Woman loses thousands of dollars to romance scammer posing as astronaut in distress, police in Japan say
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The scammer told the woman he was "in space on a spaceship right now" but was "under attack and in need of oxygen," an official said.
  • slothrop@lemmy.caEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Indeed, “I’m an astronaut in space and I’m running out of oxygen, and the Klingons are attacking me.
    Please send money”, should be taken seriously.

    Certainly not humourous.