CARJACKERS. THE DRIVER WAS OKAY, BUT STOPPED IS THAT A SIGN HE WILL BE BACK
NEXT SEASON? OR IS THAT JUST HIM
LOBBYING TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE?
IT )S ONE OF OUR WORST NIGHTMARE
WHEN IT COMES TO ONLINE
DATING... FALLING VICTIM TO A
SCAM.
A MASSACHUSETTS LOST TENS OF
THOUSANDS IN A ROMANCE SCAM AND
THEN (CONTINUED ( TO BE HARRASS
BY CYBER CRIMINALS -- THIS
“Alice” / Romance scam victim I‘m discouraged with the way
that people who do the frauds and the scams seem to get away
with things. THIS IS “ALICE,” WHO WE‘RE KEEPING ANONYMOUS
BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SHE MET ON A MAN ON DATING
SITE, AND TALKED TO HIM ONLINE FOR MONTHS AFTER AGREEING TO
WIRE HIM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT HE CLAIMED TO NEED
WHILE ON AN OVERSEAS OIL PIPELINE PROJECT... SHE SAYS
SHE REALIZED SHE WAS SCAMMED. MONTHS AFTER THE LOSS ALICE
SAYS THERE‘S NO SIGN OF GETTING HER MONEY BACK AND THAT SHE‘S
BEEN THREATENED BY SCAMMERS POSING AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. SHE
GOT THIS EMAIL WHICH HAS A SUBJECT LINE “THE CIA IN
COLLABOARATION WITH THE FBI” AND AN OUTLOOK DOT COM DOMAIN
NOT THE DOT GOV DOMAIN THE CIA SAYS IT SHOULD HAVE HAD THE
MESSAGE DESCRIBES THE PERSON SHE‘D BEEN SPEAKING WITH... AND
EVEN THREATENS HER WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES IF SHE DOESN‘T
COOPERATE WITH THE SO CALLED FEDERAL AGENTS. THE EMAIL
ACTUALLY SAID SHE WAS SENDING MONEY TO A CRIMINA AND A
TERRORIST. “Alice” / Romance scam victim it also mentioned
in there that if I needed to contact a lawyer or anything,
then possibly I wouldn’t be able to get my money back. So
if I didn’t contact anyone, I’d be able to get my money back.
SOMEONE TEXTED AND CALLED HER CLAIMING TO BE A CIA AGENT
NAMED MICHAEL DONOVAN WHO WAS WORKING ON HER CASE. “Alice” /
Romance scam victim Saying that I could be involved in this
where I was the one giving them money for illegal guns and
stuff ALICE IS CERTAINLY NOT ALONE. THE FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION SAYS THAT IN 2022 NEARLY 70 THOUSAND PEOPLE
REPORTED A ROMANCE SCAM WITH REPORTED LOSSES HITTING ONE
POINT THREE BILLION DOLLARS. AMONG THE MOST COMMON LIES THE
FTC SAYS... OFFERS FOR INVESTMENTS... CLAIMING TO BE
SICK OR HURT. AND YES SAYING THEY‘RE ON AN OIL RIG. Doug
Fodeman / The Daily Scam [00:09:20] romance scams are
one of the most brutal forms of scams that I’ve ever seen DOUG
FODEMAN OF MARBLEHEAD IS AN AMATEUR SCAMMER SLEUTH HE‘S A
RETIRED EDUCATOR WHO FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS HAS WORKED TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WITH HIS BLOG THE DAILY SCAM. HE
DOCUMENTS SCAMS BY TALKING DIRECTLY WITH VICTIMS.. AND
EVEN TRACKS CYBER CRIMINALS OVERSEAS HIMSELF. Doug Fodeman
/ The Daily Scam 1000 the most successful romance scammers who
literally make this their profession, they’re
exceptionally good at winning over a person’s trust. They
come off as unbelievably, kind, empathetic and compassionate.
And especially if you combine that with their ideal victim,
is someone who has been hurting, someone who’s in
emotional pain because of loss or because of a relationship
that’s fallen out or loneliness. These are their
ideal victims FODEMAN SAYS THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP SCAM VICTIMS. AND ALSO BELIEVES
BANKS AND TECH COMPANIES NEED TO DO MORE TO PROTECT
CONSUMERS. Doug Fodeman / The Daily Scam [00:36:23] Number
one, first of all, our government has to do more to
put up guardrails to safeguard its citizens against Internet
fraud. I mean, think about it. In today’s day and age, our
lives are lived on the internet. TO KEEP UP WITH AN
INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WORLD. DOCTOR KYUNG-SHICK CHOI
RESEARCHES CYBERCRIME AND CYBERSECURITY AT BOSTON
UNIVERSITY EVEN DESIGNING TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT Dr. Kyung-Shick Choi / Boston University We
don’t have a human resource in cyber investigation. So we’re
trying to kind of building our capacity, but we are not there
yet ALL THE WHILE ALICE IS WORKING WITH A LAWYER AND
CLAIMS THAT CHASE BANK WAS NEGLIGENT IN ALLOWING HER TO
SEND SO MUCH MONEY WITH WHAT SHE SAYS WERE TOO FEW CHECKS
AND BALANCES. “Alice” / Romance scam victim Even though they
say you sent the wire transfers, it at least should
have been questioned about why so much. And also looking at
the amount in the account, knowing that at the end of it,
there was nothing. MATT ON CAM TAG WE DID REACH OUT AGAIN TO
CHASE BANK AND A SPOKESPERSON REFERRED US TO A PRIOR
STATEMENT CALLING SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ONE HEARTBREAKING AND
ALSO URGING PEOPLE NOT TO ANSWER ONLINE REQUESTS FOR
MONEY. YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE FOR AN EXTENDED ONE ON
ONE WITH DOUG FODEMAN INCLUDING HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF WHEN
ONLINE DATING.