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I woke up one morning to an email from my friend Alex that said she’d had her bag stolen. Ordinarily, I’m quite quick on the uptake, but – maybe because of the way it was worded – I immediately replied, ‘What??????’ As soon as I hit send, I realised I was being scammed. But then they replied, and I thought, ‘Well, why not?’

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I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’ And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, ‘I can do this.’

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The marooned friend is one of the best-known scams, principally because it’s the one that dodges the spam filter most often. It comes from someone you know but often only tangentially. It’s since become – hands down – one of my favourite scams.

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May 2, 2024

The marooned friend is one of the best-known scams, principally because it’s the one that dodges the spam filter most often. It comes from someone you know but often only tangentially. It’s since become – hands down – one of my favourite scams.

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May 2, 2024

I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been ‘Jesus Christ Superstar.’ And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, ‘I can do this.’

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