17. Anatomy of a Con

Send us Fan Mail Nov. 11, 2020. A friend (Ahmadou) put me in touch with the captain of the Cameroonian soccer team. But it was a fraud. My friend was deceived. Becoming increasingly suspicious, I made a list of "flags" that signal the fraud. I sent 200 euros and learned a valuable lesson. The most valuable was that when you are trying to do good, you are highly susceptible to fraudulent people as you lack the requisite skepticism to protect yourself. I finish by ...