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[quote=Anonymous]Oh i do believe this is a true story and that she fell for this. She didn’t deserve it. 
Everyone has a blind spot, and even the smartest and best educated people are naive about something - we ALL are. This woman was naive about the way parts of the real world works in a specific vein that can happen to the very, very rich - it’s not their fault they are disconnected; they truly don’t know. This story made no sense to me when I first read it but after learning she is a specific breed of majorly loaded generational wealth, it totally makes sense. 
And yes, what happened to her is still totally unfair, was a crime, and again, we all have our bling spots for different reasons. I am sorry this happened to her. 
The only part about the article that bother ls me is the deliberate casting of herself as a regular person who needed a $80k emergency fund as a plucky, hardworking freelance writer with childcare to pay for. Losing $50k was undoubtedly humiliating and scary but it was not a real impact on her the way it would be to someone not in the 1%. That to me is the only part of the article that landed as fake, though it’s also another sign of how major wealth can make people out of touch with reality.  [/quote]

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