The only way I can describe it is blind panic, fear.

The consulate basically said to me,

listen, what I would like you to do is put your passport in your bra,

pack your bags and head straight for the airport.

Hello?

I want to tell you the story of one of the wildest scams in history,

a scam that's almost unbelievable when you understand the scope of it.

It begins out of the blue with a random email or phone call,

and ends in utter confusion.

This stuff looks down quite right.

You're f***ing there out 50k.

The money has never hit our account, so you know what's going wrong now?

No, can you ask that to my finance?

I will talk to you, I'm not in China.

I know you're talking to me, I'm London.

I am in London, but now I'm currently in Stockholm.

Having worked a couple of impersonation cases, it was immediately apparent that this was not

we weren't dealing with the same type of person, basically.

Very smart, multiple languages, master of accents, highly educated.

Who has a thousand things?

He's a genius.

You know somebody who's sort of a psychopath.

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