and contacted Mercedes Benz to no avail. Wells Fargo is not convinced that these were fraudulent transactions. They believe that Pischke's wife is guilty of authorizing these transactions.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #191919;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Pischke has lost almost $14,000 due to fraud and it's not a small amount of money to him.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">“</span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">It was a total of about almost $14,000. We were shocked, absolutely shocked. So, they closed down all the accounts...</span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">I mean, it’s a large sum of money, I think to anybody, it is to me. They just blow it off like there’s no big deal.” </span><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">-Ken Pischke</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"></span></span><p></p><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">Wells Fargo holds their position and will not budge on the matter.</span></p><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pischke said:</span></span></p><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">“They said, ‘That doesn’t make any difference. It’s still your wife is the one that actually did the transactions.’ Now, I’ve been married for 42 years. I would know if my wife would do something like that. And she doesn’t have a Mercedes in the garage either or anywhere else.” -Ken Pischke</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #191919; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wells Fargo gave the following statement to WSB-TV Channel 2 News in response to their inquiry on the matter.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px;"></span></span></p><blockquote style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #191919; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0.1px;">“While we can’t discuss the specifics of this customer’s situation for privacy and confidentiality reasons, we can confirm that we thoroughly researched the matter, and the evidence supports our decision.” </span>-Wells Fargo</span></blockquote><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Questions for the Reader</span></span></h4><p style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you think it is unfair that Wells Fargo will not issue a refund?</span></p><p style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you think that Ken Pischke's wife paid Mercedes Benz Financial Services without telling her husband?</span></p><p style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Ken Pischke has lost almost $14,000 and says their family doesn't have a Mercedes Benz. He believes it is a case of bank account fraud. Wells Fargo will not issue a refund.</b></span></p><p></p><p></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0Atlanta, GA, USA33.748752 -84.3876844999999925.4385181638211577 -119.54393449999999 62.058985836178849 -49.231434499999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-12048389807134514242023-12-03T14:29:00.000-08:002023-12-03T14:30:33.291-08:00Pennsylvania Man Stole 70 Cellphones in the Mail While Working at the USPS Sorting Center<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Pennsylvania man stole 70 cell phones from the United States mail while he worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Lancaster County, according to local police. Now Lamar Wilson is on the run.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6rbiWBaLx3J2EXu3Lrkmpioqy46pW5M72_RZlwRG1xiw1Mc33IKYF-lBmpjXY5T8NQ02fFVhFjqVe1Hm2i48ogZP5d1q4jKK8lI7-K96oTs3UKV-AglS5yhcTgyzjB4nySh7cO4VXFuwAP6AT_E4z5Xwi7pyd57Uu0xCB2eWU4wtnQHT-HReSteCUdU/s728/Lamar%20Wilson.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lamar Wilson USPS" border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="728" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6rbiWBaLx3J2EXu3Lrkmpioqy46pW5M72_RZlwRG1xiw1Mc33IKYF-lBmpjXY5T8NQ02fFVhFjqVe1Hm2i48ogZP5d1q4jKK8lI7-K96oTs3UKV-AglS5yhcTgyzjB4nySh7cO4VXFuwAP6AT_E4z5Xwi7pyd57Uu0xCB2eWU4wtnQHT-HReSteCUdU/w640-h362/Lamar%20Wilson.PNG" title="Lamar Wilson" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lamar Wilson; credit WGAL 8 News</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: inherit;">Lamar Wilson Stole 70 Phones While Employee for USPS</span></span></h3><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lamar Wilson, 44, of York, PA stole cell phones in the USPS mail system while working at the USPS Sorting Facility located on Harrisburg Pike in Manheim Township.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He used an EcoATM to sell each of the phones he stole for cash. Each transaction included a scan of his ID and photos of him and the stolen phones. The total value of the stolen phones is estimated at $36,120.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The thefts occurred between January and July 2023, when the sorting facility manager reported an increase in missing phones from the mail stream. An undercover operation tracked an iPhone shipped to an agent that was emptied at the facility and sold by the suspect.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's how they caught him: The Office of the Inspector General sent an iPhone to an out-of-state special agent and routed it through the facility. According to investigators, the package was empty when it arrived at its destination.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lamar Wilson is charged with theft by unlawful taking and is on the run.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Manheim Township police at 717-569-6401 or submit a tip through CrimeWatch.</span></span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-41447748302920743192023-11-29T15:56:00.000-08:002023-11-29T15:57:40.525-08:00Florida Woman Purchases BMW With a Fake Cashier's Check, Now She's On the Run from the Police<p>Marion County Deputies are looking Florida woman who used a fraudulent cashier's check to purchase a BMW from an auto shop, including a $100 tip for employees.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhZdJqDeQzlIOih4gtEXvJDwC42nUh6OWseu7LUqpye_6r6A4QpAJrEaHc_gh4-_A0vmbk0nsrRq062DIQEPU9TCrJliOz30bUL1nHqEmxAwBKBVsuZcSj5GKhCQCqeZCDuih0A9QocERk6aZgQneoUPzdcol5a5G7-ev0J_sO1hd8Kr4rryN2fSO8fs/s4000/zan-1BWBiUUT-AA-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="BMW" border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="4000" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhZdJqDeQzlIOih4gtEXvJDwC42nUh6OWseu7LUqpye_6r6A4QpAJrEaHc_gh4-_A0vmbk0nsrRq062DIQEPU9TCrJliOz30bUL1nHqEmxAwBKBVsuZcSj5GKhCQCqeZCDuih0A9QocERk6aZgQneoUPzdcol5a5G7-ev0J_sO1hd8Kr4rryN2fSO8fs/w640-h418/zan-1BWBiUUT-AA-unsplash.jpg" title="stolen BMW" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BMW; photo by Zan on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><i>FOX 35 Orlando</i> <a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/florida-woman-buys-bmw-with-bogus-check-adds-100-tip-deputies" target="_blank">reported</a> that Alexandria Walker tried to "pull a fast one" at <i>Baseline Auto Care Center</i> in <i>Ocala, FL</i> after writing a check to pay for a <i>BMW</i> and even including a $100 tip for the workers.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Florida Woman Gives Fraudulent Check to Auto Shop to Buy BMW</h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">Alexandria Walker, 28, visited <b>Baseline Auto Care Center</b> in Ocala on Oct. 11 and expressed her interest in buying a BMW, according to the sheriff’s office. </span>She filled out all the paperwork and handed over a cashier’s check for the full amount of the car, plus a $100 tip.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, when the auto shop tried to deposit the check, they were informed that it was fake and contacted Walker. She claimed that she would return to the shop to pay for the car, but she never did, the sheriff’s office said.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <u>stolen BMW</u> was later found by the deputies, who discovered printers, blank checks, and an iPad in the trunk. The sheriff’s office said that Walker was involved in an organized fraud scheme and had previously been arrested in March on similar charges.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The sheriff’s office posted a photo of Walker on Facebook and urged her to turn herself in. The photo on the right appears to be a beauty pageant photo with the sash reading "Mrs. Marion County."</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Her photos are seen below.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_p6bdHNL8-0o64JNQrdwOyjLPeCi0jWvlklt60SGdp-Yj8ZuQaCVnVvC02C7Zjsobju6bCi0e-t3lQTecrnvWwJTe_koIk4L-oP_ZYst2ViPH1h-i5RRS1Jgt9ZoZcbl6OqaIuLGZz3o8alfdc_5N_7Cbcv35ZzAILYA6IBWbuallXPpRZKnZgeXNW0/s657/Capture1a1.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Alexandria Walker" border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="657" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_p6bdHNL8-0o64JNQrdwOyjLPeCi0jWvlklt60SGdp-Yj8ZuQaCVnVvC02C7Zjsobju6bCi0e-t3lQTecrnvWwJTe_koIk4L-oP_ZYst2ViPH1h-i5RRS1Jgt9ZoZcbl6OqaIuLGZz3o8alfdc_5N_7Cbcv35ZzAILYA6IBWbuallXPpRZKnZgeXNW0/w640-h358/Capture1a1.PNG" title="Alexandria Walker" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alexandria Walker</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Facebook post read:</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Now, Alexandria, we know you don’t like paying for things, but it is time to pay the piper. If you don’t turn yourself in, our citizens will.”</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone with information about Walker’s whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Marion County at 352-368-STOP and reference 23-59 in their tip.</span></span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-53663323094810209972023-11-24T15:55:00.000-08:002023-11-24T15:57:32.278-08:00Scammers Take $13,000 from An Illinois Man in a Bill Paying Scam on Whatsapp<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mohammad Mazher, fell victim to a scam that promised to help him pay his bills amid rising inflation. He lost $13,000 to the scammers who contacted him on WhatsApp and claimed to be from a bill negotiation service.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMpWLeIlJhyUMLGmGPyYDv5tDlgVI3bMMnCMBCPHMmnTZBh9GJu6K-GaAOX6updOrcG21wQ50QnNoDqIOAHC3uxKH-lmv6RFe-SadINTaPjOIJg6ZjY5d_PKPRU4aEstCKuYNabO1XQFMb8omsCYuS1ADumc5zGuo4FOtlI7k2KArWUcAJcQpcGTvWkk/s702/CaptureMohammad.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mohammad Mazher" border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="702" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMpWLeIlJhyUMLGmGPyYDv5tDlgVI3bMMnCMBCPHMmnTZBh9GJu6K-GaAOX6updOrcG21wQ50QnNoDqIOAHC3uxKH-lmv6RFe-SadINTaPjOIJg6ZjY5d_PKPRU4aEstCKuYNabO1XQFMb8omsCYuS1ADumc5zGuo4FOtlI7k2KArWUcAJcQpcGTvWkk/w640-h362/CaptureMohammad.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohammad Mazher</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);">One man learned the hard way not to trust random strangers who promise to pay his bills.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);">He admits: "I just fell for the trap."</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">WhatsApp Scam Fools Illinois Man out of $13,000</span></h3><p><i style="color: #111111;">WLS Channel 7 News</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"> </span><a href="https://abc7chicago.com/elgin-scam-whatsapp-lendingtree/14097560/" target="_blank">reported</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"> Mohammad Mazher from Elgin, Illinois became the latest victim of a scam where criminals promise that they will help you pay your bills. They convince their victims that you just have to pay 60% and they will pay the other 40%. of your existing bills. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">He said:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px;"></span></p><blockquote>"The scheme was they will pay the bills off. I would go check online in my ComEd and utility bills, it says paid off. After three or four days, it would get canceled," -Mohammad Mazher, victim of WhatsApp scam</blockquote><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">They fooled Mohammad by speaking to him in Hindi to gain his trust. He sent them money, and it appeared that they were paying his bills, but in reality, it just appeared that payment was posting to his account, but then it would reverse days later. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">The criminals were keeping all of the money that he was sending to them. They continued to scam him out of a total of $13,000 USD.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">When Mazher realized that his bills were not being paid, and they were scamming him, he filed a police report with the Elgin Police Department and filed a report with the Federal Trade Commission. His police report can be seen below.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDj3Ijc8BuumSeFjGAk1mAQWFZTJR54W0c4qDyxEJU7XubuH74RCUzr9dfQSFM6GBeZeqKT9VchOYL1CG69CWFEA2IDbaq5aqYH_XMQvub8VwHJ8Yuo2u6f5P78z93_BWCk_PV7XB0ECaOrbFphDD8E-qq8I_s8QarcYxoiG-Ju9fQBT6mN6WsVTZZXKk/s711/CapturePolice%20Report.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Police report" border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="711" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDj3Ijc8BuumSeFjGAk1mAQWFZTJR54W0c4qDyxEJU7XubuH74RCUzr9dfQSFM6GBeZeqKT9VchOYL1CG69CWFEA2IDbaq5aqYH_XMQvub8VwHJ8Yuo2u6f5P78z93_BWCk_PV7XB0ECaOrbFphDD8E-qq8I_s8QarcYxoiG-Ju9fQBT6mN6WsVTZZXKk/w640-h360/CapturePolice%20Report.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">There are companies that specialize in debt consolidation, but what Mazher went through was a scam and not a legitimate company. It was criminals wanting to take advantage of a person by gaining their trust.<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #111111;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);">Image credit: WLS ABC 7 News</span></span></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-77121922484173854842023-10-21T09:03:00.001-07:002023-10-21T09:03:09.364-07:00Meth Situation at West Virginia Gas Station: Two Adults Found Passed Out at Gas Pump with Car Engine Running<p> </p><p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">Two 20-year-olds in Webster County were found passed out at a gas pump with the vehicle still running. They happened to have crystal methamphetamine on them while at a GoMart gas station in Cowen. They now face sobering jail time.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJTyx-uwp2lsBwmKhJWtic74FL0el3QwZXYP7KPt9sOZ0nEk8_LHOX8QEbk_K1n3Djbqm159RiewBxUMqktV9m1ngSF6Uxacdi9TaPlxGesP7z6D8TuS7at_bltiYOrKUMdb6gEmmQktp6xtGhdGmsrsXIuz3Y6K2XIRAiZMuE_kahjRrGCf_x-cyZWA/s580/gas%20pump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="pumping gas" border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="580" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJTyx-uwp2lsBwmKhJWtic74FL0el3QwZXYP7KPt9sOZ0nEk8_LHOX8QEbk_K1n3Djbqm159RiewBxUMqktV9m1ngSF6Uxacdi9TaPlxGesP7z6D8TuS7at_bltiYOrKUMdb6gEmmQktp6xtGhdGmsrsXIuz3Y6K2XIRAiZMuE_kahjRrGCf_x-cyZWA/w640-h426/gas%20pump.jpg" title="gas pump" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumping gas into a vehicle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">For those familiar with the popular TV show, </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Breaking Bad</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">, <i>methamphetamine</i> can ruin lives in the real world.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Case in point, two <i>adults</i> hopefully learned their lesson after they were found <i>passed out</i> with the <i>vehicle still running</i> at the <i>gas pump with meth inside the vehicle</i>.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; 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border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Two West Virginia Adults Found Passed Out at the Pump w/ Meth</span></h3><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; 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--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">reported</span></a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span> </span>West Virginia State Police found Michael Stover, 27, and Makayla Thompson, 25, passed out at a gas pump with the vehicle running at the GoMart in Cowen on 16 October 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">West Virginia Troopers found a yellow and green vial, and a clear container in the vehicle with a "white, crystal-like substance" suspected to be meth, three bags of suspected marijuana, a blunt, and 100 clear bags.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Stover and Thompson were locked up in the Central Regional Jail and charged with "possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Michael Stover is from Summersville and Makayla Thompson is from Dixie.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">California Man Caught Driving Meth to West Virginia</span></h3><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">In September, </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">WAVY 13 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/california-man-pleads-guilty-to-delivering-200-pounds-of-meth-in-semi-truck-to-west-virginia/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that Ildiberto Gonzalez Jr., 29, of San Bernadino, California was caught delivering 196 pounds of meth to Bluefield, West Virginia.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Gonzales was caught as he was driving back to California. He called his West Virginia contact while he was pulled over in a drug trafficking operation called "Operation Smoke and Mirrors."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">*Operation Smoke and Mirrors was a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia National Guard Counter Drug program, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, the Charleston Police Department, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, and the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Charleston Woman Caught in Operation Smoke and Mirrors</span></h3><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">WOWK 13 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/kanawha-county-wv/woman-pleads-guilty-to-smoke-mirrors-meth-charge/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that in July 2023, Nicole Leigh Fierbaugh, 44, entered a guilty plea to the charge of "conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine" confirming her role after being busted buying and selling meth in Operation Smoke and Mirrors.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">She was one of 30 defendants who were charged during the eight-month-long operation to curb the drug trafficking.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Question to the reader: Is meth a problem in your local area? (Share your thoughts in the comments)</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Please share this article on social media so others can stay informed.</span></p><h1 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h1" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.78em; line-height: 1.18; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h1><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Allan, C. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/2-people-charged-after-passing-out-at-gas-pump-in-webster-county/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">2 people charged after passing out at gas pump in Webster County</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">WBOY 12 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 18 October 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Taylor, Isaac. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/california-man-pleads-guilty-to-delivering-200-pounds-of-meth-in-semi-truck-to-west-virginia/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">California man pleads guilty to delivering 200 pounds of meth in semi-truck to West Virginia</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">WAVY 13 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 12 September 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Patterson, Jessica. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/kanawha-county-wv/woman-pleads-guilty-to-smoke-mirrors-meth-charge/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Woman pleads guilty to ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ meth charge</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." WOWK 13 News. 13 July 2023.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-14546185593242000642023-10-13T17:27:00.003-07:002023-10-13T17:34:14.879-07:00Elderly Woman Scammed out of $18,000 USD from Scammer Claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)<p>An <b>elderly woman</b> loses $18,000 to a <b>scammer </b>who claims he is with the <b>United States Federal Trade Commission</b> (FTC). She contacts the police to help her. They get on the phone and the scammer calls her back posing as a police officer using the caller ID to show his number as the Adrian Police Department. Find out what happens when he talks to the real police.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfKY4SdRV8YHwq2RLG2mdj-FKuxkXw200_x2viHusb3A-4W3c5rEfZtlIJHlDr0YCe3zBpZxRlDO6hetEGJyqJgPudM6vE_i7_UgXV2kNYHpRz83u1MZ8jF7NW4hq7S4t9NfBuQ9EWOQVNzOP8C-u12Uk-3WycKyuh0sf_foQZvryTWkeIAiECIgd6_Y/s4896/max-bender-XIVDN9cxOVc-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Hacker" border="0" data-original-height="3268" data-original-width="4896" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfKY4SdRV8YHwq2RLG2mdj-FKuxkXw200_x2viHusb3A-4W3c5rEfZtlIJHlDr0YCe3zBpZxRlDO6hetEGJyqJgPudM6vE_i7_UgXV2kNYHpRz83u1MZ8jF7NW4hq7S4t9NfBuQ9EWOQVNzOP8C-u12Uk-3WycKyuh0sf_foQZvryTWkeIAiECIgd6_Y/w640-h428/max-bender-XIVDN9cxOVc-unsplash.jpg" title="Scammer" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hacker waiting to steal; photo by Max Bender on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="-apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">An elderly woman called the Adrian Police Department (APD) </span><span face="-apple-system, Roboto, SegoeUI, "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Microsoft YaHei", "Meiryo UI", Meiryo, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;">on Friday, 6 Oct. 2023</span>, asking for help after a scammer had stolen $18,000 with a deception. He threatened to arrest her if she didn't send over her money.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Adrian Police Department Assists Elderly Woman</h3><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The second time the scammer called her back spoofing the Adrian Police Department number and identified himself this time as "Officer David Wesson," but the police were able to confront the scammer on the woman's phone. When the scammer threatened to arrest them, the real police told him to come down to the police station and try to arrest them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The scammer is frustrated that his threats no longer work, so he hangs up.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The APD has warned people not to trust Caller ID (because it can be spoofed) and more importantly, never send cash to anyone who claims to be from a federal agency or a business. The real agencies will never ask you for money.</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If an American is scammed by a scammer, you can contact the real FTC for help.</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The real FTC website says "The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. If you have been targeted by a scam, report it at <a href="http://Reportfraud.ftc.gov">Reportfraud.ftc.gov</a>."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MvQycoOMxSf_gJEE7wQBevLwX9pdp1sLBEFjj8qDlFQEmGMedsfkAFB_aplW0CG1Bksy8lC5pCJlygCLHC3WArbQDPSRcLXmSVDPTn6nXZvD9x1cGKkLFbl6cn9zLGP0hZ3NRFvsz4GoJDq5pjdiOjd9gNYRviju15Igf8Ls7-U2ZDP-HCx-BmDowUY/s806/CaptureFTC.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FTC Quote" border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="806" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5MvQycoOMxSf_gJEE7wQBevLwX9pdp1sLBEFjj8qDlFQEmGMedsfkAFB_aplW0CG1Bksy8lC5pCJlygCLHC3WArbQDPSRcLXmSVDPTn6nXZvD9x1cGKkLFbl6cn9zLGP0hZ3NRFvsz4GoJDq5pjdiOjd9gNYRviju15Igf8Ls7-U2ZDP-HCx-BmDowUY/w640-h186/CaptureFTC.PNG" title="FTC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-24153498187884963092023-10-08T07:56:00.003-07:002023-10-08T07:59:00.892-07:00Facebook Marketplace & Google Voice Scam Asking for Code Allows Scammer to Steal Identity<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">If you use <b>Facebook Marketplace</b> to buy or sell things, you need to be careful of scammers who might try to steal your identity. A TikTok user named Michel Janse (@michel.c.janse) shared her experience of being tricked by a fake buyer who asked her to send a code to prove she was real. But the code was actually a way for the scammer to take over her <b>Google Voice</b> number and use it to create fake accounts.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Woman Scammed with Google Voice to Steal Facebook Profile</span></span></h3><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EyqqdKecQqZb1rfi0tlzMy3u6IIqevKzFZlIHXqwzGpXSPysIDWZ-DTreBx9ESv8E32KV_IXDjg9Au61McaBEjNrPW4JqXvKmFi4UXwi51HYGOe8jjV4xKPoNHvXoZSt4XHNLrsJLrP_NeuNrhCKeGxS3U6QoIFMWFHvAH_f81RezMxs-dOwXu_wHOM/s660/MCJ.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Michel Janse" border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EyqqdKecQqZb1rfi0tlzMy3u6IIqevKzFZlIHXqwzGpXSPysIDWZ-DTreBx9ESv8E32KV_IXDjg9Au61McaBEjNrPW4JqXvKmFi4UXwi51HYGOe8jjV4xKPoNHvXoZSt4XHNLrsJLrP_NeuNrhCKeGxS3U6QoIFMWFHvAH_f81RezMxs-dOwXu_wHOM/w538-h640/MCJ.PNG" title="TikTok Michel Janse" width="538" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Michel Janse explained in a TikTok video that she was selling some furniture and a woman contacted her with an offer</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">. She checked the woman’s profile picture and thought she looked <i>trustworthy</i>.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">She preferred to sell to women because they seemed less sketchy, however, this story proves that anyone can be a scammer.</span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;">Google Voice Scam</span></h4><p></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><u>Here's how it happened</u>: The woman asked Janse to accept a phone call from Google Voice to verify her identity. Janse agreed and gave her number to the scammer. The scammer went on Facebook and had a code sent to Janse, asking her to tell her the code. Janse complied and gave her the code. This was a big mistake which allowed the scammer to steal her Facebook profile. Janse could sense that something was wrong.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">She googled the situation and found out that this is a common <i>scam</i>. The scammer then used the code to claim her <i>Google Voice</i> number and link it to their own phone. They could then make calls and create accounts using her number, which is a form of identity theft. Janse said she was able to get her number back by sending herself another verification code on Google Voice.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Many people commented on Janse’s video and said they knew about this scam. They advised her to never send any codes and to keep communicating with the scammer on Facebook Messenger. They also suggested using a burner phone number or a different app for voice calls. Some people criticized Janse for falling for the scam, but she said she wanted to warn others and prevent them from making the same mistake.</span></p><h4 style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Facebook Marketplace Scams</span></h4><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Facebook Marketplace can be a great place to find deals and sell your stuff, but you have to be smart and cautious when dealing with strangers online. Facebook has some guidelines on how to avoid scams and stay safe on its platform. You should always check the profiles of buyers and sellers, use secure payment methods, meet in public places, and report any suspicious activity. Don’t let scammers ruin your online shopping experience.</span></p><h3 style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Never Give Out Your 2-Factor Authentication Code</span></h3><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #111111; font-variation-settings: var(--cib-type-body1-font-variation-settings); line-height: var(--cib-type-body1-line-height); margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Never give out your Google Voice number to strangers or provide an account PIN or 2-factor authentication Code to anyone who is trying to assist you. No technical support person needs a PIN or 2-factor authentication code to access your account.</span></p></div>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-22920759107713287992023-09-15T17:20:00.002-07:002023-09-15T17:20:58.779-07:00Utah DoorDash Delivery Driver Drops off Cookies and Steals a Customer's Amazon Package on Porch<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A Utah DoorDash delivery driver is caught on a home doorbell camera dropping off a customer's order in Bluffdale but then decides to swipe the package sitting on the customer's porch containing a new pair of bicycle shoes.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">What happens when a DoorDasher drops off a food order and takes your Amazon package sitting on your doorstep?</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">It happened to a man in Bluffdale, Utah.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVikaLtUVqUZsYInzSAXWom1GwM22j-Ch4zws8JKEYjP0IXJEkWg4A5ukyAEBK9d2XefuBbLd0COZZNFKnl2lvFYR0tsIWDCMOdsHE_3JjAqZm2LGDgdvmOHNDim74dYO85v8ImQmOcJxdfHA_LhBxyxJEgRjA-hQx8tWUCPRjicTYlWEr9qND1e9AsIk/s5760/sticker-mule-g2GU6MR0pR0-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Amazon box" border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVikaLtUVqUZsYInzSAXWom1GwM22j-Ch4zws8JKEYjP0IXJEkWg4A5ukyAEBK9d2XefuBbLd0COZZNFKnl2lvFYR0tsIWDCMOdsHE_3JjAqZm2LGDgdvmOHNDim74dYO85v8ImQmOcJxdfHA_LhBxyxJEgRjA-hQx8tWUCPRjicTYlWEr9qND1e9AsIk/w640-h426/sticker-mule-g2GU6MR0pR0-unsplash.jpg" title="Amazon package" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazon box on porch (stock photo); credit: Sticker Mule on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Utah Man Has Shoes Stolen by DoorDash Delivery Driver</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">KSL 5 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://ksltv.com/586200/doorbell-camera-catches-doordash-driver-stealing-package-after-dropping-off-food/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that Jordan Timothy ordered biking shoes on Amazon, and they arrived at his house while he was not there. He did receive a notification about the delivery.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">However, when Jordan arrived home, his Amazon package was no longer there. Instead, he found a box on his porch from a cookie company.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Jordan then reviewed his Nest camera footage and was shocked to see the thief in action.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwWRkMG8i6y_y9JDWrHGxn6T8hCEwC9sUIxvt1qLn4Pv9daOcCYXkzbQv2qlxYiSOO0GN8ch3Q15UG2mXczP1Z8MAW6Zqk3VQM7w48xuF9gOS8xgw9vLl2kXjJu0cecSwp71os2eBF2L1TKyzBGN9CtE-NWy7cRZaKxlQq9vBzY2EHCL1aS_uKpfRViA/s799/Copy%20of%20DoorDash%20driver%20(1).png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="DoorDash Driver" border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="799" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQwWRkMG8i6y_y9JDWrHGxn6T8hCEwC9sUIxvt1qLn4Pv9daOcCYXkzbQv2qlxYiSOO0GN8ch3Q15UG2mXczP1Z8MAW6Zqk3VQM7w48xuF9gOS8xgw9vLl2kXjJu0cecSwp71os2eBF2L1TKyzBGN9CtE-NWy7cRZaKxlQq9vBzY2EHCL1aS_uKpfRViA/w640-h318/Copy%20of%20DoorDash%20driver%20(1).png" title="DoorDash delivery driver" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">credit: Jordan Timothy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">He said, “I just thought it was so audacious...To me, it's crazy.”</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Jordan reported the theft to DoorDash and they responded rather quickly to his message with a strange reply.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">It read:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">“Hi Jordan, At this time, we are unable to confirm that the dasher has committed the reported theft based on the documentation provided.” -DoorDash</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Jordan decided to file a police report of the theft, so he would have additional documentation to file with DoorDash, according to directions they provided to him.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPI4cnbE_qFpHwDXB8JuIGF0F9bIP4xcmhETrT2phqr4c1b0oo_SJ02k8uDAtb5ziA_4Ex_-x_uccuZRWqaTFRgnnEYpvymFdz9YLuLYwoI049v1_Kuxbcs49TII08psrRx4Bi2Mx_Romc7hyEHqAX9Bbs5DSZ3xyQzbvbYoYz9NbhebjFCtdDZWU2LE/s806/Jordan.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="806" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPI4cnbE_qFpHwDXB8JuIGF0F9bIP4xcmhETrT2phqr4c1b0oo_SJ02k8uDAtb5ziA_4Ex_-x_uccuZRWqaTFRgnnEYpvymFdz9YLuLYwoI049v1_Kuxbcs49TII08psrRx4Bi2Mx_Romc7hyEHqAX9Bbs5DSZ3xyQzbvbYoYz9NbhebjFCtdDZWU2LE/w640-h296/Jordan.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan Timothy (left) and Katie Timothy (right); credit: KSL 5 News</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Jordan's wife was just as stunned regarding how DoorDash responded to her husband.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">She said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">“It’s one thing when you get just the people who will just drive by and steal stuff off people’s porches,” Katie Timothy said. “You can’t do much about that. But DoorDash knows.” -Katie Timothy, Jordan's wife</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px;">Update</span><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">: DoorDash got back with Jordan Timothy on Tuesday, 12 September 2023, and let him know that the DoorDash driver was no longer with the company.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">The video of the incident can be seen below.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cKPbNt1JQfE" width="320" youtube-src-id="cKPbNt1JQfE"></iframe></div><br /><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">According to an NPR </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746600105/1-in-4-food-delivery-drivers-admit-to-eating-your-food" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">report</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">, US Foods conducted a survey asking 500 DoorDash drivers between the ages of 17 to 77 years old if they would admit to eating some of the food they were delivering. Almost 30% of the drivers admitted to taking a snack on their customers' orders.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">54% of the drivers said they were "tempted by the smell of the food."</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Thoughts</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">It's time for the reader to share their thoughts.</span></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Do you trust the delivery drivers in your area?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Have you ever had a package taken from your porch?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px;">Please share this article on social media so friends and family can stay informed about this story.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Sources</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Matias, Dani. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/30/746600105/1-in-4-food-delivery-drivers-admit-to-eating-your-food" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">1 In 4 Food Delivery Drivers Admit To Eating Your Food</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." NPR. 30 July 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">KSL 5 TV on Twitter: </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://twitter.com/KSL5TV" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">@KSL5TV</a></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">KSL News on YouTube: "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPbNt1JQfE" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Doorbell camera catches DoorDash driver stealing package after dropping off food</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." 12 September 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;"></span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px;">Worthen, Debbie. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://ksltv.com/586200/doorbell-camera-catches-doordash-driver-stealing-package-after-dropping-off-food/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Doorbell camera catches DoorDash driver stealing package after dropping off food</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." KSL 5 News. 12 September 2023.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-30814813314093166292023-09-09T07:29:00.001-07:002023-09-09T07:29:12.410-07:00Michigan Woman Gave Over $300k to a Scammer Involving Amazon's Fraud Department<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A Michigan woman gave over $300k to a scammer claiming to be from Amazon's Fraud Department. Two months after the scam started, she finally told her husband and now they may never recover her money.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygqEUqeDXvvw16sqxlpNNW0hZ9Q7KNfDukT4hs3Lf_HCngGyMgHHstqXC3Jd6zqGF9QdoKMMTWOrOkhu2zEY4qhiQYrFzxKgOufcSMJXNfnMTozvCkymtDULL1V8r9fM9s_4bTsUAtCAr6LzRsnJjyRlmyYusRa5LVttjOU2zdhR3PZtjBFkzFp5l_4w/s5404/giorgio-trovato-j3rKkG-Cmgs-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="woman" border="0" data-original-height="3615" data-original-width="5404" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygqEUqeDXvvw16sqxlpNNW0hZ9Q7KNfDukT4hs3Lf_HCngGyMgHHstqXC3Jd6zqGF9QdoKMMTWOrOkhu2zEY4qhiQYrFzxKgOufcSMJXNfnMTozvCkymtDULL1V8r9fM9s_4bTsUAtCAr6LzRsnJjyRlmyYusRa5LVttjOU2zdhR3PZtjBFkzFp5l_4w/w640-h428/giorgio-trovato-j3rKkG-Cmgs-unsplash.jpg" title="Michigan woman" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p>A woman from Troy, Michigan handed over $300,000 to a scammer, and in the "blink of an eye," it was gone before realizing her grave mistake. Then she had to tell her husband what she did.<p></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Michigan Woman Gave the Scammer $300,000</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">FOX 2 News</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/amazon-scam-troy-woman-scammed-out-of-300k-in-2-months" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> about a woman from Troy, Michigan who fell for a common scam from someone claiming to be from Amazon's fraud department.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">First, she was contacted by a scammer in June 2023, claiming to be an Amazon employee, working for their fraud department, and he accused her of drug trafficking.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">This should have been the first red flag, as Amazon would logically never be involved with something like this.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The scammer encouraged the woman to contact the Social Security Administration, because "she may be a victim of fraud."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">A second scammer contacted her, claiming she was under investigation for "drug trafficking and fraud."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Next, the scammer told her not to contact anyone about her case. This is common in scams involving the transfer of money, and oftentimes the scammer will say there is a "gag order" preventing the victim from telling anyone. This is all part of the scam.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The scammer told her that he "could protect her from legal action" if she sent him "any money she had over $5,000." The scammers talked her through buying pre-paid gift cards and she sent photos of the gift card numbers.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The scammer asked for an accounting of her financial assets and for her driver's license, and she provided a photo.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">When the scammer found out she had over $300k in gold and silver, the scammer told her how to turn these assets over to them, to "protect them from seizure."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The communication from the scammers ended on 28 August 2023. The phone number she had been communicating with had been disconnected. This is when she realized she had been scammed and then decided to tell her husband.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">They went to the authorities to report the scam, but the damage had been done and their money was gone.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">How to Prevent Scams</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">In modern times, it is important to know how to prevent being scammed.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">YouMail - a company that monitors robocalls - </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/05/28/scam-got-call-amazon-fraud-your-account/7468125002/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> in 2021 that "Americans receive between 100 to 150 million robocalls per month claiming to be with Amazon." (Source: </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/05/28/scam-got-call-amazon-fraud-your-account/7468125002/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Cincinnati Enquirer</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">)</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><u style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><span class="NBAIEditor_Theme__textUnderline" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Tips to Prevent Getting Scammed:</span></u></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">First, if you are ever accused of a crime, you need to tell your family and quickly get a lawyer involved. If she had told her family and a lawyer, she probably would have found out about the scam.</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Next, if a person from Amazon calls you, it is probably a scam. Amazon rarely calls a person unless you have first requested them to call you (such as you are trying to get in touch with customer service). They may offer to call you back so you don't have to wait on hold or if you prompt them to call you on their website. Amazon will not call a customer "out of the blue" without being first directed to. </span><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">If you receive a random phone call from Amazon, find a reason to end that call and then call Amazon Customer Service back directly and inquire if they need to contact you.</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Never give out personal information, such as copies of your driver's license and personal financial information to someone who asks you. Again, if you have a lawyer involved, give this information only to your trusted legal representative.</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Lastly, no government agency, nor law enforcement would ever ask you for payment at the beginning or during an open investigation.</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Ask the family to take a look at any emails or texts from Amazon that seem out of the ordinary. Never click on links in texts or emails unless you trust it is legitimate.</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Amazon states on its </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GRGRY7AQ3LMPXVCV" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">website</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">: "We take fraud, scam, phishing and spoofing attempts seriously. If you receive correspondence you think may not be from Amazon, please report it immediately."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">If you have received a "suspicious" phone call, email, or SMS/text message, this can be reported to Amazon on this </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GRGRY7AQ3LMPXVCV" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">webpage</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">.</span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Thoughts</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><u style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><span class="NBAIEditor_Theme__textUnderline" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Questions for the reader:</span></u></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Have you ever been contacted in an email or by phone by someone claiming to be from Amazon? What did you do?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Do you know anyone who has been scammed?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The purpose of this article is to keep you and your loved ones protected from ongoing scams.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600; margin-top: 0px !important;">Please share this article with family and friends so they can stay up-to-date on the latest scams.</span></p><h1 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h1" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.78em; line-height: 1.18; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h1><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Amazon "Report Something Suspicious" </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GRGRY7AQ3LMPXVCV" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">webpage</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. Date accessed: 9 September 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Brookbank, Sarah. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/05/28/scam-got-call-amazon-fraud-your-account/7468125002/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Got a call from Amazon about fraud on your account? It could be a scam. Here's how to tell</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">Cincinnati Enquirer</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 28 May 2021.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">FOX 2 Staff. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/amazon-scam-troy-woman-scammed-out-of-300k-in-2-months" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Amazon scam: Troy woman scammed out of $300K in 2 months</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." FOX 2 News. 6 September 2023.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0Troy, MI, USA42.6064095 -83.149775114.296175663821153 -118.3060251 70.916643336178851 -47.9935251tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-54344593426593284342023-09-01T04:07:00.002-07:002023-09-01T04:07:23.290-07:00Connecticut Man 'Finds' $5,000 Cash in Bag in the Bank Parking Lot and Keeps it. He Gets in Trouble Three Months Later<p><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A man from Trumbull, Connecticut comes across nearly $5,000 in a bag lying in a parking lot and decides to keep it. Three months later he is charged with a crime for keeping it and not turning it in to the bank or authorities, maintaining he did nothing wrong.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuQ-v68OUtx31Ph6nQqvQ5xcfLKxO-L9jkgEkNHKMvTScnJzWvIladVos8QYetRUg83nN--3T4KQMGnG-RGARLvNh3zQKaQB1zuEam-EC2-fwIxwdkhFTthyXS7iBbgGMDVtXixSiB7CjcTZN4F0UsGCM49hvv3vO28uR_Jdn4_3FmNTxyENjMJn5zV8/s6000/white-field-photo-thIarMEfujc-unsplash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bag of cash" border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuQ-v68OUtx31Ph6nQqvQ5xcfLKxO-L9jkgEkNHKMvTScnJzWvIladVos8QYetRUg83nN--3T4KQMGnG-RGARLvNh3zQKaQB1zuEam-EC2-fwIxwdkhFTthyXS7iBbgGMDVtXixSiB7CjcTZN4F0UsGCM49hvv3vO28uR_Jdn4_3FmNTxyENjMJn5zV8/w426-h640/white-field-photo-thIarMEfujc-unsplash.jpg" title="cash bag" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by White Field Photo on Unsplash</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Connecticut Man Finds Cash with Documents in a Bag & Keeps it</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">WMC Action News 5</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/08/30/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-5000-cash-parking-lot/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that 56-year-old Robert Withington found a bag filled with nearly $5,000 in cash around 9:30 a.m. on 30 May 2023, and kept it thinking that he had incredibly good luck on that day.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Trumbull Police say the bag containing the cash was "clearly marked with the bank's insignia" and found outside of the bank branch on Quality Street. The cash belonged to the Trumbull Tax Collector's office, which was also inside the bag of cash.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Hearst Connecticut Media</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/trumbull-robert-withington-stealing-tax-funds-18334242.php?src=rdctplocal" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> that Robert Withington maintains his innocence and continues to say he "didn't steal the money."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">He said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">"I walked out onto the parking lot, saw something on the ground and there was no one around so I picked it up," he said. "It’s not like I stole something. It’s not like this was planned out. Everything was in the moment and it was like I hit the lottery. That was it.” -Robert Withington, Trumbull resident</span></blockquote><h2 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h2" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.34em; line-height: 1.34; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Trumbull City Employee Reported the Missing Money</span></h2><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">WMC Action News 5</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/08/30/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-5000-cash-parking-lot/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> the Trumbull City employee from the tax collector's office reported the missing bag of cash on 30 May 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">A full investigation began and detectives "obtained search warrants, reviewed multiple surveillance videos from local businesses, and conducted numerous interviews before learning the bag had been inadvertently dropped on the ground outside of the bank [where] Withington had picked it up."</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Three months after Withington picked up the bag of cash, he has been charged with third-degree larceny. He willingly turned himself in on 25 August 2023 and awaits a court date on Tuesday, 5 September 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Robert Withington points out that he has no history of crime in Trumbull, CT.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">He said:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">“I have never had a criminal record in my whole life. This is like a crock of baloney. I found money and now it’s probably going to cost me money.” -Robert Withington, Trumbull resident</span></blockquote><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">He continued:</span></p><blockquote class="NBAIEditor_Theme__quote" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: whitesmoke; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">“I just took the cash and called it a day. I don’t even know whose it was because I didn’t look. All I saw was cash,” he said. “If I knew I was wrong in the first place, I would have given it right back. I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong.” -Robert Withington, Trumbull resident</span></blockquote><h1 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h1" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.78em; line-height: 1.18; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Thoughts</span></h1><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Here are some questions for the reader:</span></p><ul class="NBAIEditor_Theme__ul" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 30px 0px 30px 40px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Do you think Robert Withington has a right to keep the money he found without penalty?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Should he be allowed to pay the money back without being charged with a crime?</span></li><li class="NBAIEditor_Theme__listItem" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Would you have kept the money or turned it in?</span></li></ul><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">(Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments)</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Please like and share this article on social media so others can be informed about this story.</i></p><h1 class="NBAIEditor_Theme__h1" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Poppins, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.78em; line-height: 1.18; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></h1><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Action 5 News profile </span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.facebook.com/WMCActionNews5" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">page</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"> on Facebook.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">An Evening of Reflection. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hKdYm4xKwk" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">A Connecticut Man Found $5,000 In A Bag, 3 Months Later He Was Arrested For Not Turning It In</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." An Evening of Reflection - News Commentary Podcast. 30 August 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">The Associated Press. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.actionnews5.com/2023/08/30/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-5000-cash-parking-lot/" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Man arrested months after finding a bag full of $5,000 in cash in a parking lot</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." </span><i style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">WMC Action News 5</i><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">. 30 August 2023.</span></p><p class="NBAIEditor_Theme__paragraph" dir="ltr" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #242424; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Holmes-Brown, Shaniece. "</span><a class="NBAIEditor_Theme__link" href="https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/trumbull-robert-withington-stealing-tax-funds-18334242.php?src=rdctplocal" rel="noopener" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f80ed; text-decoration-line: none;">Trumbull man charged after finding $5K outside bank says he ‘just took the cash and called it a day’</a><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">." Hearst Connecticut Media. 28 August 2023.</span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-29928801598558302432023-07-03T17:59:00.003-07:002023-07-03T17:59:56.715-07:00Texas Woman 'Fears for her Life' After Scammer Steals Facebook Profile & Posts 73 Items on Facebook Marketplace<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;">A 43-year-old woman fell victim to a Facebook Marketplace scam after a scammer took control of her Facebook profile. The scammer posted items like a couch for sale on Facebook Marketplace for $300. Local people paid for the items online and at least three people arrive at her house to pick up the couch. She now fears for her safety and has sleepless nights after her identity was stolen in this cruel scam.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p class="subtitle-2" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Texas Woman Fears After Scammer Steals her Identity in Facebook Scam</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;"><em style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">KPRC 2 News</em> <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/01/facebook-marketplace-scam-leaves-katy-woman-fearing-for-her-life-after-threats-and-peopl" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a> that Monique Sherman from Katy, Texas "fears for her life" after a scammer stole her Facebook profile and started listing items for sale under her name and address, saying that at least 73 items were listed, including a sectional couch and a chicken coop.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Katy, TX is approximately 29 minutes from Houston.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Monique clearly remembers when she was online and Facebook was acting strange.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFwiOS51kFlt1qNaZN5OpEiiTD26NJWVr4VHXVexExDI4KOZYJka0kVi-DRyFC1AfL4FCUIHXTu5T0x7eKLWJvwL_679FPloWxaE6Kj0VQJi5wBUakqICc5YSlAL9QC4Bjt6xkho_ptCTJ9jGnh9hVW_HfZtAzuHQwiZG9tRmNVyBzS_RPFjaR6l0kTQ/s663/Monique.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Monique Sherman" border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="663" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFwiOS51kFlt1qNaZN5OpEiiTD26NJWVr4VHXVexExDI4KOZYJka0kVi-DRyFC1AfL4FCUIHXTu5T0x7eKLWJvwL_679FPloWxaE6Kj0VQJi5wBUakqICc5YSlAL9QC4Bjt6xkho_ptCTJ9jGnh9hVW_HfZtAzuHQwiZG9tRmNVyBzS_RPFjaR6l0kTQ/w640-h398/Monique.PNG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monique Sherman; Photo credit: KPRC 2 News</td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="background-color: white;">She told KPRC 2 News:</span></p><blockquote style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">“I was online actually posting and then it flickered and then it asked me to put in [my] password. And I was like ‘ok’ put in my password, it wouldn’t work.” -Monique Sherman, Facebook user that was hacked</span></blockquote><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">This was likely the moment that the hacker was able to gain access to her account.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">After that, she was locked out of her Facebook account.</span></p><h4 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Facebook Marketplace Scam Begins</span></h4><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Monique started to receive strange notifications saying she was selling items on Facebook Marketplace.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">She said:</span></p><blockquote style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">“I kept on getting activity to my phone saying I’m selling this, selling that. Seventy-three things…chicken coops, all kinds of stuff.” -Monique Sherman, Facebook user that was hacked</span></blockquote><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">A fraudulent ad saying she was selling a couch actually brought three people to her home, and they told her they already paid someone else for it. The messages sent from her Facebook account even "included a picture of her ID." A photo from fake ad can be seen in the picture below.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYnzxY7KbiYw7Ed668hCg1lOSgw8rCOTWafuAWLT9g_AVQzrqvz3We8eZqRkZLYzFX1PvMwfZdFcM8qOlm_b1uCbVzwn6YTXRvTAY7Urap8EW9COGgS5nAfcpZeqxmsBfQcUwvTeQC06quvZuaYJqa0elpGuj8AHweAntSC6p_oCo856d8rnMSL91Gj4/s777/Fake%20Couch%20ad.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="couch" border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="777" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYnzxY7KbiYw7Ed668hCg1lOSgw8rCOTWafuAWLT9g_AVQzrqvz3We8eZqRkZLYzFX1PvMwfZdFcM8qOlm_b1uCbVzwn6YTXRvTAY7Urap8EW9COGgS5nAfcpZeqxmsBfQcUwvTeQC06quvZuaYJqa0elpGuj8AHweAntSC6p_oCo856d8rnMSL91Gj4/w640-h293/Fake%20Couch%20ad.PNG" title="sofa" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fake couch ad on Facebook; credit: KPRC 2 News</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">The situation was very unsettling for Monique, given that someone had hacked her account and took her identity.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">She said:</span></p><blockquote style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(236, 62, 54); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.6; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 16px 24px 16px 40px; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">"I'm at a loss...I’m in fear for myself and I’m also upset for other people.” -Monique Sherman, Facebook user that was hacked</span></blockquote><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">After unsuccessfully trying to remove the ads selling items under her profile, Monique posted a message on at least one ad to warn others that it was a scam.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her warning read:</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">"THIS IS A SCAM. SOMEONE HACKED MY PAGE AND USING MY ID & ADDRESS BUYERS DO NOT PURCHASE!!!"</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">After the incident, Monique told <em style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">KPRC 2 News</em> she is "taking a break from social media altogether."</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">The <em style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">KPRC 2 News</em> video can be seen below.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/833uiwxdOLg" width="320" youtube-src-id="833uiwxdOLg"></iframe></div><br /><span style="color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is important that you keep your social media accounts secure. If possible, enable 2-factor authentication to add an extra layer of security to your social media accounts.</span></p><p class="subtitle-2" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: white; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Readers' Thoughts and Experiences</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">The author has received friend requests from relatives and even friends that look legitimate but have been spoofed by scammers.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Have you ever come across a fake profile on Facebook, or has your profile ever been hacked?</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">(Share your experiences in the comments)</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><em style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: white;">Please share this article on social media so family and friends can stay informed and safe from identity theft online.</span></em></p><p class="subtitle-2" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; background-color: white; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important;">Sources</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">Clarke, Deven. "<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/01/facebook-marketplace-scam-leaves-katy-woman-fearing-for-her-life-after-threats-and-peopl" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Facebook Marketplace scam leaves Katy woman fearing for her life after threats and people showing up at her house</a>." <em style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;">KPRC 2 News</em>. Last updated: 3 July 2023.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">KPRC 2 News official Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KPRC2" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;">profile</a>.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lora, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: white;">KPRC 2 Click2Houston on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@KPRC2Click2Houston" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty,/*!*/ /*!*/); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; border-color: rgba(227,227,227,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;">Youtube</a></span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639269254493435047.post-5927404329572100792023-04-21T15:58:00.002-07:002023-04-21T15:58:53.114-07:00Phishing Scam Email: "You've Been Hacked" <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cWvDqeVP_w7VNa3Hn-LIqrmq_fjdH70LYdxSIzixCUURzI9Cncr_gpy0qE-JtHzyVu26onAXf02u29Hip0qMI_Ffn3WcwCWm2z_z_Hj3PdZfOx-ecJxCflEbNswH2FifqjlykNtZo0HuoI4dpzLy_OUe5K1swgwwh4aOzwJkRhc1TKhTAlxERiQ2/s600/Scam%20Alert.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="scam alert" border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="600" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cWvDqeVP_w7VNa3Hn-LIqrmq_fjdH70LYdxSIzixCUURzI9Cncr_gpy0qE-JtHzyVu26onAXf02u29Hip0qMI_Ffn3WcwCWm2z_z_Hj3PdZfOx-ecJxCflEbNswH2FifqjlykNtZo0HuoI4dpzLy_OUe5K1swgwwh4aOzwJkRhc1TKhTAlxERiQ2/w640-h452/Scam%20Alert.PNG" title="scam alert logo" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scam alert</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The following phishing email was received by this blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It came from the email 767victim@767.storebloxcs.com and is posted here for informational purposes only.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The subject line is: "Vulnerability ~ Bad News"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The email reads:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Good evening!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>share<span style="color: white;">d</span>bad<span style="color: white;">c</span>news<span style="color: white;">a</span>with<span style="color: white;">b</span>you.<br />
Approximately<span style="color: white;">b</span>few<span style="color: white;">b</span>months<span style="color: white;">c</span>ago<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">b</span>have<span style="color: white;">b</span>gained<span style="color: white;">b</span>access<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>your<span style="color: white;">e</span>devices,<span style="color: white;">b</span>which<span style="color: white;">e</span>you<span style="color: white;">d</span>use<span style="color: white;">d</span>for<br />
internet<span style="color: white;">a</span>browsing.<br />
After<span style="color: white;">b</span>that,<span style="color: white;">d</span>I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">c</span>started<span style="color: white;">e</span>tracking<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">c</span>internet<span style="color: white;">a</span>activities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here<span style="color: white;">b</span>is<span style="color: white;">a</span>the<span style="color: white;">d</span>sequence<span style="color: white;">e</span>of<span style="color: white;">b</span>events:<br />
Some<span style="color: white;">d</span>time<span style="color: white;">b</span>ago<span style="color: white;">e</span>I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">a</span>purchased<span style="color: white;">d</span>access<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>email<span style="color: white;">b</span>accounts<span style="color: white;">b</span>from<span style="color: white;">d</span>hackers<span style="color: white;">d</span>(nowadays,<span style="color: white;">e</span>it<span style="color: white;">e</span>is<br />
quite<span style="color: white;">d</span>simple<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>purchase<span style="color: white;">b</span>such<span style="color: white;">e</span>thing<span style="color: white;">b</span>online).<br />
Obviously,<span style="color: white;">b</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>have<span style="color: white;">d</span>easily<span style="color: white;">c</span>managed<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">b</span>log<span style="color: white;">c</span>in<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>email<span style="color: white;">a</span>account.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One<span style="color: white;">c</span>week<span style="color: white;">c</span>later,<span style="color: white;">e</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>have<span style="color: white;">c</span>already<span style="color: white;">a</span>installed<span style="color: white;">b</span>Trojan<span style="color: white;">c</span>virus<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>Operating<span style="color: white;">a</span>Systems<span style="color: white;">a</span>of<span style="color: white;">c</span>all<span style="color: white;">d</span>the<br />
devices<span style="color: white;">e</span>that<span style="color: white;">b</span>you<span style="color: white;">c</span>use<span style="color: white;">e</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>access<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<span style="color: white;">b</span>email.<br />
In<span style="color: white;">b</span>fact,<span style="color: white;">b</span>it<span style="color: white;">d</span>was<span style="color: white;">c</span>not<span style="color: white;">a</span>really<span style="color: white;">a</span>hard<span style="color: white;">d</span>at<span style="color: white;">a</span>all<span style="color: white;">a</span>(since<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">d</span>were<span style="color: white;">e</span>following<span style="color: white;">a</span>the<span style="color: white;">a</span>links<span style="color: white;">b</span>from<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<br />
inbox<span style="color: white;">a</span>emails).<br />
All<span style="color: white;">c</span>ingenious<span style="color: white;">c</span>is<span style="color: white;">e</span>simple.<span style="color: white;">c</span>=)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This<span style="color: white;">a</span>software<span style="color: white;">b</span>provides<span style="color: white;">a</span>me<span style="color: white;">e</span>with<span style="color: white;">a</span>access<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>all<span style="color: white;">d</span>the<span style="color: white;">b</span>controllers<span style="color: white;">a</span>of<span style="color: white;">e</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>devices<span style="color: white;">b</span>(e.g.,<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<br />
microphone,<span style="color: white;">a</span>video<span style="color: white;">b</span>camera<span style="color: white;">e</span>and<span style="color: white;">c</span>keyboard).<br />
I<span style="color: white;">a</span>have<span style="color: white;">c</span>downloaded<span style="color: white;">a</span>all<span style="color: white;">b</span>your<span style="color: white;">b</span>information,<span style="color: white;">b</span>data,<span style="color: white;">e</span>photos,<span style="color: white;">b</span>web<span style="color: white;">a</span>browsing<span style="color: white;">b</span>history<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>my<span style="color: white;">a</span>servers.<br />
I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">a</span>access<span style="color: white;">e</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>all<span style="color: white;">e</span>your<span style="color: white;">a</span>messengers,<span style="color: white;">a</span>social<span style="color: white;">d</span>networks,<span style="color: white;">a</span>emails,<span style="color: white;">a</span>chat<span style="color: white;">b</span>history<span style="color: white;">c</span>and<span style="color: white;">a</span>contacts<br />
list.<br />
My<span style="color: white;">c</span>virus<span style="color: white;">b</span>continuously<span style="color: white;">d</span>refreshes<span style="color: white;">c</span>the<span style="color: white;">c</span>signatures<span style="color: white;">d</span>(it<span style="color: white;">c</span>is<span style="color: white;">e</span>driver-based),<span style="color: white;">b</span>and<span style="color: white;">a</span>hence<span style="color: white;">c</span>remains<br />
invisible<span style="color: white;">c</span>for<span style="color: white;">e</span>antivirus<span style="color: white;">d</span>software.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Likewise,<span style="color: white;">e</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>guess<span style="color: white;">e</span>by<span style="color: white;">c</span>now<span style="color: white;">e</span>you<span style="color: white;">d</span>understand<span style="color: white;">a</span>why<span style="color: white;">b</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>have<span style="color: white;">d</span>stayed<span style="color: white;">b</span>undetected<span style="color: white;">d</span>until<span style="color: white;">c</span>this<span style="color: white;">c</span>letter...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While<span style="color: white;">b</span>gathering<span style="color: white;">c</span>information<span style="color: white;">e</span>about<span style="color: white;">c</span>you,<span style="color: white;">c</span>I<span style="color: white;">a</span>have<span style="color: white;">e</span>discovered<span style="color: white;">d</span>that<span style="color: white;">e</span>you<span style="color: white;">a</span>are<span style="color: white;">d</span>a<span style="color: white;">d</span>big<span style="color: white;">e</span>fan<span style="color: white;">c</span>of<span style="color: white;">e</span>adult<br />
websites.<br />
You<span style="color: white;">e</span>really<span style="color: white;">d</span>love<span style="color: white;">e</span>visiting<span style="color: white;">c</span>porn<span style="color: white;">d</span>websites<span style="color: white;">e</span>and<span style="color: white;">b</span>watching<span style="color: white;">e</span>exciting<span style="color: white;">c</span>videos,<span style="color: white;">c</span>while<span style="color: white;">d</span>enduring<span style="color: white;">a</span>an<br />
enormous<span style="color: white;">b</span>amount<span style="color: white;">b</span>of<span style="color: white;">c</span>pleasure.<br />
Well,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">b</span>managed<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">c</span>record<span style="color: white;">a</span>a<span style="color: white;">b</span>number<span style="color: white;">b</span>of<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">e</span>dirty<span style="color: white;">c</span>scenes<span style="color: white;">d</span>and<span style="color: white;">a</span>montaged<span style="color: white;">d</span>a<span style="color: white;">c</span>few<span style="color: white;">e</span>videos,<br />
which<span style="color: white;">d</span>show<span style="color: white;">c</span>the<span style="color: white;">c</span>way<span style="color: white;">a</span>you<span style="color: white;">e</span>masturbate<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">e</span>reach<span style="color: white;">e</span>orgasms.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If<span style="color: white;">a</span>you<span style="color: white;">c</span>have<span style="color: white;">d</span>doubts,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">a</span>can<span style="color: white;">a</span>make<span style="color: white;">a</span>a<span style="color: white;">a</span>few<span style="color: white;">b</span>clicks<span style="color: white;">c</span>of<span style="color: white;">d</span>my<span style="color: white;">e</span>mouse<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">a</span>all<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>videos<span style="color: white;">d</span>will<span style="color: white;">e</span>be<br />
shared<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>friends,<span style="color: white;">e</span>colleagues<span style="color: white;">e</span>and<span style="color: white;">b</span>relatives.<br />
I<span style="color: white;">e</span>have<span style="color: white;">b</span>also<span style="color: white;">a</span>no<span style="color: white;">c</span>issue<span style="color: white;">c</span>at<span style="color: white;">b</span>all<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">b</span>make<span style="color: white;">e</span>them<span style="color: white;">d</span>available<span style="color: white;">b</span>for<span style="color: white;">b</span>public<span style="color: white;">d</span>access.<br />
I<span style="color: white;">c</span>guess,<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">e</span>really<span style="color: white;">e</span>don't<span style="color: white;">e</span>want<span style="color: white;">c</span>that<span style="color: white;">d</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>happen,<span style="color: white;">a</span>considering<span style="color: white;">c</span>the<span style="color: white;">c</span>specificity<span style="color: white;">e</span>of<span style="color: white;">e</span>the<span style="color: white;">b</span>videos<br />
you<span style="color: white;">a</span>like<span style="color: white;">d</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>watch,<span style="color: white;">b</span>(you<span style="color: white;">d</span>perfectly<span style="color: white;">a</span>know<span style="color: white;">a</span>what<span style="color: white;">b</span>I<span style="color: white;">b</span>mean)<span style="color: white;">b</span>it<span style="color: white;">a</span>will<span style="color: white;">c</span>cause<span style="color: white;">d</span>a<span style="color: white;">c</span>true<span style="color: white;">d</span>catastrophe<span style="color: white;">c</span>for<br />
you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let's<span style="color: white;">b</span>settle<span style="color: white;">e</span>it<span style="color: white;">b</span>this<span style="color: white;">d</span>way:<br />
You<span style="color: white;">d</span>transfer<span style="color: white;">a</span>$1590<span style="color: white;">a</span>USD<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>me<span style="color: white;">a</span>(in<span style="color: white;">a</span>Bitcoin<span style="color: white;">a</span>equivalent<span style="color: white;">a</span>according<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>the<span style="color: white;">c</span>exchange<span style="color: white;">a</span>rate<span style="color: white;">c</span>at<span style="color: white;">b</span>the<br />
moment<span style="color: white;">a</span>of<span style="color: white;">b</span>funds<span style="color: white;">c</span>transfer),<span style="color: white;">d</span>and<span style="color: white;">d</span>once<span style="color: white;">c</span>the<span style="color: white;">e</span>transfer<span style="color: white;">b</span>is<span style="color: white;">d</span>received,<span style="color: white;">b</span>I<span style="color: white;">e</span>will<span style="color: white;">d</span>delete<span style="color: white;">c</span>all<span style="color: white;">d</span>this<br />
dirty<span style="color: white;">d</span>stuff<span style="color: white;">d</span>right<span style="color: white;">b</span>away.<br />
After<span style="color: white;">a</span>that<span style="color: white;">d</span>we<span style="color: white;">a</span>will<span style="color: white;">e</span>forget<span style="color: white;">a</span>about<span style="color: white;">a</span>each<span style="color: white;">b</span>other.<span style="color: white;">d</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>also<span style="color: white;">c</span>promise<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>deactivate<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">d</span>delete<span style="color: white;">d</span>all<br />
the<span style="color: white;">e</span>harmful<span style="color: white;">e</span>software<span style="color: white;">d</span>from<span style="color: white;">e</span>your<span style="color: white;">a</span>devices.<span style="color: white;">e</span>Trust<span style="color: white;">e</span>me,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">a</span>keep<span style="color: white;">e</span>my<span style="color: white;">e</span>word.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This<span style="color: white;">d</span>is<span style="color: white;">d</span>a<span style="color: white;">a</span>fair<span style="color: white;">b</span>deal<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">b</span>the<span style="color: white;">d</span>price<span style="color: white;">e</span>is<span style="color: white;">b</span>quite<span style="color: white;">b</span>low,<span style="color: white;">e</span>considering<span style="color: white;">c</span>that<span style="color: white;">e</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>have<span style="color: white;">e</span>been<span style="color: white;">a</span>checking<span style="color: white;">d</span>out<br />
your<span style="color: white;">b</span>profile<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">b</span>traffic<span style="color: white;">d</span>for<span style="color: white;">d</span>some<span style="color: white;">a</span>time<span style="color: white;">b</span>by<span style="color: white;">b</span>now.<br />
In<span style="color: white;">e</span>case,<span style="color: white;">c</span>if<span style="color: white;">b</span>you<span style="color: white;">b</span>don't<span style="color: white;">b</span>know<span style="color: white;">b</span>how<span style="color: white;">e</span>to<span style="color: white;">c</span>purchase<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">c</span>transfer<span style="color: white;">b</span>the<span style="color: white;">d</span>Bitcoins<span style="color: white;">d</span>-<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">e</span>can<span style="color: white;">a</span>use<span style="color: white;">a</span>any<br />
modern<span style="color: white;">b</span>search<span style="color: white;">c</span>engine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Here<span style="color: white;">d</span>is<span style="color: white;">e</span>my<span style="color: white;">b</span>Bitcoin<span style="color: white;">c</span>wallet:<span style="color: white;"> <span style="background-color: black;">[Removed]</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You<span style="color: white;">a</span>have<span style="color: white;">e</span>less<span style="color: white;">b</span>than<span style="color: white;">c</span>48<span style="color: white;">a</span>hours<span style="color: white;">a</span>from<span style="color: white;">d</span>the<span style="color: white;">e</span>moment<span style="color: white;">e</span>you<span style="color: white;">c</span>opened<span style="color: white;">b</span>this<span style="color: white;">a</span>email<span style="color: white;">a</span>(precisely<span style="color: white;">d</span>2<span style="color: white;">a</span>days).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">b</span>need<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>avoid<span style="color: white;">b</span>from<span style="color: white;">a</span>doing:<br />
*Do<span style="color: white;">a</span>not<span style="color: white;">b</span>reply<span style="color: white;">d</span>me<span style="color: white;">d</span>(I<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">d</span>created<span style="color: white;">e</span>this<span style="color: white;">e</span>email<span style="color: white;">e</span>inside<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">e</span>inbox<span style="color: white;">e</span>and<span style="color: white;">d</span>generated<span style="color: white;">a</span>the<span style="color: white;">c</span>return<br />
address).<br />
*Do<span style="color: white;">c</span>not<span style="color: white;">b</span>try<span style="color: white;">e</span>to<span style="color: white;">e</span>contact<span style="color: white;">a</span>police<span style="color: white;">a</span>and<span style="color: white;">e</span>other<span style="color: white;">c</span>security<span style="color: white;">d</span>services.<span style="color: white;">e</span>In<span style="color: white;">b</span>addition,<span style="color: white;">d</span>forget<span style="color: white;">b</span>about<br />
telling<span style="color: white;">b</span>this<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>you<span style="color: white;">d</span>friends.<span style="color: white;">a</span>If<span style="color: white;">c</span>I<span style="color: white;">b</span>discover<span style="color: white;">d</span>that<span style="color: white;">b</span>(as<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">e</span>can<span style="color: white;">b</span>see,<span style="color: white;">c</span>it<span style="color: white;">a</span>is<span style="color: white;">c</span>really<span style="color: white;">a</span>not<span style="color: white;">e</span>so<br />
hard,<span style="color: white;">b</span>considering<span style="color: white;">c</span>that<span style="color: white;">c</span>I<span style="color: white;">a</span>control<span style="color: white;">b</span>all<span style="color: white;">a</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>systems)<span style="color: white;">e</span>-<span style="color: white;">a</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>video<span style="color: white;">e</span>will<span style="color: white;">d</span>be<span style="color: white;">a</span>shared<span style="color: white;">a</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>public<br />
right<span style="color: white;">c</span>away.<br />
*Don't<span style="color: white;">d</span>try<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">b</span>find<span style="color: white;">c</span>me<span style="color: white;">a</span>-<span style="color: white;">a</span>it<span style="color: white;">e</span>is<span style="color: white;">a</span>absolutely<span style="color: white;">e</span>pointless.<span style="color: white;">c</span>All<span style="color: white;">d</span>the<span style="color: white;">b</span>cryptocurrency<span style="color: white;">a</span>transactions<br />
are<span style="color: white;">b</span>anonymous.<br />
*Don't<span style="color: white;">a</span>try<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">d</span>reinstall<span style="color: white;">b</span>the<span style="color: white;">a</span>OS<span style="color: white;">a</span>on<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">e</span>devices<span style="color: white;">d</span>or<span style="color: white;">b</span>throw<span style="color: white;">a</span>them<span style="color: white;">b</span>away.<span style="color: white;">a</span>It<span style="color: white;">c</span>is<span style="color: white;">b</span>pointless<span style="color: white;">c</span>as<br />
well,<span style="color: white;">e</span>since<span style="color: white;">a</span>all<span style="color: white;">a</span>the<span style="color: white;">e</span>videos<span style="color: white;">d</span>have<span style="color: white;">e</span>already<span style="color: white;">e</span>been<span style="color: white;">e</span>saved<span style="color: white;">e</span>at<span style="color: white;">e</span>remote<span style="color: white;">c</span>servers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Things<span style="color: white;">e</span>you<span style="color: white;">b</span>don't<span style="color: white;">c</span>need<span style="color: white;">b</span>to<span style="color: white;">b</span>worry<span style="color: white;">c</span>about:<br />
*That<span style="color: white;">d</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>won't<span style="color: white;">d</span>be<span style="color: white;">e</span>able<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">c</span>receive<span style="color: white;">e</span>your<span style="color: white;">b</span>funds<span style="color: white;">a</span>transfer.<br />
-<span style="color: white;">b</span>Don't<span style="color: white;">e</span>worry,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>will<span style="color: white;">b</span>see<span style="color: white;">e</span>it<span style="color: white;">a</span>right<span style="color: white;">e</span>away,<span style="color: white;">c</span>once<span style="color: white;">c</span>you<span style="color: white;">e</span>complete<span style="color: white;">c</span>the<span style="color: white;">d</span>transfer,<span style="color: white;">e</span>since<span style="color: white;">c</span>I<br />
continuously<span style="color: white;">d</span>track<span style="color: white;">e</span>all<span style="color: white;">b</span>your<span style="color: white;">b</span>activities<span style="color: white;">a</span>(my<span style="color: white;">b</span>trojan<span style="color: white;">b</span>virus<span style="color: white;">c</span>has<span style="color: white;">c</span>got<span style="color: white;">b</span>a<span style="color: white;">b</span>remote-control<span style="color: white;">d</span>feature,<br />
something<span style="color: white;">e</span>like<span style="color: white;">a</span>TeamViewer).<br />
*That<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">c</span>will<span style="color: white;">e</span>share<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<span style="color: white;">a</span>videos<span style="color: white;">d</span>anyway<span style="color: white;">e</span>after<span style="color: white;">a</span>you<span style="color: white;">c</span>complete<span style="color: white;">b</span>the<span style="color: white;">b</span>funds<span style="color: white;">e</span>transfer.<br />
-<span style="color: white;">d</span>Trust<span style="color: white;">b</span>me,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">e</span>have<span style="color: white;">e</span>no<span style="color: white;">b</span>point<span style="color: white;">c</span>to<span style="color: white;">a</span>continue<span style="color: white;">e</span>creating<span style="color: white;">d</span>troubles<span style="color: white;">d</span>in<span style="color: white;">d</span>your<span style="color: white;">d</span>life.<span style="color: white;">b</span>If<span style="color: white;">e</span>I<span style="color: white;">d</span>really<br />
wanted<span style="color: white;">d</span>that,<span style="color: white;">a</span>I<span style="color: white;">e</span>would<span style="color: white;">b</span>do<span style="color: white;">d</span>it<span style="color: white;">a</span>long<span style="color: white;">b</span>time<span style="color: white;">b</span>ago!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everything<span style="color: white;">a</span>will<span style="color: white;">a</span>be<span style="color: white;">e</span>done<span style="color: white;">a</span>in<span style="color: white;">c</span>a<span style="color: white;">b</span>fair<span style="color: white;">d</span>manner!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One<span style="color: white;">e</span>more<span style="color: white;">b</span>thing...<span style="color: white;">c</span>Don't<span style="color: white;">d</span>get<span style="color: white;">a</span>caught<span style="color: white;">b</span>in<span style="color: white;">d</span>similar<span style="color: white;">d</span>kind<span style="color: white;">a</span>of<span style="color: white;">c</span>situations<span style="color: white;">a</span>anymore<span style="color: white;">e</span>in<span style="color: white;">e</span>future!<br />
My<span style="color: white;">b</span>advice<span style="color: white;">c</span>-<span style="color: white;">c</span>keep<span style="color: white;">d</span>changing<span style="color: white;">b</span>all<span style="color: white;">c</span>your<span style="color: white;">e</span>passwords<span style="color: white;">a</span>on<span style="color: white;">e</span>a<span style="color: white;">d</span>frequent<span style="color: white;">d</span>basis"<o:p></o:p></span></p>Zackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583532052948905340noreply@blogger.com0