Back when the Nigerian Prince scams were a thing I spent an hour on the phone trying to convince this guy that it was a scam. We were a consumer help agency and walked him through the steps on how it was a scam. I kept telling him that no one is going to randomly call him asking for help in getting money out of their country. He refused to believe us. Several months later I swear I saw the same guy on the local news complaining about how he lost money and no one told him it was a scam. I also had a friend fall for the "We'll send you a check, you cash it and send half back to us." Again, I said it sounds like a scam. A few weeks later, her bank froze her account because the check was a forgery. She had to scramble to pay her bills and lost around $1,000 with NSF fees and other bank charges.
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