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.
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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