Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress, police in Japan say
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The scammer told the woman he was "in space on a spaceship right now" but was "under attack and in need of oxygen," an official said.
  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    17·
    1 年前

    It’s possible to feel empathy for the victim while still laughing at the absurdity of the overall situation. To her, I’m sure it felt very real, in a way most of us will never understand. Reading about it, though, it defies common sense.