"Financial Columnist Loses $50K to Voice Phishing Scam: FTC and Amazon Respond"
TL;DR
Federal Trade Commissioner Lina Khan warned the public about scammers after a New York Magazine financial advice columnist revealed she handed over $50,000 to a mystery man who claimed to be an agency investigator. The scam involved voice phishing, where the scammer impersonated an FTC investigator and convinced the columnist to hand over the money under false pretenses. Khan emphasized that the FTC would never ask for sensitive information over the phone and urged caution.
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