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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-771/
- Published: 2023-06-30T18:30:51.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-30T01:34:44.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

Poor Russell Brown, fell for a scam, despite being a so-called “tech whizz” by his pals at the *NZ Herald*. Have a care for Mrs Brown, his mother, who nearly had her life savings taken too because of [her idiot son](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/worst-two-hours-of-my-life-russell-brown-warns-others-after-being-conned-by-bank-scammers/B5P5VWVLBFG7JNIDWSSL73ADBU/?ref=goodoil.news).

> Be warned: If it could happen to Russell Brown, it could happen to anybody.  
>  
> The tech-savvy commentator and former Computerworld journalist told his Twitter followers late on Thursday: “Just had the worst two hours of my life. Got convincingly scammed, locked out of our bank accounts, and more, crucially, Mum’s.  
>  
> “They’d started on ours – consolidating all the money into one account – by the time I twigged and changed the passwords. But I couldn’t change Mum’s.  
>  
> “Because the attached phone number was hers, and she’s seriously ill in hospital. Nurses couldn’t let us access Mum’s phone, Police couldn’t help – and Westpac’s fraud line is slammed and took an hour to call back.  
>  
> NZ Herald

Was it mean of me to laugh?

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