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How one 83-year-old fell into a fraudster’s fear bubble – and how gift cards played a key role

  • Written by Dr. David P. Weber, Professor of the Practice in Fraud and Forensic Accounting, Salisbury University

Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving, Mae awoke, set her hair in curlers and switched on her laptop. A message appeared. It said her Safari web browser had encountered a problem, and a link offered to connect the 83-year-old to the Apple Computer Company. Mae clicked it.

She didn’t know it yet, but Mae, like millions of Americans eac...

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