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KeB
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Thought buying Best Buy gift cards would get them out of trouble with the IRS.

http://abc11.com/nc-state-university-students-lose-$58000-in-scam/2341677/?sf109546707=1

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"RALEIGH (WTVD) -- In less than two weeks, 10 NC State University students have lost $58,000 to a scam.

One of those students is Lily Cloud. Lily is a senior civil engineering student, and she got a call from who she thought was the NC State University Police Department.


"It's the exact same number they have on their website," said Lily. "They knew my name, they knew my college, they knew all sorts of information about me, and they said there was an investigation on me."

Lily said she was told it was a fraud investigation involving the IRS.

She adds, "I was extremely terrified during this call. They said I could have gotten kicked out of the School of Engineering and that my credit score could be ruined, so they were making threats like that."

The caller demanded that she stay on the phone with him the entire time and not to tell anyone else what she was doing as the investigation was confidential, Lily said. She claims the caller told her that if she complied, things would work out in her favor when it came time to the fraud investigation.

Lily said she was told to drive from her apartment to the Best Buy on Capital Boulevard.

Once inside, she said the caller told her to buy $6,000 worth of Best Buy gift cards. After she bought the gift cards, she read the 16 digit activation codes to the scammer so he had control of the cards.


Then the caller told her since she was complying, she could head to the Durham IRS office to meet with investigators.

When she was close to the Durham office, she said the scammer then told her there was a problem and the $6,000 didn't cover it and that he needed more.

This time the caller told her to go to the Best Buy in Durham on Fayetteville Street and buy another $6,000 in gift cards.

"I'm stressing out the entire time, just freaking out that I wanted to get this done, wanting to come home," Lily said.


The scammer now had $12,000 worth of Lily's money, but it still wasn't enough.

The student said she was then told to drive to a Best Buy in Cary and buy a final $2,000 worth of gift cards, claiming that would get her out of trouble.

By this time, she was now more than four hours into the call with the scammers, and they got $14,000 worth of Best Buy gift cards thanks to Lily. She said the caller finally said that she did enough and that, "We will meet you at the IRS on Monday. We will give you a check and clear this all up."

Lily said she was told she had to destroy all of the gift cards and receipts, which she said she did.

Relieved it was over, Lily called her parents to fill them in only to learn this was all a scam.

Lily and her parents immediately called Best Buy to try and cancel the gift cards.

The problem? Since she no longer had the gift cards, it was tough to cancel them without activation codes. Eventually, Best Buy was able to put a stop to $2,000 out of the $14,000 worth of gift cards.

Lily is still out $12,000.

"It's really financially devastating," she said.

Besides being in financial ruin, Lily said this ordeal has been extremely embarrassing.


Looking back, she said there were so many red flags but she said the caller was so good at impersonating the NC State police, she thought she was in real trouble and that's why she followed the instructions for more four hours.

As it turns out, the scammer was just able to manipulate their phone number to make it appear they were calling from the department.

Lily is sharing her story in hopes that no other students fall victim to this scam.

"They are targeting kids that are just trying to better themselves, and they are coming in with personal information attacking them and threatening them."

Officials with the NC State police tell me they are working with other agencies, specifically the Raleigh Police Department and the IRS, to investigate the crimes.

The IRS has assigned an investigator from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration's Office to assist the NC State Police Department with jurisdictional issues. He adds, leads have been developed, and investigators are making progress, but as it's an ongoing investigation, and they cannot discuss those leads at this time.

A safety alert did go out to NC State University students this week.

Red flags for this scam involved the caller demanding payment with gift cards from Best Buy or iTunes, pre-paid debit cards, Western Union, MoneyGram or bank deposits.

Also, the IRS will not share information with local law enforcement agencies, and the IRS will not threaten arrest over the phone for unpaid taxes. If you get one of these calls, hang up.
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Are kids really this dumb these days? Im sure it's pretty easy to pick through social media to come up with enough "personal" info about a person. Not to mention why did she have access to $14,000+ in the first place to buy the gift cards?

[Edited on August 26, 2017 at 11:53 PM. Reason : ...]

8/26/2017 11:49:07 PM

TreeTwista10
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I doubt elderly people would even fall for this

8/27/2017 12:03:10 AM

Wraith
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What the hell kind of idiot thinks that you would pay the IRS in Best Buy gift cards? And why would the NCSU Police be the ones calling you about it? If she is that dumb, she deserves to lose the money.

8/27/2017 12:22:32 AM

LastInACC
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this should be in "you can't make this up" topic.

8/27/2017 12:45:01 AM

Novicane
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This happened to my grandmother not shitting you like 6 months ago. They got about $2,000 dollars from her in best buy gift cards. they called and had all kinds of info on her relatives and told her one of them was in jail. She's like 82 so didn't know better.

My mom quickly cussed out Best Buy for letting people go in and buy large sums of cash like this. We put a halt at her bank - they have to call my mom before she gets out anything over $500.

I think we heard the cards were used some where in PA but thats about as far as things got. I couldn't believe it but it happens man.

[Edited on August 27, 2017 at 1:12 AM. Reason : s]

8/27/2017 1:09:07 AM

The Coz
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I don't often use the emoji, but. . .

A senior in civil engineering?! Please don't design any infrastructure where safety is at risk. Your judgment is severely lacking. Withhold diploma!

8/27/2017 3:20:19 AM

justinh524
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Seriously, where did she get $14,000? When I was in school, I was lucky to have like $500 in the bank.

Also, goddamn what a moron.

8/27/2017 5:37:03 AM

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Well her Facebook profile is public, so it's easy for anybody to get info about her. Freaking dumbass. Apparently she's been working for DOT for a while, which is scary. Not even the old people around here fall for this shit.

8/27/2017 8:32:52 AM

theDuke866
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Holy shit, I fear I may have gotten stupider by reading that.

8/27/2017 10:20:57 AM

raiden
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What the fuck? How dumb do you have to be to think you can pay the IRS with Best Buy gift cards? I can understand being a bit scared and all that, but how do you not call the IRS yourself? How do you not request written info?

Damn, just wtf damn.

8/27/2017 11:08:00 AM

BigMan157
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yeah, everybody knows they only accept cracker barrel gift cards

8/27/2017 11:15:53 AM

The Coz
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Stayed on the phone with them for more than 4 hours. Again,

8/27/2017 11:55:47 AM

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"Apparently she's been working for DOT for a while"


sounds about right

8/27/2017 11:59:54 AM

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"Seriously, where did she get $14,000"


Credit cards I'd guess

8/27/2017 12:40:30 PM

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When he was at UNCG, my brother sent an email to one of his friends (from uncgpolice@hotmail.com) telling him that he was in trouble for several large downloads of porn.

His friend got really nervous, and emailed back asking if they could handle this in a confidential way, and also that he had downloaded lots of small files of porn, but not a lot of large files.

Eventually my brother told him.

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Also about this time, my brother sent an "official" letter to one of his friends saying that due to his athletic prowess and grades he had an offer to compete in the special olympics.

[Edited on August 27, 2017 at 2:21 PM. Reason : <!-- yo -->]

8/27/2017 2:20:47 PM

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"Also about this time, my brother sent an "official" letter to one of his friends saying that due to his athletic prowess and grades he had an offer to compete in the special olympics."


LOLOLOLOLOLOL

8/27/2017 3:19:47 PM

theDuke866
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^^^^ hahaha

8/27/2017 3:44:01 PM

LastInACC
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"even old people"

I mean in all honesty I can see how people can fall for this type of scams. The older generation havent experience this type of technology...data mining is a huge business. Hell I recently look up my personal email and the information that google returns are crazy accurate.

8/27/2017 3:50:49 PM

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8/27/2017 7:55:36 PM

Doss2k
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I feel like I saw a video on youtube of a guy who got one of these calls and wasted hours on the phone with the guy just for fun only to tell him to fuck off at the end.

8/28/2017 1:40:15 PM

wdprice3
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I bet she voted for Trump

8/28/2017 2:15:19 PM

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DONALD TRUMP WILL FIX IT!

8/28/2017 2:34:44 PM

UJustWait84
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"The problem? Since she no longer had the gift cards, it was tough to cancel them without activation codes. Eventually, Best Buy was able to put a stop to $2,000 out of the $14,000 worth of gift cards.

Lily is still out $12,000."


That was nice of Best Buy

8/28/2017 2:58:53 PM

dtownral
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is this just someone getting caught laundering money and made up a story?

8/28/2017 3:05:19 PM

justinh524
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Credit cards I'd guess
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Ok, what college student has a $14,000 line of credit?

8/28/2017 3:45:57 PM

dtownral
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emergency card from the parents

[Edited on August 28, 2017 at 3:50 PM. Reason : or money laundering]

8/28/2017 3:50:00 PM

TreeTwista10
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had to give those gift cards to Bob from the La Bamba movie

8/28/2017 3:57:06 PM

BJCaudill21
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Those campus police must be real shitbags to do this to a student

8/28/2017 11:03:32 PM

colangus
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Is it wrong for me to wish she dies of cancer?

People like her don't deserve to live. Of if they do, they shouldn't be able to procreate... like quadriplegics. Maybe if all she could do is blow in a tube to go forward or backward she wouldn't be in this predicament.

8/28/2017 11:23:00 PM

Kickstand
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^ You know you checked her out on Facebook to see if she's a target for an easy lay.

8/28/2017 11:47:37 PM

colangus
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I about posted on her page that I know a Nigerian Prince, but I don't want the FBI knocking on my door

8/29/2017 12:05:48 AM

MrGreen
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is it me or are her eyes, like, upside down or something

8/29/2017 1:20:08 AM

wdprice3
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How does one with such low mental faculties even get into university?

8/29/2017 7:46:16 AM

BobbyDigital
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and there's 9 other idiots who fell for this.


as for how she had that kind of money, I'd bet it was from scholarships or loans, meant to pay rent, board, etc., for the semester.

8/29/2017 10:03:19 AM

justinh524
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I had enough scholarships that I never had to pay tuition/board/rent/whatevz and never had anywhere near $14,000 just laying around to buy best buy gift cards with. Kids these days SMH.

8/29/2017 10:19:38 AM

EMCE
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I definitely got a scam IRS call yesterday.

8/29/2017 10:49:43 AM

JayMCnasty
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i think she's trying to make her eyes look anime. What a fucking dumb fuck

8/29/2017 10:49:56 AM

marko
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"I bet she voted for Trump"


The commenters on abc11 are certain she was a liberal that didn't play enough dodgeball in school.

8/29/2017 12:51:21 PM

justinh524
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She's a weeaboo.

I don't think they have any particular political leanings.

8/29/2017 1:01:14 PM

NCSUGimp
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sounds like someone dumb enough to have sex with me.

niiiiiiiiiice

8/29/2017 1:24:50 PM

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I don't think they have any particular political leanings.

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she's a liberal who hates trump based on her FB posts

8/29/2017 1:33:54 PM

dtownral
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it's weird that you all are stalking her FB

8/29/2017 1:38:59 PM

JayMCnasty
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I didn't know looking at public information was considered stalking.

8/29/2017 1:43:58 PM

NCSUGimp
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^this guy gets it

8/29/2017 1:44:36 PM

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^^^ Clearly you are unfamiliar with how this message board's denizens operate.

[Edited on August 29, 2017 at 1:45 PM. Reason : toooo slooooow]

8/29/2017 1:45:00 PM

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"Lily Amelia Cloud
Party:REP"


Maybe she's a Republican who just hates Trump. They do exist. She's still a complete idiot and a fucking weeaboo. I asked my kids (10 and 14) what they would do in a situation like that and they said "Just hang up. It sounds like a scam".

8/29/2017 2:31:26 PM

cptinsano
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Money Laundering, so hot right now.

8/29/2017 5:14:10 PM

beatsunc
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dang, Worst Buy should put a cap on gift cards at $250/person/day. to me it looks like they are co-conspirators here to me

8/29/2017 7:27:34 PM

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"is it me or are her eyes, like, upside down or something"


what do you suppose her pits are like?

8/29/2017 10:33:02 PM

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probably stupid pits

8/29/2017 11:52:52 PM

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