The Mailbox Receipt That Unmasked a $91,000 Romance Scam
The Mailbox Receipt That Unmasked a $91,000 Romance Scam
Fear and disbelief: a $14,000 wire receipt blowing out of a truck window led to a $91,000 romance scam that played out over eighteen months - and it started with a dating profile and a stolen photograph. Who was the man behind the messages that convinced Ross Patterson to send nearly everything he had?
In this episode, we follow the paper trail from a roadside mailbox in Moline County to a bank account in Accra and trace how a relationship built over messages and newsletters turned into repeated wire transfers. How did routine kindness…
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