CBS News journalist Matt Gutman revealed via social media that he was the target of a phone scam that almost had him emptying his bank account.
“A very scary experience,” said Gutman. “I’m not as savvy as I think I am.”
In his July 10 posts, Gutman explained that a caller shared a name and a badge ID before saying someone was trying to illegally pull money from his bank account.
“They seemed to know so much about me, about my bank account,” said Gutman. “And then they said, ‘Listen, we suspect that there is
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