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Type of a scam Phishing
Immediately thereafter I received a phone call from someone claiming to be "Stephen Smith" from the "International Better Business Bureau."
Not knowing at the time that he was a scammer, he asked me to go to my computer. He was extremely well mannered and friendly. He asked me to type xfinity.com into my search bar, and to sign in. I'm not sure how he did it, but after I signed in he gained access to my computer and to my printer and scanner.
Next, I saw that on my computer screen was a blue background with scrolling instructions advising me not to turn off my computer.
He asked me to go to my printer and retrieve some information he had sent to my printer. A form got printed out from my printer.
He advised me to take that form to my bank. It was a form authorizing an international wire transfer. He told me that in order to resolve any outstanding issues, I should follow his instructions.
He told me that I needed to complete my transaction on a site he sent me on the computer. He told me NOT to use any decimal points, but to add zeros as if I were using decimal points. He claimed that the "International Better Business Bureau" does not use decimal points.
He then advised me to basically lie to my bank and say that I needed to send my "cousin" in Hong Kong $200,000. He somehow persuaded me that if I tried to send the money normally through my bank, then ***** ***** would be required to initiate an FTC investigation, and that they would be obligated to freeze my checking account for 6 weeks.
He remained on the phone listening to everything I was trying to explain to the bank manager, and later told me that I did very well.
The upshot of all this was that I unknowingly had authorized a wire transfer of $200,000.
Somehow my ***** ***** broker saw what was going on. He was able to interrupt the transfer, but not until $125,000 had been sent.
So I was defrauded out of that amount of money, and I cannot get it back.