A university professor handed over close to her entire life savings, nearly $500,000 (£375,000), to fraudsters who spent weeks convincing her that Indian police were investigating her for money laundering and could arrest her at any moment.
The victim, who asked to be identified only as L.P. to protect her reputation, teaches at a liberal arts college in New England. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, she described how a phone call in March spiralled into a months-long ordeal that emptied her accounts. 'They were f***ing brilliant actors,' she said of the men who posed as officials.
