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They'll still have a problem with the bank as the check will eventually be reversed. With the know your customer laws banks are getting pretty cautious dealing with people who deposit checks that are associated with money laundering scams. My mother has an aide who has fallen for a couple similar scams and is now unable to open a bank account with the major retail banks.

They will need to send them money back or purchase something to send to the scammer. Could be a computer that needs to be configured at corporate or something purchased from them posing as a vendor. A common thing is they send an overpayment and request money be sent back immediately. It can be considered participating in money laundering and I know of 'victims' who are unable to open bank accounts. And of course the original funds will turn out to be bad.

Could the first password change request have been malicious? The subsequent resets may not work because the email has been changed. Check your credit cards they have on file to make sure you're not getting massive AWS charges.

Long Life Vehicle 8 years ago

One major cost with Tesla is the insurance. I was quoted $380 a month on a model 3. I pay ~$700 for 6 months on 3 cars, 2 of them are 20 year old beaters and one is a new mini convertible.

If I am 79 years old and have had everything taken from me by a monster I might be spending the rest of my life in a different kind of facility than the culprit had in mind.

There was an interesting book about 20 years ago on the creation of a perfect lie detector, The Truth Machine by James L. Halperin. It primarily dealt with the screening that would take place throughout your daily activities suck as signing up for day care or a new job when the detector would force everyone to confess any previous crimes.