That was a really good article which made an excellent point into why ordinary, smart people are duped by scam artists:Excaliber wrote: Another common bank related one is the "bank examiner" scam. This one is always run by strangers.
Con artists control their victims by frightening them—saying they are losing money to a dishonest teller, and then offering them a "solution" by promising to replace the lost money. By moving quickly through this process, they can often keep their potential victims so distracted that they will be unable to think clearly enough to see just how absurd a scheme this is. Some victims have reported that they felt almost hypnotized as they became more and more involved.