Take a crazy guess what happened to NY Mag's personal finance columnist.

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How I Fell for an Amazon Scam Call and Handed Over $50,000

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger I never thought I was the kind of person to fall for a scam.

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Here's some free financial advice.

If some one calls you and tells you to give them all the money in your bank account, don't.
- i guffawed
- Here’s another free financial advice
  
  If you find out the number of some bourgeois New York “economist,” call them and tell them to hand over all the money in their bank account because you’re the CIA
  
  furiously flicking through the phone book to locate a Dr Pavel in the NYC area code
- I know a magazine that might be looking for a personal finance columnist if you're interested.
- Well, when you put it like that

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