Outrageous Instagram scam! Fake astronaut dupes woman of whopping $30000
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In a bizarre Instagram scam, a woman got scammed out of $30000 by a scammer who pretended to be an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
One of the negative byproducts of the digital age is the rise of online scams and now, they are getting as bizarre as possible. Why, mostly because people are too gullible for their own good. And despite authorities conducting crackdowns on scammers and releasing advisories for people, newer and more creative scams keep emerging. But in probably, one of the most bizarre incidents reported, a Japanese woman got duped out of $30000 (4.4 million yen) after she fell for the trap of a scammer who pretended to be an astronaut assigned to the International Space Station (ISS). The scam began on Instagram and then spiraled out of control a...