He Loved a Ghost: How a Fake Sergeant Took $112,000 from Mark Wells
He Loved a Ghost: How a Fake Sergeant Took $112,000 from Mark Wells
They lured him with language they knew would break him - an unregistered IP read a PTSD forum 211 times, then used harvested phrases to build trust and extract $112,000. Did the person who engineered the scheme study veterans like Mark Wells for months before asking for money?
In this episode, we tell how a methodical HVAC technician and Army Reserve veteran joined an online veterans' forum and, over six weeks, began exchanging messages and voice memos with someone claiming to be Sergeant Robert Lawson - a connection that…
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