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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,197 posts)
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 09:10 PM Aug 2024

woman transferred $6K of her money via instructions from fraudster, also got naked and spun in circles on facetime

The male caller--who spoke with an accent--told the woman that there was a “potential fraudulent charge pending” on her account. To safeguard her money, the purported bank employee said, she “would have to move her funds into a different account to avoid her money being stolen.”

With the scam artist still on the phone, the woman went to a local Huntington Bank branch (seen above) and withdrew $6000. She then was directed to a nearby Chase Bank ATM, where she deposited the cash onto a Chase debit card via her iPhone’s Apple Pay feature.

After having spent two hours on the phone with the man, the woman--whose name was redacted from the police report--returned home and got another call from the fraudster, who wanted to FaceTime with her. The man, who did not have his camera on, asked the woman to “provide them with a full body scan to verify her identity due to a failed transaction.”

The woman told cops that she “undressed and spun in circles on FaceTime” to confirm her identity. When the voice on the other end began to laugh, the woman realized that she had been scammed. And humiliated, to boot.

While police have subpoenaed various bank records, the likelihood of identifying the perp--probably working from a call center in India--are remote.

https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/cruel-ohio-scam-729630

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woman transferred $6K of her money via instructions from fraudster, also got naked and spun in circles on facetime (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 OP
Poor thing! GPV Aug 2024 #1
That's sad. I don't get how people can be so naive, Ocelot II Aug 2024 #2
Living in Indiana, Delphinus Aug 2024 #3
Sad leftieNanner Aug 2024 #4
As P.T. Barnum said, there's one born everyday. brush Aug 2024 #5
"got naked and spun in circles"??? anciano Aug 2024 #6
The bank should have questioned the withdrawal. 33taw Aug 2024 #7
yes... If I simply send two identical transactions of a few hundred dollars, they block the 2nd one and call me BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 #8
This person sounds compromised. A large cash withdrawal should raise red flags. 33taw Aug 2024 #9

Ocelot II

(120,820 posts)
2. That's sad. I don't get how people can be so naive,
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 09:13 PM
Aug 2024

but I guess enough are to make it worth the scammers' time to keep trying until they get one.

anciano

(1,532 posts)
6. "got naked and spun in circles"???
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 09:51 PM
Aug 2024

I have some reservations about the veracity and credibility of this reported event. Just saying...

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,197 posts)
8. yes... If I simply send two identical transactions of a few hundred dollars, they block the 2nd one and call me
Mon Aug 5, 2024, 10:22 PM
Aug 2024

they don't just ask if I made the transaction, they question what it pertains to. It was annoying the first time, but I figured they thought i was being scammed unless they understood the transaction.

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