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Podcast: Not Another True Crime Podcast
Episode: How The Cut's Financial Advice Columnist Was Scammed Out Of $50K
Description: This week, Danny covers the viral story from The Cut’s financial advice columnist Charlotte Cowles, who became the unlikely victim of a scam that cost her $50,000. The episode breaks down Cowles’s article, which details how, over the course of a single day, scammers posing as Amazon employees and FTC agents convinced her she was the victim of extensive identity theft, with multiple warrants out for her arrest for cybercrimes, money laundering, and drug trafficking.
Cowles ultimately withdrew and handed over $50,000 from her bank account before realizing it had all been a lie.
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