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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother fell victim to the "there's a questionable charge on your Amazon account" scam. I think there are multiple versions of that one.

In her case, they told her to go to her computer and enter a website address (actually, I think it was just the IP address -- all numbers and dots). That brought up a webform and they walked her through entering a lot of personal information, including the amount of the "questionable charge."

Then they say she's done something wrong, entered the wrong amount and now Amazon has deposited $50,000 into her bank account and she has to immediately send it back or she'll go to jail.

My mother is not stupid, but the next day she was in her bank authorizing a $50,000 wire transfer to some woman in China.

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How old is she and did the wire go through? I hope not![/quote]

78 and yes it did. I didn’t find out about it until the next day, when it was too late to stop it. 
The bank manager actually asked her twice if she really wanted to send this money and whether she was under any duress. But she was so sure that she would go to jail if she didn’t return this “Amazon money” that she authorized the transfer twice.[/quote]

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