It's strange that the FBI said they couldn't do anything for her unless the scam

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Aug 9, 2018
9:48:23am

Odysseus Playmaker

It's strange that the FBI said they couldn't do anything for her unless the scam

artist is on American soil.

I don't know how the jurisdictional rules work, but there have been plenty of instances where the FBI teams up with others to take down international scams. One example:

Federal Bureau of Investigation

International BEC Takedown

The FBI partnered with domestic and international law enforcement agencies on Operation WireWire, a large-scale, coordinated effort to dismantle business e-mail compromise schemes.

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/international-bec-takedown-061118

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Odysseus

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Time

KSL story on a woman who was scammed out of $1M+

kccougar All-American

8/9/18 8:47am

Holy crap

Crush4

8/9/18 8:54am

Sad. Some people are so lonely. Even then, it's hard to see it getting that far.

WanderingCougar

8/9/18 8:58am

I doubt she lost $1 million...

PenrynCoug

8/9/18 9:00am

Me too. Maybe I'm too skeptical

Odysseus

8/9/18 9:50am

This lady is clearly nuts

USMCdad

8/9/18 9:01am

I can imagine $1,000 or even $10,000..but how in the world could you lose that?

Fdnman

8/9/18 9:02am

Likely mental illness was involved

USMCdad

8/9/18 9:07am

Depression

Nakedbootleg

8/9/18 9:18am

"In 2016, consumers lost more than $230 million in online dating scams

BYUheaven

8/9/18 9:14am

It is, and people actually think they are dating and in a relationship with

USMCdad

8/9/18 9:23am

If she is stupid enough to get ripped off of a million, why in the world would

byubyu

8/9/18 9:21am

You wouldn’t, any reasonable person wouldn’t. But her audience will be the

USMCdad

8/9/18 9:27am

I had pink flags at $2500 but kept going to $1m?

Mrs Featerbottom

8/9/18 9:24am

It's strange that the FBI said they couldn't do anything for her unless the scam

Odysseus

8/9/18 9:48am

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BigD Coug

8/9/18 10:09am

Probably a fair hourly rate for the "therapy" she received. Also find it hard to

AFCougK9

8/9/18 10:21am

And why didn't the scammer just keep going for the second million.

Florwood

8/9/18 10:28am

Because even at $1m the scammer was like

USMCdad

8/9/18 12:35pm

This would have been resolved so much better on Jerry Springer

darkcoug

8/9/18 10:31am

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