r/Scams My mom Was Scammed Out of $300,000!
Summary
This episode of rSlash Scams features several listener stories about sophisticated frauds targeting vulnerable individuals. Highlights include a 72-year-old woman falling for a romance scam with a 32-year-old man, a traveler duped by a "Chinese tea house" bill scam in Cairo, and a 75-year-old victim losing her life savings to a months-long tech support and gold wire scam. Other segments cover a CFO nearly falling for a vendor invoice phishing attack, a mother drained by a "Doctors Without Borders" money mule scheme, and a man threatened by an "underage" dating scam. The host analyzes each i…
Topics discussed
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Grandma romance scam with African scammer
Cairo club date and expensive bill scam
Elderly woman targeted by IRS/FTC impersonators
CFO nearly falls for vendor invoice scam
Missionary romance scam involving cash mail
Retail worker helps elderly woman with scam
Underage dating app extortion scam
Bank transaction spoofing and threat call
Outro and call to action
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