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re: My wife was scammed
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:13 pm to LSUGrad2024
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:13 pm to LSUGrad2024
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If she fell for it, then it means she did something in the past to make her believe it was real.
I understand the thought but it isn't really the case. The typical interaction will involve the scammer suggesting it's a warrant for failure to appear for jury duty or for some unpaid traffic citations you may have forgotten about.
They then create confusion on the phone and demand that the victim stay on the line. This is to prevent the victim from calling a spouse, friend, or even law enforcement who will explain that it's all a scam.
The scammers will even go so far as to find the names of deputies or officers in the jurisdiction they are calling in so that if the victim tries googling the "caller" it will appear in fact to be an actual member of law enforcement.
I know it all sounds hard to believe but I guarantee you that ordinary law abiding folks fall for this every day. These scammers are great at quickly generating panic on the part of the victim and providing enough real world verifiable information to make the scenario appear plausible.
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Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:14 pm to Grasshopper
$17,000 without telling you??
You have bigger problems!
You have bigger problems!
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:18 pm to Grasshopper
Wait. Your wife withdrew $17k and sent it somewhere without contacting you first?
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:23 pm to LSUGrrrl
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Wait. Your wife withdrew $17k and sent it somewhere without contacting you first?
No, fren... she withdrew 7k at one bank, drove to another bank (no explanation from OP as to why) and withdrew an additional 10k.
During all of this, not one teller asked her what's the big occasion nor did she bother to text her husband about the shenanigans... but she DID turn herself in to the police AFTER depositing money (I assume twice) into a coinme machine... and **then** she contacted her husband. Who then consulted the FBI agent next door.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:25 pm to Grasshopper
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Withdrew $17,000 and submitted it to some type of coin thing.
how on Earth is this not a red flag? so sorry you are going through this, but thatis unreal. the gov't or whoever is not gonna work like that. always verify things. surprised the wife didn't consult you about it. it upsets me anyone could get away with this.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:26 pm to Grasshopper
Mentally ill? Perplexed how you fall for buying 17k worth of crypto to keep you out of jail. unfortunately thanks to people like your wife these scam artists stay in business.
Why don’t you own a gun, are you and your wife the anti-2nd amendment types? Just wondering bc I suppose I could see those kinds of people being the type gullible enough to fall for scams like that. Sorry baw
Why don’t you own a gun, are you and your wife the anti-2nd amendment types? Just wondering bc I suppose I could see those kinds of people being the type gullible enough to fall for scams like that. Sorry baw
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:26 pm to rintintin
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And I was livid when mine sent a $20 "deposit" before buying a FB marketplace item.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:31 pm to lsu223
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I'm a prosecutor in Texas and have some experience handling financial crimes. Sounds like you know but the money is definitely gone. Try and give her some grace. Hard for some to believe but this is incredibly common. More than people even know - many folks are too embarrassed to report these types of crimes. Others won't understand but I can't tell you how common it is for otherwise intelligent/successful people to fall for this sort of thing. These scammers have become much more sophisticated and are prepared with a great deal of personal information of the victim before calling. This isn't the nigerian prince scams of old. Don't listen to everyone giving you a hard time or suggesting she's manipulating you. Be as kind as you can in the moment, I'm sure she's beating herself up.
Will we ever have the technology to be able to track these scammers down? Mind boggling that we can't.
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 10:32 pm
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:36 pm to Bama Bird
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I'm sorry, but there is not a police department in the United States that's (a) going to call you before they show up with a warrant, and (b) ask for $17,000 to make it all disappear. If you're even important enough to warrant a bribe, it's going to be a hell of a lot more than 17k. Everyone should know that... it's not some obscure crim pro guideline.
Correct. I'm not being mean, but there's no way it's ever going to go down this way.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:36 pm to Grasshopper
Does OP not have alerts setup on his bank accounts?
I get a notification for all transactions of my bank and CC accounts
I get a notification for all transactions of my bank and CC accounts
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:41 pm to Grasshopper
Grasshopper: I am in your camp that this event happened and sorry to see it. These scams are getting worse every day.
Reconciliation is your decision, but considering a life was not lost, may help the final outcome.
Reconciliation is your decision, but considering a life was not lost, may help the final outcome.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:42 pm to SG_Geaux
Also, why would the wife assume there would ever be a warrant for her to begin with? I think you can call the DA office to check on these things.
But yeah, I saw a horrible story where the scam was about someone's grandson/daughter being in trouble and needing payment to get them out. Then the grandfather agreed to pay him and he ended up shooting and killing the uber driver who came to pick up a package. The uber driver had no idea what the pickup was even for and they were not involved.. Abslutely horrible.
And I believe it was a foreigner doing it from throw away numbers they couldn't really trace.
But yeah, I saw a horrible story where the scam was about someone's grandson/daughter being in trouble and needing payment to get them out. Then the grandfather agreed to pay him and he ended up shooting and killing the uber driver who came to pick up a package. The uber driver had no idea what the pickup was even for and they were not involved.. Abslutely horrible.
And I believe it was a foreigner doing it from throw away numbers they couldn't really trace.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:43 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
I won’t get much sleep tonight and I do appreciate the kind words from several of the posters. I am using this as my outlet because I have to get this off my chest. I am trying to be supportive but it’s hard to put my head around this level of gullibility.
Again I still can’t believe this happened. There is a special place in hell for these scammer type people.
I called my parents and told them if ANYONE asks for money over the phone hang up immediately.
When my neighbor, the FBI agent came over and took the story I was just sitting there in disbelief that anyone could fall for this bullshite. He said that it happens much more often than you would believe. He actually deals in these types of cyber crimes. He said that in order for the FBI to actually do anything it had to be in the $500,000 range. He was very honest as was the officer at the Ocean Springs police dept. by saying the money is gone.
It is sickening. The same idiots called my phone twice today and left messsges. I didn’t answer and would have hung up on them the second they asked for money.
Again I still can’t believe this happened. There is a special place in hell for these scammer type people.
I called my parents and told them if ANYONE asks for money over the phone hang up immediately.
When my neighbor, the FBI agent came over and took the story I was just sitting there in disbelief that anyone could fall for this bullshite. He said that it happens much more often than you would believe. He actually deals in these types of cyber crimes. He said that in order for the FBI to actually do anything it had to be in the $500,000 range. He was very honest as was the officer at the Ocean Springs police dept. by saying the money is gone.
It is sickening. The same idiots called my phone twice today and left messsges. I didn’t answer and would have hung up on them the second they asked for money.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:43 pm to tigerskin
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Will we ever have the technology to be able to track these scammers down? Mind boggling that we can't.
Complicated question but we do have the technology. The sad reality is that for $17k it isn't feasible to expend the resources it would take to track them down. I can almost guarantee that the money is ending up in Africa. It will have been routed through more than one crypto wallet by the time it gets there.
I actually work in child crimes now and what's becoming prevalent there is even more terrifying. Scammers use AI to create nudes from a teenagers instagram account or con the teen into sending an actual nude posing as another teen. They then identify themselves as scammers and demand payment or they'll forward the images to all of the teen's followers.
Sad reality is that to my understanding there is not a single instance in which the scammer has followed through with the threat. If the teen just ignores them the scammer moves on. If they do send money the scammer will continue to pressure for more and more. You can find tragic stories of kids committing suicide over this. The scammers are so intentional about what they are doing that they will identify high performing or achieving kids knowing that they are more likely fear their parent's disappointment of having nudes exposed.
Again - these scammers will almost always be in Africa in nations that will not cooperate with extradition. The current administration is devoting more resources in the FBI to these types of crimes so hopefully we see something change in the future.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:43 pm to lsu223
A daughter of my Mom's friend fell for this arrest warrant scam years ago.
The fake reason for the arrest warrant was tax return inconsistencies and her failure to respond to a summons about it.
She said she panicked and started thinking of the person who prepared her taxes and that she didn't check them that carefully. Said she was at work and started picturing being taken out of her job in handcuffs.
Same MO with the scammer name dropping local police officers she knew.
Still hard to fathom but I guess some people just panic.
The fake reason for the arrest warrant was tax return inconsistencies and her failure to respond to a summons about it.
She said she panicked and started thinking of the person who prepared her taxes and that she didn't check them that carefully. Said she was at work and started picturing being taken out of her job in handcuffs.
Same MO with the scammer name dropping local police officers she knew.
Still hard to fathom but I guess some people just panic.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:52 pm to Grasshopper
I think your wife is retarded
Posted on 6/27/25 at 10:57 pm to wm72
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Same MO with the scammer name dropping local police officers she knew.
I don't know any names of police officers unless they made the news for something... and even then, I don't "know" them.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 11:00 pm to Grasshopper
Mine too.
She thought she was marrying a stand-up handsome guy with at least some muscle definition and real potential. Turns out 15 years later the real slob insurance agent in me showed through.
She thought she was marrying a stand-up handsome guy with at least some muscle definition and real potential. Turns out 15 years later the real slob insurance agent in me showed through.
Posted on 6/27/25 at 11:10 pm to Grasshopper
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I called my parents and told them if ANYONE asks for money over the phone hang up immediately.
I continue to tell my dad don’t fall for the bs you owe a fine for toll text scam and he still nearly falls for it every time. I have to keep reminding him if they wanted him they would address him by his name and actual address. Not a random text without an official name,
I need to also tell my family don’t fall for any type of coin payment.
I am almost to the point of just ignoring calls from numbers I don’t know.
I am sorry you are going through this and I appreciate you aren’t getting more upset or pissed at those that are confused how she could fall for it. It’s puzzling for sure, but people get deceived. I’m upset they get away with this.
This post was edited on 6/27/25 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 6/27/25 at 11:13 pm to beauchristopher
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